Adam Howitt's Blog

Apr 19
2005

"The Office" still going strong

At : 3:11 PM | Link | TV | Comments (0) | Send | 341 Views |

I'm glad to see that not only is the NBC remake of the Office still on, but it is getting good reviews in the NY times and they appear to be adding content to the show's website.

There is a Flash banner for the with rollover effects, a Dunder Mifflin microsite and a section called your office which features pictures submitted by visitors to the site of their offices, including those oh so witty pranks. Ones to look for:

  1. Tinfoil cube
  2. PVC pipe cube and my favorite
  3. Balloon office

Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development

At : 11:10 AM | Link | Books, Coldfusion | Comments (6) | Send | 579 Views |

I've just placed my pre-order for Ben Forta's "Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development".  It's due out April 25th and I'm keen to see how it compares to the earlier books. 

I was a little disappointed with the last Web Application Construction Kit (pre MX 7) when one of my co-workers, new to CF, reported that the chapter on stored procedures I was directing him to wasn't in the book.  A handy note on the page and many other chapters directs readers to the CD where I believe PDFs were provided.  Now don't get me wrong, I believe the 80/20 rule can be a good thing but when you are in such a rush to get a book out that you have to provide chapters on a CD because you couldn't get them typeset prior to the release date then I think it is sloppy.  Then again, I have never been under a publishing deadline!