Ben Forta

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November 14, 2005

Hello From Hong Kong

I just arrived in Hong Kong, and checked in to my hotel in Kowloon, facing the beautiful harbor. I am here (along with lots of other Macromedians) for MAX Greater China , 2 days, 3 tracks, over 30 sessions, BOFs, and much more. And with any luck I may actually get to see the outside of the hotel...

October 22, 2005

SQL Server 2005 Impresses

I've spent a chunk of the weekend playing with the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) edition of the forthcoming Microsoft SQL Server 2005 , and I am more than impressed. And I am not even talking about features, functionality, or the installation and configuration experience (which was, by...

October 10, 2005

Urgent Message From CFer Qasim Rasheed

Qasim Rasheed is a member of the ColdFusion community (many of you met him at CFUNITED this year), and he also helped out on my Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions In 10 Minutes . He asked me to post the following: You might be already aware that an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale...

September 8, 2005

Macromedia User Group Community Katrina Relief Efforts

The San Diego ColdFusion User Group has set up a mailing list to support anyone displaced by Katrina so that anyone who needs help or can offer help may subscribe, and the response has been unbelievable. Most of the usergroup managers are on this list and are offering Katrina victims places to...

September 6, 2005

Pearson - A Big Company With An Even Bigger Heart

Pearson is a big British company that lots of folks don't know, although most of you do indeed know some of the Pearson Education brands (Que, Sams, Peachpit, New Riders, Addison Wesley, and more, and that's just in the tech world; there is also Financial Times, Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, and...

August 28, 2005

AIM: Make Your Passwords Strong, But Not TOO Strong

I update all of my IM account passwords on a regular basis, and did so this morning. They all updated properly, except for AIM, which complained that "you used non-alphanumeric characters". The characters it was complaining about? @ and !, both of which apparently are not allowed. Oh well, I guess...

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