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Blog posts and ramblings to chronicle my adventures in life. This may contain technology, family, business or products that I enjoy.
About
Hi, I’m Jim. A father, husband, business owner, entrepreneur, and a person who loves technology. I semi-often update this blog.
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Feel free to reach out to me with questions, contact, business ideas, projects or just a random Hello. Located in the Mitten state.
Recent Posts
Small Form Factor PC
I am always on the lookout for a small form factor PC. I have reduced the number of machines in my home down to 2 machines. Our home PC and my wife’s laptop. What I have found is that I need one more (linux) machine to do tasks. Things like…
Backup Backup Backup
I have had my hard drive fail. In fact I have had a lot of drives fail. This may be a shock to people but hard drives fail. They have moving parts and run at high speeds so they will fail. What frustrates me is how many people do not…
Connecting to SQL Embedded Edition
Recently had a client have issues with their WSS site and needed to restore the content DB. I took a look at their server and could not find the DB’s. After a little investigation we discovered that they had attached to the Embedded Edition of sql instead of the Standard…
Memory and google
I recently started a project where I had to stream a live audio broadcast for a church. I have done live audio streaming in the past (few years back). I was in the middle of setting up the Windows Media Server and could not remember how to get the system…
Vista Updates (Pre SP1)
I have been using vista for a bit now. I have not been too impressed. A few great features are locked in vista. Many things that are added are items I never use (Sidebar, graphics, etc…) the look and feel stuff. One thing that came with vista was a performance…
Blackjack review – 1st week
The first week of using the blackjack has shown me that a full keyboard is really useful. In the past my previous smart phone (Cingular 2125) did not have the full keyboard, and I would typically use it for just reading email. Now I have found myself being productive when…
Windows Corrupt installation files
If you are like me you probably are installing some freeware apps and also some new beta software to try. You have no doubt ran across an installation error or corruption, either adding or removing these programs. Microsoft has release a tool that will help fix corrupted installs or removals….
IISxpress
I have always been a fan of compression on IIS. I have written a few posts on how to actually do compression on IIS6 and II5 (http://www.iisinformation.com/blogs/jimiz/archive/2007/04/30/iis-6-0-compression.aspx). The problem with the built in compression is that you do not get any stats or results of what is actually happening. The…
Cingular / Att – Blackjack
Well my previous phone Cingular 2125 died on me over the weekend. I was without a phone for a few days. What a horrible thing. You realize how dependent you are on a cell phone when it is your only means of communication. I travel from client to client frequently…