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April 18, 2005

IBM Online Shopping Powered by ColdFusion MX

Personal Pages for IBM Customers is IBM's online store for parts, accessories, and even entire systems. And the site is powered by ColdFusion MX.

Detroit News Using ColdFusion MX

My local newspaper, The Detroit News , appears to be using ColdFusion MX. Most of the links on the site have .htm extensions, but click on any of the CyberSurveys, and .cfm it is.

Another Ben Forta, Or An Imposter?

Someone just sent me a link to a thread on a site named Shiny Donkey . I have no idea what a Shiny Donkey is, or why they'd have a poll about facial hair, but apparently someone named "Ben Forta" with an e-mail address of bforta@geekprime.com hangs out over there. And yes, I do have a beard, but...

Logitech Powered by ColdFusion

This is not a new one, but I was on the Logitech site today and was reminded that it is powered by ColdFusion, and has been for many years now. This is a massive site, supporting lots of products, in numerous languages and locales. And it is lightning fast, too!

Adobe+Macromedia, What Does It Mean For ColdFusion?

Since the announcement hit the wire this morning, the various ColdFusion related lists have been buzzing with rumors, speculation, and predictions. Of course, that is all they are, rumors, speculation, and predictions. I don't think anyone really knows what this means for any product yet, and it'll...

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...

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...

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...