Toad Data Modeler

Posted on June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 by jrblack 2 Comments

At work our primary web application is supported or driven by a database that is not relational, has lots of redundant data, some tables don’t have Keys, there are not Foreign Keys or indexes. For those DBA’s that found this article, it would be a nightmare. So, with the database concerns and other architecture and […]... Read More

MightyText

Posted on May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

A co-worker recently enlightened me to a fantastic app that lets you receive and send TXT messages from you PC or Android tablet using your existing mobile phone number. WOW… is this great and clearly my life has gotten busy and hectic, preventing me from keeping up with cool tech and apps like this. MightyText […]... Read More

Tags Manager for Visual Studio Team Services

Posted on November 28, 2017March 1, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

With a recent job change I found my self in a role of sole ownership of a few applications (both web and desktop) with no source control, no requirements, no backlog of product requests etc. Anyway, so I quickly created an account with VisualStudion Team Services, the new and improved TFS in the cloud. I […]... Read More

Import videos from Google Photos to YouTube

Posted on August 31, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

Google Photos is GREAT. You can set your Android phone to back up all the pictures and video you take, and can easily access and view your photo and video via the web through Photos.Google.com. Sharing these photos and videos outside of Google Photos, however, is cumbersome or not so user-friendly… For example, if you […]... Read More

Switched to Verizon

Posted on August 20, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

About 2 years ago we started with Sprint and everyone got a new LG G4 phone. A few months later we learned about the G4’s reboot loop issue, where the phone would suddenly get stuck in a reboot loop and rendered the phone useless. We had 5 of these phones. First 2 of them went […]... Read More

Android Auto

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Jim Leave a comment

I am a fan of Waze, have been for years. I use it for vacation trips and other long drives. But for the every day driving around town, to school, work, etc… I now prefer Android Auto and Google Maps navigation. Maybe some day Google will add support for Waze in Android Auto for the […]... Read More

ReadItToMe

Posted on December 6, 2016March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

I now drive 3.5 times more then I used to. Primarily because my drive to work went form 5 to 7 minutes up to 22 to 25 minutes. Now I drive a 2011 Ford Explorer it has the ability to connect via Bluetooth to my phone so I can do hands free calling and it […]... Read More

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