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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.
Contact
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
Not Blogging
Well I got some flack the other day about not posting to my blog. I will have to make up for that in the next few days. So get ready for some more strange, rude, and possibly informative posts.
CD / DVD Media Life Span
I just read this interesting article about the life span of CD media. (http://msn.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124312,00.asp?GT1=7645) They are determining that the life of a burned CD is not that long, and that you should either reburn the media every few years or use Tape. Over the course of the last few years,…
Movie Theaters and Money
I am working with a client that deals in Film and has a business model around film community. I just read a great blog post on how theaters make their money. It was very interesting to me and I thought I would share with the rest of you. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060105-5905.html
Windows Vulnerability
There is a new windows vulnerability (Security Bulletin) that effects all windows users. This issue is very interesting because a user does not have to do anything other than view a web page or email that contains an infected image. As of this moment Microsoft does not have a fix…
New cell phone – Cingular 2125
I just got a Cingular 2125 today. It rocks. I purchased this phone to replace my Audiovox 5600 that I got from cingular a week ago. I won’t go through the ugly details of my conversion from ATT wireless (the best provider) to cingular. But, I can tell you that…
How Secure is your Data
Well another loan business has lost data of it’s clients. Story (http://info.mortgage.com/) The Bank sent it’s tape via mail (DHL) and the tape never made it. So it was considered as lost. I think it is interesting that some reports (the local newspaper – grand rapids press). Said that the…
Cleaning MS Word / Frontpage HTML
I had an issue where I had to clean an html page / pages that were built using Microsoft Word. Since I had to use these pages in many locations and apply a new style to them. I needed a good way to clean the HTML and did not want…
Great Read
Well I was on Digg and ran across this post. The top 10 things to do for mom’s PC http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/23/top-10-things-to-do-for-moms-pc-over-thanksgiving/ Everything on the list is so true. The things missed were, how to also help your siterin-law and brother-in-law, and how to remove all the spyware already on the box.