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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
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… 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… 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… 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… 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. As a follow up to my original post of watching some kid at a coffee shop sniff the wireless network for passwords, I am doing a wi-fi security series. In this post I will show wi-fi users how easy it is to gather information from other computers and users by… My last blog post last week on Network Intrusion has generated a lot of traffic and emails. It was interesting to know that people actually read what I post. A lot of people responded in emails asking to know some more information on wireless security. I think this is due… Network Intrusion / Invasion I typically stop at a local coffee shop to get some caffeine and use their wi-fi network to check email and surf the web. I am gathering this is not unlike most people out there in the business world. I tend to visit places that offer… Ever wonder what google index’s or does on your site? Well, here is some instructions on how to use this information. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/11/16/google-sitemaps/ It is some very good info and interesting stats. Somewhat like google analytics.Windows Vulnerability
New cell phone – Cingular 2125
How Secure is your Data
Cleaning MS Word / Frontpage HTML
Great Read
Wi-Fi Security Part 1 – what does your computer say about you.
Wireless Network Security
Network Intrusion / Invasion
Google Site Map Information