CFgears - Ramblings

Microsoft recommends Chrome to fix Hotmail issues

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:30:00 -0500

Wow.


If you happen to be one of the millions of Hotmail users who are having issues since the roll out of the new design, Microsoft has a fix for you: use Google's Chrome browser.

Here's the full article, with links to a more detailed article.

How bad is it when the best fix for problems with one of your services is to recommend people use a competitor's product?

Multiple local sites and SSL Certificates in IIS 7

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:19:00 -0500

The more I use IIS 7 on my local development machine, the more I like it (compared to previous versions of IIS). I have to say that Microsoft really did a good job on fixing some of the problems that made IIS a hindrance to local web development. The two most notable features that I've discovered in the last few weeks are the ability for it to have multiple local websites (unlimited websites, actually), and built in local self-signed SSL certificates.

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Trying to install Railo on Windows Vista 64 bit

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:52:00 -0500

This is a recap of how I spent my entire morning. While I'm sure it will be amusing to some, hopefully one day it will be of use to someone in the same situation. Who am I kidding? No one's going to be in this same situation...I'm putting this here to remind me what to do the next time this happens to me!

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How does caching a query inside of a CFC work?

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0500

I have some confusion on caching a query from inside a component, so this post is really just a call-out to the CFML community to help me figure it out. In a nutshell, here's my question: Can you cache a query if it's in the "var" scope of a CFC? Before you answer, let me elaborate a little to explain my thoughts on the subject.

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