Casual Rumblings - Miscellaneous

Blackberry Storm/iPhone/iTouch ColdFusion 9 wall paper

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:21:00 -0700

I wanted a reminder of why how I pay my rent, own a cellphone and can make a living.

320x480 (native Blackberry Storm resolution)

Simply Put....

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:14:00 -0700

It's a slow day in a little east Texas town. The sun is beating down, and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.

As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit.

The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.

The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.

No one produced anything. No one earned anything.

However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.

Aptana + CFEclipse vs Eclipse + Aptana + CFEclipse

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:55:00 -0700

Can anyone tell me if there's any difference from using:

Aptana Studio with CFEclipse plugin
vs.
Eclipse with Aptana plugint + CFEclipse plugin

They both do the same thing. I'm using the latter and am wondering if I'm missing out on anything by using the former?

I'm having trouble with Aptana + CFEclipse. I can't open any CFM files after I install the CFEclipse plugin with Aptana Studio. I get a java.lang. error. But, using Eclipse/Aptana/CFEclipse, I can open my CFM files.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and cleaning up the registry on my WinXP Pro box, but the Aptana issue keeps cropping up.

Sooooo looking forward to going back to DW CS4....

Cold Fusion <-- really?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:53:00 -0700

Anyone else find it gratingly annoying when they see people refer to CF as 2 words?
I see job postings with 'coldfusion' and 'cold fusion'. I've learned to look for jobs on CL and other job sites in this manner.

Argh!!

Internet Explorer 8: Really?..why?

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:29:00 -0700

Ok, I just downloaded the latest and greatest Redmond browser. I have to say there are some good things and then of course, there are bad things. It's by far worlds better than IE 6, but it's still....Internet Explorer.

Here's a thought...Why doesn't M$ just stop making IE altogether? Seriously? They've made web development a headache since day one of IE. Tried to gain market share and control how to program for the web. That failed miserably.

Suggestion? Why not have M$ partner with FF to help distribute with their OS? MS won't partner with the other browsers (Safari? ha! Ballmer and Jobs partnering?, Chrome? ha! Didn't Ballmer want to eradicate google from the planet?) Just makes sense to me if M$ and FF partner. We'd be so much better off with web development and "standards" compliance.

Ok..time for me to get off the hookah heheheh

Oh...Bring Down IE6!

Do you know the owner of this license plate?: "ADBE AIR"

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:16:00 -0700

I saw a brand new BMW 3 series blow by me on the way to the Golden Gate Bridge with the license plate: ADBE AIR.

First thing that went through my mind was, "wow...now that's a fan" Then it hit me, "maybe it's an adobe employee who created the technology?" "maybe it's an evangelist for AIR?" "maybe it's just a really big fan of the technology?"

It's no big deal, but I thought I'd bring it to the attention of the CF/Flex/AIR world that there's someone out there touting their love for the technology.

Stupid Stupid Stupid...Don't you hate it when you do something REALLY stupid like...

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:56:00 -0700

FORMATTING YOUR DATA DRIVE TO DO A FRESH OS INSTALL, instead of your OS DRIVE?!?!

AARRGGHH!! Now looking for a good NTFS Data Retrieval software package. ARGH!!

I could just bang my head on a brick wall until I wake up from the floor right now.

:: breathe....breathe...::

UDPATE:
Using a program called GetDataBack for NTFS, I was able to recover most of my files!! yay! Most importantly I got back my wwwroot directory under inetpub...PHEW!!

Now I have to deal with all my MP3 files and photo files named something cryptic like, "AA300DF.JPG" and figure out what it is by opening it up first. OH FUN!!!

Highly recommended...Get GetDataBack for NTFS. Worth the $80 price to get back your data.

Fail or Epic Fail?

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:36:00 -0700

http://www.getcoldfusionjobs.com/job-seekers/job-search.php
:(

Web 2.0 Expo 44% discount code

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:19:00 -0700

If you're planning on attending Web 2.0 Expo coming up, you are going to want to use this discount code.

Registration Promo code: obama22 = 44% discount.

It works! I just did a faux registration with it and the full conference pass @ $1,395 was chopped to $781.20.

Not sure how long it will work (meaning time or # of uses), but get on it fast if you want to save some big bucks :)

:: sigh :: Economic woes are leading to drastic changes

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:54:00 -0700

Well, looks like the economic downturn has REALLY affected me as of late.

I've been trying to look for good steady work (fulltime or contract, even telecommute), but to no avail.

Looking for CF jobs in the bay area is quite disheartening to say the least. I did a search and found that there are more jobs in the LA area and the northeast.

I'm originally from NYC and the thought of moving back is just killing me. I'm not a fan of the city since I left many moons ago. But, at least I'll have a roof over my head (with family of course) and a chance at a job in the NYC area. I'd rather stick a hot fork in my eye than move back, but it's something I'm seriously considering.

If it comes down to it, at least I can put my stuff in storage out here in San Francisco which will give me the carrot I need to move back. Nah, I don't need a carrot. I love San Francisco and the whole bay area. I just wish there were more CF opportunities out here.

Completely OFF TOPIC: but i thought this was funny

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:14:00 -0700

I know i know..dumb...but it made me chuckle today :)

Season 7 of Fox's 24

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:04:00 -0700

Really? It's been 7 years? 7 years of addiction? Wow.

Jack's come a long way. I'm eagerly excited about what comes next this season. With Tony Almeida coming back and with the talent of Jon Voigt as the evil villain (evil villain...isn't that redundant?), this should be an explosive season. (thankfully there's no writers strike. :knock on wood: )

Anyone else a 24 fan?

ColdFusion Bloggers code reuse: BlackberryBloggers

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:05:00 -0700

I'm not sure if anyone is aware, but I am a blackberry addict. I've posted about my glee about getting my grubby hands on a Verizon Curve. Ever since, I keep saying to myself, "how did I ever live without this?!"

Well, with my insatiable need to get more and more information about my loving handheld mobile device, I was looking for an aggregated site like ColdFusionBloggers.org but targeted toward Blackberry users.

Lo and behold...NADA! Haven't found a one! ::DING!!:: Light goes off. Why not use Mr. CFJedi's code and repurpose it??

After a few code tweaks and content changes, I've put together and launched....

BlackberryBloggers.org

Hosting this site with http://www.efree2net.com (and hoping they're a reliable host).

@Ray: When this site starts making money, you can bet I'll be removing one of your wishlist items :)

Arrgh! How do I loathe thee Crapple...

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:46:00 -0700

I had a 3rd Gen iPod 20gb that recently took a turn for the worst. Yeah we had a good run there little buddy, but it's time to move on. Your smaller sibling the 4th Gen Nano will be keeping me company from now on on the subway, buses, and car.

But alas! What is this? I cannot charge you in my car! I connect you to my adapter and you tell me, "This device cannot be charged with this accessory", or something to this effect. This cannot be! I a very confused!

To the Apple support forums I go. ::read...read...read:: AH HA!! Apple Discussion Link

It would seem that your creator Apple (from here on out known as crapple) has dumped support for Firewire charging in the 4th Gen Nano, iPod classic (120 GB) and iPod touch (2nd generation).

ARRRGGHH!! I can just imagine how many people will be a bit put off, that's saying it lightly, when they plop their new 4th gen nano in their 3rd party vendor accessory and see the same message. Yes...ire will be amassed! Clocks? Docking Ports? Car chargers? all of which will need an adapter (this pre-release adapter will suffice for some).

And don't get me started with iTunes 8.0. I have a 2.4ghz P4 PC that is rendered to a 286 when loading, transferring music, downloading album art, and anything else for that matter. Once I shut down iTunes, my PC is back to normal.

I do think I will have to offload this nano to someone who will not look at it in disgust everytime I want to change songs.

Hmm...alternatives.... Zune? Archos? Creative Labs? Sure they won't have as many accessories and love that the sheeple give to crapple, but hey, at least I'll have a device that will cost less for comparable hardware, and have wi-fi, bluetooth, swapable batteries, and gasp...FM RADIO!!

It feels good to regain my individuality.

BestBuy: your next favorite green friend

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:22:00 -0700

Over at Unplggd.com, they've reported that Best Buy will take your eWaste off your hands at 2 items per person per day. And best of all, free of charge (if you live in Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota). And we all love free right? I'm going to "free" my Netgear router. God awful POS from hell. Hope it burns from whence it came.