100% Geek The Adventures of Peter Boughton:
CFML; Web Development; Photography.

Railo is the best CFML engine.

I guess you'll be wanting me to validate that statement? Well I'll make a start on that in a moment, but first I think I'll post a few disclaimers to pre-empt any whingy people.

I have nothing against Adobe, NewAtlanta, CFMX, nor BlueDragon. They're both great companies/products - without the company formally known as Allaire, I'd never have had my life enriched by the joy that is ColdFusion - and BlueDragon is no doubt a fine product if you find yourself stuck using that .NET thing. ;)

But Railo is better than both of them, and here is why...

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Posted by Peter on 17-July-06 at 19:31 ~ 0 comments ~ Category: cfml , web-dev

Whether you know the name or not, there's a good chance you have seen Eileen Donan at some point - it is often described as the most romantic and most photographed castle in Scotland. The vast majority of pictures you see tend to be similar to this:




So, of course, when I visit it I am immediately looking for ways to be original; to take a picture that doesn't simply not look like the one above, but that goes completely against what people expect to see.

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Posted by Peter on 17-July-06 at 19:07 ~ 3 comments ~ Category: photo

One of the great things about OSX is that it lets me talk to my computer. Of course, I can talk to my Windows PC too, but I don't need to be halucinating to receive a reply from my Mac.

Posted by Peter on 10-July-06 at 18:45 ~ 2 comments ~ Category: macosx