Archive for January, 2009

Google Thought Entire Internet Was Malicious

Jan

31

by Mike Fleming at 2:32 pm Technology

Oops!  That's the word from Google today after a "human error" led to malicous warnings from all results returned from a search.  They initially placed the blame on non profit… (read the rest)

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SQL Server Script to Search For a String in a Table

Jan

29

by Mike Fleming at 7:33 am SQL Server

I had an urgent request the other day to find all the pages on a site that contained a certain string of text.  The entire website is dynamic, so all… (read the rest)

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Using the Barbecue Java Library in ColdFusion to Create Barcodes

Jan

28

by Mike Fleming at 7:21 am (5) ColdFusion

A few years ago I was tasked with creating some dynamic PDF files that contained  a couple of barcodes in them.  I started looking around for components or libraries that… (read the rest)

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Uh, Which Button Do I Press?

Jan

27

by Mike Fleming at 9:33 am (1) Technology

The image below is a shot of the cockpit of the space shuttle. Please, make sure you press the right button! Click the image below for the full size picture.

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Installing ColdFusion on Windows Server 2008 64-bit

Jan

27

by Mike Fleming at 7:00 am (3) ColdFusion, Windows

Late last week I spent a day trying to install ColdFusion 8 Enterprise on a new 64 bit Windows Server 2008 server.  It did not go well at first.  The… (read the rest)

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ColdFire Debugger Updates

Jan

26

by Mike Fleming at 7:12 am ColdFusion

Nathan Mische has announced an update to the ColdFire debugger that includes debugging for the built in cfajax features.  Sounds very cool.  You can download it from RIAForge.

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Facebook an Unlikely Tool in Israel-Hamas Conflict

Jan

24

by Mike Fleming at 12:59 pm Technology

Below is a link to a NY Times piece on how people were using Facebook to voice their sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.  Amazing how powerful the… (read the rest)

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Obama Gets to Keep His Blackberry

Jan

23

by Mike Fleming at 6:37 pm Technology

New president Barack Obama has won his fight to continue to use his precious Blackberry device.  Security officials initially ruled he could not use it while in office, but with… (read the rest)

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