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Entries from June, 2006

A font for Visual Studio 2005?

June 30, 2006 at 2:44 pm with 0 comments

I've found a great .NET blog that I think I will be visiting quite frequently from now on. Bobby DeRosa is the guy behind C# Shiznit, a .NET blog that has a plethora of rants, raves, downloads, and news about .NET related topics. In one of his recent blog posts he talks about finding a font called Consolas that is optimized for the Visual Studio 2005 development gui. After downloading the font and...

O’Reilly trademarks “Web 2.0″

June 27, 2006 at 9:30 am with comments off

O'Reilly trademarks "Web 2.0" and sets lawyers on IT@Cork! Government Thinking about Web 2.0 // Post takeover from users commenting about the Web 2.0 trademark Controversy about our "Web 2.0" service mark More on our "Web 2.0" service mark Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy (Tim responding this time)

What is AJAX?

June 26, 2006 at 11:48 pm with 0 comments

I get asked quite a bit about the technologies and methods I use in development; some are easier to explain than others. Recently, AJAX has been on the tip of everyones tongue. The idea or "technology" [as some think] behind AJAX is not all that new — granted it's fresh, but it's not new... The term "AJAX" was coined by Jesse James Garret (now titled a "software influencer" by Software Development Times) of Adaptive...

del.icio.us: links + tags + time = unholy mess

June 25, 2006 at 12:13 am with 0 comments

Hundreds of links, and nearly the same amount of tags - it was getting rid.iculo.us! It's taken hours (literally), but I just finished cleaning out my del.icio.us closet. After manually deleting every tag in my account, I (one-by-one) shift+clicked each link in my del.icio.us links page, opening it into a new browser tab, went back to the del.icio.us tab, two-click deleted the link I just opened, went back to the opened link tab, clicked the "post...

Bill Gates to Relinquish Duties at Microsoft in 2008

June 15, 2006 at 3:50 pm with 0 comments

Hard to imagine Microsoft without Gates, but... REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced Thursday that he will transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company he co-founded to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199710,00.html http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13348456/

Rock, Paper, Scissors

June 11, 2006 at 5:24 pm with 0 comments

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198860,00.html Florida Judge Orders Lawyers to Settle Dispute With Rocks, Paper, Scissors I hope there's a follow-up article covering the outcome! Awesome catch Eric. I try posting crazy news when I can, but I didn't even see this one.


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I am Jeremy Helms, 27 year old graphic designer, web designer, site architect, programmer, copywriter and ambitious entrepreneur. I was born and live in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. This site is my personal periodical for design, code, business and other topics. When I'm not glued to the computer, I enjoy music, movies, late-night television and sometimes a good night out on the town with friends.

I began professional work in the IT industry 12 years ago in September, 1995. I started my first business in 1998, incorporated my second business in 2001, my third in 2002 and my fourth and most recent in 2006. I am a sponge — I am constantly exploring and learning — about business, design, programming, history, society, and whatever pops up on blogs across the web.

  • I have been happily married for 4 years; together for a total of 9 years
  • I am a father of two boys; Junior (born 02-06-07 @ 6:17PM — 8lbs 13oz.) and Jedi (born 05-06-08 @ 12:39PM — 8lbs 4oz.)
  • I am a free and accepted Master Mason, belonging to Florida Alpha Lodge No. 172
  • I have two prize Labrador Retrievers (Buck & Brody)
  • I graduated from Choctawhatchee Senior High School
  • Some of my favorite movies include Snatch, L4yer Cake, Blade Runner, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, THX 1138, Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, the Star Wars hexology and Ronin

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