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April 13, 2005

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...

April 12, 2005

CFMX7 Powers Spanish News Site

Canarias7 is a regional Spanish newspaper, and the online version is powered by ColdFusion MX 7 (running on Windows 2003, and using Apache and MySQL). The site uses CFMX7 form validation enhancements, improved XML support, new Verity functionality, and also uses CFMX7 charting. For an example, look...

April 12, 2005

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...

April 12, 2005

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.

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...

April 12, 2005

Two Metro Detroit User Group Events Today

I'll be speaking to the newly revived Detroit Area ColdFusion User Group this evening. And it just so happens that the Detroit Area Macromedia User Group is meeting this evening too (minutes from where the CFUG is meeting), so I plan to drop by that event as well. Details on the respective web...

April 11, 2005

Google Debuts Mobile Google Local

Google has released a lightweight version of Google Local specifically designed for mobile devices. To use this you need a mobile phone or device that supports XHTML (WAP 2.0). Supports search, driving directions, and more. Details at http://mobile.google.com/loc_search.html.

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