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January 1, 2008

The Simplest BlogCFC Post Code

I wrote an app that I use to allow BlogCFC posts via e-mail. This particular blog is an internal Adobe blog, and anyone with a valid Adobe LDAP login can post to it. (I also wrote some code that updates Ray's login code so as to update tblUsers table with new users as needed). BlogCFC has grown...

December 25, 2007

Microsoft Releases XNA Game Studio 2

XNA Game Studio is a development environment for creating games for Windows and XBox 360. And the XNA team has announced that XNA Game Studio 2 has been released and is ready for download. Lots of new samples and tutorials too. Cool stuff!

December 24, 2007

How To Shrink A Virtual PC Virtual Hard Disk

Microsoft Virtual PC uses virtual machine hard drive images as disks. These VHD files are typically dynamic in size, they grow as necessary. And I had one grow on me yesterday to over 40GB in size! Microsoft provides a Virtual Disk Wizard which can be used to compact virtual disks (when the virtual...

December 23, 2007

WebKinz - How NOT To Cater To The Young

If you have yet to run into WebKinz , don't feel bad - it may just mean that your age is measured in double digits. For the uninitiated, WebKinz are stuffed animals that each come with a secret code that uniquely identify them. Armed with their stuffed animals, kids go to the WebKinz site, create a...

December 22, 2007

CNet: Adobe Helps Enliven Open Source

CNet is running a story entitled New players enliven open source summarizing important open source announcements and projects of 2007, stating that "In 2007, much of the open-source action happened outside the corridors of the usual corporate suspects." The story then lists several companies and...

December 21, 2007

CFWACK 8 Volume 3 Shipping

CFWACK 8 Volume 3 - Advanced Application Development is now shipping (I received my copies a few days ago). Some of the new content includes server monitoring, .NET integration, working with data feeds, and more. More details on the book page .

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