Jeff Belcher
I am a photographer that enjoys playing music, studying architecture, admiring art, working with computers and learning new technologies.
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- Systems administrator focusing on virtual technologiesInformation Technology and Services | Greater Detroit Area, USSummaryI have enjoyed learning the IT profession from the ground up since age 15. I love working with computers, software, hardware anything that can be taken apart and observed, then put back together. I would like to continue to grow in my knowledge of the Information Technology area, as well as growing customer experience and relationships.Specialties: Proficient in Microsoft Products, SQL, Office, CSS, CMS, Cisco CUCM/UCCX/Unity, VCenter, Active Directory, Exchange Support, Desktop and Server Support.Experience
- PresentSystems Administrator / Dynamic Computer Corporation
- Oct 2008 - Sept 2011IT Professional / Total AttorneysWhen I started at Total Attorneys, I was to be a reporting resource for the 70 person call center, however, I transitioned into a support role administering the telephony network. I quickly became proficient in Call Manager, UCCX as well as Unity. Some tasks involved were: setting up new devices, new toll free numbers, script generation and maintenance and voicemail configuration. I was then transferred to the IT department where I kept all phone responsibilities, as well as taking on a desktop support role, getting certified by Microsoft, and expanding my role to include server creation/configuration, active directory, database maintenance, remote desktop, XP/Vista and Windows 7 support, as well as other general support.
- Jan 2004 - Oct 2008Database Admin / GMAC
- Jul 2003 - Nov 2004IT Professional / LogicaCMGContract employee placed with GMAC Mortgage to manage Access Database. Took part in requirement gathering for reception of customer data wirelessly as well as building requirements and interviewing vendors for application development and implementation.
- Jul 2000 - Jun 2003Courier, Ramp Operations, Manager, Driver / DHLStarted as PM courier, moved to both AM and PM routes. After a year, I was transferred to Airport Operations where I sorted parcels, was trained in the Load and Balance operations, flight crew interaction and data entry of records. I obtained a CDL license with and air brake endorsement and performed a lengthy route to pick up large parcels and shipping containers to return to Airport Operations and load on the aircraft.
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2000 - 2001Schoolcraft College
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1999 - 2000Henry Ford Community CollegeArt
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Honors:MCP SQL 2008 Implementation and Administration (70-432)
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Interests:Computers, drumming, photography, jazz, art, outdoors, driving, family, television and books.
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Status
- Loving the Tigers uniforms today.
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Wood Brothers (19), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (14) & Santana (13) http://bit.ly/gU48LY
- The new Daniel Johnston is really good
- I always catch crap for this, but I'm going to say it again. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is by far my favorite Floyd album.
- Not sure how I missed it until now, but just started watching The Colony on Discovery. Kinda cheesy, but pretty entertaining.
- Workin on servers, listening to the black album. Oh Saturday night...
- Time for Valverde to go.
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Brad Mehldau Trio (17), The Who (14) & Duke Ellington & Count Basie (14) http://bit.ly/gU48LY
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Radiohead (22), Robert Johnson (21) & Matt the Electrician (19) http://bit.ly/gU48LY
- Anyone have an old 30GB or higher iPod that they want to donate for a project? It'd be nice if it worked, since I'm after the hard drive.
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- Looking forward to hearing what happens with this. http://t.co/1AiqQ9BP
- Want the chance to win a free Motorola Xoom? Check it out. #launch http://t.co/JFZj7y7y via @freeyourandroid
- Jeff Belcher: Check out my personal website! http://t.co/I9TuEcZU via @AddThis
- Would love some input on my pictures. I post a lot but never get much criticism or feedback. Like em? Hate em? Don't ca http://t.co/cKEtZcD
- Watching @androidbeanies announce their new product on HangoutParty.com http://t.co/3MgCizZ
- "@heavynuggets: SO ready for some football tonight. GO LIONS. #roar" Ditto!
- @michael_323 Is that a yes?
- Need someone in Portland, OR to do me a huge favor and ship me a sixer of these. Please????? http://sgp.cm/13356b
- "@freep: It's official: Whole Foods to build a store in #Detroit http://t.co/gDjbOga @wholefoods" Fantastic!
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- Nov 02, 11
Damn Nature U Scary of the Day: Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano complex spews a scary cloud of ash and lightning during a June eruption that disrupted air travel throughout the region.
Ricardo Mohr’s stunning shot was picked to appear in National Geographic’s “Pictures We Love: Best of October.”
[boingboing.]
Tagged: chile, Damn Nature U Scary, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle - Oct 29, 11
This Changes Everything of the Day: Stop preparing your pasta like a slow-ass sucker: Speed things way up with this life-altering tip from Keys to Good Cooking author Harold McGee.
[chow.]
Tagged: Life Hack, Life-Altering Tip, Pasta Preparation Tip, This. Changes. Everything. - Oct 29, 11
Postage Paid Protest of the Day: YouTuber ransackedroom — a San Francisco-based “poet, editor, and marketer” — has come up with a rather ingenious way ordinary people can support the Occupy Wall Street movement without ever leaving their homes.
It involves taking the business reply mail envelope that comes with most unsolicited credit card offers, and sending it back to the banks with a message inside that ransacked hopes will help open “a dialogue.”
He says:
This isn’t really about running up the postage bill on the big banks, although that’s a nice side effect. The real effect of this is to force banks to react to us.
If they start getting hundreds and thousands of weird responses to their credit card applications, well they’re going to have to have meetings. They going to have to develop new procedures and every hour banks spend reacting to us is an hour banks don’t spend lobbying Congress on how to screw us. It’s an hour banks don’t spend foreclosing on our houses.
So I think that that’s progress.
YouTube Comment of Note: “This supports the United States Postal Service also, maybe keeping several thousand postal workers out of the unemployment line. Good idea.”
[thanks mike!]
Tagged: Occupy Everywhere, Occupy Junk Mail, Occupy Wall Street, Postage Paid Protest, Taking A Sit - Oct 30, 11
With a monochrome color palette and mind bending portal physics, the indie game Parallax is set to blow away gamers when it comes out early 2012.
And, as amazing as this game looks, it was developed by only 2 people, Zi Ye and Jesse Burstyn, and is slated to be completed in less than one year! Check out the trailer and see if your brain can handle the world of Parallax.
–via Ars Technica
- Oct 28, 11
The Hindu festival of lights Diwali was celebrated on October 26th this year and photos have started to flow in from this years celebrations. Enjoy.
Photos from Saptak Ganguly, swarat_ghosh, sharad_2007, and *HamimCHOWDHURY*.
- Oct 28, 11
This week’s Workspace of the Week is iBSSR’s minimalist Mac office space:
This selection is located in a minimalist house recently built in Parkstad Heerlen, the Netherlands. (It’s in the southern Limburg province of the Netherlands.) The name of the house is “Minimum to the Max,” which I believe also aptly describes the feel of this room. In the desk and workspace area, there are only computers, desks, task lighting, and chairs. Likely, when the space is in use, there are also project materials strewn about the desks. However, at the end of the day, all items are put away and stored on the bookcase. The bookcase is built into the wall and was part of the original design of the home. Without the bookcase, the space would feel empty or impersonal. With the bookcase, the space transforms into an inspiring studio that can provide clarity and creativity. The long window that runs along the wall opposite of the bookshelf is also nice for bringing natural light into the space. Thank you, iBSSR, for sharing your minimalist space with us.
Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.
Like this site? Buy Erin Rooney Doland's Unclutter Your Life in One Week from Amazon.com today.
- Oct 28, 11
Photography Is Not A Crime of the Day: The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department alleging the harassment, unlawful detainment, and improper searching of multiple photographers whose only “crime” was snapping photos in a public place.
“Photography is not a crime. It’s protected 1st Amendment expression,” senior staff attorney for ACLU SoCal Peter Bibring told the Los Angeles Times. “It violates the Constitution’s core protections for sheriff’s deputies to detain and search people who are doing nothing wrong. To single them out for such treatment while they’re pursuing a constitutionally protected activity is doubly wrong.”
In their suit, the ACLU cite at least six incidents involving three photographers who were detained while photographing in public.
In one case, as the video above shows, professional photographer and photographer rights advocate Shawn “discarted” Nee was stopped and searched by Deputy Richard Gylfie. The ACLU says Nee complained, but the Sherrif’s department did nothing.
Bibring says police take the post-9/11 policy of “suspicious activity reporting” too far, and demands a court order preventing the Sheriff’s Department from detaining people simply for snapping photos.
“Should we really ignore suspicious activity?” responded LA County sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker when asked to comment. “We have an obligation to the public to answer questions and we are going to ask people why are you taking that picture. It is our duty to protect the public.”
The department would not comment on specific incidents.
[latimes / bloggingla / thanks photo_la!]
Tagged: ACLU, Photographer's Rights, Photography's Not A Crime - Oct 28, 11
- Oct 21, 11Watching fellow music fans' videos of live concerts on YouTube is great, but rather than sifting through all the footage, wouldn't it be great to have all the clips arranged for you into one entire show? That's what Veokami does. More »
- Oct 27, 11
Juergen Horn found a shop in Palermo, Italy, that will “fill ‘er up” -with wine! A five-liter jug pumped full will run you €7. See more pictures and watch a video of the wine pump in action at For 91 Days. Link
- Oct 22, 11
DIY of the Day: Thingiversian Tom Lombardi used a common household 3D printer to create quite possibly the most necessary tool since the first one: The Lucky Charms Cereal Sifter.
Lombardi writes:
Another feeble box of Lucky Charms cereal? No problem, create that most excellent bowl with charms in every bite with this Charms Sifter. The holes are sized to catch most charms, you should be able to sift > 90% of them.
DIY instructions are here, but if you’re the kind of person who eats entire bowls of nutritionally negligible marbits I’m guessing you’ll want to skip the manual labor and go straight to buying a big bag of cereal marshmallows.
[theawesomer.]
Tagged: 3d printer, DIY, Lucky Charms Sifter - Oct 21, 11
Draw2D2 has a collection of art mashups called “Zombie/Steven Spielberg” that place zombies in Spielberg movies, or otherwise combine the two ideas. The example shown is by Alex Ryan. Go see the rest! Link -Thanks, Jason Welborn!
- Oct 18, 11
Bare Necessities of the Day: A grocey store in Ketchikan, Alaska, received an unexpected ursine visitor last Saturday, when a bear cub entered the establishment and headed straight for the produce aisle.
According to KRBD, one of the store’s patrons was able to grab the cub and haul it outside. The Anchorage Daily News says it has not been spotted since.
And, yes, Tatsuda’s did empty its produce case following the incident.
Tagged: Bare Necessities, Meanwhile, In Alaska, Tatsuda's - Oct 18, 11
Please take note of this event going on tonight at Chicago’s Active Transportation Alliance Headquarters:
This Crash Support Crash Course & Legal Clinic is a free event that is open to the public, and especially relevant to anyone who has recently been in a bicycle related crash.
Know Your Rights: A Crash Support Crash Course & Legal Clinic
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
6-8PM
Active Transportation Alliance Headquarters
9 West Hubbard, Suite 402, ChicagoLearn what to do after a bicycle related crash and get real life advice from crash support attorneys. Participants will have an opportunity to privately meet with crash support attorneys to talk about the status of any pending cases or insurance claims. This event is free and open to the public. For more information about Active Trans’ Crash Support Program, visit: http://www.activetrans.org/crashsupport
Facebook event listing:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132688133497357Plus, take note of the crash support resources always available for bicycle crash victims as well as the FAQ for what to do after a crash.
Crash Support Group
If you’re looking for support and answers in the wake of a crash, join the Active Trans’ Crash Support Group.
The Crash Support Group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month. It’s free, confidential and facilitated by a trained professional. Come talk to others who have also been in a crash.
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Click herefor awesome Bicycle Products and Accessories.Crash Hotline
Call our hotline, 312-869-HELP (4357), to learn about your options. Whether your questions are related to legal, insurance or advocacy issues, we’re ready to help.
Beautifully designed, affordably priced canvas and leather bicycle bags.
Copyright 2007-2011 www.bikecommuters.com - Oct 18, 11
Xavier Barrade's "Epic Exquisite Corpse" has been online since the beginning of the summer, but the artist recently brought it to our attention, lamenting two weeks of downtime due to technical difficulties.
The concept is fairly straightforward, an Information Age riff on the spontaneous method of composition developed by André Breton and his surrealist collaborators in the early 20th Century, in which different artists sketch parts of a single drawing. The original technique involved folded sheets of paper, such that one could only see a few points of contact with the other images; Barrade preserves this element of surprise with a cropped drawing board.
The tools—a pencil and an eraser tool; no more, no less—are minimal, though it might be nice to have hotkeys (i.e. "E" & "B" for those in the know) or even an "Undo" feature.
Of course, the limits of the concept are precisely what make it interesting... at least in theory.
(more...)
- Oct 16, 11
Inspired by the Gallery Antarctica curated by Dunstan. Photos from Arctic Al, Bogdan Ionescu, divedivajade, and Greenpeace Esperanza .
- Oct 17, 11
Universal remote control devices have been around for quite some time, but their universal-ness has always been limited, if you wanted to know the truth.
A remote control that works on all platforms regardless of the Smartphone or handheld that you use had always been missing. ThinkFlood has announced the Android ...
Continue Reading on Walyou - Oct 15, 11
If Norway ever decides to remake The Dukes of Hazzard for their own country, this would be a good place to shoot scenes. And why not? There is a Swedish version.
No, the bridge isn’t actually out. The Storseisundet Bridge in Møre og Romsdal county, when photographed from a particular angle, looks incomplete. Kuriositas has more pictures of this oddity.
Link | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- Oct 14, 11
[ Filed under Transportation & in the Bikes & Cycles category ]
Carrying your lock with you on your bike can be something of a pain, but its the one thing you definitely can’t leave behind. The Küat lock is shaped just like a water bottle so it fits right into your bike’s water rack. You can easily carry your lock with you without worrying about finding an out-of-the-way place for it.
A retractable five-foot-long steel cable lies coiled inside of the faux water bottle, ready to come out and protect your precious wheels wherever you decide to stop. There’s also a removable bottom so you can hide a bit of cash and maybe a key or two. Of course, if you go for this unique lock you’ll need a new place to stash your real water bottle – but at least your bike will be safe.
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