Five resons why I’ve watched too much Lost during the last few weeks

I’ve never watched Lost in TV. Some weeks ago (actually when season 3 started), I thought I’d give it a try (another addiction after Prison Break, 24 and Heros, come on, who cares
We’ve watched season 1 and 2 pretty much within a few days and now I’m up to speed with the latest [...]

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Off to MAX Korea now

I’m just hanging out in Auckland International’s Koru longue to wait for my flight to Seoul (boarding starts in about 30 mins). I will attend MAX Korea over there – so if any of you reading this will be there as well – make sure to drop me a line and say hello during the [...]

A framework for Java Swing

I’ve just finished reading a highly interesting interview/article and thought I’d share it. It’s about Java Swing (a common class library for developing Java client/server applications) and it’s lack of a proper application development framework. I’ve had a chat about exactly that with some guys at our local Java User Group the other months and [...]

Styling Flex 2 applications

Last week I’ve presented at a user group meeting of CFUG Auckland via Breeze. We’ve got a pretty good turnout in terms of different domestc cities tuning in remotely as well.
The topic was “Styling Flex 2 applications”, David has made the recording available on http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p24244278/.

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“The ModelGlue guy” :) started his own company!

Pretty cool! Joe Rinehart – also known as the inventor of ModelGlue, my preferred CF development framework, quit his job and started his own company: Firemoss!
I’m sure he’d be happy if you check out his site and services when looking for Adobe consulting over there in the US…!

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COM2Java

Today I’ve got some issues with bloody COM objects in ColdFusion. I have to say that I was able to avoid dealing with this type of third-party integration most of the time up to now – but in this particular situation for this particular client, there was just no other way.
I’ve received an .ocx file, [...]

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