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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
Google Earth vs. Microsoft Virtual Earth
Here we go. Not only is there a battle for the best search engine, mapping software, free email, toolbar, and custom portal. We now have a battle for the best earth imaging program. Google has recently added overlay (hybrid) sites to show sat pictures and roads (http://maps.google.com) and now we…
Spyware again
Once again I am helping out some friends with removing spyware. I hate spyware with a passion. I have my collection of tools though, that help me through it. 1. AdAware – Lavasoft.com 2. Spybot – Search & destroy 3. Microsoft Anti-Spyware – Beta 4. Hijack this – I typically…
Currently Readin – Carl Hiaasen – Skinny Dip
One of the individuals I work with recommend I read Carl Hiaasen. I had not heard of him before. But, I was told his books are somewhat like Jimmy Buffett books and very enjoyable to read. The kind where you get lost in both the story and the characters. Well…
Marathon Training
I am currently in training for the Chicago Marathon (www.chicagomarathon.com) So far my training is going well. I have put in a lot of miles this week (28 miles) . I finally did some distance this weekend 11 miles. I am excited to really get some long runs in. I…
CastBlaster
Well Adam Curry finaly released the castblaster beta. You can download it here (http://www.castblaster.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5) One thing I noticed about this beta is that they are asking for $50 bucks for a license key. I’m not against purchasing software but, paying for a beta is a bit over the edge. I…
Currently Reading – Odd Thomas
It is summer and I read a lot during this time of the year. I often slide between some technical book (currently reading extreme hacking) and fun books. The book I just finished was “Odd Thomas” by Dean Koontz. I have read a few of his books and they are…
News and More news
This week I have been able to see and test a lot of new programs. 1. google earth (earth.google.com) Essentially it is keyhole (a program google purchased) on crack. They added all the great features of google maps to this sat image program. If you have not tried it, go…
IIS Reporter
Well I have many ideas on how to update and modify the IIS reporter application I have written. I have finally got VS2005 up and running on my machine and will try to migrate IIS reporter over to 2.0. I have a few releases I need to get up to…