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Entries from January, 2008

Lucky number 76?

January 29, 2008 at 4:49 pm with 0 comments

It takes exactly 76 emails, 1k a piece, to kill ClamAV when running in stand-alone configuration. Anyone thinking about using ClamAV, without configuring it as a daemon or a Windows service, think again because you will regret it.

NASA site on steriods

January 19, 2008 at 1:04 am with 0 comments

NASA has won my vote for best mainstream site featuring new-web interface design. December 3 of last year, NASA celebrated its 50th anniversary and launched the first major redesign of it's website in more than four years. Along with all the syndicated feeds, calendar widgets, and awesome usage of screen real estate, the most obvious implementation to any web developer is that the new web site powered by both Prototype and...

The 2008 “Vote for Junior” campaign!

January 15, 2008 at 12:51 pm with 0 comments

Attention friends & family! The web address to follow below is for the local 15th Annual Beautiful Babies contest in my area; you will be taken directly to the photo of my son, Junior who is now 11 months old. Voting for this contest started at 12:00 noon (CST) today and the polls are running for some of these babies (in 45 minutes, one baby took almost 200 votes!). Click the link and you'll find [near the...


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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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