Matt Woodward's Blog

When oh when will Windows stop sucking. The answer is most likely never. How long has 64-bit hardware been around? So why for the love of all that is good and holy are there still so many problems running Windows Server on a 64-bit machine?

Problem #1: Massive incompatibilities with an industry standard SAN. Solution: get an unofficial update through backchannels at Microsoft.

Problem #2: RoboCopy doesn't work on 64-bit Windows. Hey Microsoft--how about firing Seinfeld (oh wait,  they already did that) and focus on providing even a modicum of tools on your stupid server OS so people can actually DO STUFF.

Problem #3: A host of other stupid "oh no that doesn't quite work on 64-bit" annoyances I won't bore you with.

I'm SURE someone will say "oh but all this is fixed in Windows 2008." Well too late. This stuff has sucked for way too long for me to continue to tolerate it. There's absolutely no excuse for this idiocy.

Happy New Year everyone! I thought I'd engage in that age-old tradition of listing things I want to accomplish this year, partially so I'll remember them, and partially because if I announce them publicly there's more pressure to actually do them.

• Continue Working on Open BlueDragon
  
  Getting 1.0 out the door truly was only the beginning, so this year I'll be doing more with OpenBD in terms of both work on the project and deployments.


• Become a Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD)
  
  I've been putting this off for years so it's time to dust off the old Java skills and make this happen.


• Attend New Conferences
  
  CFML conferences are great, but it's beyond time for me to branch out, so cf.Objective() will likely be my only CFML conference this year. I'll probably attend the BlackBerry Developer Conference again, and I'm also looking at OOPSLA and JavaOne.


• Learn a New Language or Two
  
  Depsite its semantic white space, I'm leaning towards Python, and I've already started working with Groovy a bit as well.


• Write More
  
  Prose, that is, as opposed to code. I feel like I slacked a bit this year on articles, tutorial-style blog posts, etc. This may happen in a big way so stay tuned.


• Release MachBlog 2.0
  
  With development help on the project and some external motivators that are in place, this may actually happen!


• Volunteer Somewhere
  
  I'm not sure where exactly, but I need to get out and do something to help others. It's a great way to get out of living in one's own little world and dwelling on one's own seemingly-huge-but-in-reality-rather-inconsquential problems. I keep thinking if everyone did just a little of this what a huge impact it would have.

I have other ideas, but I think that list is probably already ambitious enough that I'm doomed to utter failure. ;-)

How about you? Any you'd like to share?

Just a quick reminder that the cf.Objective() 2009 topic submission deadline is on 12/31, so put down that turkey (or tofurkey in my case) leg and get your topics in!