Raymond Camden solicits some examples of bad ColdFusion code. My personal favorite is when the logic for a simple application is split into a dozen files, none of which are ever reused anywhere else, and that have no comments or other documentation indicating their actual use. I just love searching across all of the files in a directory to find where one variable is being set, or, better yet, where the end of a table tag is located. :| ...
Yep, apparently I’m not really on the Web, because my first thought when I saw this news in about twenty outlets was “What exactly is a Rocketboom?” Apparently, it was a short news show produced for the Internet. Video blogging, in other words, but a vlog with a chance to make some money. (That would be nice.) While I might have enjoyed the show if I had seen it, I’ve seen this news in enough places, causing enough concern, that I’m starting to wonder if I’m the only one out here who can’t watch video anything at work, thanks to the close quarters and essential “cubeness” of my workspace. Then, at home, I don’t really enjoy hanging out the entire evening doing the same sorts of things I do at work. So, I’m thinking that the point where I don’t start hearing about trends until people get excited about them being over is the point I should probably just admit that I’m not really keeping up anymore. ;) ...
Don’t want your ISP — or anyone who happens to run the pipes between you and the site you want to use — to be able to throttle back on your service because the site hasn’t paid them extra? Then take a few moments to think what you can do to support Network Neutrality.
Sigh…They just don’t get it. You always sacrifice your work life first. ;) http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DoQAAANi2KMARzGgBgaOY2ZBlLixt11aLUqB7DcJiCaXvSXTitmCKJhCHOkoA–uxFMmlJgvEd7WkZhDPyYfUf_1dFwbbwkiAFDHiNZ24xS6sMicPwizsIlq_ncAh1RtJtUup9cLHU6SfwJQsJerRrj2KptlJYI4smVot3B6FuB88PPAqkdSOH8H7SrMIIVuNZ9QABdSCtYh-BEQxzVw63bFrnE4mWb5owcc7M0AudIz5sWhi%26sigh%3DnQkEYH4zuCa6gLN-U-jA9iTf0K8%26begin%3D0%26len%3D232880%26docid%3D1329362959167995041&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fapp%3Dvss%26contentid%3D74c7bd18530bbdb5%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1145934080%26sigh%3DtEArLZ839xsnOmp80jU6Tncbbe4&playerId=1329362959167995041 Courtesy of Google Video
I don’t understand this question… AJAX is shorthand for tools and design practices that allow the user to interact with the server without reloading an entire web page. A good example is the kind of interface provided in Gmail, where message information is loaded into the interface without needing to reload every element on the page. To say that AJAX increases server load would indicate that AJAX is creating some sort of server transaction that didn’t exist before. Let’s see, what is AJAX used for? A person clicks on a link…the browser requests information from the server…the server interprets the request, pulls the data, and sends it back…the browser interprets the code and displays it. ...
It’s alive. Good overview at TechCrunch.
Hmmm…Apple just made it a lot more likely I’ll get a Mac in the future. I’ve been wanting to try OS X out for a while, but the thought of having to pick which box I’m going to install software on was annoying. Link courtesy of alexking.org
I’m currently trying out the alpha version of Measure Map, a new blog statistics application. So far, so good, and I like the reporting interface. Anyway, since there is code on each page, let me know if you experience any technical problems.
Apparently The Gap, along with subsidiaries such as Old Navy, shut down their online stores for two weeks to launch a much-improved ecommerce solution. Their site is kind of slow right now, and I didn’t use it in the first place, so I can’t really give much of a critique of how the shopping experience improved. …Oops, I guess they’re not selling short-sleeve casual shirts right now: “We’re sorry, but the page you are looking for is no longer available.” ...
According to the New York Times, sales of educational software are plummeting, going from $498 million in 2000 to $152 million in 2004. This is a surprise, because the educational software industry is obviously immune to the bad economy, right? Right? Anyway, how are parents supposed to afford educational software for their six-year-olds when they’re saving up to get them Grand Theft Auto for their birthdays? ;)