Someone e-mailed me asking about the venture fund announced at MAX 2006, and wanting to know where they could learn more, and whom to contact with proposals. After a bit of digging I found this page , and am blogging it so that I have it when I need it next.
Many have commented on the fact that the Samsung BlackJack is the most BlackBerry like alternative to BlackBerry itself. From the scroll wheel to the form factor to the color and more. But apparently, when it comes to appearances, we actually are able to distinguish the BlackJack from the...
Bluefish is an open source IDE intended for experienced web designers and programmers, and it supports a variety of programming languages, including ColdFusion. Check out these features and screenshots . Bluefish is supported on Linux, Solaris, OS-X, and more.
We all rely on writing dynamic SQL in ColdFusion, but what if you need to write dynamic SQL on the server, perhaps in a stored procedure? While I'd not recommend overusing this technique (there are performance penalties to this one), if you need server-side dynamic SQL, the EXEC() function can...
returns the number of rows retrieved by a SELECT operation in the recordcount variable, available in the CFQUERY structure or the specified RESULT structure. But what if you are performing INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operations, how could you determine the number of rows affected? Well, apparently...
I just confirmed that I'll be attending, and presenting at, 360Flex , a new Flex conference scheduled for March 5th-7th 2007 at eBay's Town Hall Center in San Jose, CA. Other Adobe presenters include Matt Chotin, Ely Greenfield, Ted Patrick, Christian Cantrell, Mike Chambers, and Danny Dura. This...
Yep, there is an Easter Egg hidden in ColdFusion (all MX versions to date, 6.* and 7.*). Marcos Placona posted the details .
I've never done this before, but ... we bought a gift for one of our sons, and everyone has fallen so head over heels over this one that I just have to share. Hexabits are simple 6-sided flexible plastic tiles that interlock to create all sorts of 2D and 3D shapes. The tiles come in 18 bright...
It looks like I am going to keep the Samsung BlackJack . It's not perfect, but it is the best option I have found to date. So, now I need a case for it, and a second charger (I always keep a second one in my laptop bag). All of my local Cingular stores have sold out of the BlackJack case, and very...
Wim Dewijngaert wrote to tell me that ColdFusion XML form components is now online. This new site sells DHTML components designed to be used with ColdFusion