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November 24, 2003

RegEx to Match a URL

Earlier today I needed URL input validation (my form prompted for a URL, I needed to validate that what was provided was a syntactically valid URL). URL validation is actually rather complicated, but the following regular expression worked for me: https?://([-w.]+)+(:d+)?(/([w/_.]*(?S+)?)?)? This...

November 24, 2003

Back Up

My site was down since early this morning. The culprit? Network recabling, and a cable not plugged back in. Sorry about that. :-(

November 22, 2003

I Am Starting to Dislike Houston

Guess where I am ... anyone? ... Houston, and once again I am waiting for a flight because I missed my connection. Ok, in all fairness it is not Houston's fault this time, well, not entirely. My flight leaving Salt Lake City this morning left an hour late (some sensor had frozen, you'd think they'd...

November 20, 2003

Blackstone Sneak Peaks

We hosted a "sneak peak" session yesterday afternoon here at MAX, engineers from all the product teams (in bee costumes, don't ask) used the opportunity to showcase cool stuff they were working on (stuff that may, or may not) make it into future products. Mike Nimer presented for the ColdFusion...

November 19, 2003

Footage Anyone?

I am collecting pictures and video of the MAX 2003 Day 1 Keynote (the first morning when I presented), stuff taking by attendees in the audience. If you have anything you can share please comment, thanks.

November 19, 2003

ColdFusion Powered Flex?

Lots of the impromptu chats I have been having here at MAX have been focused on Flex, and specifically how it relates to ColdFusion. So, no, Flex is not a ColdFusion killer, it is not even a ColdFusion competitor. The truth is that I don't think we've done an adequate job yet of articulating the...

November 19, 2003

The MAX Buzz

Finally, a few minutes of blogging time ... MAX 2003 has been a blast thus far - there is incredible excitement, attendees seem excited and enthusiastic, the facilities are great, and everyone seems to be having fun. That's a good thing. The Day 2 keynote was hilarious, our very own Tim Buntel and...

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