http://www.fusioncube.net Steve Brownlee's blog about Internet application technologies Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:58:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Either that or Montreal natives like to vote early and often. I logged in and cast my votes. Once you're done voting you can choose to see the current standings. Here's what I saw: Eastern Conference Forwards (Top 5) Alex Kovalev (Canadiens): 249238 Saku Koivu (Canadiens): 246569 Alex Tanguay (Canadiens): 244792 Sidney Crosby ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/nhl-com-all-star-voting-captcha-hacked I've worked for a few large companies over the years, and as those of you who also have done so know that most offer a "orientation" or "get to know the company" seminars that you get sent to with all the bells and whistles. They provide adequate food (sometimes) and a ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/effective-indoctrination Well I've finally reached a point in my latest AIR application where I can write up a useful review of the framework I chose to use: Mate. In my continuing effort to avoid Cairngorm, I've been evaluating other Flex frameworks that are lightweight, rapid and comprehensible. In the application previous ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/flex-frameworks-mate-review The Value Objects Otherwise known as a transfer object is simply a design pattern for exchanging data between disparate systems. I'm working on a application with a Flex UI and a ColdFusion backend, and I initially discovered that if I return a query directly to Flex, it is converted into ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/coldfusion-flex-object-conversion Autowiring in ColdFusion Most of you may have heard of autowiring, and many of you may have implemented it in an application by now (most likely with Spring, ColdSpring, or Google Guice). If you don't know what autowiring is, or are curious about how to do it, I'll simply direct you to ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/when-to-use-autowiring-in-coldsprin When updating the Flex Builder to the 3.1.0 SDK, the source code for the data visualization and advanced data grid aren't updated correctly. To fix this in Windows, follow these steps: Help Menu > Search for flex builder update Copy the license.properties file from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Flex to C:\Program ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/flex-update-hack An old client of mine recently contacted me with a problem. Their home page, several sub-pages, and the administrative section weren't displaying properly and functionality was broken. Turns out, they were a victim of the recent swarm of SQL injection attacks. After pulling the old code out of my repository, ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/preventing-sql-injection I've been meaning to share this for many reasons, but I've been bogged down with projects lately. However, it has allowed the code to mature and get streamlined a bit, so it's good that some time has passed. This is a pattern that we've come up with at work to handle ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/the-coldfusion-servicerunner-part-1 Ok, I'm veering off my usual course of technical issues and sharing with any readers who might find liberty, freedom, and the foundations of America interesting or important. I rarely share my political views, even to my friends, but I'm an ardent libertarian and a member of the Libertarian Party. ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/time-for-another-american-revolution I don't know, when I was thinking about a name for the post, all the terms I was coming up with made me think of those coffee freaks at StarBucks ordering their custom cup o' Joe. Anyway, just wanted to share something that made my ColdSpring.xml file much cleaner and easier ... http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/coldspring-low-fat-double-inner-bean-latte