September 4, 2004
Next Stop, Europe
I'm heading out of the door to catch a flight to Europe. I'll be presenting Blackstone (and more) this week at events in Amsterdam, Milan, and Cologne. If you are in the area, drop by!
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September 4, 2004
Defending ColdFusion in Italian
A few weeks ago I blogged a series of posts on defending ColdFusion against other technologies (see http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=e&entry=1266). Marco Casario has translated these posts in to Italian, and they can be found at: Defending ColdFusion against ASP.NET...
September 3, 2004
Less Than 60 Days To Go
To MAX, and to election day in the US. Without turning this into a political forum, the upcoming election is one of the most important in US history, and looks to be an incredibly close race. If you are a US citizen eligible to vote, and are attending MAX in New Orleans, you will need to arrange...
September 2, 2004
Sure, Share My Passwords, Why Not?
I spoke at a conference recently. As a presenter I was given a login to a site to upload speaker materials, read feedback, and more. The site sent me occasional e-mail reminders (need your bio, provide session description, etc.), and every e-mail included, as a reminder, my login and password. Yes,...
September 1, 2004
TechNote: Hot Fix for ColdFusion Not Responding to Requests
Macromedia has created a hot fix to address a problem with ColdFusion MX 6.1 Updater in the server configuration (which uses an internal version of JRun 4) or the J2EE configuration running on JRun. If a request is sent to ColdFusion MX before the ColdFusion application is fully loaded and running,...
September 1, 2004
Simplified Windows Authentication in Blackstone
The majority of ColdFusion deployments are on Windows boxes, and so it is no surprise that users have frequently requested a simple way to authenticate users against Active Directory and Windows domains. In the past this required the use of LDAP (and the tag), a process neither clean nor intuitive...
August 31, 2004
The "Why On Earth" Department: Boyfriend Arm Pillow
Man are become less of a necessity in Japan. Australian site Gizmo is running a story (with pictures) about a pillow for those "who like sleeping with their head on their partner's chest but don't have a partner to do it with". Yes, a pillow shaped like half a torso, complete with an arm that can...
August 30, 2004
TechNote: ColdFusion MX 6.1 Confirmed Issues
This TechNote (http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/ts/documents/cfmx61_issues.htm) lists the issues and limitations with ColdFusion MX 6.1 that were discovered after the release date. Issues discovered prior to release are documented in the ColdFusion MX 6.1 Release Notes. The hot fixes...
August 29, 2004
Yahoo! Offers $9.95/year Domain Name Registration
Is this going to trigger a price war? Yahoo! is offering domain name registrations (.com, ,net, .org, .biz, .info, .us) for $9.95 a year (without a multi year contract). See http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/.
August 28, 2004
Ericsson Backing Away From Bluetooth?
Ericsson helped develop Bluetooth, and has played an important role in the growth and adoption of the technology. And so it is somewhat alarming to read (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5327431.html) that Ericsson has shut down the 125 person division that was responsible for its Bluetooth work....
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