In the last issue of The Fusion Authority Quarterly Update Jared Rypka-Hauer has an article called "An Introductions to Frameworks". He goes through six of the mostly used CF frameworks, but in the summary he goes on to saying:

"Other frameworks that bear mention are.... NewBee, a very new and nearly-unheard-of framework from Norway that uses a combination of CFM files and CFCs to accomplish MVC while keeping itself embedded within the application rather than relying on the inclusion of external framework files like the others..."

Now nearly-unheard-of is an understatement, at least until it was mentioned in FAQU :)

So this was the needed kick in my but to dust of the newBee framework. I have an application for a client in work that will be just perfect for me to refresh newBee before making it public.

And what is newBee you might want to ask. Jared did a good job of describing it. From the newBee projcet page (also not published yet) you can read:

"NewBee is an extremly lightweight and easy to use framework for making ColdFusion application in a MVC pattern."

I know a lot of my fellow CF developers out there are also into playing music, so I thought I had to show this beauty.

It's an Ibanez RG2770 Prestige. A model only produced in 2004 in a very limited amount just for the Japanese market. They are very rare to come by outside of Japan, and I'm pretty sure it's the only one in Norway, and probably one of VERY few in Europe.

Apart from being a very rare guitar it's also a killer instrument in itself.

"Long live Rock and Roll"

Hi all,

We're looking into getting a new computer for home use. I thought I'd get us a iMac (24inch model). Being that I've hardly ever laid my hands on a mac before I thought I'd try and gather some advice.

The first question is important: Will Windows XP in Paralells run all software it usually would (including ones that need a USB license plug to work). My wife has a $4000 program she uses in her work and it is very important that she should be able to work with it at home.

The second question is more of a "what software for mac do you recommend and why?"

The following categories are of interest: Everyday life (mail, office apps, calendar etc...) Web development Music (recording, composing, etc...) Utilities (those programs you can't live without - like ePrompter and Total Commander are for me on Windows)

Thank you for all your input.

Sunday we drove most of our stuff from the old house to the new one. We're still not quite finished renovating the new house, so living there is a bit "improvised" at the moment, but never the less, since we have moved I should be slightly less busy in evenings and weekends from now on. So blogging should increase....

Stay tuned both for CF/dev stuff, and personal stuff (the house, my new guitar etc...)