Got JDBC?. Not really ColdFusion-specific but if you need to connect to a database for which the drivers are not included in the product, Brandon Purcell provides a great link to Sun's website containing 197 database drivers…. [An Architect's View]
Author: Vince Kimball
Learning Tinderbox
Learning Tinderbox. Doug Miller: I began to realize that the Web was a poor stepchild compared to what I could do with Tinderbox. Tinderbox is closer in spirit to Vannevar Bush's Memex or Ted Nelson's Xanadu than it is to the Web. [Mark Bernstein]
A Good Summary of Internet Law in 2003
A Good Summary of Internet Law in 2003. Recommended. Doug Isenberg's review of Internet law developments in 2003 is a useful review of a busy year in Internet law. [DennisKennedy.blog]
Robert Scoble, Tom Peters and Me
Robert Scoble, Tom Peters and Me. Tom Peters has a new book called “Re-Imagine!” If you are looking for a WHAM! to help you take a fresh look at all your assumptions about business, this book is the place. [DennisKennedy.blog]
Big Gains for Internet Retailers
Big Gains for Internet Retailers. This holiday season will go down as the most successful yet for e-commerce retailers like EBGames Online, led by Seth P. Levy. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology]
Parents facing fine for holidays during term time
Parents facing fine for holidays during term time. Parents in Scotland could be fined as much as £1,000 or be sent to prison for up to a month – or both – if they take their children on holiday during term time, it emerged yesterday. [The Scotsman]
The wardriver and the cop
The wardriver and the cop. Doc Searls often writes about how his modus operandi for acquiring Internet access while traveling is to cruise residential neighborhoods running MacStumbler, which finds wireless access points and speaks to you in different voices depending on whether the AP has WEP turned on or off. Jeremy Zawodny recently wrote about… Continue reading The wardriver and the cop
Many privacy advocates alarmed by rise in online databases
Marin Independent-Journal, CA –Many privacy advocates alarmed by rise in online databases. Edward Socorro had a good thing going as a sales manager with Hilton Hotels Corp. But not long after he started, a company hired by Hilton to do background checks on new employees reported that Socorro once spent six months in jail. In reality, Socorro… Continue reading Many privacy advocates alarmed by rise in online databases
Truck Stop Wi-Fi Growing
Truck Stop Wi-Fi Growing. Truckers are really enjoying using Wi-Fi at truck stops: They use it to keep in touch with family but also to get directions or information about road construction or to send photos to bosses about goods that may be damaged at pick up. This story mentions Flying J, Truckstop.net, and TravelCenters… Continue reading Truck Stop Wi-Fi Growing
The Fantasy and Reality of 2004
Wired News: The Fantasy and Reality of 2004. So we asked a dozen experts in fields that are apt to touch all our lives this year — privacy, defense, spam, security, open source, technology development, life online and human rights — to answer this question: “What do you wish would happen in 2004, and what… Continue reading The Fantasy and Reality of 2004