In an effort to help protect children from spam containing adult oriented content (including alcohol, tobacco, pornography, and gambling), the State of Michigan Department of Information Technology has launched the Protect MI Child , an e-mail equivalent to the national Do Not Call List. As per the...
David Berlind has blogged the pains he had to go through to get dial-up networking via Bluetooth so as to be able to use his cellphone as a network connection for his computer. I must confess that when I went through the same steps getting my old Sony Ericsson phone to work as a DUN it was nowhere...
I have been a Veritas Backup Exec user for a long time (since before it was a Symantec or Veritas product), and have been using it to back up my servers and clients at home for many years. But I recently installed a NAS (a SNAP Server), both for additional shared storage, and to facilitate disk...
The Australian Museum has an international reputation in the fields of natural history and indigenous studies research, community programs and exhibitions. The Museum was established in 1827 and is Australia's first museum, with unique and extensive collections of natural science and cultural...
If you are a parent then you know of Step 2, the creator of those big rugged and ridiculously durable kids toys, games, beds, and more. And the Step 2 web site is powered by ColdFusion MX 7 (although I have yet to find any new CFMX7 specific functionality on the site). Thanks to Troy Pullis for...
Would you rent an R rated movie for your child? What about a movie rated NC-17? And if you did ignore the MPA rating , and your child ended up viewing highly inappropriate content, whose fault would that be? In case you are the only human who has yet to hear this vital news, Grand Theft Auto San...
Visitors to the Anaheim area (where MAX 2005 will take place) can contact The Anaheim / Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau to learn about what to do, where to eat, and more. And, of course, the site is powered by ColdFusion. Thanks to Steve Ray for sending this one my way.
"Merrimack" is the codename for the ColdFusion MX7 updater in beta right now. The updater adds support for additional Linux flavors, Oracle AS, Mac OSX and WebSphere ND. It also updates some of the 3rd party bits (thereby fixing some bugs) and properly exposes CFCProxy (used to invboke CFCs from...
Macromedia gives employees a six week sabbatical every four years, time to switch off, unwind, reset, and refresh. I've been eligible for my sabbatical for almost two years, but with product launches and being on the road, I have never been able to block out six consecutive weeks. Until now. I'll...
We regularly comment on ColdFusion use within the US federal government. But ColdFusion is also used by governments agencies and organizations at all levels, including state and local. Here is an example of ColdFusion use in each and every one of the 50 states: Alabama: Alabama Secretary of State...