Jay's Blog


Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII. Cardinals Cry.

02/01/2009 08:38 PM — Tonight, the Pittsburgh Steelers declared victory over the Arizona Cardinals 27 to 23 in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, FL at Raymond James Statium. Members of the Steeler Nation (ones who were born in Pittsburgh and ones from foreign lands) accross the country celebrated as their franchise became the first in NFL history to win 6 Super Bowls, making the Steelers the winningliest team in all professional football.

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer - Exam 70-315

01/20/2009 02:00 PM

A couple weeks ago, I decided that I am going to pursue my certification to be a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer. I studied the C# book for the past 2 weeks and took an exhaustive practice test several times. All my hard work paid off.

Review: HTC Touch Pro, Verizon Wireless Edition

12/13/2008 07:37 AM — So I had the Verizon Wireless XV6800 (HTC Titan) for about 9 months. It started having Wifi issues. After a series of 4 exchanges for refurbished models (all defective-out-of-the-refurb box), they finally gave me the option of upgrading my phone, which to be honest, was not what I had intended at all.

On Love...

10/20/2008 11:58 AM

The truest form of love is not a feeling, though a feeling almost certainly accompanies it. The truest form of love is a gift of yourself -- a promise -- from one person to another, and the lifestyle by which that promise is honored... the lifestyle by which that promise is lived out.

2008 jbiv Pumpkin

10/15/2008 05:00 PM — The other day (Monday), I went into work and was very surprised at this wonderful gift sitting on my desk...

Movie Review: Quarantine

10/14/2008 03:03 PM

For the past two weeks, I've been really excited about seeing Quarantine. I didn't know much about it when I decided I wanted to see it. Actually, from the very first trailer I saw, I knew I had to watch it. From the second trailer I saw, I knew I had to watch it opening day.

“I Saw You Standing Here”

09/26/2008 06:43 AM — Years ago, I had a dream. Not the sort of fairy-tale experience your brain comes up with when you are asleep, but a type of dream that seems much more far-fetched – that seems much less possible. This dream was born in my heart.

I'm Sorry, Windows. I'm having an affair with Mac OS X.

09/19/2008 09:18 PM — So... I made a brave, and rather scary step, for any Windows developer. I partitioned my system hard drive and installed an HFS+ partition. Many of you will have no clue what that means. The more geeky among you will recognize that as the partition file system type used most commonly by computer giant Apple for the Mac OS X operating system.

Hide Navigation Bar 1.1

09/08/2008 09:28 PM — Version 1.1 is available.

Hide Navigation Bar 1.0

09/04/2008 03:18 PM — So after spending some time surfing the Internets, google-ing for the perfect way to hide the Mozilla Firefox navigation bar, I finally broke down and made my own extension.
Jay Baldwin is a follower of Jesus Christ residing in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and daughter. Jay is an Executive Director and Software Engineer (Web Ninja!), a self-proclaimed scriptural scholar, and a pilot. He's also an avid gamer, loves tennis, and has a black belt in Korean martial art Tang Soo Do.