Alan Williamson

Future of CFML is at OpenCF Summit

Alan Williamson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:06:00 GMT

Next months OpenCF Summit is coming up fast and we are looking forward to getting there and speaking with you all. Our sessions are shaping up very nicely

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Have a happy new CFML year as OpenBD 2.0.2 is released

Alan Williamson — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:39:00 GMT

OpenBD 2.0.2 has been released to celebrate the coming of a new year. Lots of great new additions to it that will help the CFML develop excel

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Does Adobe really care about ColdFusion? Doubt it

Alan Williamson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:28:00 GMT

Adobe is chipping away at ColdFusion 10 apparently. Is this the last swansong of a dying company? Of course it is. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded

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OpenBD v2.0 is released

Alan Williamson — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:11:00 GMT

OpenBD v2.0 is released with over 250+ additions/fixes/improvements. Lots going on with this release.

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Amazon S3: Server-Side Encryption .. a completely pointless feature

Alan Williamson — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:28:00 GMT

Amazon recently updated their S3 product with another feature. Though this one is somewhat of a lame duck and should be used with caution.

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Amazon spinning a right old yarn with Silk. Here's why

Alan Williamson — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:07:00 GMT

Amazon Silk is more than just a browser. It is the preparation of something much bigger.

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Living with the Blackberry Playbook - 2 month review

Alan Williamson — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:38:00 GMT

After nearly 2 months with the PlayBook here is my 20 points of note about it

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Dear Google+, you had your chance, you blew it

Alan Williamson — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:21:00 GMT

Google+ betrays the trust of its Picasa users, auto sharing private photos that have been tagged. Completely unacceptable

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A few OpenBD goodies - catch all email and JQuery like Selector

Alan Williamson — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:25:00 GMT

Use the power of the JQuery like selection and manipulation model at the server side in CFML. CFMAIL gets a new feature to let you catch all outgoing emails.

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BestBuy BlackBerry PlayBook Quest #fail

Alan Williamson — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:27:00 GMT

Our quest to find and touch the hallowed PlayBook is thwarted by BestBuy

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Living with the Blackberry Playbook - 2 month review

Small update on OpenBD 2.0 progress

Alan Williamson — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:05:00 GMT

OpenBD 2.0 is just around the corner. We've been working hard on the last remaining issues with the Google App Engine integration then we will be blessing it and sending it out in the wild

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Amazon Black Thursday (and some of Friday)

Alan Williamson — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:10:00 GMT

Amazon EBS suffered a major outage this week. This was a wake up call to those that relied too much on Amazon and not taking enough care, attention and responsibility for their cloud requirements.

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Adding Java Logging to CFML via logger()

Alan Williamson — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:58:00 GMT

CFML now gets access to log directly down to the core Java Logging framework through the new logger() function. Get contextual logging complete with level attributes.

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OpenBD CFMAIL gets call back handler

Alan Williamson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:30:00 GMT

OpenBD gets a callback handler to CFMAIL to identify when emails are successfully sent or failed

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OpenBD Desktop; the easiest way to develop CFML web apps ever

Alan Williamson — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:55:00 GMT

Developing CFML web apps for both standard and Google App Engine just got the easiest it ever has. Point'n'click execution with our unique Desktop App.

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Jetty Desktop Launcher

Alan Williamson — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:43:00 GMT

JettyDesktop is a simple Java GUI to easily and quickly run up Java Web Apps within the Jetty environment

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Integrating MongoDB with CFML:Java on OpenBD

Alan Williamson — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:19:00 GMT

Using MongoDB from within CFML has just got a whole lot easier thanks largely to the efficiency and speed offered by the new 'cfscript lanaguage=java' interface layer in OpenBD

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Writing CFC's using pure Java

Alan Williamson — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:12:00 GMT

You can write CFML CFC using tags and cfml-script, but now, you can also write them in Java, straight on the page. Added a whole bunch of extra goodies to the cfscript language="java" support.

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OpenBD CFML with inline pure Java with cfscript

Alan Williamson — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:00:00 GMT

I've updated the core OpenBD CFML CFSCRIPT implementation by adding support for pure Java to be used. If you can hit refresh on a browser then you can do Java development!

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Top 10 Recruitment Tips for Software Graduates

Alan Williamson — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:35:00 GMT

Recruiting graduates can be an interesting and yet frustrating thing any company can do. With unemployment in the graduate world rising, there are things potential sofware graduates can do to help themsevles.

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OpenBlueDragon: The Manual

Alan Williamson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Welcome to the first steps of the OpenBD manual, a resource to get started and learn all about the wonders of CFML and how you can utilize it in your enterprise and webapps

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Blackberry App Store: Have you been digitally robbed?

Alan Williamson — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:47:00 GMT

Have you been out of pocket due to a faulty blackberry app? Did you pay for something from the Blackberry App Store and have no where to go? Want to hear from you.

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Blackberry App Store money laundering for developers

Alan Williamson — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:20:00 GMT

The Blackberry App Store is a perfect place to have your 3rd rate applications distributed with no chance of recourse if people complain. Perfect place to make money and screw the mobile consumer

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OpenBD CFML Debugger Released

Alan Williamson — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:43:00 GMT

Proud to release the initial version of the CFML Debugger for OpenBD. You will never develop CFML the same again. Easy to install and use you'll be stepping through your CFML code in minutes.

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Does our CFML language need a CFML Specificaiton?

Alan Williamson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:06:00 GMT

The CFML language was crying out for a specification for a long time, but is it really still relevant? Who gains from it, and who loses from it?

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Yawning may keep us 'on the ball'

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:22:00 GMT

Next time someone gives you a rude stare for your yawning, just answer them back stating you are merely cooling down your brain!

In Pictures: Inside LucasFilm

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:00 GMT

Some cool pictures of what its like inside George Lucas's company. Checkout the data center with 250TB online storage.

World Snooker Final 1985

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:01:00 GMT

This was the famous Davis vs. Taylor final. The most famous world final ever; going down to the black. I remember watching this as a kid with my parents. Still gives me goosebumps.

Sun buys up SavaJe

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:00 GMT

SavaJe, the company that squeezed the full 'fat' JRE into a handset has been finally acquired by Sun. For a price (and a reason) yet unknown. More details to appear at JavaOne in a few weeks.

JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:11:00 GMT

Fancy running DOS in a virtual state via Java? This project from Oxford University in the UK demonstrates the power this has by playing old DOS games.

Part of human leg found on beach

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Ever gone out on a bender and got really legless? Well Tay Police in Scotland have found it! Please contact them if you wish to claim it.

Very Funny Tech Support Call

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:20:00 GMT

This had me stitches. A cartoon on the wonders of out sourcing tech support.

US actor Peter Boyle dies aged 71

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:52:00 GMT

A great actor dies; Peter Boyle (from Young Frankenstein and Every One Loves Raymond) was naturally a funny man, and his role in an X-Files episode I still recall fondly.

BBC's Robin Hood - gets a second series

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:18:00 GMT

Some good news for the Robin Hood fans out there. The BBC Robin Hood series gets a secord series commissioned. If you have missed it, then check it out from your local torrent site!

Open Source Java within 30 days

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:56:00 GMT

She's a coming ... open source Java could only be 30 days away according to Sun's CEO at Oracleworld. oooh

'Brand effect' boost for 6Music

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:49:00 GMT

I am one of the new listeners to Russell Brands radio show having found it a few months ago. its funny and gooky. Check it out

Parton announces UK concert dates

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:15:00 GMT

Dolly Parton is going to be playing some concerts in the UK next March.

Quiz: Where in the world?

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

This interactive quick quiz from the BBC plots countries and asks you to name them. Seems simple doesn't it? I only achieved 3 out of 10!!!

Lawyers -- its the new gold rush industry

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:29:00 GMT

Daniel Petrocelli, Enron's Skilling's lawyer, is believed to have recently invoiced Skilling for another $30 million in legal fees. WTF?!?!

SavaJe Falls on Hard Times

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:06:00 GMT

This is a shame to see, a promising Java company struggling in the mobile space

Java works on Vista

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:34:00 GMT

The Inquirer notes "the rumour has been dismissed as pants by those working on the Java project" that Java doesn't run on Vista.

A Man's Favorite Tool - Google Video

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:41:00 GMT

A great Fosters TV advert

Excellent George Bush Joke

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:58:00 GMT

Joe spotted this great George Bush and Tony Blair joke.

Classic Linux Distros

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:27:00 GMT

The real marketing message behind the Linux distros out there. Classic, but still funny.

Swedish vs. British Nightclubs

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:05:00 GMT

Joe found this nugget. Had me stitches.