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Dispute with web host gisol.com

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:23:00 -0700

Today I got into a financial dispute with my hosting provider of the last 8 months, Global Internet Solutions, gisol.com. They totally misrepresented a special rebate offer, whereby I was supposed to get my hosting plan at only $3.57/month. Apparently, they've done this to countless others, as this "report-gisol.com" website I found today has documented. Warning to all CF developers, never host with this company, they are crooks! Therefore, this blog is probably going away for the short term until I get going with another host. If/when they shut me down, you can visit my site here, setup under my Comcast ISP hosting. Hopefully I'll be back soon.

Connect for FREE using Adobe ConnectNow

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:30:00 -0700

This week I began using Adobe ConnectNow. This tool is a fantastic, money-saving alternative to WebEx or GoToMeeting for desktop sharing meetings. It is a perfect FREE solution for anyone who needs to share his/her screen with only 1 or 2 other people. I often need this capability at work to help support others using a Web application, or to show my coworker halfway across the country a walkthrough of some new development in progress. The only requirement is the Flash player 9 plugin which most people have installed in their Web browser of choice. ConnectNow features include:

unique meeting room URL
screen sharing
give desktop control to another user
webcam
chat pod
whiteboard

Learn more about ConnectNow at http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow A first-time user must sign up for an Acrobat.com account.
Sign up here - https://www.acrobat.com/#/connectnow/ConnectNowBegin
After this, you can visit the same URL and sign into your meeting room to start a new meeting.
Then you simply share your personal URL with up to 2 others to join your meeting for FREE. For example, here is the format of the personal URL, which I would email to my manager, Joe Smith. Then Joe would join my meeting as a guest.
https://connectnow.acrobat.com/mynamehere
Once Joe Smith submits this form, I receive an alert popup and must click "Accept" to bring Joe into my meeting.
It's as simple as that, thanks Adobe! PS: While you're checking this out, you should also give BuzzWord a try.

State code list

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:40:00 -0700

This is a helpful comma delimited list of the 51, 2-character state codes. AL,AK,AZ,,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FL,GA,HI,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,LA,ME,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,NC,ND,OH,OK,OR,PA,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VT,VA,WA,WV,WI,WY Here are the Canadian Provinces too. AB,BC,MB,NB,NF,NS,NU,ON,PE,QC,SK,NT,YT

Taskbar Shuffle is a Godsend!

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:30:00 -0700

I was listening to v1.9 of ColdFusionWeekly podcast, and Matt Woodward mentioned a little Windows utility that is literally a Godsend. Taskbar Shuffle lets you rearrange your Windows taskbar applications with simple drag/drop. Why this feature is not standard in Windows is beyond me, but this feature is literally AMAZING. I like to keep my apps in a specific order, but once your machine has been running for a period of time, and you've opened/closed apps or they crash, the sort order gets out of its feng shui flow, and the only way to recover is a reboot. This app solves that issue, thanks to Jay of the nerd cave.