Jim Becher - Surfing the Web

The world cup is starting on Friday.  I am a diehard soccer fan and wait for this event every 4 years. You can check out the official world cup site at (http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/index.html).  I have  set  time aside for the US games  and most of the finals.  Also, the BBC will…

I had some server errors with my blog and have not been able to post in a while.  One of the things I done recently is run in the 5/3rd river bank run.  I decided to run with some guys from work.  They are avid runners and have much better…

I have had a yahoo email account for as long as I can remember.  I think it was around 95 or so when I first got my account.  I got it because our college email system would not work outside of the classroom.  So I figured a web based email…

After verifying that my DSL connection was worth the savings of $27.01 per month, I decided to call comcast and cancel my cable modem.  Here is a recount of my call.  First, after all my years using comcast this was the fastest I ever got a person on the line…

 I made the switch from Cable to DSL.  As a diehard Cable modem user for years, I think I had my current cable modem installed in 1999 with @home.  From Excite @home it went to ATT&T and now Comcast.  I have to say, that I have not had that much…

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I have been thinking more about what would be the perfect laptop.  The current model I have (Dell Latitude D800) is very under par.  Not only is it too big and bulky, it is very inefficient to use.  I started to think of what would make the perfect development /…

I have been working a lot with SQL 2005 recently.  I have to say that it is a fantastic upgrade from 2000.  However, there are a lot of areas of improvement.  Some of which are related to management and updates.  Overall, it is a great upgrade.  the tools are good,…