I don't know when this one was introduced, it seemed to slip in under the radar, but Yahoo! has added traffic condition and incident reports to Yahoo! Maps. Maps now display little colored icons indicating reported traffic speed and incident severity, mouse-over the icon for a popup containing...
I've mentioned input masking before, and Tim Buntel demoed the use of masking in his Flash based election form at MAX. But we haven't spent a lot of time talking about the specifics of this feature, and having used it extensively the past few days I just have to spill the beans. Here's the big...
Vegemite. Australia's answer to Marmite (the stuff Brits spread on toast while Americans take a sniff and stare in utter disbelief). The spread mentioned in Men At Work's "Down Under" (as in "I said, Do you speak-a my language? He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich"). Yep, that Vegemite....
My new blog poll has been up for just a few days, but the initial results are impressive. 94% of respondents plan on upgrading to Blackstone, and 51% plan to upgrade as soon as it ships!
Last week I mentioned the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter HS10 , a full-featured WiFi detection and analysis device, and promised to post my thoughts on the device when I had gotten to try it out. Well, I have mine, and have played with it, and highly recommend that you do too. The device is...
I left my "Do you use CFC's?" poll up for longer than planned (I wanted to wait for at least 1,000 responses, and just noticed that there are over 1,200 already). The stats are impressive, with 73% of respondents using or tinkering with ColdFusion Components, and 38% claiming "I'd code no other...
A new TechNote has been posted describing how to set up the ColdFusion missing template handler if using IIS, and providing steps to make the IIS configuration changes that may be needed.
I love my job, care about the products I am involved in, and thoroughly enjoy working for Macromedia. But I have never been prouder of the company than I am now. Yesterday an e-mail from Sankalp Saxena, Managing Director of Macromedia India, was sent to all Macromedia employees worldwide. The...
Sean Corfield mentioned that he has updated the ColdFusion MX Coding Guidelines used internally by the Macromedia's Web Technology Group.
I was clearing out an office cupboard yesterday and discovered my collection of formerly used cell-phones (various networks, vendors, shapes, and sizes). As many of you know, I tend to switch phones rather frequently, and this is apparently where the older ones had been deposited. Rather than throw...