I have an old second generation iPod. It looks like a brick compared to the Nano. I just read that Sun is giving away Nano’s if you refer someone to signup for JavaOne. How nice. I am already signed up to go but if you are not and want to do a random act of [...]
Archive for February, 2006
I could use an iPod and some thoughts on smart cards
February 9, 2006JavaOne 2006
February 8, 2006I just signed up to attend JavaOne. The last time I attended was 2004 when Hibernate was all the rage. This year I suppose it will be Spring. I was pleased to see in a recent email from Sun that Spring will be getting some attention.
I haven’t had the opportunity to program with JSF or [...]
Java and .Net
February 8, 2006I’ll start this post of by saying that Java and .Net are difficult to compare in my opinion. I have worked with both frameworks for both web and rich client development.
I do hold the opinion that .Net web development can be accomplished quicker than building a web site with JEE based tools. Although it can [...]
Moving to Mac OS
February 2, 2006I have been using a PC for software development for a long time now, 15 years in fact. The choice has mostly been necessity. I’ve always tried exploring options: Solaris, Ubuntu, and now Mac.
When I started coding for a living it was as a C++ programming writing Windows code. These were the 16 bit days [...]
simple pleasures
February 1, 2006For far too long I’ve kept to the boundaries of the Java core libraries for my String handling needs. I’ll be the first to admit that this involves pain. Certainly you can do anything you want with String and StringBuffer primatives. Recently though, I’ve collected a few nice tools to make more coding day go [...]
