<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from coolskool.blog-city.com</title><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 coolskool.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from coolskool.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Moving adverts beamed onto platform walls on London Underground</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/moving_adverts_beamed_onto_platform_walls_on_london_undergro_1.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/moving_adverts_beamed_onto_platform_walls_on_london_undergro_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moving%5Fadverts%5Fbeamed%5Fonto%5Fplatform%5Fwalls%5Fon%5Flondon%5Fundergro%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was on the way to work this morning at Bank station and on the wall opposite the platform was a moving advert. Initially I thought it was a screen embedded into the wall. On closer inspection I realised it was being projected from across the platfo]]></description></item><item><title>console switch for Remote Desktop Client for Mac</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console_switch_for_remote_desktop_client_for_mac.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console_switch_for_remote_desktop_client_for_mac.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=console%5Fswitch%5Ffor%5Fremote%5Fdesktop%5Fclient%5Ffor%5Fmac</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;On windows one useful way to boot someone off of a server who has logged in via remote desktop but hasn&#39;t yet logged out is to start the remote desktop client from the command line with the console switch :-&gt; start -&gt;run mstsc /consol]]></description></item><item><title>Multi-Core Mythbusters</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/multicore_mythbusters.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/multicore_mythbusters.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=multicore%5Fmythbusters</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bit late picking up on this but Ted Neward  has written an article on the myths of multi-core processing. While he makes some good points, I think it falls slightly short in addressing some of the issues raised. This is quite pertinent for me as I wo]]></description></item><item><title>A look at Wikimedia&apos;s architecture</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/a_look_at_wikimedias_architecture.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/a_look_at_wikimedias_architecture.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Flook%5Fat%5Fwikimedias%5Farchitecture</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This paper  on Highscalability.com takes a look at the architecture behind wikimedia.com the platform for Wikipedia.com and a number of other sites.]]></description></item><item><title>Win a copy of CF8</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/win_a_copy_of_cf8.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/win_a_copy_of_cf8.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=win%5Fa%5Fcopy%5Fof%5Fcf8</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CFrameworks.com  are giving away a free copy of CF8! Come along to the CFrameworks meeting next Thursday if you&#39;re in or around London, for some drinks and the chance to win a copy of CF8 at the Abacus bar .]]></description></item><item><title>CODE IT, London - 13th September</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/code_it_london__13th_september.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/code_it_london__13th_september.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=code%5Fit%5Flondon%5F%5F13th%5Fseptember</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Next Thursday the British Computer Society  have organised a talk on modern technology choices. There will be talks from people (not vendors) representing the Java, .Net, Ruby and Flex camps from the respective user groups (I wasn&#39;t even aw]]></description></item><item><title>When all you have is 3 hammers (called Gateways, Beans and DAOs)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/when_all_you_have_is_3_hammers_called_gateways_beans_and_d.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/when_all_you_have_is_3_hammers_called_gateways_beans_and_d.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=when%5Fall%5Fyou%5Fhave%5Fis%5F3%5Fhammers%5Fcalled%5Fgateways%5Fbeans%5Fand%5Fd</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was partly prompted to write this on the back of Brian&#39;s recent blog post on gateways. I&#39;ve been meaning to talk about this for a while now as it has sort of bugged me. Far too often when people mention OO in ColdFusion - the very next thin]]></description><category>coldfusion</category><category>oo</category></item><item><title>CFEclipse category and old CFEclipse blog posts</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cfeclipse_category_and_old_cfeclipse_blog_posts.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cfeclipse_category_and_old_cfeclipse_blog_posts.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cfeclipse%5Fcategory%5Fand%5Fold%5Fcfeclipse%5Fblog%5Fposts</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Following on from Charlie Areharts list of people who had blogged about CFEclipse  - I&#39;ve added a CFEclipse category  to my blog. While searching my blog posts from the past four years I found a handful of one line posts on CFEclipse short]]></description><category>cfeclipse</category></item><item><title>See Boba Fett and C-3PO tommorrow!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/see_boba_fett_and_c3po_tommorrow.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/see_boba_fett_and_c3po_tommorrow.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=see%5Fboba%5Ffett%5Fand%5Fc3po%5Ftommorrow</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I&#39;m off to celebration Europe  which will be attended by Boba Fett and C-3PO! Now if I can only find my purple Light Sabre.Some of my female friends in the past have commented that they never really understood what all the fuss around St]]></description></item><item><title>if(!goingToCfunited()) sitAtHomeAndSulk();</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/ifgoingtocfunited_sitathomeandsulk.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/ifgoingtocfunited_sitathomeandsulk.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ifgoingtocfunited%5Fsitathomeandsulk</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well for the first time in the last 4 years I won&#39;t be making it across the pond to cfunited. Instead I will be at home sulking over Thiery Henry  leaving Arsenal!]]></description></item><item><title>20 Reasons to consider Railo 2</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/20_reasons_to_consider_railo_2.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/20_reasons_to_consider_railo_2.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=20%5Freasons%5Fto%5Fconsider%5Frailo%5F2</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My colleague Peter Boughton has an entry on his blog on 20 reasons to consider Railo 2]]></description></item><item><title>Cframeworks workshop on Illudium - code generator</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cframeworks_workshop_on_illudium__code_generator.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cframeworks_workshop_on_illudium__code_generator.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cframeworks%5Fworkshop%5Fon%5Filludium%5F%5Fcode%5Fgenerator</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Brian Rinaldi  will be doing a cfframeworks workshop on his Illudium code generator. The illudium code generator. .. &quot;generates ColdFusion components (i.e. bean, DAO, gateway, service), ColdSpring XML, Transfer XML, and ActionScript Value-]]></description></item><item><title>Scotch on the rocks here I come!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/scotch_on_the_rocks_here_i_come.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/scotch_on_the_rocks_here_i_come.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scotch%5Fon%5Fthe%5Frocks%5Fhere%5Fi%5Fcome</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just checked into my hotel in Scotland - I must say this place is beautiful! Getting ready to meet up  with Nick , Mark , Daniel , Peter , Andy , Peter , Stephen , Kevin , Andy  and the rest of the guys. If you&#39;re around come down and say hi!]]></description></item><item><title>CFANT - Undocumented ColdFusion tag</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cfant__undocumented_coldfusion_tag.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/cfant__undocumented_coldfusion_tag.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 06:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cfant%5F%5Fundocumented%5Fcoldfusion%5Ftag</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A while back my colleague James  mentioned a hidden cfant tag for running ant  build files. I finally got around to playing with it although its still not clear what all the arguments are for despite their seemingly obvious name. The usual disclaimer]]></description><category>coldfusion</category><category>ant</category></item><item><title>15 Cool firefox tricks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/15_cool_firefox_tricks.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/15_cool_firefox_tricks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 05:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=15%5Fcool%5Ffirefox%5Ftricks</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;15 cool firefox tricks . Some good tips to improve your firefox experience as well a some shortcuts I wasn&#39;t aware of.]]></description></item><item><title>ColdFusion and the Law of Demeter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/coldfusion_and_the_law_of_demeter.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/coldfusion_and_the_law_of_demeter.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=coldfusion%5Fand%5Fthe%5Flaw%5Fof%5Fdemeter</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An article I wrote on&nbsp; ColdFusion components and the Law of Demeter  has recently been published in the (now only available in PDF) ColdFusion Developer&#39;s Journal.]]></description></item><item><title>When exactly did Flash become sexy?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/when_exactly_did_flash_become_sexy.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/when_exactly_did_flash_become_sexy.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=when%5Fexactly%5Fdid%5Fflash%5Fbecome%5Fsexy</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In an image re-invention that would give Madonna a run for her money - in a short space of time Flash has done well to reinvent itself from being the &#39;skip intro&#39; technology to one of the stars of (I hate saying it) web 2.0. 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Perhaps as part of some naming convention to indicate Constants for example?]]></description><category>coldfusion</category></item><item><title>What ColdFusion tools do you want?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/what_coldfusion_tools_do_you_want.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/what_coldfusion_tools_do_you_want.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fcoldfusion%5Ftools%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fwant</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What ColdFusion tools do you want?Following on from my last post  discussing Java tools support and whether it made working in Java more productive , I&#39;d thought I would point out some of the tools that are missing from the ColdFusion landscape.]]></description><category>coldfusion</category><category>java</category></item><item><title>Is ColdFusion more productive than working in Java directly?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/is_coldfusion_more_productive_than_working_in_java_directly.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/is_coldfusion_more_productive_than_working_in_java_directly.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=is%5Fcoldfusion%5Fmore%5Fproductive%5Fthan%5Fworking%5Fin%5Fjava%5Fdirectly</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you&#39;ve used both you&#39;ll probably answer yes. Sean&#39;s recent blog post about working with Eclipse reminded me of a discussion I had with a friend recently which made me re-consider whether working in ColdFusion is more productive than Ja]]></description><category>coldfusion</category><category>java</category></item><item><title>The Pragmatic Java Architect round table this evening....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/the_pragmatic_java_architect_round_table_this_evening.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/the_pragmatic_java_architect_round_table_this_evening.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpragmatic%5Fjava%5Farchitect%5Fround%5Ftable%5Fthis%5Fevening</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you are in or around London this evening, come down to the round table session on the Pragmatic Java Architect. Even if you don&#39;t do much Java but have an interest in architecture or system design, it&#39;s worth coming down to hear some of th]]></description></item><item><title>Webservices - The S stands for simple</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/webservices__the_s_stands_for_simple.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/webservices__the_s_stands_for_simple.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=webservices%5F%5Fthe%5Fs%5Fstands%5Ffor%5Fsimple</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Somehow I missed this and only came across it recently. This amusing blog post  pretty much sums up my love hate affair with webservices over the past 3 years.]]></description></item><item><title>Why I do read books and why google only goes so far....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/why_i_do_read_books_and_why_google_only_goes_so_far.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/why_i_do_read_books_and_why_google_only_goes_so_far.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Fi%5Fdo%5Fread%5Fbooks%5Fand%5Fwhy%5Fgoogle%5Fonly%5Fgoes%5Fso%5Ffar</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In response to a recent post on Doug McCune&#39;s blog called Why I don&#39;t read books&nbsp; here is why I do read books.I&#39;m a big book Junkie and here are five reasons why I still think books are relevant (despite the obvious advantages of onl]]></description></item><item><title>Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon 2007</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/key_takeaway_points_and_lessons_learned_from_qcon_2007.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/key_takeaway_points_and_lessons_learned_from_qcon_2007.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=key%5Ftakeaway%5Fpoints%5Fand%5Flessons%5Flearned%5Ffrom%5Fqcon%5F2007</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m a bit late to blog this, but I missed Qcon a couple of weeks ago &ndash; I had planned to go but couldn&rsquo;t make it. Fortunately the Infoq website  has a good overview of the key takeaway points and lessons learned. Some of the topics c]]></description></item><item><title>Do you need an architect?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolskool.blog-city.com/do_you_need_an_architect.htm</guid><link>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/do_you_need_an_architect.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://coolskool.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=do%5Fyou%5Fneed%5Fan%5Farchitect</comments><dc:creator>Kola Oyedeji</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This post is largely in response to a question posed on The pragmatic architect blog. Do you need an architect? Absolutely. This may simply be someone who actually plays the architect role on a particular system but someone somewhere needs to look at]]></description></item></channel></rss>