Tag: Stuff

May 15, 2007

No Respect At All

This pic posted by David OMalley of the Connecticut ColdFusion User Group. Someone has been having too much fun with Photoshop!

I post ColdFusion (and occasionally Flex) related job listings on this blog, never more than once a week (and usually on Fridays) and sometimes less frequently. For as long as I have been doing this I have had people contacting me (or sometimes leaving comments) asking why I do so, stating that...

Yes, I Am Alive, Thanks

Sorry for the lack of posts or e-mail replies the past couple of weeks. I was off sick, and am now trying catch up with thousands of e-mails and lots of overdue tasks. Fun stuff. Thanks for the concern, and I'll be back to normal operating speed and mode shortly (I hope).

Come On IRS, Take Your PDF Forms One Step Further

Tax day is fast approaching, and I've been working (on and off) on my tax forms. The IRS lets you download just about every form you could need from a forms page - pick the form you want and save the PDF, simple. The forms are not just printable forms, they really are PDF forms, in that you can...

Get Yourself An H-Racer

My boys and I spent this evening playing with my newest toy. The H-Racer is a real hydrogen powered car, a toy that runs on a real hydrogen fuel cell. The car is a kit, and some minor assembly is required - this is actually a really good thing as it helps with learning what the components are and...

I Admit It, I'm Hooked On Vista

A week or so ago I did something foolish, I installed Vista on my primary laptop. Ok, so foolish may be a bit strong, after all, I did take precautions. Rather than upgrade my existing machine, I bought a new hard drive and installed Vista on that (so that my old configuration remained intact, just...

Goodbye FoxPro, You'll Be Missed

Microsoft has announced that it will not be releasing any new versions of Visual FoxPro, although it will continue to support the technology for another 8 years or so. This is no surprise to anyone, I'm actually amazed that Microsoft continued to maintain FoxPro for as long as they did. I may be...

Microsoft Pays Us A Compliment

I get e-mails from recruiters pretty regularly, and I generally pay no attention to them (I like what I do and am not planning a job change any time soon). But this morning I received an e-mail from a Microsoft recruiter that caught my attention because the detailed message explained that they were...

Google Is A World Clock

I just needed to phone someone in Hong Kong, and could not remember the time difference. So, I typed "time in hong kong" in the Firefox Google search box (thinking I'd find a world time site somewhere), and Google reported "Current local time: 10:23 AM on Tuesday, March 13" as the first answer. Too...

Checking In From São Paulo

I just arrived in São Paulo, Brazil. For a while it looked like I'd not make it here. I left Detroit early this morning (a 6:00am flight), flying to Atlanta to catch a connection for the 10 hour or so flight down to São Paulo. The flight left Detroit over an hour late because of...