David Harris's Technology Blog - Off Topic

Now for something a little different... a DOS command!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:22:00 -0500

I had a situation where because of the incredible LONG file names generated by a ColdFusion application, I couldn't delete them. I kept getting WindowsXP telling me that it couldn't find the file. I thought I would use the DOS command "deltree", but discovered that the WindowsXP DOS doesn't come with this command. But this works... RD [Your dir here] /S /Q be careful cause no prompts or nothing. RD is the Dos Command for Remove Directory. This command comes with no Warranty, implied or otherwise!

Pocket Geek - I want one! (I am one!?)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:09:00 -0500

Tuesday morning distraction: http://www.thepocketgeek.com/ Everyone should have one!

Happy New Year!

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:48:00 -0500

Only 12 mins out from 2008 in New Zealand, so now is a go time to wish:

Happy New Year to you lot!

See you round!

Dilbert on Agile Programming

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:08:00 -0500

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071126.html I suspect Scott Adams has microphones and cameras in most work places round the world. How else can he *know* so much!?

It's shinny, It's Silver, it's my new...

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:05:00 -0500

MacBook Pro!

Well, at least is it works new MacBook, but I get to use it :-) I am currently setting up the computer, and have got FlexBuilder2 going etc, but if anyone out there has any tools you think I *need* for it, let me know! ...add the tool as a comment on this entry...

Max 2007 Starting

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:44:00 -0500

Over the next little while you will be seeing a surge of blog posts about Max2007, and all the great stuff that is going on. [start lament] ...but not on this blog... I *almost* got to go...maybe next time woe is me [end lament] It is going to be an AWESOME conference from what I can see! I am looking forward to hearing about all the good stuff that happens there!

Happy Birthday to me!

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:55:00 -0500

I made it! I got older!

Informative error from windows...

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:13:00 -0500

Hope I'm not giving away to much by showing you this error!

I won!

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:35:00 -0500

Over at BlogInBlock, Kai ran a http://www.bloginblack.de/archives/000876.cfm,Travel mashup raffle, which I won by being the first person to respond. The fact we are in the same time zone gave me the upper hand!

My 5 mins of fame - every dog has his day!

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:19:00 -0500

Well, I now have proof people read my blog! A couple of days ago I found out that some added some of my PaperVision3D experiments to a RSS feed of demos! Check it out here: http://davr.org/rss/pv3d.php. Thanks for including me http://blog.davr.org/pv3d- examples/,David! On the ColdFusion front, I got a mention in the World Famous (in CF land) http://coldfusionweekly.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=206888,ColdFusion Weekly Pod cast for my blog entry on http://www.harrisfamily.net.nz/devblog/index.cfm/2007/4/18/Answering-evaluates-cry-for-help,Answering "evaluate()"'s cry for help. The trick I outlined in the entry was taught to me by a senior developer a few years ago when I was in my "<cfscript> for everything!" period. Thank you http://www.mattwoodward.com/blog/,Matt and http://blog.maestropublishing.com/,Peter for the mention and the plug for being a presenter at http://www.cfug.co.nz,Cfug. And keep up the good work guys on the http://coldfusionweekly.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=206888,pod cast! If you are keen to present to us, email me @ djohnsmarie@gmail.com :-) ...I feel famous...

Xtra is now on Yahoo

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:53:00 -0500

Out with MSN, in with Yahoo! I logged out of my Hotmail account just now, and up till yesterday I was gettig forwarded to the xtra-msn web page, but not today. So I went to http://www.xtra.co.nz and got a yahoo page! related link: here

To speak at WebDU, open your mouth

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:19:55 -0500

I was just having a look at the WebDU site (lamenting the fact I won't be there!) and while looking at the speakers list, it occured to me that all the Nectarine animated icons have the speakers with their mouth open...
Wonder if Nectarine did this on purpose? :-p

(...wish I could go...)

[OT] - but I can't help myself!

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:12:00 -0500

It's a Girl!

Grace Kathrine Ann Born 12 February 2007 at 7:06pm Grace_20070213