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November 6, 2003

Article on Builder.com

Brian Kotek has posted a nice little article on CFMX 6.1 on Builder.com (http://builder.com.com/5100-6371-5093805.html). Nothing radical or new here, but some useful little examples and code snippets.

Mooch Boasts a Cool Flash Interface

Mooch (at http://www.mooch.info/) provides links to all sorts of sites using a really nice Flash interface. Mooch Live lists new sites and pages in any of 8 categories, Mooch At a Glance lists 36 "essential" sites in 6 categories, Mooch Choice provides really nice drill-down access to 1800 sites. I...

Flash Stuff

November 5, 2003

Local WSDL Can Improve Web Service Performance

takes the URL of the WSDL file for the Web Service to be used. That URL is retrieved by ColdFusion via an HTTP call, and that HTTP call takes time. To improve the performance of Web Service invocation you may save the WSDL locally and then use a local URL in . The remote Web Service will still be...

It Takes all Sorts

Actual transcript of a phone call I received last night (well, not the whole call, just until the point at which I had to bite my lips for fear of laughing out loud): CALLER: Hello, is this Ben? ME: Yes it is. CALLER: Hi, this is **** calling from ****. I just wanted to check that you received the...

I'm In Love, With a Phone

I have been eyeing Sony Ericsson's P800 for a bit, but now comes the P900. GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, WAP 2, Opera included, Symbian OS 7.0, a real JVM, full PDA software (integrates with Outlook etc.), MP3 player (more storage via Memory Sticks), rotate it for a game console (complete with sound and...

Louisville, Here I come

Looks like I'll be in Louisville, KY on December 2nd, and that sounds like a perfect opportunity to meet the local CFUG/MMUG. The event and link have been posted to my homepage. See you there!

ColdFusion Stuff

November 4, 2003

Horwith on Dreamweaver MX 2004 and ColdFusion

ColdFusion expert (and long time CF Studio user) Simon Horwith has written an intriguing article on using Dreamweaver MX 2004 with ColdFusion. He presents some very compelling ways to extend Dreamweaver for ColdFusion use, and even confesses "the truth is that the more I use Dreamweaver MX 2004,...

Bluetooth Spam?

The BBC is reporting a new trend, "bluejacking", or sending anonymous messages to Bluetooth devices. I am not sure if this is really funny or really silly or really sad (or some combination of the above), you decide. Story is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3237755.stm.

Looking for Macromedia Web Buttons?

A cf-talk subscriber today wanted to know where to obtain a "Powered by ColdFusion MX" button from. The Macromedia Web Buttons are somewhat buried on the site, so I thought I'd share the URL here in case others wanted it to: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/style_guide/buttons/. You'll find...

ColdFusion Stuff

November 2, 2003

Bluetooth Enabled Cars

I took a 2004 Acura TL for a test drive today. Nice car. But the coolest feature is the Bluetooth enabled audio system. This is such a duh! feature, I'd been wondering why it was not available yet. Have a Bluetooth cell phone? Simply pair it with the car, when a call comes in it can be heard over...