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BBC Holds Luminus Media Road Race

Sunday July 11th the Buffalo Bicycling Club held the Luminus Media Road Race in Wales, NY just east of East Aurora, NY.

Luminus Media is a sponsor of the club's Team Series which puts local Buffalo Area teams up against each other in a 10 race series throughout each cycling season.

Luminus Media also provides website support for the club and currently maintains the website / scoring application that we built for the club in 2009.

Part-Time Summer Intership Positions

Luminus Media, newly located on Elmwood Avenue, is seeking talented prospects to fulfill the follow a part time Internship positions.

Graphic Design / Illustration

Responsibilities will include: (all duties conducted with guidance from Creative Director)

• Web Design
• Logo Design
• Print Design
• Flash Design & Development
• Client Communication
• Children's Book Illustration is a plus
• Video Editing is a plus

Working Program knowledge should include:

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Powerpoint
• Flash
• After Effects

Web Coding / PHP Programming

Responsibilities will include: (all duties conducted with guidance from Programming Director)

• XHTML Web Coding
• PHP Programming
• Flash Development
• Client Communication
• jQuery Implementation is a plus

Working Program knowledge should include:

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Dreamweaver
• Contribute
• Flash

Candidates will be expected to work 10-15 hours a week IN OFFICE (Offshore and out of area candidates will not be considered). This internship is an unpaid position, payment compensation will be considered on a project to project basis weighing performance and project outcome. Course credits can be applied for based on pre-approval from the department head at your institution. Project work will include internal projects as well as high profile client projects. All work done may be included on any future job application portfolios with mention of the internship. Luminus Media can be used for any resume referrals you desire.

If you are interested in this position, please send one email including a short resume and digital portfolio to info@luminusmedia.com. Design portfolio should demonstrate professional quality work in a broad range of media types i.e. print, web, illustration, & flash.

If chosen, Applicants should be prepared to meet Wednesday 6/9/10 between the hours of 9a.m.- 5p.m. for a full interview.

Luminus Media in the Elmwood Village Creative

Thanks to all of our great clients and amazing friends and family we have been fortunate enough to take the next step in the growth of the company. Today, after a few days last week of painting and organization, we moved into our new studio space at the Elmwood Village Creative located at 257 Elmwood Ave.

Luminus Media will be part of a floor featuring some of Buffalo's greatest creative talents and services. Online Thymes, Nickel City Graphics, and the Roaming Buffaloes are also part of the floor.

Luminus Media sighting on Pearl Street Cycling kits!

Earlier this year we helped the Pearl Street Cycling team during its organization phase with web development. Since then the team has gone on to start very hot in its first cycling season locally here in WNY as well as nationally. Their team kits came in and there is a fantastic little logo on the back!

Tim Bouchard speaks at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High in Washington, DC

Tuesday May 11th, Tim Bouchard spoke in Washington, DC at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High to students about financial literacy as a business owner at a young age.

The panel, organized by WETA (a PBS affiliate station in Washington DC), consisted of Tim Bouchard, an investment professional, and a banking professional.

This was another outreach event organized by PBS in support of the "Your Life, Your Money" PBS documentary produced by WNED.

Buffalo Sabres Beard-a-Thon

If you have any meetings scheduled with us in the near future, brace yourself. No we haven't gone homeless or stopped showering.

Today marks the start of the 2010 NHL Playoffs. For players, growing a beard during the post-season has become so common it is almost required of them. For fans, this has become a public display of their support for their team 24/7, even women throw on fake beards sometimes!

This year the Buffalo Sabres have taken it a step farther, incorporating fund raising into the formula with the 2010 Beard-a-Thon!

Many of you may have noticed Mike has a beard all the time, Tim is not so fortunate, but he has created a Beard-a-Thon profile page and if anyone is willing to donate to the profile feel free. Above is a little preview of Tim's attempts to grow into his man mane.

Tim's Beard-a-Thon Profile Page

Fix Firefox 3.6 Full Screen Shortcut and Web Developer Toolbar

So FireFox 3.6 didn't realize there was such a widely used "Display Element Information" (Shift+Command+F) shortcut for Web Developer Toolbar that used the same key combination as their new "View Fullscreen" (Shift+Command+F) shortcut key.

After a few google searches this link was found with, from what we could tell, was the clearest and simplest fix for the problem.

How to change Firefox's full screen hotkey

Google To Phase Out Internet Explorer 6 Support

View the Google Blog Article

With the recent release of Windows 7 (and Microsoft started flirting with abandoning Internet Explorer 6) web designers saw the first glimpse of hope that, we as service providers, will not have to bend over backwards to make well crafted websites and applications work in a browser that was sub-par to say the least.

Enter another big dog in the fight against IE6, Google! The world's largest web company and developer of many of the most advanced online application is publicly declaring that enough is enough. Google will stop catering to IE6's bugs and shortcomings from now on, regardless of what IT Professionals at corporations want.

With a wide variety of open source browsers available to the public for free, corporations still hesitate to buy into the fact that Microsoft is not the only (or best) option. Digg and other large social networking and blog sites are also considering this as well.

IE6 users here are some other Browsers to consider:

• Mozilla FireFox
• Apple Safari
• Google Chrome
• Opera

Here is another fun Anti-IE6 link Bring Down IE6

Thunderbird 3 POP3 Setup Issues and Fix

For all you POP3 email users, you may be incredibly frustrated with the recent release of Mozilla's new version of the popular email client Thunderbird 3.

In the new mailbox setup, users are asked to simply enter their Name, Email, and Password. Then Thunderbird will automatically discover and add the server settings for you. Sounds great right? Well Thunderbird is forcing users to setup IMAP email addresses. Many users familiarity with IMAP is limited and/or avoided.

The best solution, for now, is simply to uninstall Thunderbird (those of you that upgraded, back up your mailboxes first) and install the last Thunderbird 2.0.23 release found here Download Thunderbird 2.0.23

I would hope that the great teams at Mozilla can iron this issue out quickly as most, if not all, of their products released are the top of their class.

Welcome to Luminus Media!

Well we've done it! The Corporate Jesters and Sharpcut Media are officially teaming up to bring our clients the best services under one roof! Please browse our sparkling new website, with all new information about who we are and what we do.

• Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Development, & Media Services
• Portfolio of Clients & Projects
• ** NEW! ** Web Hosting Packages
• About our Studio
• Our Contact Information
• Check Out Our PBS Feature

Luminus Media getting off the ground!

We are making strides to setting up all the necessary pieces to this puzzle we like to call Luminus Media. Looking forward to The Corporate Jesters and Sharpcut Media teaming up for some amazing projects!

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