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Archive for June, 2008

ColdFusion & Lucene: Installing Seeker

Here are some simple instruction to installing Seeker on Windows. I believe only slight adjustments may be necessary for other platforms. 1. Download Lucene Lucene 2.3.2 seems to be latest version. Find it @ http://lucene.apache.org/. Click on the link that talks about “Binary and source distributions…”. That should take you to a Mirrors page, or [...]

ColdFusion & Lucene / Solr

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that the Verity search engine has its limitations. Its nice, will serve many functions, but once you need to go beyond a certain record limit or hit performance snags, you quickly start looking for alternatives. (And thats just Windows) I’ve been working with Lucene off [...]

Lousy ColdFusion Job Posting #2

Here is another Lousy ColdFusion Job Posting. This one is special. Why? Because its for a Software Development Manager (ColdFusion) from Dice.com. As a posting for a Software Development Manager, you (the recruiting company) should have to work hard to define a job posting that is both enticing and engaging. Looking at the job posting [...]

ColdFusion Blog Aggregators – My Experience So Far

Since I’ve launched my blog, I’ve had a tremendous response. So far I’ve had hits from across the world; from over 20 countries; all in such a short time. One of the tasks associated with starting a blog is of course getting your name out there. One of the ways to do that is to [...]

Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) is here!

Matt Williams just told me Eclipse 3.4 is finally out! Thanks Matt, I’m definitely upgrading. More details can be found @ http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ including the Release Notes.

AbleCommerce Responds

In my previous post, I asked people if they had any experience with AbleCommerce. Several people responded with largely neutral to negative reviews. I added in the comments that I may contact them to see what they have to say. Well, I did, and they responded. My comment to AbleCommerce: “I am trying to gather [...]

Bye Bye Bill Gates

Last official day at work is June 27. (tears) No! I’m fine, really. Read more @ http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080622161814.w591gsc0&show_article=1

'Shake-up' for internet proposed

BBC reports that new rules being proposed would relax domain names and change the way web addresses work forever. Can you imagine what this means to the World Wide Web? Read the article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7468855.stm.

Subversion 1.5 Released

The latest and greatest SVN release is here, with merge tracking as the key feature. More details can be found here.

Time.com: 50 Best Websites 2008

Time Magazine revealed their list of the 50 best websites for 2008. Its an interesting list. Click here to see for yourself!

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