Welcome to my new gadgets and geekery weblog. Now a distinct area within my larger <a href="http://www.sorcerers-isle.net">Sorcerer's Isle</a> weblog, 100% Geek covers gadgets, gaming, technology, tinkering, and any other random ramblings I feel like throwing in here. Open Source

<p>The <a href="http://cfregex.net">cfRegex project</a> is two things. Firstly, it is a complete regex implementation for CFML, providing more functionality, flexibility, features and power than the existing CFML RE functions. Secondly, it is a drive to encourage people to properly learn and make use of regex. <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/article/introducing-the-cfregex-project.html">Read the rest of this article to find out more.</a></p> <div style="text-align:center;margin:2em;"> <a href="http://cfregex.net" title="Visit cfregex.net"><img src="http://cfregex.net/resources/images/cfregex-logo.tagb.png" alt="cfRegeX :: First-class Regex for CFML :: http://cfregex.net"></a></div>

2011-07-22T22:20:48Z

<p>It's nearly a year on from my last Railo blog post so it is well overdue that I write another - just in case there is anyone still sitting on the fence, unsure if they should use Railo - or indeed, anyone who might be unaware of Railo's very existance!</p> <br/> <p>So to start with, a quick summary of what Railo is:</p> <ul> <li>Railo, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QKOHThSiM#t=0m10s" title="(sounds like 'silo')">pronounced /&#712;ra&#618;.l&#601;&#650;/</a>, is super fast Enterprise-level sofware for RAD webapp and website creation.</li> <li>Railo is LGPL-licensed <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>, so anyone can use it how they like.</li> <li>Railo runs on any <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/">Java EE</a> server, (but doesn't require Java knowledge), and is a <a href="http://www.jboss.org/">Jboss.org</a> project.</li> <li>Railo uses the <a href="http://www.opencfml.org">CFML language</a>, like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/coldfusion">Adobe ColdFusion</a> (the primary CFML engine), <a href="http://www.openbluedragon.org">OpenBlueDragon</a>, and others.</li> <li>Railo is really awesome.</li> </ul> <br/> <p><a href="http://www.sorcerers-isle.net/article/railo_still_awesome.html"><strong>Find out why Railo is the perfect choice for your next development project.</strong></a></p> <br/>

2010-01-26T21:42:41Z

<p>Version 0.9 of <a href="http://www.beehiveforum.net">Beehive Forum</a>, probably the greatest forum software there is, has recently been officially released.</p> <p>Since the previous v0.8.4 there have been a variety of fixes and improvements, particularly to client-side caching and UTF-8. There is also now support for Google Analytics and for displaying optional Google Adsense adverts. For full information on what has changed, you can check the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=50772&release_id=694880">release notes</a>.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><strong><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/beehiveforum/files/">Download Beehive Forum 0.9 from SourceForge</a></strong></p> <br/> <p>Also, Beehive is currently a Finalist in the SourceForge Community Choice Awards!</p> <p>If you're a fan of Beehive and haven't yet voted, please vote for Beehive now:</p> <div style="border: solid 1px black; margin: 0px auto; padding: 4px 2px 3px; width: 256px"> <a href="http://sf.net/community/cca09/vote/?f=432" title="Vote for Beehive in the SourceForge Community Choice Awards!"> <img src="http://www.beehiveforum.net/vote-beehive.png" alt="Vote Beehive!" style="border: none" /> </a> </div> <p>There is a lot of competition, with many thousands of votes already having been cast, so please help spread the word to as many other Beehive users as you can, to help vote for Beehive to win, and gain the recognition it deserves!</p> <br/>

2009-07-06T23:50:21Z

<p>Earlier today, the eagely awaited Railo 3.1 public beta was announced!</p> <p>And the reason for much of this eagerness?</p> <p><strong>Railo is now <a href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source</a> and <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a></strong>, released under the LGPL v2.</p> <p>This license requires that any changes to Railo's sourcecode itself must also be released under LGPL v2 (or later version).</p> <p>However, unlike the full GPL, it does not require that you release any packaged applications under a compatible license - so you can still use whatever license you like for your own CFML code, Open Source or otherwise.</p> <br/> <p>Along with the announcement comes two new Railo websites: The commercial-oriented <a href="http://www.getrailo.com">getrailo.com</a> and the community-oriented <a href="http://www.getrailo.org">getrailo.org</a>, which also contains <a href="http://wiki.getrailo.org">wiki-based documentation</a>.</p> <p>Details on updating this documentation, as well as information about the new features in Railo 3.1, will come later this week - stay tuned to the <a href="http://www.railo.ch/blog/">Railo blog</a> for the latest details.</p> <p>The next four months are going to be a very exciting time for Railo and CFML!</p>

2009-03-31T21:03:00Z