Entries in the Windows category


FLV not loading on IIS

September 13, 2007 at 1:11 pm with 0 comments

Flash CS3 > FLVPlayback > Component Inspector > contentPath (set) > Export Movie > Upload > Firefox > Refresh > Smash (head on MacBook) So after three hours of that routine with very little changing, I figured out that IIS on the web server didn't have the MIME type defined for the Flash video (FLV) file that was being referenced in the Flash movie (website). So, obviously, this was why IIS wasn't serving up the FLV...

Is Windows really right for the web?

December 11, 2006 at 1:27 am with 0 comments

More and more I find myself contemplating leaving the Microsoft product lines for less-expensive, less cumbersome and less error-prone products. I've used Microsoft Windows since Windows 3.1 back in the day and DOS before that, so I've seen the leaps and bounds it has made over the years. And, with Vista on the horizon, I'm sure all things will be hype in the Microsoft world again for most people; but not so much for me...

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

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, 29 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 14 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 6 years; together for a total of 11 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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