Entries tagged with Troubleshooting

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.

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...

Check your feeds!

April 11, 2007 at 11:55 am with 0 comments

So, the main page of my site has been running really slow for the past few days and I kept thinking it was because of a syndicated feed I was pulling in — perhaps the feed provider was having problems.. Well, that wasn’t the problem. Apparently you should always check your feeds when issues arise! The slow-down was due to FeedBurner trying to parse my beautiful site’s invalid XML feed. Furthermore, I’ve always been an…

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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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