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NTL Strikes Again

FFS. No, really, FOR FUCKS SAKE.
BBC One should not be on channel 101. All the more so for you saying in your Programme Guide Policy that "BBC ONE, BBC TWO, ITV 1, Channel 4, five will continue to occupy their historic numbering position". Which was, you'll never guess, but 1.

TYM Nettle. I'm sure explaining it to the in-laws when they return will be a night of fun and mirth.

Win32 Firefox on Linux and mailto: links in Flex 2 applications

If you are using Firefox via WINE to run Flash 9 apps, such as the ones Flex 2 makes, you should know that mailto: URLs in the app don't work, so code like:

    var u:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mailto:foo.bar@baz.com?subject=Message related to" );
    navigateToURL(u,"_blank");

just does nothing.

On a real Windows m

Nested ands and ors in Reactor's OO queries

Or, to put it another way, how can I put brackets in the where clause of Reactor's query ?
(Reactor ? That's a framework for ColdFusion that transparently generates a variety of objects which can be used to interact with a variety of database systems.)

So, I want to be able to say in my query:

Apollo wants to be free

Good news everyone !
Mike Chambers says that the Flex-for-the-desktop system known as 'Apollo' will be free - not only for normal people to run, but for us (me) to program and create with too.
I had someone how missed this annoucement previously so it's come as a pleasent surprise.


Whoah, head rush

Amsterdam was great, and I'm slowly adjusting back to normal life - like coffee shops that only sell coffee.
Photos to follow in due course.

Back to a packed week as well - Manchester No2ID tonight and bosses party Friday so glad I had yesterday off to sleep.

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