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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
Windows Store App – Submission
I have 2 apps submitted to the Windows Store. The first app I posted on 11/23/2011 and the second today 11/28. Both are currently in the “In Certification” stage. Unfortunately the initial app has been in the same state for 5 days. The issue as I have been informed was…
Windows 8 Upgrade – Windows.old folder
After upgrading to windows 8 on my laptop with an SSD drive. I found that the drive had lost a lot of space. This was due to the size of the c:\windows.old folder. I had attempted to remove this folder a few times through DOS and also Windows Explorer. The…
Windows Store App – Send Email
I have just submitted my first app to the Windows app store. I will send the link out once it gets approved. During the development process I had experimented with a lot of options for my applications. I finally decided to use an html / javascript app type. The choices…
Windows 8 Media Center – Remote Potato
I’ve blogged about recently upgrading to windows 8 on my media center. I now have everything running as it was. Including the best accessory to media center, Remote Potato. (www.remotepotato.com/) This application allows you to remotely view and control your media center. It can stream to a browser (silverlight) or…
Windows 8 or Windows Store App Icons
If you are developing a windows store app (an app for windows 8) you may be in need of some icons. A great way to get some icons that are already available is to use the built-in Segoe UI Symbol font. This is what is referenced when you see the…
Pfsense – SARG (SQUID REPORTS) – 2012 v2
A few months back I posted how to setup SARG on pfsense router. Since then there has been a great package created for SARG that works on p. I have uninstalled the components I earlier configured and now use this package. Here is the config and setup for this on…
Blogs I read – 2012
Every Time I upgrade my Laptop I take inventory of my bookmarks or Favorites. I tend to get a bit sloppy so I just organize by cleaning house. The one thing I don’t get rid of is my google reader feed and the blogs on that feed. In an attempt…
Windows 8 – Close an application
I have been asked twice from new windows 8 users on how to close an application. I find it funny to think that people have been running apps in the background and not know how to shut them down. There are 3 basic ways to close an app in windows…