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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
Online Tools
I have been wanting to put together a list of online tools. Some day I will get around to it. Today I just used one of my favorite tools and discovered another related one. I use www.domaintools.com very frequently. Where a site is hosted, what technology is used. When using…
Vista
I have made it one week with Vista. I have migrated all the information I need from my old laptop. But keep finding applications that I am missing. One of those I am really wanting. I have used pdfcreator (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) for a long time, and their current version does not work…
Spout update
The team at spout.com has updated their site to include some new features when browsing a move. You can see these features here (http://www.spout.com/films/5109/default.aspx) (Cannonball Run 2) You should join the spout revolution.
Great list of ASP.net tips
Scott Watermasysk has a great list of tips for using ASP.net (http://scottwater.com/archive/quick-tips-for-asp-net-part-one/) I for one did not know the “never use a label” tip. After discussing with the guys from work a Literal is the beter method.
Vista – system restore preferences
In Windows XP you could set the amount of disk space you wanted the system restore to use. In Vista it auto Magically tries to set it for you and does not give you an easy way to change it. I found that they now call this shadowstorage. To adjust…
Vista – I am now running vista on my work Laptop
It is going ok so far. I have had to overcome some issues with compatibility with applications and just overall performance. I was expecting vista to be user friendly. What I have found it is a bit difficult to find what you are looking for. However, they have built some…
Xserver for windows
For those of you who have linux machines at home and use windows at work here is a great way for you to have your linux apps on your windows machine. I typically find myself needing a simple app written for linux but only have a windows machine handy. I…
Virtual PC (VPC)
People always ask me what OS do I use. And I have to admit I just switched to Vista. And with that change I put a serious issue in front of my. I can no longer develop in older applications (visual studio 2003). So to get around this I use…
Self Signing SSL for IIS
Many people have emailed me about how to setup and ssl on their development environment or internal sites without paying for a certificate. Here are the steps to secure your local IIS server (windows 2003) with a self signing ssl. You will need to download the IIS 6.0 Resource kit…