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November 1, 2004
ColdFusion Community Suite
If you're at MAX and looking for a great place to hang out with other ColdFusion developers in between sessions, or after hours, then get yourself over to the ColdFusion Community Suite, hosted by Michael and Judith Dinowitz of House of Fusion. The community suite is free for all, and can be found at:

Hampton Inn (Across from Hall E of the convention center)
Room 213
Opens 9am

Posted At : 9:15 AM. | Posted By : rbils | Link | MAX | Comments (1)

MAX Attendee? You're now a Blackstone Beta Tester!
After picking up my official registration packet this morning, I went through the materials to see what goodies Macromedia had included this year. To my surprise, there was a nicely packaged CD labeled "The Future of ColdFusion - Blackstone Beta 2". So, it looks like all MAX attendees now have a copy of the Blackstone beta code.

It's going to be interesting to watch the reactions as people realize what they've gotten access to. I'm hoping to see a lot of excitement and energy around Blackstone at MAX this year. Expect me to blog a lot more about Blackstone over the next several days as more of what was previously covered under NDA becomes public.

Update: After actually opening the package, it looks like your access to the beta program requires you to first login to the Macromedia beta site and enter your email address (used to register for the conference). You are then given an access code to activate the beta. So, Blackstone beta 2 is not a completely open beta, but you do get to be a part of it!

That said, I'm guessing everything Blackstone is still NDA other than what Macromedia has already publicly released, and what will be demo'd at the general sessions and sneak peek sessions.

Posted At : 8:32 AM. | Posted By : rbils | Link | ColdFusion, MAX | Comments (3)

Dinner at Acme Oyster House
This post is a little late, but after arriving on Friday night, I headed over to the Acme Oyster House to get my fill of fresh oysters. Living in Phoenix, we just don't get many decent fresh oysters.

Acme Oyster House is nothing fancy, and they don't take reservations (I waited in line for about a half hour for a table to open up). What they do do, however, is oysters. I had a dozen on the half-shell, and then a combination oyster/shrimp fry. Mmmm, mmmm, good.

If you want to get really close to the action, sit at the marble bar, where the guys behind the counter shuck oysters with speed and skill for all to watch.

Posted At : 8:26 AM. | Posted By : rbils | Link | MAX, Food | Comments (0)