So we have just been away to New Caledonia for an extended weekend, more on that later but in the mean time I had to get this out. For international arrivals to Australia in Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) airport as you come to immigration and passport control there is a Duty Free section on the right. The […]
I was getting pretty unhappy with the whole question mark situation today whilst trying to debug a query. As a standard we use cfqueryparam all the time and if you get a large query with lots of variables then it can be a nightmare if you need to run it Query Analyzer. So I fiddled […]
We started to use Database servers on our local machines at work recently and we decided to go with SQL 2005. The production and development servers we have are all SQL 2000. Being workstations and laptops we decided that SQL Express would be the most appropriate version for the machines as it is stripped down […]
I have a new laptop, thats another story and I this means a reinstall of all my development environment for coldfusion mx 7 (cf7), cfeclipse, sql server etc. Adobe have just released the mystic updater used with the Flex 2 stuff (which BTW is frickin awesome!) taking ColdFusion up to version 7.0.2. I want also […]
I have recently changed places of work and was given the task of setting up version control, in this case Subversion (SVN) for our development team. I started learning about this a while ago through a number of avenues form the WebDU conference, and a number of ColdFusion mailing lists. Version control systems solve a […]
Being a tall bloke at 6 foot 5 inches I have a few nightmares on flying. As a general rule I cant get into standard economy seats without spreading my legs into the aisle and into my neighbours seat. If that happens I am never going to sleep. Its funny though that I drove an […]
I have been trying out the new version of Skype that now comes with video calling. Its a program like an Instant Messenger and allows you to make calls to any other Skype user via VOIP or Voice over IP. You can also call any other regular landline or mobile number by purchasing some prepaid […]
Among the bounty that I swaggered away with after webDU was a webcam from Logitech provided to each participant courtesy of Adobe. Its a pretty neat little thing – a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks, and it clips nicely to the top of your screen so that it can spy on you all day. Trouble now […]
I am currently at WebDU 2006 – its the premier conference Down Under for Adobe (once Macromedia) and web based developers in the the Rich Application and Web Development spaces. Its been a great start so far with a great intro by Mike Chambers of Adobe to showcase some of the cool new stuff coming […]
