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.NET MasterPage Templating

May 5, 2006 at 6:11 pm with 0 comments

Shame on me for being too old-school... In sticking with my methods of large-site development, I've continued down the SSI path when there was something else out there so much easier: Master Pages! http://blogs.msdn.com/dannychen/archive/2006/04/05/569316.aspx For a bit more reading on using Master Pages, check out these MSDN library links: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wtxbf3hh.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.masterpage.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ehszf8ax(VS.80).aspx

IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2005

April 29, 2006 at 11:35 am with 0 comments

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s57a598e.aspx#vbconwhatsnewinvenusprogramming Microsoft IntelliSense technology. Statement completion is now virtually everywhere when you edit Web pages. The IntelliSense technology helps you create code in both code-behind and single-file pages, markup tags, page directives, and so on. Simply my absolute most favorite statement in the new Visual Studio 2005 reference docs. This is probably one of the only reasons I am willing to deal with all the crap of converting and migrating all of my projects from Visual Studio...

BSOD on a Mac.

April 5, 2006 at 4:40 pm with comments off

That didn't take long... The first BSOD generated by Windows on a Mac following a Boot Camp install. http://www.dealcatcher.com/forums/m_402248/tm.htm

Ballmer to his kids: “You don’t use Google, you don’t use iPods”

March 29, 2006 at 12:48 am with comments off

In an interview on CNN Money, Ballmer was asked if he owns an iPod and replied: "No, I do not. Nor do my children. My children — in many dimensions, they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod."

Apple MacBook Pro ‘fastest Windows XP notebook’

March 22, 2006 at 10:26 pm with comments off

Tony Smith @ Reg Hardware said Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market.

Re-Introducing the Real Windows Vista

February 2, 2006 at 11:00 am with 0 comments

A friend of mine and I were talking on AIM last night about his newfound love with Apple, and more specifically with his new replacement for his PC, the PowerBook. Yeah, the Mac OS GUI is beautiful and exquisitely perfect looking, but in my opinion it is by far "the world's most advanced operating system" as Apple tries to claim. The conversation we were having fit in well with another chit-chat I had just a...

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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.)
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