Lots of you have asked me about books being updated for Blackstone, so here is the scoop ... The update to ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit will be out at about the time that Blackstone ships (sorry, I can't give you that exact date yet). One exciting change this time around, Ray...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just don't get the fuss and hype surrounding GMail. Honestly, while it does have some cool features, it just does not work for me. But that being said, I have 6 more invites to give away. So, if you are one of the few remaining carbon-based life forms...
Pete Freitag blogged an apparent association between beards and successful languages . This one may be pushing it, but just to be sure I don't jinx anything, I'll keep mine. :-)
Adam Howitt just e-mailed me to tell me about (and invite me to) CFLunch. As per Adam, "I run a CFLunch meeting every other Wednesday for ColdFusion developers in the loop area. These are less formal than CFUG meetings and are just an opportunity for round table discussion. Currently we have around...
Flex Builder 1.5 is now available. This new version has been updated to support all the new capabilities of Flex 1.5. Details on the Flex Builder page .
I've not bought a Wi-Fi detector yet for one reason, while these devices are great at locating Wi-Fi access, they won't let you know whether encryption is enabled or not (and so you end up having to boot up anyway, which makes the device somewhat useless). What I was waiting for was a device that...
ColdFusion developer (and CFUG manager) Steve Gustafson is on a diet, losing weight to help raise money to fight Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease") by accepting pledges for each pound he loses between 12/10/2004 and 6/29/2005. To pledge, check his...
Charlie Griefer just brought this one to my attention. Easycfm is also running a tutorial contest. Tutorials received between December 15th, 2004 and January 15th, 2005 will be eligible to win an Apple IPod (40GB), with the winner to be decided by vote. Details at Easycfm .
dream.in.code is looking for new tutorials (on several subjects, including Flash and ColdFusion), and is running a contest looking for the best tutorial submitted to their new tutorial area. They are giving away a Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 Personal Audio System to the winner. Here are the details .
When I first heard the words "Desperate Housewives" (on a TV ad for that show) my initial reaction was "sounds like the kind of subject line that my spam filter should trap". An sure enough, I was just going through my spam filter logs and there it is, a whole bunch of messages with the subject...