All that could have gone wrong, has.

2 min read

[@195]

java blogRoss Mason — JMeter Measures up.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

mac blogBill — Installing Apache 2 and PHP 5 on OS X.

mobile javajvending Alpha 1.0.0. A content provisioning server for mobile applications.

blogMike — Emailers: Identify Yourselves and WebTVs Hacked To Dial 911 Called Cyberterrorism.

javaCustom Tag Files and Using Enterprise Beans with JSP Pages.

javaDaniel — Open letters.

javaSteve — Sun to Meet with IBM over Open Sourcing Java.

java blogCarlos — Why Object Oriented Encapsulation is Obsolete.

mobile blogEwan — OPL & Java Comparison?

mobile blogMatt — More on the Nokia 9500.

mobile javaRuss — J2ME Programmers Wanted.

blogKevin — New EFF music licensing proposal.

javaRusty — Sun has posted a maintenance draft review for the Java Servlet 2.4 Specification.

humorDavid — Search Engine Redux #1.

mobile java???? — Earth Population Check with J2ME.

java blogKeith — Java on the desktop equals Java on Windows.

mobile javaMichael — Running Personal Profile apps on Series 80 devices and emulators.

windows blogLuke — SharpReader 0.9.4.0.

javaMatt — Struts 1.2.0 Test Build Available.

javaRob — JDJ Readers are clearly out of touch.

windows blogCameron — Telnet Programs.

blogPaul — Fortune: 2004 America's Most Admired Companies.

java blogRafe — Code Complete.

javaJSwat 2.22. JPDA based graphical Java debugger.

musicReview: Creative Labs Zen Nomad mp3 player.

mobileQwest calls for cell phone expansion. Plans to begin offering a cell phone service plan that doesn't trigger roaming charges.

blogMike — DeCSS Ruled Not A Trade Secret.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

IBM, Sun, Codehaus...

6 min read

[@213]

javajTDS JDBC driver 0.7. Microsoft SQL Server driver.

mobile blogMatt — Color LCDs for Mobile Devices.

mobile blogRuss — Can you see me now? Good….

blogEd — Musicplasma.

java blogGlen — Icons for Swing Apps.

booksPaul — "Effective XML" reviewed.

java blogMike — Charles, Dion and the TSS love triangle.

python blogTed — Chandler 0.3 released.

blogWerner — SpamAssassin - Automatic Ruleset updates.

mobile blogChristian — Themes for Series 60.

blogPaul — Some iPod Fun.

newsBrin and Page, two of the World's richest people. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Co-Founders and current Presidents of Google.

windows blogSanjay — IMAPSize — freeware IMAP folder manager.

javaJFox 1.1, a J2EE Application Server.

macJobs ranks No. 262 in world's wealthiest list. Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs, who turned 49 on Tuesday.

javaJFreshClient 0.1. A class for freshmeat's XML-RPC submit service.

netVeriSign Sues ICANN. VeriSign accuses the domain-name overseer of overstepping its bounds by blocking VeriSign's attempts to offer new services.

newsDOJ sues to block Oracle, PeopleSoft. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block Oracle's attempted hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.

netGoogle Co-Founder Page Mum on IPO Plans. Larry Page is "dismayed" by the amount of conjecture being reported as fact.

[@868]

java blogDaniel — The look and feel of java.net.

javaPlatespiller Web Browser: Massive 1.1 beta 1.

java blogDavid — JDJ Readers Choice Awards 2004.

blogDiego — can you spell "hoax"?

java blogDave — IBM to donate more goodies to Eclipse.

java blogRusty — bwbUnit 1.0 and Majix 1.2.2 .

java blogJuha — Building your own transaction management.

java blogAlan — Move over Eric Raymond, here's a (slightly) better take on why to open source Java.

java blogRob — J2EE Security is superior, but you aren't using it.

development blogVinny — Extreme Programming & Outsourcing.

mac blogPaul — Apple CFO Anderson: Retail Stores Not Doing Much.

blogShakeel — Why do power strips have an On/Off switch?

javajscl-meditor 1.0, a Java symbolic computing library and mathematical editor.

[@659]

java blogCarlos — The Eclipse Juggernaut Moves On (Part 2).

mobile blogRuss — Skype Conferencing: Mobile Roundtable?

mobile blogMike — Canadian Case Raises Issues About Who's Really Sharing Music.

development blogGuillaume — Happy Birthday Codehaus.

development blogJames — Happy birthday codehaus!

development blogJon — Happy birthday Codehaus! and Confluence rocks!

java blogAlan — Why I stopped reading The ServerSide.com.

java blogHani — Kill OSS Java.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

development blogBob — The Codehaus: One year later.

pcSave money by tearing apart your iPod mini. The $249 iPod mini contains a $479.95 Hitachi MicroDrive. Maybe not.

developmentThe GPL Is a License, not a Contract. [via Fishbowl]

javaYaJal 0.01. Yet another JXTA abstraction layer.

blogTodd — 321 Studios FTP server OPEN get DVD copying software today!

pcIBM Ups Share in Server Market, Sun Falls. IBM increased sales by more than 10 percent last year, while Sun saw a more than 15 percent decline.

javaIzPack Java Installer 3.5.0 released.

java blogRick — IBM to Sun: Let's cooperate on independent, open source Java.

mobile blogFrank — Review of the new Clie Organizer in the PEG-TH55.

java blogThomas — Spring Framework JDBC Tutorial - Part 1 and Part 2.

java blogDavid — XStream blojsom.

java blogFrans — Java and Java.

java blogGanesh — My experience with Eclipse.

java blogCarlos — What is your favorite application server?

java blogAaron — JSTL vs. Struts taglib.

java blogCharles — On Brand Loyalty.

javaJava log viewer for GNOME 1.0.3. A tool to browse XML-formatted Java logs.

blogTodd — Microsoft looking for users that have 20,000 music files.

musicThe Answer to Piracy: Five Bucks? Here's a bright idea from a digital rights group: Get music file sharers to pay $5 a month on top of their ISP fees to compensate the artists.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

1859: First Insanity Plea

6 min read

[@110]

javaWhat UML Is and Isn't. Apply the UML during object-oriented analysis and design to build beautiful Java applications.

java10 Tips to Maximize Information Delivery. Avoid costly mistakes when you deploy a comprehensive enterprise information delivery solution.

mobile blogFrançois — Palm to XP synching via IR.

java blogAnthony — Eclipse plugin development road to victory.

blogRobert — A Microsoft developer getting Schwarzenegger's calls.

mobile javaSun's Mobility Developer Newsletter.

javaJava vs. .NET Security, Part 4. User Authentication and Authorization.

javaCooking with Java Servlets & JSP. Sample recipes from O'Reilly's Java Servlets & JSP Cookbook.

java blogJoseph — How I Started Developing In Java.

javaJava and the LGPL. [via Fishbowl]

wirelessHot-spot security in hot water. Rogue access points.

technologyHomeland insecurity starts at home. RSA White House security chief calls for better code.

[@023]

javaTaming Tiger: Loading Properties from XML.

javaJava theory and practice: Fixing the Java Memory Model, Part 1.

javaGetting on the open road: J2EE fundamentals for .NET developers.

blogDiego — what's in an IPO?

blogMatt — Gigabit: Finally Affordable.

blogMatthew — Programmable Fun.

mobile blogRael — Bloggo: WAP RSS Reader.

wirelessJiWire Releases Downloadable Hotspot Directory.

java blogAnthony — Webapps and Character Encoding.

java blogRusty — Poseidon for UML 2.2, ArgoUML 0.15.3, Abbot GUI testing framework 0.12 and GCC 3.3.3.

blogDion — Humor: New Invisible Framework Announced.

javaResin Plugin 0.6.1 for IntelliJ IDEA

blogMike — Is It Illegal To Plug Your Laptop In?

macApple Secures Mac OS X, Preps 'Panther' Update.

macApple War Pits Beatles Label Against Computer Maker. Apple and the Beatles' record company Apple Corps went to court over who gets to use the fruity name.

javajIRCii Stable 1, a Java IRC Client.

java blogGuy — More Reflection: A Better jsp:useBean.

java blogKeith — Spring Developer #13.

[@728]

javaJExplorer Preview. Internet Explorer integration.

java blogArmond — How I think about Code Generation & XDoclet!

pcIBM debuts pocket-sized PC. PC Core System — 1GHz, 256MB of RAM, 20GB 2.5in HD.

development blogWeiqi — I'm Going To Reuse It.

macREALbasic 5.5 adds Linux, enhances Mac support.

HellboymoviesHellboy looks mighty good.

javaJSAP 1.0.3. A command line parser that returns Objects rather than String tokens.

zaurusZaurus Apps Review. PDA Buyer's Guide.

development blogDion — Interview: Pragmatic Programmers on Software Gardening.

technologySendmail takes sender authentication seriously. Developing and promoting sender authentication technologies that are designed to prevent email address spoofing, forging and email fraud.

javaJava Verified: Sun program to increase J2ME compatibility.

linuxCross-platform packaging facility OpenPKG 2.0 released. 473 selected packages which include latest versions of Apache, Bash, BIND, GCC, INN, MySQL, OpenSSH, etc.

java blogAl — Dont Opensource Java.

java blogDanile — Demographics, target audience, the future…

java blogAlan — Java (again) dominates Amazon.com sales rankings for Programming Books!

development blogCedric — Software engineering versus management.

javaWhatsNew File Creator 1.0.2. What's New-type file manager.

[@579]

developmentTutorial: Apache-mod_ssl-PHP Howto.

javaMatthew Schmidt (of Javalobby) is getting a cool Letter of Recommendation.

blogTom — Good collection of logos.

mobileKids using cellphones to cheat. In my days we were using calculators.

java blogFilippo — Tutorial for building J2EE Applications using JBOSS and ECLIPSE.

java blogNick — Java Projects Someone Should Write.

java blogStephan — No OSS Java!

development blogLowem — Programmers : Meet Your Competition.

java blogMatt — How do you get around Struts' single inheritence model?

java blogMichael — New features in Java (friend, etc).

java blogWendong — A MIDP one time password generator.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

netList of Weblog Pinging Services. [via Anil]

newsWhat causes a charley horse? Hurts like hell too.

netFroogle Wireless from Google Labs.

mac blogSylvain — Switch!

javajTranslit 1.3, a program for converting English transliterated text to Russian and Hebrew.

tvTiVo-like devices to get booster shot. DVR-type devices that can record or broadcast at least six media streams at a time.

mobileIntel To Announce New 3G Chip. Hermon.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

Upgrade

4 min read

[@105]

musicMartin — Grey Day and Grey Downloads.

[@097]

javaJava Date Picker v2.2.0, ObjectDB 1.0 RC2 and SQLCreator Beta 1.

javaTech Tip: Using JSTL SQL in Oracle JDeveloper 10g Preview.

java blogRusty — AspectWerkz 0.9 and Beryl XML GUI Library 1.0.

python blogMatt — Programming by Contract with Web Services (in Python) and My Subversion DUH Moment.

mobile blogRuss — Series 60 Sales Numbers.

java blogJuan — The future of Java : The Invisible Framework cometh.

java blogTug — Java is everywhere ! Even in your Legos!

java blogMagnus — A few useful links.

mac blogBrent — bash on Mac OS X.

mobile blogSteve — new release of palm midp 2.0 sdk.

javaAbbot 0.12.0, a GUI Testing Framework.

javaJInstallTool pre-alpha2. An IDE that uses drag and drop gestures to create executable installs.

windowsWinZip 9.0 has been released.

blogMike — When Your Name Means You Can't Send Email.

javaSwingSet 0.7.0-beta, an open source Java toolkit that allows the standard Java Swing components to be made database aware.

[@666]

java blog???? — Know Your 25 Nicknames with J2ME.

java blogSimon — JSIG session : Java Development on Mac OS X.

java blogMiguel — Compressing Wrapper.

blogPaul — Mozilla 1.7 alpha released.

java blogDaniel — Levels and Dimensions.

mobile blogMatt — 3GSM Phone Roundup.

macSafari Search to use Yahoo instead of Google? According to one report, Yahoo is presently in negotiations with Apple to replace the Google-driven Search box in Apple's Web Browser.

blogArjun — Happy Fat Tuesday! What is fat tuesday?

java blogDion — Article: One Assertion Per Test.

technologyRSA: Microsoft to unveil anti-spam plans. A proposed open technology standard that Microsoft hopes will make it harder to fake the source of unsolicited commercial e-mail.

windowsLeak prompts Microsoft to audit Windows code. Windows 2000 and NT 4.0.

movies'Rings' hits $1 billion box office mark. Titanic, now LOTR: The Return of King.

[@522]

meErik's Pulse has been published.

javaGetting the Length and Dimensions of an Array Object. Using the reflection API.

java blogDaniel — Gardening.

javaJindent 3.51 and Nacho 0.10.0.

mobile blogRuss — The Enigma of J2ME Personal Profile and IBM and Nokia Vs. The Redmond Menace.

java blogBrian — Synth Look and Feel: Does it actually work?

java blogBrian — External Constructors.

java blogMichael — Good article on Message Resources.

java blogVattekkat — Jython is great.

java blogMiguel — Eclipse on the Server VM: Not Such A Good Idea.

java blogLee — Eclipse's new look & feel.

java blogAdam — Eclipse & screen space.

blogPaul  — Napster claims five million download mark.

development blogRobert — DevDays is holding a blogging contest.

javaJOE 1.8.10.3, Java Outline (OPML) Editor.

musicApple sued by Eminem over iTunes ad song. Lose Yourself.

javaKodo JDO 3.0.3. A method to access databases via Java rather than SQL.

javadaim-java 0.9.2. An instant messaging client and library supporting AIM and ICQ.

javaSun to boost Java ID plan for PCs. Working with mobile phone and credit card companies to better guarantee the identity of personal computer users.

mobileDanger to unveil prototype device. A prototype of a new all-in-one Hiptop device.

javaSimpleJNI 0.9 and Sketsa (SVG Graphics Editor) 1.7.

meI've upgraded the server to Tomcat 5.0.19. Not sure why, but I did. ;-)

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

CSS Hell

4 min read

[@872]

javaSun Kicks Off Phase Two of Project Rave. Technology Preview for Sun's Java Studio Creator.

mobile blogMatt — Nokia 9500 Emulator: A First Look.

mobile blogFrank — Nokia & IBM announce enterprise level mobile solutions.

java blogDion — Opinion: Is XDoclet really needed? and Eclipse announces new Eclipse Forms API.

java blog???? — Good JAD, Evil JAD.

java blogMichael — Finally, a killer Java enterprise phone from Nokia.

java blogMatthew — Cocoon goes kiwi.

linux blogDavid — Redhat Enterprise 3.0.

blogVasanth — Why FireFox is not my default browser?

javaVim4J pre1. A Vim fork with a Java AWT GUI.

tvDigital projection TVs outsell plasma screens. Price is the main factor.

mobileCellular merger won't let users off contract hook. Subscribers hoping that Cingular's planned purchase of its carrier rival will let them out of long-term AT&T Wireless service contracts are out of luck.

[@641]

mobile blogMike — Run For Your Lives! War Drivers On The Loose!

java blogR.J. — Who's Calling? (Java 1.5 Style).

blogTed — Those who can, do; those who can't…. fake it.

blogKevin — William Hung: American Idol reject turned mini-star.

blogDiego — so long, ZIP and Ant within Eclipse: switching JDKs and finding tools.jar.

java blogDominic — J2EE for .NET developers.

java blogLasse — Book review: Enterprise Java Programming with IBM WebSphere.

java blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogKeith — symbols.com is pretty awesome.

java blogNorman — Is XDoclet really needed?

javaJRDF 0.2.1, Java RDF Binding.

newsMicrosoft Files Defense in Real Networks Case. Microsoft files its formal denial.

javaJXMLPad 2.1, RIFE v0.7.0, jga: Generic Algorithms 0.5 and JasperAssistant 1.0.5.

java blogCarlos — The Eclipse Juggernaut Moves On (Part 2).

mobile blogMatt — 3GSM and Nokia Communicator 9500 Roundup.

mobile blogAnil — Sun launches Smartphone HotSpot implementation.

mobileMobitopia: Catch me if you can, OPL for UIQ, Mobile Phones As Identity Providers and Siemens Mobile Phone Modding.

java blogFilippo — Some Cocoon tutorials on dW.

java blogFejes — Testing Web Applications with HttpUnit.

java blogJoe — Don't reference statics through instances. Period.

java blogBhagvan — Swing Action Architecture.

mobile blogJan — New toy.

java blogJason — XWork outside the web…

java blogKeith — How to make the Swing HTML renderer split long words when wrapping.

development blogJon — Subversion 1.0 released!

java blogSimon — Pebble 1.4 available (and thoughts on release cycles).

blogMark — Daily roundup…

mac blogDion — A harsh view of Mac OS X.

java blogHani — I wish I could run MC4J.

java blogWerner — Eclipse Forms programming guide.

python blogScott — Checking out mod_python.

java blogPankaj — Comparing SSL performance: J2SE1.4 vs. J2SE1.5b1.

java blogKevin — Open Source Java.

windowsWinSCP 3.5.5, a SFTP and SCP client for Windows using SSH.

javajStock 0.3.2, a tool for technical analysis of stocks.

javaBuilding Java, .Net Apps Sans Coding. Kinzan Studio & Server 4.0.

javaJava SOS 3.70. A Java servlets office suite.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

Friday, February 20, 2004

4 min read

[@000]

javaRefactorit 2.0 RC1 (build 1.9.11), SuperWaba 4.2 VM for Palm OS, WindowsCE/PocketPC, Win32 and Memory Interceptor Library.

java blogRick — Visual Fabrique: The Next Big Idea from JetBrains?

javaTutorial: Facing Forward with JSF.

development blogRuss — More on Atom.

java blogVinu — Java Tutorials/Articles from around the web.

java blogArjun — Useful Java resource.

blogCarsten — Goodbye Orkut.

java blogDion — Interview: BEA's Adam Bosworth on Simpler Java.

java blogAlan — Have you contributed to the 1.5 billion Java devices out there yet?

java blogAlex — Java OS?

windowsFileZilla version 2.2.4a, a very nice FTP client.

java blogPaul — obfuscation vs reverse engineering.

newsJudge: Stop selling DVD copying software. A federal court says 321 Studios' software breaks copyright laws and that the company must stop selling the products.

mobile blogMike — AT&T; Wireless Execs Cash Out, Employees Get Shafted.

[@670]

javaSteve — GPL and ASF licenses.

linux blogBill — Getting kerberos stuff to compile on RedHat 9.

java blogJason — Jase, you're hired. Jase, you're not hired - Part II.

mobile blogEric — Developing Series 60 Applications: A Guide for Symbian OS C++ Developers.

java blogEugene — How to get all classes from rt.jar in the runtime.

java blogMiguel — Relevant Google Ads for Java Pages.

netSpamhaus crowned Internet heroes of 2003. ISPA awards: The good, the bad and the ugly.

windowsiSneak Peek at Microsoft's Virtual Server. Run several Unix and Linux on the same single Intel x86 server.

java blogKevin — Genady's Java 1.5 Eclipse plugin looks usable!

[@540]

javaLoading and Saving Images with the Image I/O Library and Reflecting JavaBeans Components.

javaStrutsTestCase: Drilled-down Testing for Struts-based Java Apps.

java blogCarsten — Eclipse is secure.

java blogDavid — blojsom 2.12 available.

java blogDominic — Last day tommorow.

java blogSergio — The new Eclipse LAF.

java blogCalvin — Roswell.

development blogAdrian — GPL vs The World.

java blogJuan — Is OpenSymphony dead?

mac blogTed — Mac Tips and Tricks update.

java blogKeith — Beyond javabeans-based configuration.

java blogAnthony — In search of SWT.

netWhere can I find a list of the words that the FCC objects to?  No fucking shit.

development blogJeremy — Please Complete the MySQL License Survey.

blogScott — Great Tutorial on Syndicated Data.

javaJMines 0.1, a Java clone of the famous puzzle minesweeper.

javaAOP banishes the tight-coupling blues. Static crosscutting can turn a tightly coupled code into a powerful, extensible enterprise application.

mobile javaLock down J2ME applications with Kerberos, Part 3: Establish secure communication with an e-bank.

java blogGoldy — Activating a MIDlet through an incoming SMS.

mobileMS Compact Framework squares up to Java. Battle to dominate the mobile platform.

java blogDaniel — SourceCast Upgrade.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.

Late start...

4 min read

[@170]

blogMamba 1.0, provides a standalone implementation of the Simple framework.

development blogDana — Nice Patterns Reference Site.

javaTutorial: Developing Web Services with J2EE 1.4.

mobile blogRuss — eMarketer on Mobile Tech 2004.

mobile javaA Terminal Emulator for MIDP. Explore the socket support in GCF by building a terminal (telenet) emulator.

java blogLaurent — Litany of JVM call for changes.

java blogDave — The Atom API, dependencies, and logic that I just don't understand.

development blogPete — Third Party Apache Modules.

java blogR.J. — Eclipse and Covariant Return Types.

java blogMatt — JDOM 1.0?

java blogTalip — TheServerSide.com.

development blogPelle — Password Cracking (was MD5 is stupid).

java blogMark — Software Documentation Is Like Weather and Pornography.

java blogAndy — MD5IsStupid.java.

development blogKeith — Time Zones.

blogChuq — Glenn on Orkut.

javaJava MessagePort Library 0.97, a general abstraction for many different stream- or message-based APIs.

javaRSSOwl 0.7b, a RSS reader which uses SWT.

windowsKill an "unkillable" Win2k/XP/2k3 process. [added to wiki]

technologyReview: OpenOffice.org 1.1.1b.

blogMike — Do Not Call List Is Working, Mostly.

technologySPOT Watch Service Blinks. Microsoft's MSN Direct service experiences its first official outage since it went live in January.

linuxSerious Linux Security Holes Uncovered and Patched.

newsFBI Warning Labels to Appear on CDs, DVDs. The is giving Hollywood film studios, music companies and software makers permission to use its name and logo.

java blogBrett — Maven RC2 ready to roll.

blogBill — CSS Drop Shadows.

[@772]

pythonTutorial: Lightweight XML search servers, Part 2.

java blogDaniel — JavaOne Hacking.

javaAnt Commander 0.7, Coldtags suite ver. 1.70, Kaffe 1.1.4 and JavaBeginner 1.6.2.

javaJava "Beats .NET for Processing XML," Report Claims.

javaSun fires back over Open Source Java accusations. Sun has offered a frank response to the open letter from Eric Raymond.

blogDiego — gender and computer science.

java blogAnil — Java Surpasses 1.5 Billion Devices Worldwide.

mobileT-Mobile USA launches PalmOne Treo 600. About time!

java blogFilippo — WebSphere Developer Technical Journal - February Issue.

java blogLaurent — Full support for JVM Continuation - Class Data Sharing.

java blogVinu — JDK 1.5 Plugin for Eclipse.

java blogEugene — Unused variables and the bytecode.

java blogJared — It's about time to open up Java and let it go….

java blogPeter — JFunc: JUnit Functional Testing.

java blogMarc — Generics Usage beyond Collections.

java blogBrian — Once Again, Groovy Rocks.

mobileNew Motorola Smartphone Photos Leaked. MPx220.

blogPaul — Smiles fade at Napster.

java blogSam — New Jakarta Chair.

java blogSimon — Taking exception to Exceptions.

javasnip 0.11. An Ant task that stores snippets of files in Ant project properties.

javaJBoss lands $10 million in funding. Rakes in $10 million in its first round of outside financing from Matrix Partners and Accel Partners.

windows blogTodd — $8000.00 PC?

java blogMary Jo — This Could Prove Handy: MS JVM Diagnostic Tool.

sponsorToday's sponsor is Atlassian.