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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
Favorite Software Apps
I was having a conversation with some people yesterday about what software they were using. They started to give me their list. I realized I have never made a list of my most used and useful tools and applications. So I started to compile one. It is not complete but…
Fix for Firefox browser issue
The guys at my hosting provider were able to help me with my CSS issue on this site. It was the way that the PHP was rendering the css files. By adding the following code into the .css files the issue was resolved. < ? Header ("Content-type: text/css");?> This causes…
Skype vs. Vonage
I did find a VOIP comparison over a cnet http://reviews.cnet.com/VoIP/4540-9238_7-30865573-3.html
Lowering my Long Distance with Skype
Here is my story of how I lowered my long distance. I started using skype a while ago with one of my projects (iisreporter.com). It allowed me to talk to people or have people contact me via a phone system. I realized how valuable this free VOIP system was that…
US Soccer – Easter Sunday – ESPN2
Here is some more soccer info for those interested out there. The US National team plays on Easter Sunday (March 27th) agains Mexico. This should be a great game. ESPN2 is coverng the game at 1:00 PM Eastern. This is an important game, it is a qualfiying game for the…
Final Blade Story
Well it is almost over. I may actually have a new server by the middle of next week. We never did get a working 1655mc server, even after another batch of parts. So dell is now sending a new servers to replace our broken ones. I hope this works. I…
Blade Server UPdate
Well last night, Friday night we tried all new parts again in our server. We have a each and every part of that server as new. And it will not POST… Nothing, it does not even error to the screen. So as a final resolve I have a new server…
Dell 1655MC
Here is my story, it is 1:00 AM and a DHL delivery guy just parts for my Dell Blade Server. It is the second parts delivery, they ship right to your location in 4hrs. Dell has great service, however in cases like this service is not enough. You see I…
Tourney Logic – NCAA Pool
For those of you out there who are NCAA basketball fans, don’t forget to get your copy of Tourney Logics March Madness Pool Manager. It is the best way to manage a pool in your office or neighborhood. There are a few version of the pool manager. One is an…