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For DIY musicians, Quick Response Code, or "QR Code," may represent the biggest thing to hit guerilla music marketing since the vuvuzela.  And by "hit," I mean a right sucker punch to the mouth.  Already the rage in Japan, passers-by can scan a band's gig poster into their smartphone and download a free music sample on the spot, or be transported to a special web page with discounted ticket and merchandise offers.

But elsewhere - I'm looking at you, America - QR Code is only just catching on.   And that's good news for ambitious bands looking to capitalize on emerging trends.  Bleeding edge, be damned!  Let's put these codes to work for us now, while the novelty is hot and before the competition catches up.

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It must be Wednesday.  My Windows desktop is blissfully clean where three-hundred Firefox windows once were, and Microsoft Word 2007 has gone funky - the mouse doesn't work, except for opening menus.  Yup, it's Wednesday, when Microsoft pushes out its Windows updates.  I've seen this four times now and, though it has been documented elsewhere, I'm composing this blog post - a note to myself, really - so that I may never again need to Google the solution.

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With the release of Coldfusion 9, Adobe has officially discontinued CF support for Windows 2000, this just prior to the operating system's official EOL.  However, while the workaround is tedious and officially "unsupported" by Adobe, I'm happy to report that ColdFusion 9 can indeed be installed on Windows 2000 with IIS. For step-by-step instructions, read on....

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Kai's Power Tools (KPT) versions 3, 5 and 6, from MetaTools/MetaCreations will not install on Microsoft's Windows Vista.  Of course, you could upgrade to Corel's KPT suite, but why spend money on software you already own?  Fortunately, there's a workaround.  This article provides step-by-step instructions for recovering your precious KPT 3, 5 and 6 plug-ins on Vista.

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