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Barely Out Of Beta - not your average Sunday comic

admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:33:25 +0000

There’s a new weekly strip - Barely Out of Beta - from the folks at Nectarine, those talented folks from Down Under. Funny, topical — what’s not to like!

Time Flies When You’re Havin Fun (heh)

admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:22:28 +0000

Forgive me readers, for I have, um, erred. It has been over a month and a half since my last posting. My projects have been keeping me busy, busy, busy. The month of August and the first part of September have gone by in a blink of an eye.

And, believe you me, a lot can happen in a month. The iPhone price could drop. Apple could offer an Apple store credit to placate the early adopters. ColdFusion 8 could have it’s first cumulative hotfix issued. CFUnited could announce they are hosting a CFUnited Express Bay Area. The newest CFWACK for ColdFusion 8 could be published, and (almost) shipped. (Amazon has moved the ship date for the first of th three volumes twice. Hopefully the date won’t change anymore.) There could be 5 seconds of mourning for the ColdFusion Developers Journal (CFDJ), which Sys-Con has decided to End-Of-Life and turn into a Microsoft SilverLight publication. I let you read the blog articles to get the general feeling the community has for this.

The list goes on, but obviously I can’t keep up. I’ll throw three hail marys and try to write again in the morning.

Just Upgraded to CS3 Web Premium

admin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:37:44 +0000

Forming and editing this blog post in Contibute CS3. A little funky, but easier than editing on the Apple iPhone. The CS3 package is surpisingly agile. It’s quiker than the Studio MX package that was on my mac, and on par with the verions that’s installed on the work laptop. I have yet to find any showstopping flaws (on either platform), though I have yet to fire up the Bridge. Not sure if I ever will. I can browse with the built in preview browser in PhotoShop CS3 if I need to. I guess I’ll need to add the visual quickstart from PeachPit and the video training from Lynda or Total Training to my wish lists.

Man or Lemming

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:17:18 +0000

Well, after joining the flock for the iPhone, I’ve gone and trailed after all the other little creatures and purchased a copy of the new, last in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. So you probably won’t hear from me for a day or so…

iOvine

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:38:46 +0000

I, like many others (hence the sheep reference in the title), have purchased an iPhone and am attempting my first blog posting using the touch screen to type in my entry. It’s a little more difficult than I thought it would be, though it is pretty dang cool. It may take awhile to get the hang of this with my large-ish thumbs. It was fairly easy to log into wordpress to create this posting, but the actual act of typing may take some getting used to, so you may see shorter entries from the road/iPhone.

RIAForge Source

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:14:28 +0000

Ray Candem (ColdFusion Jedi) has posted the source for RIAForge on his blog. I’m not sure when Ray finds the time to sleep. He is certainly prolific in his output. He’s written a variety of applications that have seen wide use in the community — everything from BlogCFC (the defacto ColdFusion blog code) to Soundings (survey code) and beyond. He hosts coding contests for developers of all experience levels, answers questions and seems to like LOST and Battlestar Galactica. If you get the chance, read his blog.

MacUpdate Promo - mac software deal

admin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:59:43 +0000

From MacUpdate:

MacUpdate has partnered with the 7 best selling Mac programs on mupromo.com. You can buy the bundle for $49.99 instead of $219.88, a savings of $169.89. This amazing offer won’t last long.

Your Deal: As the Mac community comes together, you collectively increase bundle sales. When you do, you unlock 3 bonus applications that become part of the bundle for free. When buying, you become the immediate owner of the first 7 applications: GraphicConverter, Fetch, iWOW, GarageSale, Cocktail, ProfCast, and Amadeus Pro. Then the Mac community unlocks 3 more applications into the bundle for free.

They are at 2296 bundles, 204 bundles from unlocking little snitch. When 5000 bundles are reached, Intaglio will be added to the bundle.

Check out MacUpdate Promo for more details.

Friday blather

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:22:25 +0000

Here it is, the Friday after a mid-week holiday. For some reason it feels like a Tuesday. I did the gym this morning (two days in a row for me, yay) and i’m feeling the need for a nap, and it’s not even 9am. When did I get so old? I suppose it could be worse and tomorrow could actually be Wednesday. I’ll refrain from going to the gym tomorrow and do a three mile walk. Maybe I’ll even take the nap I’m daydreaming about. Or maybe I’ll just work so I can feel caught up for about an hour on Monday.

Some Flex 2 Related Links (pt. two)

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:27:09 +0000

Here is the second installment of my Flex bookmarks: Articles that I need to read (most with code samples) and Lists of other links.

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Some Flex 2 Related Links (pt. one)

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:02:17 +0000

Happy Fourth of July! OK. that’s out of the way.
This will be an auspicious post. A dump of my Flex bookmarks. I find that I currently have them on one computer/browser and need them on another. What better way to share them with myself (and others)?

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