Inkscape is a nice little open source tool for creating SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics).  Nice little application to have in your toolbox if you can’t afford the expensive Adobe options.
The site is at http://www.inkscape.org.

Found a nice simple RSS reader example at Jonathan Fisher’s blog (northcubed). It is built using Flex Builder 3 and runs in the Adobe AIR runtime on the user’s desktop. Chromeless windows are supported and full source code is available to view or download.

This can be a handy piece of code to have in your toolbox if you have a ColdFuson host that will not allow you to create DSN’s. Using this method, you can wrap this in a nice CFC that allows you to query a Microsoft SQL database. The object code example is as follows …

<cfscript>
classLoad = […]

I have been looking for a way to back up my MS SQL database that is hosted remotely, so that in the event of switching hosts or needing to restore I have a complete backup of my database. Using SQL Express 2005 this was not possible as you need to backup to a UNC network […]

I have found a great ColdFusion example of how to notify the major 4 search engines when your sitemap changes. The process is know as pinging and the example is provided on Jason Bartholme’s SEO Blog. Worth a look as can be useful for prompting the search engines to come and crawl your site until theri […]

I had recently been reviewing some documentation on a web based API that was available as an XML RPC. At first I was wondering how to achieve this, but then adapted an ASP example provided into a nice neat ColdFusion implementation. For anybody else with a similar problem of invoking an XML RPC API, the […]

Wireless Mesh networks are a fairly new concept that is emerging, but can sometimes be misunderstood. I have found a great article that explains the basics of Mesh networks and what is required in order to build a Mesh network.  The articles are availabe on the website “How Stuff Works” and are definitely worth a […]

A nice little CSS trick (well ok a hack!) for IE specific rules …

/* for Internet Explorer */
/*\*/
* html .classname {
height: 8em;
}
/**/

This very handy when fiddling with expanding div or wrapping content

I thought I would post this to help anybody else who might be struggling with loading large XML files and datasets into Microsoft SQL using ColdFusion.
Using this technique, you can use a Microsoft COM object called “SQLXMLBulkLoad.SQLXMLBulkLoad”. This is a very fast object that allows you to provide an XML mapping file, the XML file […]

I am currently considering web hosting here in the UK instead of the US, due to the nightmare I’ve been having with my current host with downtime. Does anybody host with a UK ColdFusion provider currently and who do you suggest?
 Thanks