Jesus & Jim

Jim Michaels

This site is simply here for informational purposes, but visit the fun section anyway. You will find a lot of information on computers. I update or create some page pretty much weekly. External links are in bold. It uses a cookie for storing the menu's state (whether a section is collapsed or expanded). it makes using this web site a LOT more convenient. There may be a cookie involved in the email form, but it contains no information about you, nor is it used for tracking - only for security purposes.

This is a PC-oriented site, though once in a long while you will find some Mac tidbits. I am learning bits more about the Mac as I go along.

To navigate this site, click the yellow closed folder next to the menu items to expand them. It works kind of like the Windows Explorer. To collapse, click the opened folder again.

DTV Feb 17, 2009 June 12, 2009 over-the-air Transition

DTV March 18, 2009 Cable ch32-71 Transition

click here for more information, how to get your converter coupon, and DTV converter boxes and ATSC tuners. Apparently Cable is going digital now too! (notified January 2009 - requires special comcast digital box $1/mo I hear). DirecTV will make HD versions of local channels available by end of year (2009?) - unclear to me if this is a switchover or an addition.

what programming is like for me

news

The navigation on this site doesn't work with Opera and Safari browser for some reason. I'm working on that, but it may take me a while - I am clueless as to what causes it. It appears to be the browser's fault. Works fine on FF & IE. Until then, the navigation cookie is set to expand all menus for Opera so you can navigate the site. Navigation will remain "normal" (collapsed) until Opera can notice & fix the problem. Navigation should work fine on all browsers as of June 30, 2008. Switched to a different menu system - couldn't wait for Opera & Safari.

6/5/2008 I somehow had a recent setback - a number of pages went to a previous version and the changes are lost. I am now having to re-update by hand.

11/7/2008 I discovered that dt and dd tags do not work with google. I had to redo my entire cool-products section and see if div tags will work. I will know next week.

1/12/2009 Google Custom Search Engine (the search box) now works. I took up the problems with google help and they were able to fix it. Yay!

The languages I currently use for development are SQL, PHP, C++, Perl, Java, Assembler, JavaScript, Auto-it3, Tcl, BASIC, and now the flex & bison tools (again). I only do minimal stuff with Flash.

Certifications have not benefitted me and seem to be a waste of my resources. I know basically what I can do.

Windows GUI programming I tried once before using MFC, but now I am trying to tackle it using only the Win32 API. any help is greatly appreciated. Now I would like to work with combo boxes and list boxes without using a resource editor.