Well it was just the same old regular day. I woke up as usual, drove to work, as usual.
Its weird, I always refer to my day as a monotonous cycle. Today would prove to be different.
When I was at work, everybody seemed pretty busy, it was a Wednesday, and their was a big meeting in the conference room, so I kinda was stuck in a hard situation. After attempting to resolve the issue, I gave up and moved on to another task I had waiting.
On a side note, I was looking into Coldfusion 8 some more today, which will hopefully build confidence in me to write about it in depth. So far, Abode claims applications will now require less code, and these applications are tuned for optimum performance.
Now taken directly from Adobe, Coldfusion 8 will offer:
- Server monitoring to help identify server bottlenecks, allowing for tuning and improved performance.
- Step through code debugging in a new Eclipse plug-in debugger.
- Adobe Flex™ and Ajax features that let ColdFusion power personalized, multimedia-rich applications to enhance users’ experiences on the web.
- High-quality, dynamically created on-demand multimedia presentations.
- PDF document and form integration for a printable, portable way to intelligently capture and share information.
- Image creation and manipulation with more than 50 new CFML tags and functions.
- Native support for .NET objects to easily integrate ColdFusion applications with enterprise data and infrastructure services.
- Significant application runtime and server performance improvements.
As I experience more of the technology, I’ll share my input on it. As for now, I can only say that I am rooting for its success.
Now by the time I had finished working on the second ticket of the day, I realize everyone has left. There was maybe 3-5 people on the web side of the building. It was lunch time… …which for me meant time for class.
So wrapped up what I was doing and got on the road for class, when I-4 suddenly was covered with cars, including a hearse!
Then all of sudden traffic did that whole, “EVERYBODY HIT YOUR BRAKES!” thing, and I had to swerve, (and I must point out that a pile of sandy, dirt-like granular substance made the truck drift into the lane for the East-West Express way…)
So after surviving the road trip across Orlando, I get to UCF and park my car exactly when it starts to rain. After going inside to get a classmate of mine from his dorm, we step outside to reveal the most rain I have ever seen falling at once during the afternoon. I walked through this rain, with my Laptop tucked into a pillowcase, which was in my waterproof bag, underneath my shirt.
Now at this point I must stop to explain something. You know how in movies, you see somebody standing on the sideway, and a car will drive by, splashing a wall of water on the unlucky fool…
Well you get the point by now don’t you?
So, sitting in class soaking wet, freezing from the A/C (which was better than the heat during the day…) was a difficult two hours. My laptop stayed dry though…Plus I got a 96% on my test, which is Awesome!
After class (the sun had literally dried everything.)I hung out with my classmate and his roommates for a bit, before heading home in terrible 4-17 Traffic.
So finally at home, I receive the best part about today that makes it all worth it. Last weekend I ordered Pink Floyd: The Wall (The 25th Anniversary DVD). Today it was in the mail. So I spent the evening, watching the wonderful cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd: The Wall.
After watching that film, I took a hard long look at my day and said, “Wow, it was worth it.” And I like they way that sounds. I guess everything isn’t so monotonous after all.
