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Great marketing does not start with your product. It starts with your customer. In this conversation, I speak with marketing strategist Scott Hornstein about why storytelling, customer research, and trust are the real drivers behind successful brands. Scott shares lessons from decades in marketing, including his work with IBM and major technology launches, and explains how companies often fail when they focus on themselves instead of the people they serve. You will hear how listening to the voice of the customer can reshape messaging, build trust, and unlock growth. Scott also reflects on entrepreneurship, resilience, family, and the mindset required to get back up after setbacks. I believe you will find this conversation both practical and encouraging as you think about how relationships and trust shape business success. Highlights: · Creativity in Queens – Scott reflects on how music and culture shaped his early creativity.04:10 · From Literature to Marketing – His love of books leads him toward storytelling and marketing.12:57 · Learning to Experiment – A mentor teaches the value of trying ideas and learning from failure.20:46 · The Customer as the Hero – Scott explains why marketing must center on the customer.31:48 · Customer Insight Drives Messaging – Research helps reshape a company's message and market entry.41:23 · Resilience Through Setbacks – Scott reflects on perseverance in life and business.50:59 Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: I currently live in Reston VA, my wife and I having moved there to be close to our 2 daughters and our 2 granddaughters. I am an independent business consultant specializing in storytelling – which embraces marketing, research, and content. Family is the most important thing in my life and it has taught me that lasting relationships, business and personal, are steeped in empathy and commitment. I was born in Manhattan on July 25, 1950. My parents soon moved the family to the up-and-coming borough of Queens. I attended the public schools in and around Forest Hills.  Writing was always my goal. I graduated NYU as an English major.  Upon graduation I traveled, then pursued my (naïve) dream of living as an artist – as a writer, an actor, and a musician. I wrote plays for the brand-new cable industry, wrote for a movie-making magazine, was in several off-off Broadway plays, worked as a pick-up musician. I helped in the office for a former professor to earn subway money. Got tired of starving to death. Took a job with CBS in the Broadcast Center, pulling together the Daily Log for the local station. Then, got hired to answer Bill Paley's mail. Then, I was hired as a marketing manager for Columbia House where I got some of the best advice – keep going. I met this guy from my neighborhood while commuting to my job in Manhattan. Turns our he worked for Y&R and said they were looking for someone. I interviewed and jumped over to agency-side work as an Account Executive, then Account Supervisor, then, going back to my roots, copywriter and eventually Creative Director. The entrepreneurial life has been a roller coaster, but I have been blessed to work with some brilliant people in marketing and sales, and some great companies. It allowed me to understand how I can really help my customers become successful in the long-term. Ways to connect with Scott**:** LinkedIn Medium www.hornsteinassociates.com About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Well, hi everyone, and welcome once again to another episode of unstoppable mindset today. Our guest is Scott Hornstein, although when he came into the Zoom Room, I said, is it Hornstein or Hornstein? And of course, he also understood, because we're both of the same age, and are both fans of Young Frankenstein, who always said that his name was really pronounced Frankenstein. But you know, you have to have to know Gene Wilder for that. But anyway, if you haven't seen that movie, you got to see it. Mel Brooks at his best, but Scott is a marketing person and specializes a lot in storytelling, which fascinates me a lot, because I am a firm believer in storytelling, and I know we're going to have a lot of fun talking about that today. So Scott, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here. Scott Hornstein  02:20 Thank you so much, Michael. I have to start by saying I have great respect for your work, and this is really quite a privilege for me. Thank you very much. Michael Hingson  02:32 Well, thank you. You're a long way from where you were born, in New York, in Manhattan. Now you're in Reston, Virginia, but that's okay. Well, you're not that far. It's just a short train ride, a few hours. Scott Hornstein  02:41 I That's true. That's true, although with that particular train, you can never be sure exactly how long it's going to be good Michael Hingson  02:52 point, yeah, yeah, good point. It is one of the things one has to deal with. But that's okay. But, you know, I've taken that train many times, and I've taken the the Metro liner as well, and also just the regular train. And I like the trains. I enjoy the train. I wish we had more of them out here. Scott Hornstein  03:15 I do too. I when it a long time ago in business, when I had a client here in DC, and I was living in Connecticut, I started taking the train, and it was so superior to flying. Oh yeah. And then recently I was, as I was mentioning to you, I was in Germany and taking the trains there is just wonderful. It's so superior. Michael Hingson  03:47 Yeah, I wish we would have more of them out here. If I, for example, want to take a train to San Francisco from where I live in Victorville, the only way I can do it is to take a train at roughly four in the morning to Los Angeles and then transfer on a train to go to San Francisco, which is no fun. I'll fly because it's it's kind of crazy, but I like the trains, and wish we wish we had more of them all over, and wish more people would use them. It's a lot better than driving, and it's a lot more pleasant. When I lived in the east, there were any number of times that I knew people who would travel from like Bucks County in Pennsylvania to New York Wall Street people, and they would go two, two and a half hours on the train every day and back again. And they formed discussion groups or other sorts of things. They they made it a part of their regular day, and it was there was nothing to them to do that. Scott Hornstein  04:54 And to them, I say, God bless. I am not in love with commuting, right? Yeah. Michael Hingson  05:00 Well, I understand that. I appreciate that, but they, they did well with it, and so good for them, or, as I would say in Australia, good on them. But you know, well, why don't we start tell us a little bit about you, maybe growing up in the early Scott and all that stuff. Let's start with that, sure. Scott Hornstein  05:21 First one brief aside about Young Frankenstein when I was living in Connecticut, I would go to the theater in Stanford, and for one performance, my tickets were at the will call, so I went up to the ticket booth, gave them my name, and the woman be on the other side of the iron bars keeps throwing her head to the side, wanting me to look over to my left, and I finally look over to my left, and there's Gene Wilder. Oh my gosh. What an enormously tall individual, very gracious, very nice. In any case, yes, Michael Hingson  06:06 with him, did you? Did you talk with Scott Hornstein  06:09 him just for a moment, just for a moment, you know, just Mr. Wilder, how nice to meet you. And he said a couple of nice things. And that was about it. Still, we all went to see the to see the show. Still, it was quite a thrill for me. What show I do not. Oh, that was, oh, no, excuse me. That was the the madness of King Charles, madness of King George. King George. But he was quite mad, and the play is excellent, excellent. Well, anyway, in any case, I grew I was born in Manhattan. I spent the first couple of years of life on the west side. I don't remember much of that. But my parents quickly moved us out to Queens, which at that point was rather undeveloped. You could get a lot more for your money, and we have lived in an apartment building. And around our apartment building was nothing but empty lots. It was just not developed yet. But it was a great place to grow up because the there was so much going on in those years and so much so much music that was going on. The first recollection I have, in light of all the talk about vaccines and healthcare and all of this is I really remember that polio was a real thing there, and I remember kids with the braces on their legs. And I remember that when one of my friends got chicken pox, that the mothers would get us all together and have a play date so that we got chicken pox too. Okay, but it was, Michael Hingson  08:20 I'm sorry, remember, I remember getting the polio vaccinations, even starting in kindergarten, Scott Hornstein  08:24 yes, yes. And it was such a remarkable thing at that time. We all thought it was like a miracle. And, and Jonas Salk, I mean, he was like, such a hero, yeah. The other thing, so I, we were out in Queens, in an area that's the larger area is called Forest Hills, and it was, it was a great place, because the the whole museum, whole music scene was just exploding. So I'm moving on until my junior high school and high school years, and it was just all over the place. Yes, we were playing in bands, but also there were these wonderful venues to go to. And there was the subway. If my parents only knew where I really was, we would get on the subway, go down in the village, go to all the cafe bar Gertie spoke city, all these places to hear the this wonderful mind changing music. And by mind changing, I don't mean drugs. I mean mind changing that it was, it was just everything in life. Michael Hingson  09:57 And there's nothing like hearing a lot. Music, Scott Hornstein  10:01 even to this day, it's my very, very favorite thing to do. Yeah, and so many musicians and artists came out of that area. I not being one of them. But it was so exciting. Michael Hingson  10:27 I remember when we lived in New Jersey, and I would commute into New York. I heard, for example, even then, and it was in like 96 to beginning of 2002 Woody Allen on Monday night would play his clarinet somewhere. And less, less, Paul was still doing music and playing music at the meridian ballroom. And you can even take your guitar in and he would sign it for you Scott Hornstein  10:55 the it was Joe's Pub. Woody Allen would right. And I went there a couple of times to see him. Of course, it was so pricey that we had to kind of sneak in have one beer, yeah, Michael Hingson  11:16 but still, it was worth doing. Scott Hornstein  11:19 And then they Yeah, and they were great clubs. I think that was, there's certainly the blue note for jazz that I went to a lot. And then there in Times Square, there was iridium, which was where I was able to see Les Paul, right? And many of those greats. Michael Hingson  11:42 Yeah, I never did get to go and get my guitar signed, and now it's too late. But oh, well, do you play? I play at it more than anything else. My father, I think, even before the war, before World War Two, or somewhere around there anyway, he traded something and got a Martin grand concert guitar. Oh, still, I still have it. That's wonderful. What a wonderful sound it is. Scott Hornstein  12:15 What a wonderful story. Yes, I play as well. I And growing up very early on, I decided I wanted to be Ricky Nelson. Oh, there you go. But I quickly learned that I was not going to be Ricky Nelson. However, the guy that was standing behind him playing guitar, now that might be something that I could do. So yes, so I picked it up, and I played in all the bands and then, which quickly taught me that I was not cut out for rock and roll, that I wasn't very good at it, but it led me into many other avenues of music, certainly listening, certainly being part of that scene, I'd go see friends of mine who could play well rock and roll and And that was so exciting for me. And then I, I played in pickup bands through college. So on a weekend night there would be a wedding, Bar Mitzvah, and this guy, I forget his name, piano player, he he got all the gigs and Howie was the first choice for guitar, and if Howie wasn't available, they'd call me. Michael Hingson  13:47 There you go, hey. So second choice is better than no choice. Absolutely. Scott Hornstein  13:54 I i enjoyed it thoroughly and that they paid me money to do this. There you go, right, inconceivable to me. Michael Hingson  14:05 So what did you major in in college? Scott Hornstein  14:10 Well, I started off majoring in biology, and there you go. And why I chose biology is is a mystery to this day, it didn't last long. I cycled through a number of things, and I graduated with a degree in literature, in English, particularly American literature, which is not quite the same as learning a trade. But you know it, it was consistent with with who I was at that time. I was the guy who, if he went out the door, would have two books with him, just in case I finished one. I didn't want to be left at sea, so a voracious reader couldn't stay away from the theater. So it was very consistent with who I was and and it was good for me, because I think through things like like literature and fiction and biography, you learn so much about the world, about how different people are confronted with challenges, how they process their lives, how they overcome these challenges or not or not, it just exposes you to so much. Michael Hingson  15:49 Yeah, and so I'll bet you had some challenges finding some sort of real, permanent job after getting a degree in English? Scott Hornstein  16:03 Yes, I did. But when I got out the idea of it didn't cross my mind that people actually would not earn a great living by being just an artist. What did I want to do? I wanted to write. I wanted to be involved in music. I wanted to act. I did all these things until the point when I got thoroughly fed up with being poor, with not having a dime in my pocket. Ever starving to death is, is sort of what you would call it. Yeah, yeah. You know, I did. I have modest success. Yes, I was able to keep myself off the streets, but no, it was no way for a career. It was no way to even be able to afford your own apartment, for gosh sakes. So I from there i i had done a lot of promotion for the different things that I was involved in, trying to get audiences, trying to get awareness of what I was doing, and that led me to have some contacts inside of CBS. And when I started looking for a job, I started talking to these folks, and they offered me a job. So here I was, and actually gainfully employed. Michael Hingson  17:44 What was the job? Well, I Scott Hornstein  17:47 was sort of a gopher for my first job. Mostly what I did was type, but I do have one good story for you. So I was down in the depths of the CBS Broadcast Center, which is all the way on the west side of 5017 and it's an old milk factory, so which they had converted to broadcast purposes. And so there were long holes, and the halls would always slope down. And there was one day where I was late for a meeting, and I came running down the halls, and there are always these swinging doors, I guess, for in case there's a fire or something, and I'm bursting through the doors, and I go running, and I burst through the next set of doors, and I'm running, and I burst through the next set of doors, and I knock this guy right on his bum. I pick him up, I dust him off. I say, I am so sorry. He says, Don't worry about a thing. It's all fine. I continue running. A friend of mine grabs me and says, Did you see Paul Newman? Michael Hingson  19:10 There you are. Scott Hornstein  19:12 So I have the unique entry on my resume of knocking Paul Newman to the ground. Michael Hingson  19:22 I Well, at least he was civil and nice about it. Scott Hornstein  19:26 He was very nice about it, though. Yeah, so I worked there and then through my writing, because I was writing for a film magazine at night, which, of course, didn't pay a cent, not a cent, but I got to go to all the premiers, and I got to meet all the people and interview all the people so whatever. So through that, I was able to go over to the main building and answer letters for Bill Paley, who was the. Michael Hingson  20:00 Chairman, Chairman, I said, Yes, right, Scott Hornstein  20:02 and it was my job to explain to everybody why Mr. Paley, I never called him, Bill, never, nobody, no, no, why he was right and they were wrong. That was my job, and that I did that for a little while, I can honestly say that I enjoyed having money in my pocket, but that was not the most fulfilling of jobs, and from there, I was able to go over and get my first marketing position, working for the Columbia record and tape Club, which was part of CBS Records at that time. And when I Ben or Dover was the president of Columbia House at that time, and when he made me the offer, he gave me one of the great life lessons that I've I've ever had. And he said, Scott, if you sit in your office and you do exactly what I ask you to do, and you do it on time, and you do it perfectly, we are not going to get along. But if you are out there and you're trying this and you're trying that, and this works, and that doesn't work, but you get up and you keep trying, we're going to be fast friends. Interesting. Yeah, yeah. That's something that has stayed with me my whole life. One of the great pieces of advice that I've ever gotten, Michael Hingson  21:57 well the for me, what's fascinating about it is thinking about how many people would really do that and allow that to happen, but it's really what more people should be doing. I've I've always maintained that the biggest problem with bosses is that they boss people around too much, rather than encouraging them and helping them and using their own talents to help people be more creative. When I hire sales people, the first thing I always told them was, well, the second thing because the first thing I always told them was, you need to understand right up front if you're going to sell here, you have to learn to turn perceived liabilities into assets. And that's got a story behind it. But the second thing that I always talked about was my job isn't to boss you around. I hired you because you convinced me that you're supposed to be able to do the job, and we'll see how that goes. But you should be able to but my job is to work with you to figure out how I can use my talents to help you and to enhance what you do to make you more successful. And the people who got that did really well, because we usually did things differently, and we both learned how to figure out and actually figure out how to work with each other and be very successful. But the people who didn't get it and wouldn't try that, generally, weren't all that successful. Scott Hornstein  23:26 Not terribly surprised, sir. You know, I think that people miss the the humanity of all this. And that if we bring our respective strengths and work together, that it's going to be a more complete and more successful whole than if I try and dominate you and tell you what to do, right, just that hasn't been a successful formula for me. I have never done well with people who tried to tell me exactly what to do, which is probably why I went out on my own. Probably why, in the greater scheme of things that I I did well, working for people from Columbia House. I met this guy on the train, and we got friendly, and he said he worked for an advertising agency, and they were looking for somebody would I be interested in interviewing? And this was with the young and Rubicon. And I did get the job, and I did work my way up to an account supervisor. And then i i said, i. Hate this, and I went back to be a copywriter and worked my way up to be a creative director. But, you know, I went on my own on January 1 of 86 and it was like a liberation for me, because at that point there was a new a new president of the division that I worked for, and he was not a nurturing individual. He was more of the dominant kind of you'll do what I tell you to do. Didn't sit well with me at all, and I had the opportunity to go on my own. So I I packed up my dolls and dishes, and I walked in on January 2, and I said, Bill, I quit. Michael Hingson  26:02 There you go. Was it hard for you to do that? Scott Hornstein  26:11 You know, at that point? So I here I am. I'm a creative director. I got the office on Madison Avenue, and I'm doing freelance all over the place, not only because it was extra money, but because it was it was fueling my creativity. It was giving me something back. It was fun. And I really like to have fun. I have so much fun working with people and that interaction that that humanity, the spark of humanity. So I was doing a lot of freelance, and I wrote this proposal for this one design group who was near where I was living at that time, and it got sold. So they said, Do you want to you want to work on it? And at that point in my life, I didn't have any responsibilities. I had a studio apartment there that was real cheap. And I said, If I don't try this now, yeah, I don't think I'll ever try it. So that's what I did. I quit, and I walked out the door into the great unknown, Michael Hingson  27:39 and the entrepreneurial spirit took over. Scott Hornstein  27:43 It did, and it worked well for about six, seven months, and then we got to the summertime, and I couldn't get arrested for a while. But you know, you have to take it one day at a time. And I figured, all right, well, let's just be open and network and see what's going on. It's not the time to quit. It's not the time to go back and get a job. And I was fortunate in that I was sitting at the desk one day, and this one guy called me, and I had met him before his folks ran one of the biggest, or actually the biggest, telemarketing agency in New York at that time, and I had met, met this fellow, and he said, I got this project. I've been asking around for creative source, and three people gave me your name. So I figured, well, let's go talk. And that turned into a very, very good situation for me, it gave me a lot of responsibility and a lot of leeway to take all the things that I had learned and put them in service of my client and I had a ball. I loved it. The only thing I didn't love was the and I did love this for a while was the constant travel. Now, everybody doesn't travel, and they're all sitting in their rooms at home, looking at screens. But that was that was a great opportunity for me to to spread my wings and to take and I learned so much one of the. Initial assignments I had was for IBM and IBM at that time was, was Mount Olympus. Oh my gosh, working for IBM, and I worked in tandem with this research group. We were all working on the introduction of the IBM ThinkPad and what these folks, they had a methodology they called voice of customer research, which was a qualitative research we're talking to decision makers from a carefully prepared Interview Guide to come up with the attitudes, the insights that we could put together to to come up with a solution. And I was fascinated by this of how to tap into what what the customer really wants by talking to the customer. How unusual. Michael Hingson  31:16 What a concept. Oh yeah. I mean Scott Hornstein  31:19 then and now, it's still the operative phrase of this would be a wonderful business, business, if it wasn't for all those annoying customers and and this just turned that on its head. That's another thing that I learned that has stayed with me through my entire career, is that for the the storytelling, and what I mean by storytelling is, is two things. Is, first, you know all your stories are going to come from what you consider to be your brand, but if you're not developing your brand according to the wants, the needs, the desires, the expressed future state that your Customers want, then then you're wide of the mark. So I was able to bring this in, and I think do a much better job for my customers. Now, the way that relates into storytelling is that you're you're able to take what you do and put it into the story of how your customer succeeds with the hero in the hero's journey, is Michael Hingson  32:55 your customer, your customer? Why do you think that is such a successful tactic to use, Scott Hornstein  33:02 because everybody else is completely enamored of themselves. When other companies craft their their brand, it's mostly because why they think they are special and what their vision tells them is their future. And quite frankly, most customers really don't care when, when a new customer first confronts you and your brand. They ask three questions, who are you? Why should I care? And what's in it for me? And if you can't answer those, if the story that you tell whether complete or in fragments or in in different parts according to where they are on their consideration journey. It doesn't resonate. It doesn't resonate. Hey, I have the best technology out there. I have brilliant people working on this technology. And guess what? Your technology? Somebody will eat your technology in 18 months, and I don't care, I want to know. What does it do for me? Michael Hingson  34:28 Yeah, as opposed to saying, After asking enough questions, I have technology that will solve this problem that you have identified. Let me tell you about it. Is that okay? Exactly? Scott Hornstein  34:44 Yeah, exactly. And as odd as it sounds, that helps you to stand out in the field, in a crowded Michael Hingson  34:55 field, it does, but it's also all about the. Relating to the customer and getting the customer to establish a rapport and relating to you. And when you, as you pointed out, make it about the customer, and you talk in such a way that clearly, you're demonstrating you're interested in the customer and what they want they're going to relate to you. Scott Hornstein  35:24 There's two, two things in there that, well, there's a million things in there that are particularly true. And the first is not only recognizing and and internalizing the goals of your client, but also opening yourself up and saying, these are people. These are humans. And the other real distinguishing fact that a lot of people don't either realize or embrace is that in business to business, and I've spent most of my life in business to business, it's all personal. It's all about personal connections. It's all about trust. And call me crazy, but I am not going to trust a machine. I will have confidence in technology, but my trust is going to be placed in the human through this, one anecdote that that is has really impressed me is that I was doing one of these interviews once, and I was talking to the CEO of of this company. And I said, Well, you know, I of course, I'm working for company A and you've been a client for a long time. What's, what's the greatest benefit that you get from this company? And without hesitation, he said, our salesman. Our salesman is part of our team. He understands who we are, he knows what we need, and he goes and he gets it. So that kind of that, to me, has always been a touchstone on things. Michael Hingson  37:43 Well, the fact that the salesman earned that reputation, and the President was willing to acknowledge it is really important and crucial. Scott Hornstein  37:56 And within that, I would say the very important word that you used is earn. You need to earn that trust. Sure it doesn't come just because you have brilliant technology. It's all people. It's all personal, all people. Michael Hingson  38:20 And that's success, the successful sales people are people who understand and work to earn trust. Scott Hornstein  38:32 Well said, and I think that particularly in this age of accelerating remoteness, that this concept of earning the trust and the person to person becomes a compelling competitive differentiator. And I think that that telling the story of of how you make your customers successful, of the role you play, of where you're going, this allows you to bridge some of those troubled waters to people who are sitting remote. It helps you to open your ears you know where you're going, so you can listen, yeah, Michael Hingson  39:40 well, and that's an extremely important thing to to keep in mind and to continue to hone, because bottom line is, it's all about, as I said, trust, and it certainly is about earning, and that isn't something you. First, it's something that you understand. Scott Hornstein  40:04 It's a gift that can only be bestowed on your customer. You can want it, but they're the only ones who can give you. Your brand is the meal you prepare. You but your reputation is the review, right? So, yeah, you gotta earn that trust. Michael Hingson  40:32 So how long so you you own your own company? How long has the company been in existence? Scott Hornstein  40:40 I Well, let's see. I went on my own on January 1 in 1986 and I am still without visible means of support. Michael Hingson  40:58 Well, there you go, same company all along, huh? Scott Hornstein  41:03 I Yeah, you know, do different work with different people, sure, but yes, it's still me. Michael Hingson  41:13 It's still, do you actually have a company and a name or anything like that? Scott Hornstein  41:17 I did. I did for a long time. I operated under Hornstein associates, okay, and recently I have dropped that and I just work as myself. I think that I had employees, then I had expandable, retractable resources then, and I'm not so interested in doing that right now. I am interested in working as and I love working as part of a team. Collaboration is my middle name. I might not have put that on my resume, but yeah, and I'm just, I'm really just interested in being me these days. Michael Hingson  42:13 That's fair. There's nothing wrong with that. No, well, in your current role, what do you think is the greatest contribution you've made to your clients, and I'd love an example, a story about that. Scott Hornstein  42:28 I would love to tell you a story. Oh, good. So one of my clients is a manufacturer. And they manufacture of all things, barcode scanners, as you would use in a warehouse and in a warehouse, absolutely everything, including the employees, has a barcode. Theirs is different than the the ones that you would normally see, the ones that like have a pistol grip. These are, these are new. It's new technology. They're ergonomically designed. They sit on the back of your hand. They're lightweight. They have more capabilities. They're faster and more accurate. Well, that sounds like sliced bread. However, they had a big problem in that all the scanners in all the warehouses come from the titans of the universe, the Motorola's, the great big names and these great, you know the old saying of Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. Well, you know, if they need more scanners. Why would they go elsewhere? They just go back and get the same thing. So the the big problem is, is how to penetrate this market? And we did it. I worked with them in a number of ways. The first way was to conduct interviews, qualitative interviews, with the executive team, to come up with their their brand. What did they think? What did they think that was most important? And they said, clearly, the productivity gains, not only is this faster, not only can we prove that this is faster, but the the technology is so advanced that now we can also give you. Information from the shop floor. Well, then we talked to their their partners, who were already selling things into these warehouses. And we talked to a number of companies that were within their ICP, their ideal customer profile, I think that's very important to be prospecting with the folks who can make best use of your products and services. And what we found is that it wasn't just the productivity, it was that we solved other problems as well, and without going heavily into it, we solved the a big safety problem. We made the shop floor more secure and safer for the workers. So we changed the message from Warehouse productivity to the warehouse floor of making each employee safer, able to contribute more and able to have a better satisfaction, and that we were able to roll out into a into great messaging. The initial campaign was solely focused on the workers, and our offer was We challenge you to a scan off our scanners, against yours, your employees, your products, your warehouse. Let's have a head to head competition, because we then knew from these interviews, from working with the partners, that once these employees got the ergonomic the lightweight, ergonomic scanners on their hands, and realized how much faster They were, and how much safer that they were, that they would be our champions. And in fact, that's what, what happened. I can go deeper into the story, but it it became a story. Instead of coming in and just saying, boost your productivity, it's the scanners work for your your overall productivity. It helps you to keep your customers satisfied, your workers, one of the big problems that they're having is maintaining a stable and experienced workforce, this changed the characteristic of the shop floor, and it changed the character, how the employees themselves described their work environment. So we were able to take that and weave a story that went from one end of the warehouse to the other with benefits for everybody in between. So you said, What is the the one you said, the greatest benefit, I would say the contribution that I'm most proud of, it's that it's to recast the brand, the messaging, in the form, in the shape of the customer, of what they need, of helping them to achieve the future state that they want. And I'm sorry for a long winded answer, Michael Hingson  49:10 yes, that's okay. Not a not a problem. So let me what would you say are the two or three major accomplishments or achievements in your career, and what did they teach you? Scott Hornstein  49:26 Well, you know, I think the the achievements in my career, well, the first one I would mention was incorporating that, that voice of customer research, bringing the customer to the planning table, letting the executives, the sales people, the marketers, unite around, how does the customer express their hopes, their dreams, their challenges? I would say the second. Uh, is this idea of taking all of the content of all of the messaging and and unifying it? Some people call it a pillar view. I call it storytelling, of relaying these things so that you are giving your prospects and your customers the information that they need when they need it, at the specific point in their consideration journey, when this is most important, and it might be that a research report for a prospect that talks about some of the challenges in the marketplace and what's being done, it might be as simple for a customer as a as a video on how do you do this? You know, how do you screw in a light bulb? Oh, here it is. Everybody's used to that. The the third thing, and, and this is something, forgive me, for which I am, I am very proud, is that now I take this experience and this expertise, and through the organization called score, I'm able to give this back to people who are are trying to make their way as entrepreneurs Michael Hingson  51:35 through the Small Business Administration. And score, yes, Scott Hornstein  51:40 very proud of that. I get so much for from that. Michael Hingson  51:46 Well, what would you say are maybe the two or three major achievements for you in life, and what did you learn? Or what did they teach you? Or are they the same Scott Hornstein  51:57 I did? Well, I would say they're they're the same, and yet they're a little bit different. The first one is, is that it's only very few people who lead the charmed life where they are never knocked down. I'm not one of those people, and I've been knocked down several times, both professionally and personally, and to get back up, I to have that, and you will forgive me if I borrow a phrase that indomitable spirit that says, no, sorry, I'm getting back up again. And I can do this. And it may not be comfortable and it may not be easy, but I can do this. So there was that I think that having kids and then grandkids has taught me an awful lot about about interpersonal relationships, about the fact that there isn't anything more important than family, not by a long shot, and from these different things. I mean, certainly, as you I was, I didn't have the same experience, but 911 affected me deeply, deeply and and then it quite frankly, there was 2008 when I saw my my business and my finances sort of twirl up into the sky like like the Wizard of Oz, like that house in the beginning, Michael Hingson  54:09 but still, Scott Hornstein  54:16 And I persevere, yeah. So I think that that perseverance, that that focus on on family, on humanity. And I would say there's one other thing in there, is that. And this is a hard one. Observation is that I can't do anything about yesterday, and tomorrow is beyond my reach, so I I have to take Michael Hingson  54:56 today, but you can certainly use yesterday. As a learning experience, Scott Hornstein  55:01 I am the sum of all my parts, absolutely, but my focus isn't today, and using everything that I've learned certainly. You know, I got tongue tied there for just a minute. Michael Hingson  55:19 I hear you, though, when did you get married? Scott Hornstein  55:25 I got married in 87 I I met my wife commuting on the train to New York. Michael Hingson  55:35 So you had actually made the decision to could to quit and so on, before you met and married her. Scott Hornstein  55:43 No, no, I was, I was I met her while I still had a job in advertising. That's why I was commuting to New York. And you know, in the morning there was a bunch of us. We'd hold seats for each other and just camaraderie, yeah, you know, have our coffee. Did she? Did she work? She did she did she was she joined the group because she knew she had just gotten a job in New York. And of course, for those who don't know New York? When I say New York, I mean Manhattan, the city. Nobody thinks of any of the boroughs Michael Hingson  56:27 as part of New York. Scott Hornstein  56:31 And yeah, I and one day gone in, she fell asleep on my shoulder, and the rest is history. There you go. Michael Hingson  56:41 What So, what did she think when you quit and went completely out on your own? Scott Hornstein  56:48 I you know, I never specifically asked her, but I would think that she would have thought that maybe I was not as solid, maybe not as much marriage material, maybe a little bit of a risk taker. I did not see it as as taking a risk, though, at that time, but it was actually great for us, just great for us. And yeah, met there, and then I quit. Shortly thereafter, she was still commuting. And then things started to just take off, yeah, yeah, both for my career and for the relationship, yeah. Michael Hingson  57:51 And again, the rest of course, as they say, is history. Scott Hornstein  57:56 It is. And here I am now in Reston, Virginia, and we moved to Reston because both daughters are in close proximity, and my two grandchildren. And you know, am I still confronted with the knock downs and the and the get up again. Yeah, the marketplace is very crazy today. The big companies are doing great, the mid size companies, which is my Market, and it's by choice, because I like dealing with senior management. I like dealing with the people who make the decisions, who if we decide something's going to happen, it happens and and you can see the impact on the culture, on on the finances, on the customer base. These guys are it's tough out there right now. Let me say that it's it's tough to know which way to go. This doesn't seem to be anything that's sure at the moment. Michael Hingson  59:11 Yeah, it's definitely a challenging world and and then the government isn't necessarily helping that a lot either. But again, resilience is an important thing, and the fact is that we all need to learn that we can survive and surmount whatever comes along. Scott Hornstein  59:33 And let me just throw in AI that is a big disruptor at the moment that nobody actually knows Michael Hingson  59:43 what to do with it. I think people have various ideas there. There are a lot of different people with a lot of different ideas. And AI can be a very powerful tool to help but it is a tool. It is not an end all. Um. Yeah, and well said, I think that, you know, even I, when I first heard about AI, I heard people complaining about how students were writing their papers using AI, and you couldn't tell and almost immediately I realized, and thought, so what the trick is, what are you going to do about it. And what I've what I've said many times to teachers, is let students use AI if that's what they're going to use to write their papers, and then they turn them in. And what you do is you take one period, and you call each student up and you say, All right, I've read your paper. I have it here. I want you now to defend your paper, and you have one minute, you're going to find out very quickly who really knows what they're talking about. Scott Hornstein  1:00:47 That, in fact, is brilliant. Michael Hingson  1:00:49 I think it's a very I think it's a very powerful tool. I use AI in writing, but I use it in that. I will use it, I will I will ask it questions and get ideas, and I'll ask other questions and get other ideas, and then I will put them together, however, because I know that I can write better than AI can write, and maybe the time will come when it'll mimic me pretty well, but still, I can write better than AI can write, but AI's got a lot more resources to come up with ideas. Scott Hornstein  1:01:21 It does. It does. And with that, it's a fantastic tool. The differentiator, as I see it, for most of my stuff, is that AI has read about all this stuff, but I've lived it, so I'm going to trust me at the end, Michael Hingson  1:01:45 and when I talk about surviving the World Trade Center and teaching people what I learned that helped me in the World Trade Center, I point out most people, if there's an emergency, read signs and they're told go this way to escape or to get out or do this or do that, but there's still signs, and they don't know anything. I don't read signs, needless to say, and what I did was spent a fair amount of time truly learning all I could about the World Trade Center where things were, what the emergency evacuation procedures were what would happen in an emergency and so on. And so for me, it was knowledge and not just relying on a sign. And so when September 11 happened, a mindset kicked in, and we talked about that in my my latest book, live like a guide dog. But that's what it's about, is it's all about knowledge and truly having that information, and that's what you can trust. Scott Hornstein  1:02:48 I'll give you a big amen on that one. Michael Hingson  1:02:52 Well, this has been a lot of fun to do. We've been Can you believe we've been doing this an hour? My gosh, time, I know having fun. Scott Hornstein  1:03:03 It's fun. And I would say again, in closing, I just have enormous respect for what you've accomplished, what you've done. This is been a great privilege for me. I thank you very much. Michael Hingson  1:03:19 Well, it's been an honor for me, and I really value all the comments, the advice, the thoughts that you've shared, and hopefully people will take them to heart. And I would say to all of you out there, if you'd like to reach out to Scott, how do they do that? Well, there you go. See, just, just type, well, right? Scott Hornstein  1:03:42 That's it. If you, if you sent an email to Scott dot Hornstein at Gmail, you'll get me. Michael Hingson  1:03:56 And Hornstein is spelled Scott Hornstein  1:03:58 H, O, R, N, S, T, E, I, Michael Hingson  1:04:03 N, and again, it's scott.hornstein@gmail.com Scott Hornstein  1:04:09 that's that's the deal. There you go. Well, find me on LinkedIn. You can find me on medium. I'm all over the place. Michael Hingson  1:04:18 There you are. Well, I hope people will reach out, because I think you will enhance anything that they're doing, and certainly trust is a big part of it, and you earn it, which is great. So thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching us wherever you are. Please give us a five star review and a rating and but definitely give us a review as well. We appreciate that. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest, Scott, you as well. We're always looking for more people to have on, so please introduce us and Scott. If you want to come on again, we can talk about that too. That'd be kind of fun. But I want to thank what I want to thank you again for being here. This has been fun, and I appreciate you being here with us today and and so thank you very much for doing it. Scott Hornstein  1:05:07 My all the pleasure is all mine. Michael Hingson  1:05:14 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. 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If your product strategy stops at the download, you're leaving impact—and revenue—on the table. In this conversation, I sit down with Ghazenfer Mansoor, CEO & founder of Technology Rivers, to talk about building software that actually gets used, loved, and shared. Ghazenfer has been in mobile since the pre-iPhone days and has led the build of nearly 60 apps, primarily in healthcare. We explore ideas from his forthcoming book, Beyond the Download, including why retention beats acquisition, when a mobile app truly makes sense (and when a web experience is smarter), and how AI-driven, proprietary workflows can become a company's real moat. We also step into leadership, including what it takes to fix “broken” projects, the values that guide his global remote team (transparency, fairness, and getting things done), and why peer networks and coaching matter for founders. It's a practical, fast-moving chat for leaders who want their technology to create efficiency, differentiation, and long-term value. Here are some highlights: -Retention over acquisition: Ghazenfer shares practical ways to design for daily use and bring people back because downloads without engagement aren't success. -“Do you really need an app?”: We unpack decision criteria for native vs. web, and why solving a real, repeat problem is the first gate before writing any code. -Workflow is the moat: How codifying proprietary processes, especially in healthcare and HIPAA-sensitive environments, creates efficiency, margin, and higher valuations. -Fixing broken projects: Common failure patterns (from feature chasing to UX missteps) and how to course-correct so you “build it right the first time.” -Leading a global team: The operating system behind Technology Rivers; clear KPIs, remote-first communication, fairness, and a growing commitment to women in tech. Plus the role of EO/Vistage-style peer groups and coaching for tough decisions. About the guest:  Ghazenfer Mansoor is the founder and CEO of Technology Rivers, a Washington, D.C.–area software firm specializing in HIPAA-compliant healthcare SaaS and mobile apps. A mobile veteran since the pre-iPhone era, he has led the build of 59+ apps and numerous AI-powered workflow platforms that help service businesses scale, boost margins, and increase valuation. Known for “building it right the first time,” Ghazenfer is frequently tapped to rescue broken software projects. He's the author of the forthcoming book Beyond the Download: How to Build Mobile Apps That People Love, Use, and Share Every Day and host of the podcast Lessons from the Leap. Active in EO and other CEO peer groups, he leads a global, values-driven team grounded in transparency, fairness, and getting things done. Connect with Ghazenfer: Website: https://technologyrivers.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmansoor/  Connect with Allison: Feedspot has named Disruptive CEO Nation as one of the Top 25 CEO Podcasts on the web, and it is ranked the number 6 CEO podcast to listen to in 2025! https://podcasts.feedspot.com/ceo_podcasts/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/  Website: https://www.disruptiveceonation.com/   #CEO #leadership #startup #founder #business #businesspodcast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network continues its 134 college football team preview series with the Virginia Tech Hokies 2024 Season Preview. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Patty C (@PattyC831) break down each and every game on the Virginia Tech Hokies 2024 football schedule and key in on the offense, defense and special teams heading into the new season. Can Virginia Tech live up to the preseason hype and make the ACC Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina? Will Brent Pry take a gigantic step forward in building this Virginia Tech Hokies program?Will Kyron Drones be the next great Virginia Tech quarterback? How will the run game look in 2024 with Bhayshul Tuten and Malachi Thomas? Is the wideout room the best its looked in years with Daquan Felton, Jaylin Lane, Ayden Greene, and Stephen Gosnell? Is Nick Gallo a name to lookout for at the tight end position? Does returning the entire offensive line mean so much for the Hokies in 2024? Did the ACC deal out Virginia Tech a great schedule in 2024?What do we make of Chris Marve's heading into the season? Will the Hokies be most improved on the defensive line in 2024? Is Virginia Tech loaded at the linebacker spot with Sam Brumfield, Keli Lawson and Keonta Jenkins? Will the Hokies secondary be the best it's been since the Bud Foster days with the return of Dorian Strong, Mansoor Delane, Jaylen Stroman and Jaylen Jones? What would be a big step forward in year 3 for Brent Pry and the Hokies? We talk it all and more on this Virginia Tech Hokies edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network continues its 134 college football team preview series with the Virginia Cavaliers 2024 Season Preview. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Patty C (@PattyC831) break down the upcoming Virginia Cavaliers roster from the offense, defense and special teams to the Wahoos upcoming 2024 college football schedule. Can Tony Elliott get the Virginia Cavaliers to a bowl game in 2024? What should the expectations be for Elliott and company in 2024?Who will get the nod at QB spot with Tony Muskett and Anthony Colendrea? Will the UVA offense run game be vastly improved with Kobe Pace and Noah Vaughn? Did UVA win the transfer portal when they landed Chris Tyree from Notre Dame? How will the Cavaliers be on the offensive line heading into the new season? Is Sage Ennis a name to watch out for at the tight end position?Can John Rudzinski get this UVA defense back to being one of the better units in the ACC? Is Ben Smiley a name to watch along the defensive line? Are the Cavs set at linebacker with the likes of Corey Thomas, Sam Robinson, James Jackson and Chico Bennett? How will the Virginia secondary be this season with Kempton Shine coming over from Eastern Michigan? Is Tony Elliott on the hot seat in Charlottesville if the Cavs don't get to a bowl game? We talk it all and more on this Virginia Cavaliers edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

This episode takes us back to a time when Pearl Jam's popularity was skyrocketing. MTV Unplugged had took place, the Jeremy music video was out and the band garnered a lot of attention traveling on the Lollapalooza tour as one of the afternoon openers. This episode covers a Lollapalooza show from Fairfax County, Virginia where the band were in their prime and "all the rage". The episode will cover not just Pearl Jam's impact on the festival, but also the festival's impact on the culture of the early 90's. This show is seen as somewhat of a pillar moment for the band this summer because as they were rising up the charts, so were their Seattle brethren Soundgarden traveling on the same tour. Right around this time as both Vedder and Cornell became the defacto faces of the grunge scene, people were starting to pick up on the collaboration that they did for Temple Of The Dog a year prior. Hunger Strike was blossoming into a massive hit and wasn't something that was played often until they decided to join forces at this show. From there, it became one of those rare moments that people salivated for. They'd continue to bust it out on occasion during this tour, including during a random side stage performance in Phoenix. This episode is produced a little bit differently since we are only working with eight songs. You'll get the rare experience of listening to an entire show on this podcast! Of course we stop and chat in between, but every song will be played in full with Even Flow as a lone exception. This episode also features a conversation about the newly retired Aerosmith and how that happening this past week tied in perfectly with this episode. Visit the Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Contact the Show - liveon4legspodcast@gmail.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

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Griefcat: From the German word Kummerspeck or in English “grief bacon,”   the weight you gain from emotional eating or, in this case, the cat you get after a breakup.    Annie Nardolilli: Singer, Songwriter, Guitar Louisa Hall: Singer, Songwriter, Ukulele   What does a Mormon ex-sheriff and an Atheist tech employee have in common?  No, that's not the beginning of an elaborate joke and Griefcat isn't the punchline.  Instead, Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, the masterminds behind Griefcat, are a duo that you can't easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They are mutually perpetuating forces in matching outfits who together create beautifully blended harmonies and brilliant lyrics, with an unpredictable twist.  They've been compared to Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Norwegian duo Ylvis, and Garfunkel and Oates by fans, but if you ask Annie to describe their sound, she'll say “We're like if Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, and Bo Burnham met up at an Olive Garden and wrote a song while eating unlimited breadsticks. Does that make sense? Probably not.”    On their brilliant album Late Stage Capitalism, the nine tracks range from flat out hilarious to unexpectedly thought provoking, each with a unique sound and lyrics to tickle the soul.  An amalgamation of musical talent, these troubadours of the modern age display immense songwriting skills and infinite humor, with topical songs that not only dazzle but also make you smile and laugh while making fun of the world in which we live.  The musicianship stands out on its own too; traditional instruments abound but you will also hear slide guitar, ukulele, trumpet, trombone, violin, and cello peppered throughout the album.  The album explores how unbridled capitalism has invaded every facet of modern life, from workplace politics to interpersonal relationships, and even our most private moments.    They came up with the title in early 2020 when they wrote arguably their most well-known song on the album to date, “Revolution (Poop At Work)” which catapulted the duo to viral infamy and a strong following with over 25 million organic views of their videos, more than 15 million of those views for that song alone.  Even Questlove commented on the song, saying “LOL I feel seen, I see my version as a political act.”  They've also received likes from SZA and actor Alan Tudyk for their posts, among others.    “Revolution (Poop At Work)” is a song about how even the smallest acts of defiance can be revolutionary. “So much of the 2020s feel like the 1920s all over again - the income inequality is staggering, and the rich are getting richer while others are struggling,” says Louisa.  “Late stage capitalism is at the core of our entire album, but this is the song that most explicitly calls this out. We always tell audiences it's our most cerebral song, then we dive into a 1.5 minute poop joke.  Life can be crappy, but it's so much more fun to laugh your way through it!”    Other songs on the album include “I Just Want To Get Inside (Your Bank Account),” an unanticipated, ‘90s-style love song with a hilarious contradiction between two women looking for two different things when it comes to a new relationship.  Are they looking for love or money? It also shines a light on dating culture and how much sensitive personal information we share online every day.  “Crytpobro” is a traditional country tune with all the makings of a hit song.  It's a melodic, catchy, and current, and a breakup song about losing love, in this case to the cult of Cryptocurrency and the church of Elon Musk.  The opening track, “Benevolent Billionaire,” featuring standout vocalist Jarreau Williams along with many of Washington, DC's brightest musical talent, is loosely based on ‘80s supergroup charity singles like “Do They Know It's Christmas?” and “We are the World.”  The song begins with Jarreau singing, “Tired of being broke, ‘cause of all of these rich people,” which is a thesis that applies to the entire record. “Love The Sinner” was written while Annie was working as a deputy sheriff and was inspired by two narrow-minded coworkers she didn't get along with.  “One of our favorite details in the song occurs when we describe the colleague as having a ‘trash bag full of farts' for a soul,” says Annie.  “Fun fact, you'll hear a quick whooshing sound on the track of our drummer Ben Tufts whipping open a trash bag.” It's one of two songs on the album that is based on true events, the other being “Hey There Girl,” a rapid fire duet skewering predatory MLM, boss babe, get-rich-quick-on-the-internet culture.   These songs would never have existed if it weren't for the mind-melding of the opposites attract duo.  Annie, from Arlington, VA is a Mormon and former sheriff's deputy while Louisa, from Alexandria, VA (now lives in Reston VA), is a long-time lapsed Catholic and a career tech employee.  That dichotomy in perspectives has been the key to the duo's success both in songwriting and in their friendship.  They met at a DC-based variety show in 2015 and were the only musicians in a group of comedians performing that night. “Louisa played a song called ‘Barista Boyfriend,' about a barista she had a crush on, and I played a song called ‘Hot Park Ranger' about a park ranger I had a crush on,” says Annie.  “We both realized we liked hot people with jobs!”  They felt an immediate kinship.  After continually running into each other in the singer-songwriter scene in DC and admiring each other's work, they joked backstage at the 9:30 Club in 2018 about how they should form a band together. They scheduled their first rehearsal in 2019, and wrote a song about vaccines and egg rolls, and the rest is (recent) history.   Now, with Late Stage Capitalism, Griefcat has all the potential to be more than just a musical act.  With each live show, they invite their audience to step inside their world, creating a fun and exciting atmosphere that becomes a universally shared experience.  “We want to take away some of the seriousness of the day and help people remember that though life may be chaotic and nonsensical, it's still good. Life is hard and it's okay to laugh at it together,” says Annie.   But the greatest messages they receive are from fans who say their music provides a cathartic experience.  Says Louisa, “We've had folks reach out who couldn't get out of bed due to grief, and they've found us, and it brought them enough joy to get out of bed that day.”  Ultimately they want people to enjoy the music, not just because it's funny, but because it's good – they want fans to feel it in their souls, to love the lyrics, and to have fun singing along.  People often tell them after a Griefcat show that they haven't laughed that hard in a long time, and that's a compliment that inspires Griefcat to keep making music every day.      Stay Connected: Website: https://www.griefcat.com/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/griefcatpartytime TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@griefcat Music videos: Cryptobro: https://youtu.be/zOrEZ0I_B2c?si=QP3URS2OXbCbAw-1 I Just Want to Get Inside (Your Bank Account): https://youtu.be/J-fyM3Bylgw?si=VaURz5pzZKQAYm9D Revolution (Poop at Work): https://youtu.be/mN6GXjZ1odg?si=fD7UPXb-c1cD9AqzS     Katie Chonacas  Buy Art: https://www.chonacas.com/links/ Website: https://www.chonacas.com/ X: https://twitter.com/katiechonacas IG: https://www.instagram.com/chonacas/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiechonacas/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/KyriakiChonacas Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chonacas Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iTpKMr57KoIqdp92xLQb7?si=5Hi9uIcnSxe05XrpNtDL8w Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-KatieChonacas IMDB: https://imdb.to/3b2OQG3   Please leave a 5 star and a review!  Thank you so much for tuning in :)  

2023-07-25 Weekly News - Episode 200Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/YFsWycHGHMo?feature=share Hosts:  Luis Majano - CEO of Ortus Solutions Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions And others Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos Star all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github  Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop Buy Ortus's Books  102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips) Learn Modern ColdFusion (CFML) in 100+ Minutes - Free online https://modern-cfml.ortusbooks.com/ or buy an EBook or Paper copy https://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/coldfusion-in-100-minutes   Patreon Support We have 40 patreons: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. News and AnnouncementsAdobe updates back to back to back Updates for vulnerabilitiesColdFusion (2023 release) Update 1, 2, and 3ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 7, 8 and 9ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 17, 18 and 19In these updates, we've fixed a few security bugs mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB23-40., APSB23-41, and  APSB23-47.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32047 https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32026 https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32007 All updates have been made to CommandBox images on ForgeBox.New Releases and UpdatesLucee 5.4.2.17 Stable ReleaseThe Lucee team is proud to release our latest Stable Release. This release focusses on bug fixes and making Lucee more secure by default, the big change here is that XML XXE mitigations are now on by default. This release also solves a native QoQ bug. https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-stable-release-5-4-2-17/12828 Lucee 5.4.1.8 Stable Release notes: https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-5-4-1-8-stable-release/12778 Lucee ZERO, a lighter Lucee Light (Lamba Friendly) Lucee Zero is a new smaller Lucee distribution without the admin or docs bundled.This reduces the jar size by about 2mb and avoids expanding them on install, which makes Lucee initial startup a lot faster, as there is less to deploy.Why an additional distribution?Firstly backwards compat with existing build pipelines, as you can't build a full install by adding just extensions, the admin simply isn't there with Lucee Zero.Secondly Lambas have some size limitations, you only have 50MB, when Lucee deploys, the .lco is extracted into lucee-server/patches and then the lucee-admin.lar and lucee-doc.lar are exracted out into lucee-server/context/context, plus inside the original lucee-zero.jar.So this new distribution saves roughly 6MB of disk space, as there ends up being three copies of these two .lar archives on the filesystem once deployed.When I run the local build for extensions, it's about 6-7s faster (Lucee does deploy slower on windows than linux, so YMMV)https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-zero-a-lighter-lucee-light-lamba-friendly/12749 Webinar / Meetups and WorkshopsICYMI - Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group - Intro to ColdFusion 2023June 23rd, 2023Adobe ColdFusion 2023 is released today! Packed with cutting-edge features and enhanced performance, this release takes ColdFusion to new heights of innovation. Come see what's new in ColdFusion 2023 with Mark Takata of Adobe.Recording: https://hawaiicoldfusionusergroup.adobeconnect.com/pykivms4zclo/ Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group - CF Scheduled Tasks: more than you may know, and shouldSpeaker: Charlie ArehartFriday July 28th, 2023 at 3pm PTIf folks were asked to discuss CF scheduled tasks, I suspect most would feel "there's not much 'to say", but there really is a lot more to working with them simply "setting a given url to run on a given schedule" (did you know it could be a CFC, for instance?).There are both more features than most realize, as well as solutions to common problems people can face when running them, and a lot of myths regarding old limitations that have since been lifted. In this talk, veteran CF troubleshooter Charlie Arehart will address all these and more, starting with a focus on tools and techniques for solving common problems with them, then showing several ways to create them (yes, even more than just cfschedule and the CF Admin UI).He'll then review several features of using tasks that you may have missed—to include distinguishing which few are NOT available in CF Standard.He'll also discuss briefly the underlying quartz open source framework that powers them (and offers still more extensibility), as well as the underlying neo-cron.xml file and tips for protecting that, and he'll even identify ways to control/allow access to managing tasks that may surprise many. He'll conclude with alternatives when the base features don't suit you.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/294711603 Adobe Upcoming EventsWebinar- Road to Fortuna Series: New Administrator Features in Adobe ColdFusion 2023 WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 202310:00 AM PDTOnline Eventhttps://administrator-features-adobe-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/ Adobe ColdFusion Workshop WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 20239:00 AM EDTOnline Eventhttps://adobecf-1day-workshop.meetus.adobeevents.com/ Webinar - Road to Fortuna Series: Exploring the New Google Cloud Platform Features FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 202310:00 AM PDTOnline Eventhttps://google-cloud-platform-adobe-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comRecent Releases Into the Box 2023 Videos is available for purchase as an EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM package. https://cfcasts.com/series/itb-2023 Subscribers will get access to premium packages after a 6 month exclusive window. Into the Box Attendees should have their coupon code in the email already!!!! 2023 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-forgebox-modules-of-the-week  2023 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week  Coming Soon More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos ColdBox Elixir from Eric Getting Started with Inertia.js from Eric Conferences and TrainingTHAT ConferenceHowdy. We're a full-stack, tech-obsessed community of fun, code-loving humans who share and learn together.We geek-out in Texas and Wisconsin once a year but we host digital events all the time.WISCONSIN DELLS, WI / JULY 24TH - 27TH, 2023A four-day summer camp for developers passionate about learning all things mobile, web, cloud, and technology.https://that.us/events/wi/2023/Our very own Daniel Garcia is speaking there https://that.us/activities/R3eAGT1NfIlAOJd2afY7Adobe CF Summit WestLas Vegas 2-4th of October.Get your early bird passes now. Session passes @ $199 Professional passes @ $299. First round of speakers has been announced - with some great sessionshttps://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/ https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/speaker-application/STUDENTS can get a free pass if they are enrolled at tertiary level educational institutionsOrtus CF Summit Training - ColdBox Zero to HeroDate: October 4th - 5th, 2023 | Right after Adobe CFSummit, 2023Speakers: Luis Majano & Gavin PickinLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaVenue: Regus - Las Vegas - 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway Paradise #Suite 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 United StatesTicket Price Early Bird Price: $499 (Available until August 18th, 2023) Regular Price Tickets: $699 25% Discount today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/659169262007/?discount=modernize Spotlight Less than 2 miles from the Mirage - 30 mins walk Next to Marriot hotel - 2 min walk 1 mile to Top Golf - 20 min walk 5 min walk to Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse 5 min walk to starbucks 5 min walk to Lo-los chicken and waffles WIN WIN WIN WINhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator Into the Box LATAMNovember 30th - more details to followUniversity of Business in El Salvador.ITB 2024 Locations: Washington, DC or BOSTON Dates: May 15-17, 2024 More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week7/19/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Spread Operator Cannot Replace Struct-Based argumentCollection In ColdFusionI've been slow to adopt the Rest and Spread operators in ColdFusion because they aren't supported in the version of Lucee CFML that I use at work. But, they are supported in my personal use of Adobe ColdFusion. As such, I wanted to start thinking about ways in which to leverage these operators. One such case is constructing a dynamic collection of arguments and then invoking a method with argumentCollection. I thought that perhaps I could use the spread operator instead. This works when the arguments are array-based; but, it does not work when the arguments are struct-based.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4489-spread-operator-cannot-replace-struct-based-argumentcollection-in-coldfusion.htm 7/19/23 Security Patch - Adobe ColdFusion Portal - RELEASED- ColdFusion 2023, 2021 and 2018 July 19th, 2023 Security UpdatesWe are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 3ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 9ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 19In these updates, we've fixed a few critical security bugs mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB23-47.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2023/07/released-coldfusion-2023-2021-and-2018-july-19th-2023-security-updates/ 7/17/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Adobe ColdFusion Elvis Operator Struggles With Nested Array ReferencesIn Lucee CFML, the Elvis Operator (null coalescing operator) is quite powerful. In fact, it can often replace the Safe Navigation operator when access values on deeply-nested structures. In contrast, the Elvis Operator in Adobe ColdFusion is much more problematic. And, in fact, I just ran into another rough edge in the ACF implementation. It seems that the Elvis operator has trouble with nested array references.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4488-adobe-coldfusion-elvis-operator-struggles-with-nested-array-references.htm 7/16/23 - Blog - James Moberg - createIsoString() - A ColdFusion User-Defined Function (UDF) to replace dateTimeFormat("iso")Since 1999's release of ColdFusion 4, a built-in dateConvert function has been available to convert local to UTC time and vice-versa. getTimeZoneInfo has also been available to retrieve only the local time zone based on system settings. This functions are beneficial, but I'm not sure why it's limited to only supporting local time.Lucee's getTimeZoneInfo function added support for timezone and locale back in May 2016. This function is a lot more useful that Adobe's.https://dev.to/gamesover/createisostring-a-coldfusion-user-defined-function-udf-to-replace-datetimeformatiso-2p15 7/14/23 - Security Patch - Adobe ColdFusion Portal - RELEASED- ColdFusion 2023, 2021 and 2018 July 14th, 2023 Security UpdatesWe are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 2ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 8ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 18In these updates, we've fixed a few security bugs mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB23-41.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2023/07/released-coldfusion-2023-2021-and-2018-july-14th-2023-security-updates/ 7/11/23 - Security Patch - Adobe ColdFusion Portal - ColdFusion 2023, 2021, and 2018 July 2023 Security UpdatesWe are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 1ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 7ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 17In these updates, we've fixed a few security bugs mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB23-40.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2023/07/coldfusion-2023-2021-2018-july-2023-security-updates/ 7/7/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Adobe ColdFusion Returns NULL Dates As NULL When Using CFQuery ReturnType "Array"Historically in ColdFusion, when you return a NULL date from the database, the CFQuery tag translates that NULL date as [empty string]. This has always made it quite easy to manage dates in the application logic because all you need to do is pass the value into the isDate() decision function before you use it. In recent years, the CFQuery tag has added a returnType attribute that allows the database recordset to be returned as either an Array-of-Structs or a Column-based Struct (Lucee CFML only). Unfortunately, when returning the query as an Array, Adobe ColdFusion no longer translates NULL dates into empty-strings.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4483-adobe-coldfusion-returns-null-dates-as-null-when-using-cfquery-returntype-array.htm CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 83 ColdFusion positions from 54 companies across 39 locations in 5 Countries.7 new jobs listed this monthFull-Time - Front End and ColdFusion Developer at Virginia - United States Posted: Jul 18https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Front-End-and-ColdFusion-Developer-at-Virginia/11591 Full-Time - Senior Software Engineer - ColdFusion at Baner, Pune, Mahara.. - India Posted: Jul 15https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Senior-Software-Engineer-ColdFusion-at-Baner-Pune-Maharashtra/11590 Full-Time - Sr. Tech Lead - ColdFusion at Baner, Pune, Maharashtra - India Posted: Jul 15https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Sr-Tech-Lead-ColdFusion-at-Baner-Pune-Maharashtra/11589 Full-Time - ColdFusion Developer at Remote - United States Posted: Jul 14https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/ColdFusion-Developer-at-Remote/11588 Full-Time - Remote Coldfusion Developer – 3 – 6 Month Contract at Nottin.. - United Kingdom Posted: Jul 12https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-kingdom/Remote-Coldfusion-Developer-3-6-Month-Contract-at-Nottingham/11587 Full-Time - Java/ColdFusion Developer (Remote) at Reston, VA - United States Posted: Jul 10https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/JavaColdFusion-Developer-Remote-at-Reston-VA/11586 Full-Time - Lucee/ColdFusion Developer at United States - United States Posted: Jul 07https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/LuceeColdFusion-Developer-at-United-States/11585 Other Job LinksThere is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the Box team slack now tooForgeBox Module of the WeekMegaphone by Eric PetersonA protocol-based library for sending Notifications in ColdBoxhttps://www.forgebox.io/view/megaphone VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekPostmanExtension for Visual Studio Code - Streamline API development and testing with the power of Postman, directly in your favorite IDE.https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Postman.postman-for-vscode Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. 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Matthew joins me today to share his experience on the concept of Rigorous Honesty. Like so many of us, he's got experience being dishonest and shares he shares his experience and what he's learned from recovery about becoming honest with himself and with others. A powerful message of how getting sober can help us live esteemable lives. RIGOROUS HONESTYWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A. 's message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect—unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 24I am an alcoholic. If I drink I will die. My, what power, energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me! But it's really all I need to know for today. Am I willing to stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the fatal nature of my situation? What must I do, today, to stay sober?Support the showNeed the Daily Reflection Book? Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on Twitter Support the Podcast: - On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection - On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflection If you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out.

Chris got sober at the age of 16 and credits the victory of surrender for the grace to move forward and rebuild his life. He's built a wonderful life based on the firm bedrock of personal powerlessness.Sunlight of the Spirit - https://aavirginia.org/meetings/sunlight-of-the-spirit-4/THE VICTORY OF SURRENDERWe perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be builtTWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, when bottles became the symbol of all my self-indulgence and permissiveness when I came to realize that, by myself, I could do nothing to overcome the power of alcohol, I realized I had no recourse except surrender. In surrender, I found victory—victory over my selfish self-indulgence, victory over my stubborn resistance to life as it was given to me. When I stopped fighting anybody or anything, I started on the path to sobriety, serenity, and peace.Support the showNeed the Daily Reflection Book? Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on Twitter Support the Podcast: - On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection - On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflection If you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out.

(12/8/22) - In today's Federal Newscast: IBM's shopping spree lands a Reston firm, as it gobbles up its 25th company since 2020. DoD's chief financial officer wants an actual budget to pass, not a CR. And the Veterans Affairs Department continues to struggle to comply with a litany of laws.

Christian Rock!

The debut of Overtime with Coach Ron and Don. Live from Founding Farmers in Reston VA.

On this episode of the DMV Dine In Podcast, Elaine sits down with Jarrett Juran who is the founder of Virginia Is For Grubbers. The interview takes place at the Tiki Thai in Reston Virginia. 

On this episode of the DMV Dine In Podcast, Elaine talks with Marielle our producer and bartender extraordinaire about the best summertime drinks. Then Elaine interviews Ross the GM of Tiki Thai in Reston Virginia. 

Christian Rock!

Christian Rock!

2022-02-08 Weekly News - Episode 134Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PyW_Pve-QqQ Hosts: Gavin Pickin  - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsDaniel Garcia - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there.  A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos https://github.com/coldbox/coldbox-platform https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/ContentBox/ https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/commandbox/ https://github.com/ortus-solutions/docker-commandbox https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/testbox/ https://github.com/coldbox-modules/qb/ https://github.com/coldbox-modules/quick/ https://github.com/coldbox-modules/cbwire https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/DocBox Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week Buy Ortus's Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips) Patreon SupportWe have 35 patreons providing 96% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions News and EventsColdBox v6.6.0 releasedToday we are incredibly excited to release ColdBox v6.6.0 and its standalone companion libraries: CacheBox, LogBox and WireBox. This release has taken quite a few months and tons of years of research to complete. We have finally made WireBox a Hierarchical Dependency Injection framework. This is our first huge step into allowing multi-dependency management in ColdBox Modules. This means that you will be able to have modules of different versions running within the same ColdBox app and each module will be able to get the right dependency that it needs. With that said, let's explore this release.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-660-releasedState of the CF Union 2022 Survey Preliminary ResultsHelp us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc.Results so far: https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2022-results If you complete the survey, you go into a raffle for some cool prizes, including a few from Ortus A digital copy of the "Learn Modern #CFML in 100 minutes" book A digital copy of the 102 Tips and Tricks book 1-month access to #CFCasts premium A ForgeBox Pro Subscription A ForgeBox Business subscription An access pass to #ITB 2022 https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2022-surveyOrtus Webinar - What's new in CommandBox 5.x with Brad WoodFebruary 24th, 2022 at 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)In this webinar, Brad Wood, lead developer of CommandBox will cover all the new features available in CommandBox 5.x. Tune in to make sure you're getting the most out of your CLI.https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Michigan group CFUG with John Farrar TONIGHT!At the next Mid-Michigan CFUG meeting tonight at 7 pm eastern:ColdBox has become the leading ColdFusion (CFML) framework. John Farrar, an Application Architect, will share what positioned this technology to achieve the lead and how it can position you as a developer and businesses using the technology for the future.https://bit.ly/3urVwbb CBWire getting lots of love from Grant Copley latelyIn cbwire 2.x, components now extend ColdBox's FrameworkSuperType, which means you have access to WireBox, LogBox, CacheBox, application helper UDFs, and more. Early preview! box install cbwire@beWe've been seeing lots of tweets from Grant, teasing all the new features, like Template Directives now - https://cbwire.ortusbooks.com/template-features/directives commandbox-migrations v4 is in beta.Please test it out if you can and give Eric Peterson your feedback.https://www.forgebox.io/view/cfmigrations Hawaii CFUG - Using CFCs in your ColdFusion Applications with John BarrettFriday, February 25, 2022 - 5:00 PM CT - Central Time (US and Canada)This will be a talk on using CFCs in your ColdFusion applications. Creating and developing applications using CFCs enables you to separate the code logic from the design and presentation. Utilizing CFCs and creating a clear structured format for your code will help reduce the complexity of logic within your pages and improve the application speed. Having a clearly structured, the well-organized code base will make it easier to develop as an individual and share resources within a team. This is the instant benefit of CFC development.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/283506895/https://cfhawaii.net/ICYMI - CommandBox Workflow Magic (modules to speed up CF development), with Brad WoodBrad Wood talks about “CommandBox Workflow magic (modules to speed up CF development)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light.https://teratech.com/podcast/commandbox-workflow-magic-modules-to-speed-up-cf-development-with-brad-wood/Adobe Webinar - Cloud Report Building Using ColdFusion & PDFTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 202210:00 AM PSTJoin Mark Takata as he leverages the power of Adobe ColdFusion and Adobe PDF to build reports using cloud based no-code data-sources. Mark will be connecting to Google Sheets and generating PDF based reports with pagination, charting and data grids using GraphQL, CFML and PDF services.https://cloud-report-building-using-coldfusion-pdf.meetus.adobeevents.com/ Adobe WorkshopsJoin the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premiseFREEWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 20229:00 AM ESTBrian Sappeyhttps://adobe-workshop.meetus.adobeevents.com/ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 20229:00 AM CETDamien Bruyndonckx (Brew-en-dohnx) https://workshop-cf-adobe.meetus.adobeevents.com/ Full list - https://meetus.adobeevents.com/coldfusion/ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.com Just ReleasedWebinars 2022Grant Copley on cbwire + Alpine.js - https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/grant-copley-on-cbwire-+-alpine_js Coming soonInto the Box LATAMConferences and TrainingDevNexus 2022 - The largest Java conference in the USApril 12-14, 2022Atlanta, GABrad & Luis will be speakingLuis - Alpine.js: Declare and React with SimplicityBrad - What's a Pull Request? (Contributing to Open Source)https://devnexus.com/US VueJS ConfFORT LAUDERDALE, FL • JUNE 8-10, 2022Beach. Code. Vue.Workshop day: June 8Main Conference: June 9-10CFP now open! - Deadline: February 28https://us.vuejs.org/ Into The Box 2022Tentative dates - September 27-30More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the WeekBlog - Luis Majano - Ortus Solutions - ColdBox v6.6.0 releasedToday we are incredibly excited to release ColdBox v6.6.0 and its standalone companion libraries: CacheBox, LogBox and WireBox. This release has taken quite a few months and tons of years of research to complete. We have finally made WireBox a Hierarchical Dependency Injection framework. This is our first huge step into allowing multi-dependency management in ColdBox Modules. This means that you will be able to have modules of different versions running within the same ColdBox app and each module will be able to get the right dependency that it needs. With that said, let's explore this release.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-660-released Blog - Ben Nadel - Using jSoup To Clean-Up And Normalize HTML In ColdFusion 2021I would love to say that all of the content stored in my blogging database is in pristine, production-ready state. But, it's not. A lot of it has old, historical choices that need to be cleaned-up. And, some formatting choices simply can't be persisted safely (such as CDN - Content-Delivery Network - domains). As such, I will always have to do some degree of pre-render processing on my persisted HTML content before I show it to the user. And, as of yesterday, I started performing that clean-up and sanitization using jSoup in ColdFusion 2021.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4201-using-jsoup-to-clean-up-and-normalize-html-in-coldfusion-2021.htmBlog - Ben Nadel - Returning Permissions With My API Response Payloads In ColdFusionAt InVision, I work on a large AngularJS SPA (Single-Page Application) that is backed by a monolithic ColdFusion API. When the SPA initially loads, it is provided with as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) payload about the user that is then used to render various Calls-To-Action (CTA) within the View Partials. Lately, however, I've been leaning heavily into returning permissions information right inside my partial API responses. This is proving to reduce the complexity of my view-logic while also making the views more flexible and the application more responsive to changes.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4198-returning-permissions-with-my-api-response-payloads-in-coldfusion.htm Blog - Ben Nadel - Normalizing 0xA0 (No-Break Space) And Other Special Characters Within ColdFusion Form PostsYesterday, I was trying to clean-up some formatting in my comments data-table when I noticed that a lot of comments contained a funky character, . I looked this up in the Unicode Character Table and it turns out to be a No-Break Space. Apparently, some text-editors will just randomly inject this character? Well, I don't want this character in my comments. And, for that matter, I don't want other special characters like "smart quotes" and "bullets" either. As such, I took some time to make my ColdFusion form scope pre-processing a bit more robust in my ColdFusion 2021 blogging platform.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4199-normalizing-0xa0-no-break-space-and-other-special-characters-within-coldfusion-form-posts.htmRelated tweet - https://twitter.com/BenNadel/status/1489960042157719556 Blog - Ben Nadel - Performing A Double-Check Lock Around "Run Once" Code In ColdFusionOne of the wonderful things about ColdFusion is that it comes with a fully-synchronized application setup workflow thanks to the onApplicationStart() life-cycle method in the Application.cfc ColdFusion application framework component. But, not all "setup" code can be run during the bootstrapping of the application. Some setup code needs to be run "on demand" later in the application lifetime. In such scenarios, I almost always reach for a double-check lock pattern of execution. This allows setup code to be synchronized with almost no locking overhead.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4197-performing-a-double-check-lock-around-run-once-code-in-coldfusion.htm Tweet - Zac Spitzer - Links to related tests for tags and functions to the docsAs #lucee has lots of detailed tests, I figured it would be good to add a link to the related tests for tags and functions to the docsi.e. https://docs.lucee.org/reference/tags/zipparam.html https://github.com/lucee/lucee-docs/pull/1225  #cfmlhttps://twitter.com/zackster/status/1490333765633253385https://twitter.com/zacksterTweet - Shawn Holmes - I was interviewed in this Issuehttps://twitter.com/Hanzo55/status/1490101474377887744 https://twitter.com/Hanzo55Blog - James Moberg - ColdFusion CGI Scope is not Read-OnlyI've was been always under the impression that the ColdFusion CGI scope was "read-only". Apparently, it's not... unless you use Lucee CFML.https://dev.to/gamesover/coldfusion-cgi-scope-is-not-read-only-1c8h Tweet - Brad Wood - Excited for the lucee 5.3.9 releaseI'm excited for the Lucee 5.3.9 release because it contains the largest number pull requests from yours truly in a single release than I've ever contributed before. Here's all 13 pulls, mostly for QoQ support: https://gist.github.com/bdw429s/8c6991423fb8e5521edeea6ffdf5a15e #CFML #ColdFusionTweet - Zac Spitzer - I owe Luis a drink for making TestBox fasterSo, I owe @lmajano a beer for agreeing to making the mockbox dependency lazy load in testbox so #lucee can migrate to using the latest #testboxquote: @lmajano "The testbox suite runs 5.4 seconds faster!"https://twitter.com/zackster/status/1488613117768650758https://twitter.com/zacksterBlog - Pete Freitag - CloudFlare Authenticated Origin Pulls If you are using CloudFlare in front of your web server, it is a good idea to setup CloudFlare Authenticated Origin Pulls. When this is enabled and properly configured only CloudFlare will be able to connect to your origin web server directly.https://www.petefreitag.com/item/927.cfm Blog - Fusion Reactor - FusionReactor Vs AppDynamicsCompare AppDynamics with FusionReactor based on customer opinionIf you are considering implementing an Application Performance Monitor (APM) and are looking at comparing FusionReactor with AppDynamics then looking at the reviews on G2.com is a great place to start. Reviews on G2.com are written by genuine users and are verified as actual customers before the review is accepted by G2.com.The data on this post has been provided by G2.com and is taken from feedback from FusionReactor and AppDynamics customers about the APM's they reviewed.https://www.fusion-reactor.com/blog/fusionreactor-vs-appdynamics/ CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 36 ColdFusion positions from 23 companies across 22 locations in 5 Countries.4 new jobs listedFull-Time - ColdFusion Developer at Reston, VA - United States Feb 08https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/ColdFusion-Developer-at-Reston-VA/11423 Full-Time - Java Developer (with ColdFusion Experience) at Remote - United States Feb 05https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Java-Developer-with-ColdFusion-Experience-at-Remote/11422 Full-Time - Lead Java Engineer (Lucee/Coldfusion/Chef/Vendor) – Finance .. - United Kingdom Feb 04https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-kingdom/Lead-Java-Engineer-LuceeColdfusionChefVendor-Finance-at-Greater-London/11421 Full-Time - Senior Coldfusion Developer |LATAM| at Colon, PA - United States Feb 02https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Senior-Coldfusion-Developer-LATAM-at-Colon-PA/11420 Other Job Links https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers https://www.venntro.com/careers Gert with Rasia looking for a US Timezone developer https://cfml.slack.com/archives/C06V4NQHX/p1643946314905669 ForgeBox Module of the WeekCFWheels Core and BaseBase: https://www.forgebox.io/view/cfwheels-baseCore: https://www.forgebox.io/view/cfwheels-coreNew Templates Category: https://www.forgebox.io/type/cfwheels-templates VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekTask Explorernpm, grunt, sass, yarn, docker, and whatever else you need running can be done effectively and efficiently via Task Explorer. This VS Code plugin extends your sidebar and/or explorer with the ability to run tasks. So now, there's no need to navigate away from your VS Code workspace to get things done.https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=spmeesseman.vscode-taskexplorer Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. You can support us on Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions Now offering Annual Memberships, pay for the year and save 10% - great for businesses. Bronze Packages and up, now get a ForgeBox Pro and CFCasts subscriptions as a perk for their Patreon Subscription. 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This episode originally aired on January 10th, 2021Nancy C. Joins us from the Reston, VA area to share her experience of getting sober, and staying sober standing united in recovery in the fellowship. Nancy leads a full and happy life today and credits the program for this.UNITED WE STANDWe learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 30I came to Alcoholics Anonymous because I was no longer able to control my drinking. It was either my wife's complaining about my drinking, or maybe the sheriff forced me to go to A.A. meetings, or perhaps I knew, deep down inside, that I couldn't drink like others, but I was unwilling to admit it because the alternative terrified me. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women united against a common, fatal disease. Each one of our lives is linked to every other, much like the survivors on a life raft at sea. If we all work together, we can get safely to shore.To find out more information about meetings in the Reston, VA area visit https://nvintergroup.orgNeed the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflectionIf you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. 

This episode originally aired on January 6, 2021Chris got sober at the age of 16 and credits the victory of surrender for the grace to move forward and rebuild his life. He's built a wonderful life based on the firm bedrock of personal powerlessness.Sunlight of the Spirit - https://aavirginia.org/meetings/sunlight-of-the-spirit-4/THE VICTORY OF SURRENDERWe perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be builtTWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, when bottles became the symbol of all my self-indulgence and permissiveness when I came to realize that, by myself, I could do nothing to overcome the power of alcohol, I realized I had no recourse except surrender. In surrender, I found victory—victory over my selfish self-indulgence, victory over my stubborn resistance to life as it was given to me. When I stopped fighting anybody or anything, I started on the path to sobriety, serenity, and peace.From the book Daily ReflectionsCopyright © 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflectionIf you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. 

This episode originally aired on January 3rd, 2021Today, Dom F from Reston, VA joins us to talk about Powerlessness; how powerlessness works in his program of recovery and he stays sober, one day at a time.Check out Dom's meetings at https://aavirginia.org/meetings/the-sunlight-of-the-spirit-group/January 3 - PowerlessWe admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: An admission of personal powerlessness over alcohol is a cornerstone of the foundation of recovery. I've learned that I do not have the power and control I once thought I had. I am powerless over what people think about me. I am powerless over having just missed the bus. I am powerless over how other people work (or don't work) the Steps. But I've also learned I am not powerless over some things. I am not powerless over my attitudes. I am not powerless over negativity. I am not powerless over assuming responsibility for my own recovery. I have the power to exert a positive influence on myself, my loved ones, and the world in which I live.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflectionIf you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. 

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2021-07-06 Weekly News - Episode 110Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DCyA2nSjtrc Hosts: Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsEric Peterson - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week Buy Ortus's new Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips) Patreon SupportWe have 38 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. If you love our podcasts and all we do for the #coldfusion #cfml community considers chipping in, we are almost there!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help News and EventsFusionReactor 8.7.2 releasedJust a quick note to report that FusionReactor 8.7.2 has been released, on July 5 2021. You can see the changes (new features/improvements) and bug fixes (there are just several rather modest ones this release) in the release notes doc for all FR 8 versions.https://www.fusion-reactor.com/support/kb/frs-456/ ICYMI - Lucee 5.3.8 ReleasedThis has been a very long release cycle, a massive thank you to everyone who has been helping us test and address regressions and performance problems…We have done a lot of work in 5.3.8 to optimise memory usage, the main two areas being improved was the template cache handling and parallel functionality.Highlights: structValueArray Array methods: shift(), unshift(), push(), pop(), splice() Reevaluate performance of locking overhead in pc.initApplicationContext() for every request Query of Query performance is very bad and single threaded for complex SQL https://dev.lucee.org/t/new-stable-release-5-3-8-189/8484ICYMI - Ortus Webinar for June - Eric Peterson - Topic - Build a Blog in 30 minutes with QuickWednesday, June 30th at 11:00 AM CTIn this webinar, Eric will: give us an overview of ColdBox and Quick, give us reasons why we would use this library, he'll show us an example app to explore how it works and we'll have tons of live coding!Webinars Page: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars-2021/videos/eric-peterson-on-how-to-build-a-blog-in-30-minutes-with-coldbox-and-quick Reminder - State of the CF Union SurveyHelp us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers.Spread the news so we can get as many responses as possible.https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2021-survey CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.com Just Released Object-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series) NOW WITH CAPTIONS! Clean Code Code Smells Intro to Refactoring Don't forget - the first 4 videos in this series are FREE Up and Running with Quick - Quick Workshop Series Coming this weekObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series) CFC Docs with DocBox for Documentation Coding Guidelines and CFFormat Last videos of the series. Coming up soon More What's new with ColdBox 6 More What's new in qb 8 More Using DocBox LogBox 101 Send your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingInto the Box 2021 - live in Person in Texas.September 23rd and 24th.No workshops this year.Call for speakers coming this week now we know we're in person.Deadline for Call for Speakers June 30 - so submit ASAP - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXkZe7W-frEV5M4Id28Cz0wSr7meyJQfOnYEXgj7lzhcEA6g/viewformhttps://intothebox.orghttps://itb2021.eventbrite.comITB Latam 2021 - live in personDecember 2nd or 3rd 2021 (confirming dates asap)More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/CFML is now on the list - https://confs.tech/conferences/new Into the Box PR - https://github.com/tech-conferences/conference-data/pull/3617Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the WeekBlog - Ben Nadel - Using The Directory Attribute To Invoke CFExecute From A Working Directory In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.189At InVision, I generate a lot of ZIP files using the CFExecute tag and the zip command-line utility. And, in most cases, I need to execute that zip CLI from a "working directory" in order to maintain the input directory's local folder structure. Historically, I've had to execute the zip command through a proxy command in order to use a working directory. However, with the release of Lucee CFML 5.3.8, the CFExecute tag now has a directory attribute! I'm super excited about this; so, I wanted to take a quick look at how it works.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4074-using-the-directory-attribute-to-invoke-cfexecute-from-a-working-directory-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-8-189.htmBlog - Julian Halliwell - Copying Windows file permissions in LuceeThere is a currently unresolved regression bug in Lucee affecting file uploads, which is worth being aware of.When you upload a file using Lucee it isn't saved directly to the destination path, but is first stored in the server's GetTempDirectory() location before being moved to where you've specified it should be.Having this intermediate step is a sensible security measure as it allows the OS to detect viruses before the file is placed anywhere it might do damage.https://blog.simplicityweb.co.uk/126/copying-windows-file-permissions-in-lucee Blog - Nerd Vision - Java and ColdFusion variablesAt NerdVision we are always open to your feedback, and we want to make NerdVision the best it can be for you! Recently we received some feedback about how we were presenting variables from our Java agent (which is also used for ColdFusion, Groovy, Scala and Kotlin). We are excited to announce a change has been released that addresses this feedback and changes the way some variables are displayed from these environments. Specifically, we have changed the way maps are processed in the agent to handle simple keys in a more intuitive manner.https://www.nerd.vision/post/java-and-coldfusion-variables Blog - Charlie Arehart - FusionReactor 8.7.2 releasedJust a quick note to report that FusionReactor 8.7.2 has been released, on July 5 2021. You can see the changes (new features/improvements) and bug fixes (there are just several rather modest ones this release) in the release notes doc for all FR 8 versions.If you may lose track of that link, note that a link to it is also offered on the FR downloads page, where it appears as a "release notes" link in the blue banner shown above the available downloads.https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2021/7/6/fusionreactor_8.7.2_released Blog - Charlie Arehart - Proposal: cached queries should have “fromCache” and “wasCached” indicatorsIf you've used CF's query caching features, you almost surely know that when you run a query (or stored proc call) that uses cachedwithin or cachedafter, there will be a “cached” indicator in the resulting query metadata (if you dump it), or the debug output (if you've enabled it), or the RESULT struct (if you named one for the query).And that's always indicated (true or false) whether the result of the query result came from the query cache or not.But the phrase “cached” is actually misleading, as it can be interpreted (especially by a newcomer to query caching) to indicate “whether the query WAS cached” (its results saved TO the query cache). That's NOT its current purpose, of course.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/07/proposal-cached-queries-fromcache-wascached-indicators/ CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 147 ColdFusion positions from 67 companies across 100 locations in 5 Countries.4 new jobs listed this weekFull-Time - Sr Software Engineer/ColdFusion Developer (Remote) at Reston.. - United States Posted Jul 03https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Sr-Software-EngineerColdFusion-Developer-Remote-at-Reston-VA/11294 Full-Time - Sr Software Engineer/ColdFusion Developer (Remote) at Reston.. - United States Posted Jul 03https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Sr-Software-EngineerColdFusion-Developer-Remote-at-Reston-VA/11293 Full-Time -  Coldfusion Developer at Texas - United States Posted Jul 02https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Coldfusion-Developer-at-Texas/11292 Full-Time - Coldfusion Developer at Bengaluru, Karnataka - IndiaPosted Jul 01https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Coldfusion-Developer-at-Bengaluru-Karnataka/11291 Ortus Jobshttps://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers Senior ColdFusion CFML Developer (USA TEAM) Desarollador Web (EL SALVADOR TEAM) ForgeBox Module of the WeekCommandBox FusionReactorThis module adds support to enable FusionReactor on the servers you start inside CommandBox.For full docs on this module, go here:https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/embedded-server/fusionreactor https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-fusionreactor VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekSave / Auto SaveBy default, VS Code requires an explicit action to save your changes to disk, Ctrl+S.However, it's easy to turn on Auto Save, which will save your changes after a configured delay or when focus leaves the editor. With this option turned on, there is no need to explicitly save the file. The easiest way to turn on Auto Save is with the File > Auto Save toggle that turns on and off save after a delay.https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_save-auto-save Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersNew Supporter: Dean MaunderNew Top Supporter: John Wilson - SynaptrixThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. You can support us on Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions Bronze Packages and up, now get a ForgeBox Pro and CFCasts subscriptions as a perk for their Patreon Subscription. 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CLEANING HOUSESomehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.— TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60It wasn't unusual for me to talk to God, and myself, about my character defects. But to sit down, face to face, and openly discuss these intimacies with another person was much more difficult. I recognized in the experience, however, a similar relief to the one I had experienced when I first admitted I was an alcoholic. I began to appreciate the spiritual significance of the program and that this Step was just an introduction to what was yet to come in the remaining seven Steps.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteRead about Recovery on our BlogVisit our Facebook GroupFollow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflectionIf you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. 

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Keegan learned early on that resentment has no place in his sober world today so long as he focuses on others.THE "NUMBER ONE OFFENDER"Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss over the wrong that I have done, because I can easily see it as a question of "getting even" for a wrong done to me. If I continue to relive my old hurt, it is a resentment and resentment bars the sunlight from my soul. If I continue o relive hurts and hates, I will hurt and hate myself. After years in the dark of resentments, I have bund the sunlight. I must let go of resentments; I cannot afford them.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteRead about Recovery on our BlogVisit our Facebook GroupFollow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflectionIf you're struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it's helpful to know that there's a solution that has worked for millions of people. The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. 

Chris P. returns to the show to share on the concept of Step 3 as the Keystone - the Arch through which we pass to freedom. Chris takes a moment to read the 3rd step prayer, encouraging newcomers that may be listening to join him.THE KEYSTONEHe is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.  ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62A keystone is the wedge-shaped piece at the highest part of an arch that locks the other pieces in place. The "other pieces" are Steps One, Two, and Four through Twelve. In one sense this sounds like Step Three is the most important Step, that the other eleven depend on the third for support. In reality however, Step Three is just one of twelve. It is the keystone, but without eleven other stones to build the base and the arms, keystone or not, there will be no arch. Through working of all Twelve Steps, I find that triumphant arch waiting for me to pass through to another day of freedom.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteVisit our blogVisit our Facebook GroupFollow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflection

Donal was angry every day, searching for a solution to his drinking problem and full of resentment. What he found in the program of AA is a life he genuinely wants to live. A DAY'S PLANOn awakening let us think of the twenty-four hoursahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before webegin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especiallyasking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonestor self-seeking motives.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86Every day I ask God to kindle within me the fire ofHis love, so that love, burning bright and clear, willilluminate my thinking and permit me to better do Hiswill. Throughout the day, as I allow outsidecircumstances to dampen my spirits, I ask God to searmy consciousness with the awareness that I can startmy day over any time I choose; a hundred times, ifnecessary.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteVisit our blogVisit our Facebook GroupFollow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflection

Quinn grew up with loving parents and great friends but he always felt like he was on the outside looking in. He found this exhausting but when he found alcohol, all of these feelings went away. From the first day he drank all of those anxieties melted away. He was able to talk to people and participate in activities. He saw the hype around alcohol but he soon found himself addicted and this started a downward spiral that caused him to chase drinking at every turn. Fortunately, he found his way to the rooms where he learned a new way to live. I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know.”—AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37My sponsor told me that I should be a grateful alcoholic and always have “an attitude of gratitude”—that gratitude was the basic ingredient of humility, that humility was the basic ingredient of anonymity, and that “anonymity was the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.” As a result of his guidance, I start every morning on my knees, thanking God for three things:  I'm alive, I'm sober, and I'm a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Then I try to live an “attitude of gratitude” and thoroughly enjoy another twenty-four hours of the A.A. way of life. A.A. is not something I joined; it's something I live.

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Matthew joins me today to share his experience on the concept of Rigorous Honesty. Like so many of us, he's got experience being dishonest and shares he shares his experience and what he's learned from recovery about becoming honest with himself and with others. A powerful message of how getting sober can help us live esteemable lives. RIGOROUS HONESTYWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A. 's message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect—unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 24I am an alcoholic. If I drink I will die. My, what power, energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me! But it's really all I need to know for today. Am I willing to stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the fatal nature of my situation? What must I do, today, to stay sober?Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteVisit our blogVisit our Facebook Group

Nancy C. Joins us from the Reston, VA area to share her experience of getting sober, and staying sober standing united in recovery in the fellowship. Nancy leads a full and happy life today and credits the program for this.UNITED WE STANDWe learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 30I came to Alcoholics Anonymous because I was no longer able to control my drinking. It was either my wife's complaining about my drinking, or maybe the sheriff forced me to go to A.A. meetings, or perhaps I knew, deep down inside, that I couldn't drink like others, but I was unwilling to admit it because the alternative terrified me. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women united against a common, fatal disease. Each one of our lives is linked to every other, much like the survivors on a life raft at sea. If we all work together, we can get safely to shore.To find out more information about meetings in the Reston, VA area visit https://nvintergroup.orgPurchase a copy of the Daily Reflections Book.

Chris got sober at the age of 16 and credits the victory of surrender for the grace to move forward and rebuild his life. He's built a wonderful life based on the firm bedrock of personal powerlessness.THE VICTORY OF SURRENDERWe perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be builtTWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, when bottles became the symbol of all my self-indulgence and permissiveness when I came to realize that, by myself, I could do nothing to overcome the power of alcohol, I realized I had no recourse except surrender. In surrender, I found victory—victory over my selfish self-indulgence, victory over my stubborn resistance to life as it was given to me. When I stopped fighting anybody or anything, I started on the path to sobriety, serenity, and peace.Sunlight of the Spirit - https://aavirginia.org/meetings/sunlight-of-the-spirit-4/

We talk to Don Berchoff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, about flying reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, integrating weather data into operational decision-making, and why he decided to start his own company. Episode transcript Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/. Contact us at skypodcast@ametsoc.org with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2020 American Meteorological Society.

"I was always the kid getting outside and getting lost and grimy and playing with frogs and cutting trees."

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Len Forkas is the Founder of Milestone Communications – a wireless tower company based in Reston VA that manages more than 200 towers throughout the Midatlantic and Southeastern United States. But that’s the least interesting thing about Len. He’s the Chairman of an amazing charity called Hopecam that leverages wireless technology to keep kids battling cancer connected to their schools and classmates, he’s in the process of climbing the Seven Summits, he has biked across countries like Mongolia and oh by the way he’s also attempting to run a marathon in every state and on every continent. Len shares the inspirational story of WHY he started Hopecam and what drives him to continue to build the charity and his business while chasing opportunities to expand his comfort zone. 

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The UNIX Philosophy in 2019, why use package managers, touchpad interrupted, Porting wine to amd64 on NetBSD second evaluation report, Enhancing Syzkaller Support for NetBSD, all about the Pinebook Pro, killing a process and all of its descendants, fast software the best software, and more. Headlines The UNIX Philosophy in 2019 (https://triosdevelopers.com/jason.eckert/blog/Entries/2019/6/1_Entry_1.html) Today, Linux and open source rules the world, and the UNIX philosophy is widely considered compulsory. Organizations are striving to build small, focused applications that work collaboratively in a cloud and microservices environment. We rely on the network, as well as HTTP (text) APIs for storing and referencing data. Moreover, nearly all configuration is stored and communicated using text (e.g. YAML, JSON or XML). And while the UNIX philosophy has changed dramatically over the past 5 decades, it hasn’t strayed too far from Ken Thompson’s original definition in 1973: We write programs that do one thing and do it well We write programs to work together And we write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface Why Use Package Managers? (https://uwm.edu/hpc/software-management/) Valuable research is often hindered or outright prevented by the inability to install software. This need not be the case. Since I began supporting research computing in 1999, I’ve frequently seen researchers struggle for days or weeks trying to install a single open source application. In most cases, they ultimately failed. In many cases, they could have easily installed the software in seconds with one simple command, using a package manager such as Debian packages, FreeBSD ports, MacPorts, or Pkgsrc, just to name a few. Developer websites often contain poorly written instructions for doing “caveman installs”; manually downloading, unpacking, patching, and building the software. The same laborious process must often be followed for other software packages on which it depends, which can sometimes number in the dozens. Many researchers are simply unaware that there are easier ways to install the software they need. Caveman installs are a colossal waste of man-hours. If 1000 people around the globe spend an average of 20 hours each trying to install the same program that could have been installed with a package manager (this is not uncommon), then 20,000 man-hours have been lost that could have gone toward science. How many important discoveries are delayed by this? The elite research institutions have ample funding and dozens of IT staff dedicated to research computing. They can churn out publications even if their operation is inefficient. Most institutions, however, have few or no IT staff dedicated to research, and cannot afford to squander precious man-hours on temporary, one-off software installs. The wise approach for those of us in that situation is to collaborate on making software deployment easier for everyone. If we do so, then even the smallest research groups can leverage that work to be more productive and make more frequent contributions to science. Fortunately, the vast majority of open source software installs can be made trivial for anyone to do for themselves. Modern package managers perform all the same steps as a caveman install, but automatically. Package managers also install dependencies for us automatically. News Roundup Touchpad, Interrupted (https://jcs.org/2019/07/28/ihidev) For two years I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out the source of a driver problem on OpenBSD: interrupts never arrived for certain touchpad devices. A couple weeks ago, I put out a public plea asking for help in case any non-OpenBSD developers recognized the problem, but while debugging an unrelated issue over the weekend, I finally solved it. It's been a long journey and it's a technical tale, but here it is. Porting wine to amd64 on NetBSD, second evaluation report (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/porting_wine_to_amd64_on2) Summary Presently, Wine on amd64 is in test phase. It seems to work fine with caveats like LDLIBRARYPATH which has to be set as 32-bit Xorg libs don't have ${PREFIX}/emul/netbsd32/lib in its rpath section. The latter is due to us extracting 32-bit libs from tarballs in lieu of building 32-bit Xorg on amd64. As previously stated, pkgsrc doesn't search for pkgconfig files in ${PREFIX}/emul/netbsd32/lib which might have inadvertent effects that I am unaware of as of now. I shall be working on these issues during the final coding period. I would like to thank @leot, @maya and @christos for saving me from shooting myself in the foot many a time. I, admittedly, have had times when multiple approaches, which all seemed right at that time, perplexed me. I believe those are times when having a mentor counts, and I have been lucky enough to have really good ones. Once again, thanks to Google for this wonderful opportunity. Enhancing Syzkaller Support for NetBSD, Part 2 (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/enchancing_syzkaller_support_for_netbsd) As a part of Google Summer of Code’19, I am working on improving the support for Syzkaller kernel fuzzer. Syzkaller is an unsupervised coverage-guided kernel fuzzer, that supports a variety of operating systems including NetBSD. This report details the work done during the second coding period. You can also take a look at the first report to learn more about the initial support that we added. : https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/enhancingsyzkallersupportfornetbsd July Update: All about the Pinebook Pro (https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/) "So I said I won’t be talking about the BSDs, but I feel like I should at the very least give you a general overview of the RK3399 *BSD functionality. I’ll make it quick. I’ve spoken to *BSD devs whom worked on the RockPro64 and from what I’ve gathered (despite the different *BSDs having varying degree of support for the RK3399 SOC) many of the core features are already supported, which bodes well for *BSD on the Pro. That said, some of the things you’d require on a functional laptop – such as the LCD (using eDP) for instance – will not work on the Pinebook Pro using *BSD as of today. So clearly a degree of work is yet needed for a BSD to run on the device. However, keep in mind that *BSD developers will be receiving their units soon and by the time you receive yours some basic functionality may be available." Killing a process and all of its descendants (http://morningcoffee.io/killing-a-process-and-all-of-its-descendants.html) Killing processes in a Unix-like system can be trickier than expected. Last week I was debugging an odd issue related to job stopping on Semaphore. More specifically, an issue related to the killing of a running process in a job. Here are the highlights of what I learned: Unix-like operating systems have sophisticated process relationships. Parent-child, process groups, sessions, and session leaders. However, the details are not uniform across operating systems like Linux and macOS. POSIX compliant operating systems support sending signals to process groups with a negative PID number. Sending signals to all processes in a session is not trivial with syscalls. Child processes started with exec inherit their parent signal configuration. If the parent process is ignoring the SIGHUP signal, for example, this configuration is propagated to the children. The answer to the “What happens with orphaned process groups” question is not trivial. Fast Software, the Best Software (https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/) I love fast software. That is, software speedy both in function and interface. Software with minimal to no lag between wanting to activate or manipulate something and the thing happening. Lightness. Software that’s speedy usually means it’s focused. Like a good tool, it often means that it’s simple, but that’s not necessarily true. Speed in software is probably the most valuable, least valued asset. To me, speedy software is the difference between an application smoothly integrating into your life, and one called upon with great reluctance. Fastness in software is like great margins in a book — makes you smile without necessarily knowing why. But why is slow bad? Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness. Fast software gives the user a chance to “meld” with its toolset. That is, not break flow. When the nerds upon Nerd Hill fight to the death over Vi and Emacs, it’s partly because they have such a strong affinity for the flow of the application and its meldiness. They have invested. The Tool Is Good, so they feel. Not breaking flow is an axiom of great tools. A typewriter is an excellent tool because, even though it’s slow in a relative sense, every aspect of the machine itself operates as quickly as the user can move. It is focused. There are no delays when making a new line or slamming a key into the paper. Yes, you have to put a new sheet of paper into the machine at the end of a page, but that action becomes part of the flow of using the machine, and the accumulation of paper a visual indication of work completed. It is not wasted work. There are no fundamental mechanical delays in using the machine. The best software inches ever closer to the physical directness of something like a typewriter. (The machine may break down, of course, ribbons need to be changed — but this is maintenance and separate from the use of the tool. I’d be delighted to “maintain” Photoshop if it would lighten it up.) Beastie Bits Register for vBSDCon 2019, Sept 5-7 in Reston VA (https://vbsdcon.com/registration) Register for EuroBSDCon 2019, Sept 19-22 in Lillehammer, Norway (https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/registration/) Feedback/Questions Paulo - FreeNAS Question (http://dpaste.com/2GDG7WR#wrap) Marc - Changing VT without function keys? 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NetBSD 9.0 release process has started, xargs, a tale of two spellcheckers, Adapting TriforceAFL for NetBSD, Exploiting a no-name freebsd kernel vulnerability, and more. Headlines NetBSD 9.0 release process has started (https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2019/07/31/msg000301.html) If you have been following source-changes, you may have noticed the creation of the netbsd-9 branch! It has some really exciting items that we worked on: + New AArch64 architecture support: + Symmetric and asymmetrical multiprocessing support (aka big.LITTLE) + Support for running 32-bit binaries + UEFI and ACPI support + Support for SBSA/SBBR (server-class) hardware. + The FDT-ization of many ARM boards: + the 32-bit GENERIC kernel lists 129 different DTS configurations + the 64-bit GENERIC64 kernel lists 74 different DTS configurations + All supported by a single kernel, without requiring per-board configuration. + Graphics driver update, matching Linux 4.4, adding support for up to Kaby Lake based Intel graphics devices. + ZFS has been updated to a modern version and seen many bugfixes. + New hardware-accelerated virtualization via NVMM. + NPF performance improvements and bug fixes. A new lookup algorithm, thmap, is now the default. + NVMe performance improvements + Optional kernel ASLR support, and partial kernel ASLR for the default configuration. + Kernel sanitizers: + KLEAK, detecting memory leaks + KASAN, detecting memory overruns + KUBSAN, detecting undefined behaviour + These have been used together with continuous fuzzing via the syzkaller project to find many bugs that were fixed. + The removal of outdated networking components such as ISDN and all of its drivers + The installer is now capable of performing GPT UEFI installations. + Dramatically improved support for userland sanitizers, as well as the option to build all of NetBSD's userland using them for bug-finding. + Update to graphics userland: Mesa was updated to 18.3.4, and llvmpipe is now available for several architectures, providing 3D graphics even in the absence of a supported GPU. We try to test NetBSD as best as we can, but your testing can help NetBSD 9.0 a great release. Please test it and let us know of any bugs you find. + Binaries are available at https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-9/latest/ xargs wtf (https://medium.com/@aarontharris/xargs-wtf-34d2618286b7) xargs is probably one of the more difficult to understand of the unix command arsenal and of course that just means it’s one of the most useful too. I discovered a handy trick that I thought was worth a share. Please note there are probably other (better) ways to do this but I did my stackoverflow research and found nothing better. xargs — at least how I’ve most utilized it — is handy for taking some number of lines as input and doing some work per line. It’s hard to be more specific than that as it does so much else. It literally took me an hour of piecing together random man pages + tips from 11 year olds on stack overflow, but eventually I produced this gem: This is an example of how to find files matching a certain pattern and rename each of them. It sounds so trivial (and it is) but it demonstrates some cool tricks in an easy concept. News Roundup PkgSrc: A Tale of Two Spellcheckers (https://bentsukun.ch/posts/pkgsrccon-2019/) This is a transcript of the talk I gave at pkgsrcCon 2019 in Cambridge, UK. It is about spellcheckers, but there are much more general software engineering lessons that we can learn from this case study. The reason I got into this subject at all was my paternal leave last year, when I finally had some more time to spend working on pkgsrc. It was a tiny item in the enormous TODO file at the top of the source tree (“update enchant to version 2.2”) that made me go into this rabbit hole. Adapting TriforceAFL for NetBSD, Part 2 (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/adapting_triforceafl_for_netbsd_part1) I have been working on adapting TriforceAFL for NetBSD kernel syscall fuzzing. This blog post summarizes the work done until the second evaluation. For work done during the first coding period, check out this post. Summary > So far, the TriforceNetBSDSyscallFuzzer has been made available in the form of a pkgsrc package with the ability to fuzz most of NetBSD syscalls. In the final coding period of GSoC. I plan to analyse the crashes that were found until now. Integrate sanitizers, try and find more bugs and finally wrap up neatly with detailed documentation. > Last but not least, I would like to thank my mentor, Kamil Rytarowski for helping me through the process and guiding me. It has been a wonderful learning experience so far! Exploiting a no-name freebsd kernel vulnerability (https://www.synacktiv.com/posts/exploit/exploiting-a-no-name-freebsd-kernel-vulnerability.html) A new patch has been recently shipped in FreeBSD kernels to fix a vulnerability (cve-2019-5602) present in the cdrom device. In this post, we will introduce the bug and discuss its exploitation on pre/post-SMEP FreeBSD revisions. > A closer look at the commit 6bcf6e3 shows that when invoking the CDIOCREADSUBCHANNEL_SYSSPACE ioctl, data are copied with bcopy instead of the copyout primitive. This endows a local attacker belonging to the operator group with an arbitrary write primitive in the kernel memory. [Allan and Benedicts Conference Gear Breakdown] Benedict’s Gear: GlocalMe G3 Mobile Travel HotSpot and Powerbank (https://www.glocalme.com/CA/en-US/cloudsim/g3) Mogics Power Bagel (http://www.mogics.com/3824-2) Charby Sense Power Cable (https://charbycharge.com/charby-sense-worlds-smartest-auto-cutoff-cable/) Allan’s Gear: Huawei E5770s-320 4G LTE 150 Mbps Mobile WiFi Pro (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B013CEGGKI/) AOW Global Data SIM Card for On-Demand 4G LTE Mobile Data in Over 90 Countries (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B071HJFX27/) All my devices charge from USB-C, so that is great More USB thumb drives than strictly necessary My Lenovo X270 laptop running FreeBSD 13-current My 2016 Macbook Pro (a prize from the raffle at vBSDCon 2017) that I use for email and video conferencing to preserve battery on my FreeBSD machine for work Beastie Bits Replacing the Unix tradition (Warning may be rage inducing) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9v4Mg8wi4U&feature=youtu.be) Installing OpenBSD over remote serial on the AtomicPI (https://www.thanassis.space/remoteserial.html#remoteserial) Zen 2 and DragonFly (https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2019/08/05/23294.html) Improve Docking on FreeBSD (https://blog.yukiisbo.red/posts/2019/05/improve-docking-on-freebsd/) Register for vBSDCon 2019, Sept 5-7 in Reston VA. 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The Firnats consist of four friends from Reston, VA: Sean Flanagan on guitar and vocals, Griffin Low on bass, Kurtis Kunkel on drums, and Chris Castro on guitar. They formed in late 2015 when Flanagan was still in high school and jamming with his buddy Aaron Pirnat, from which the group gets their name. The Firnats take a lot of inspiration from the alternative bands of the 90's and 2000's such as Weezer, Pavement, Cage the Elephant, and the Strokes. The band has played everywhere from the basements of Reston to the Black Cat in D.C, and Strange Matter in Richmond, where Flanagan goest to school. The Firnats first recorded an EP, El Dorado, with the original lineup, then their debut album, "Fear Not", completely DIY in producer Hapa Siuhengalu's basement in Reston Virginia, and are currently working on their follow-up. It promises to sound more professional while still retaining the intimacy and songcraft of their earlier efforts. You can find their music at https://thefirnats.bandcamp.com/.

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Christian Rock!

from Reston VA. speaking in Marietta GA