Tag: Stuff

April 17, 2005

Mike Chambers on Macromedia-Adobe Deal

I am not going to comment on the big Macromedia-Adobe announcement today, but Mike Chambers has posted thoughts and context that are well worth reading .

Team Macromedia Dedication (Or Perhaps Obsession)

Dan Short (Team MM for Dreamweaver) is the proud owner of personalized license plates , and Giampaolo Bellavite (Team MM for ColdFusion) who lives in Italy (where personalized plates are not an option) does the next best thing . Thanks to Massimo Foti for sending me these links.

Not Happy With Comcast

I use Comcast for high-speed cable internet access at home, and have for quite a while. The connection has generally been good, and for the most part I've been pleased with the service (despite the fact that the monthly fee keeps creeping upwards). Until this week, that is. On Saturday the...

Anyone Using Online Backup?

Like most of you, I have a home network comprised of multiple servers, and even more clients. Data is backed up nightly to tape, or has been for a long time. But, primarily due to the proliferation of digital media, tapes are not cutting it anymore (plus, tapes just make me more than a little...

Detroit CFUG Event Cancelled!

I have just been informed that the Detroit ColdFusion User Group meeting tonight has been cancelled as the building has been closed due to a gas leak . I've been given the dates of the next meetings, and as soon as I know which one I can attend I'll post details.

ColdFusion Stuff

April 12, 2005

Is Firefox Less Stable Than IE?

I know I am asking for trouble with this one, but ... I run both Firefox 1.02 and IE 6.0.28 (the former far more than the latter). Firefox crashes on me at least once every few days, and when it does it leaves parts of itself running and I have to manually kill those processes. IE, on the other...

Macromedia At CFUNITED

Macromedia is the Platinum Sponsor of CFUNITED-05, and lots of members of the ColdFusion team will be present too (including Tim Buntel, Damon Cooper, Dean Harmon, Tom Jordahl, Mike Nimer, and myself) along with other Macromedians (including Christian Cantrell and Sean Corfield). (I mention this...

Interesting Apache iBATIS SQL Map File Syntax

Apache iBATIS is a framework that can be used to abstract database interaction. Or, in the words of the about page: iBATIS couples objects with stored procedures or SQL statements using a XML descriptor. So why do I mention this? Look at this code snippet extracted from a SQL map XML file: SELECT...

Powered By Detroit A Success

Detroit played host to Powered by Detroit this weekend, its first ColdFusion/Flash conference, with about 150 attendees from all over. I attended day two (today, Sunday) and presented a general session on CFMX7, and then took part in a panel along with Mike Dinowitz and Simon Horwith. Thanks to...

Flash Video: "Institute for Backup Trauma"

John Cleese in a Flash video entitled Institute for Backup Trauma about all that can go wrong with tape backups. This is an ad for a company named LiveVault, but worth watching anyway (all the way until the end, until the third button). ;-)