Here is a very interesting time lapse video of carving the classic Grapes and Leaves pattern

Hope you enjoyed!

WordPress has recently release version 3.0.

My experience in upgrading from WordPress 2.92 to verson 3.0 was painless. I used the automatic update and within 60 seconds it had successfully completed.
I have reviewed my sites and as far as I can see there are no issues with site graphics or content layout.

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The following article about carving knives is from the pages of www.deepwoodventrues.com, where you can find more interesting information regarding carving knifes and carving in general.

Woodcarvers are on a constant search for the perfect carving knife. In that search, they sometimes ask me which is better, a forged knife or a ground stock removal knife?

» Continue reading “Hand Forged or Ground from Flat Stock? Which is a better knife?”

I am writing my final paper for Professional Communications, it is about my experience of presenting a PowerPoint discussion.

Hello everyone,
I apologize for not keeping this BLOG updated and I promise to try harder this summer to keep content current and up to date with me and the family and my carvings. But things have been very hectic as of late.

The big news is that I started back to school at Indiana Wesleyan University in January. I enrolled in their LEAP program which will allow me to complete my studies in Business Information Systems. This will give me that long overdue Bachelor’s degree. » Continue reading “Back to School!”

#ln Adding the final touches on another WordPress site. Once the site goes live, I will post the address. http://www.sitesby.com for my portfolio.

Today, it was made official that East Central Opportunities Inc. / Prep4 Business Solutions will be shutting down operations.

I have been employed by ECO for just over 10 years as the IT Director, or more commonly called the “IT Guy”. As the IT guy for ECO I was responsible for all technology systems and data reporting. When ECO had the contract to manage the WorkOne offices in Region 6 (Rush, Fayette, Wayne, Randolphh, Delaware, Henry, Jay, and Blackford Indiana counties) I built and managed a 10 location wide area network and actively outsourced my IT experiences and website development skills to other organizations as well.
» Continue reading “Hartzell Technology Group is active again”

I have been a Red Sox fan since the days of Ted Williams. Yup as a youngster I watched Ted Williams, Carliton Fisk and Carl Yastrzemski play in what I think is the greatest ballpark ever built, Fenway. (Well watched on TV, that is)

I was a fan of other teams as well, like Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now Cincinnati was a great team and when I was young we would vacation at Riverfront for two weeks every year. But these other teams just could not hold a candle to the stigma of being a Redsox fan.  Watch this video to fully understand what I am talking about here.

Over the last few years I have seen a real public shift from a focus on computer hardware to an almost overwhelming fascination over applications. I give credit to this shift to the cell phone. Since cell phones have evolved from a flip talk device to a miniature computer used for personal online browsing, e-mail, calendaring, tracking oil changes, and ordering pizza. » Continue reading “Computer Hardware- Just not as important”

Taking a break from IWU study to update http://www.jerryhartzell.com, my BLOG. It’s baseball season and I think it is another RedSox year!