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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
Marathon Training
For those who know me, I am in the middle of training for a Marathon. The Chicago Marathong (LINK) is October 9, 2005. I am excited and also a bit afraid of running 26 miles. I have put in my first few weeks of training, this last weekend I got…
Google – Sitemaps and Search History
Well I finally got around to looking at google sitemaps (googlesitemaps). If you don’t already have a google account (gmail acount also) just register for one. I have been wanting to test this service out. So I embarked on creating a simple xml (sitemap based file) for this site. I…
TechEd 2005 – Some things learned
I had a great week at teched. Here is a quick summary of some interesting things I learned. Architecture program from microsoft. Microsoft has an architecture advisory board. I met a member of that board at TechEd – Jim Wilt. You can read more here http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/ IIS 7.0 – Is…
Teched 2005 – ASP.net Master Pages
One of the great sessions I attended was about ASP.Net 2.0 and Master Pages. The idea is that you can create a master page that all other pages bind from. This concept is similar to a tempate design but with a master page you can lock in certain page variables…
TechEd 2005 – Update 2
I have been so busy here in Orlando, I have not been able to post any more info. I have attended so many sessions and Cabana’s that I am overwhelmed. First things first, IIS 7.0 will rock. They have taken a modular approach to how you can configure and extend…
TechEd 2005 – First Day in Orlando
I am attending Teched 2005 (www.microsoft.com/teched). Today is registration day. I was riding the shuttle to the conference center and happened upon one of the IIS Server team members from Microsoft. That is a trip, I work with IIS amlost every day and was hoping to gain some information on…
Great Google Information
Here is a link to the google factory tour . They talk about a lot of the new services they will be offering and some that I have mentioned before. They have screen shots of the customized home page, RSS feed adds, and even some info on translation. I really…
FireFox Extensions
If you are like me you probably use firefox or have used firefox. It is a great alternative to IE for web browsing. One of the nice features of firefox is the ability to code extensions or plugins for the browser. I user some very frequently. Here is a quick…
IE toolbars
It seems to me that there are a ton of IE tool bars out there. And every program you install tries to add another. I understand the functionality of a toolbar and how useful they can be, but come on. How many do we need. So I started thinking of…