I'd known Chuck Boothroyd for several years. He was one of my very first ColdFusion students (back when I was teaching the FastTrack to ColdFusion class). He was a loyal and active member of the CF community. He attended events and conferences, and helped arrange user groups presentations. And he...
I am in LaGuardia airport, delayed because of the snow storm. I can handle that, and the fact that anywhere to buy food is closed. What ticks me off is no high-speed Internet access, and not enough phone lines for dial-up. Another airport that the 21st century passed by?
Several days ago I commented on the spam lawsuits, and noted that the real problem was one of supply and demand, that as long as users responded to spam the deluge would never let up. There is a story on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal that backs me up. As per the article, Mr. Orlando...
This is not a new one, but ... Need the definition of a word? Do a quick Google search in the form "define word".
Story in The Globe and Mail today (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040315.gtonfolio0315/BNStory/Technology/) on a just announced product named Onfolio, a content aggregation application that runs inside of Internet Explorer. And who is Onfolio's founder? None other than J. J....
You've seen the Oracle ads: faster, cheaper ... and it "never breaks". Oracle servers never break, great. But I just noticed some fine print at the bottom of the ads, and I quote: "Note: 'Never breaks' inidicates that when a server goes down, your system keeps running." Well, I am so glad they...
I wrote this function for someone who needed to programmatically obtain a list of datasources and whether or not they could be verified. I've discussed the use of the Service Factory before, but this is another nice example, and so I thought it worth sharing. GetDataSources() returns a query...
ODBC access in Macromedia ColdFusion MX and higher is provided through the use of the DataDirect SequeLink Server software, which runs under the Windows services labeled ColdFusion MX ODBC Agent and ColdFusion MX ODBC Server. This new TechNote (at...
Several of you wrote to tell me that you tried to buy my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" (see http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/) from Amazon.com, only to be told that it was backordered. Indeed, Amazon.com ran out of their entire stock within a day (which is why the...
It had to happen, several readers have found typos in my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", and so the errata is now online (link at the bottom of http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/.