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java blogCharles — Eric Raymond's Letter and Modern Computing Mythology.

java blogFred — Why Sun Hates OpenSource According SimonPhipps.

javaJoda-Time 0.95. A library of classes to replace the Java JDK Date and Time classes including formatting.

javaProject JXTA 2.2.1 BETA 1. JXTA has the technology that you need to write networked, interoperable P2P applications.

blogRuss — Returning to Yahoo! and Hypocrisy: RDF and the Atom API.

java blogAnthony — Wireless Carriers As ISPs.

pythonjTime 0.1. A Web-based time tracking package.

windowsWindows source code leak leads to IE hole. The vulnerability allows an attacker gain control over a user's computer by using a specially crafted bitmap file.

javaJView 2004, a J2EE Performance Monitor.

javaIntelliVIEW client 2.3. A reporting solution to query, view, and manipulate data from any RDBMS.

javaSecurity in Struts: User Delegation Made Possible.

javaJava Desktop Development. Java developers can choose between three primary GUI toolkits for desktop applications: AWT, Swing, and SWT.

javaThe Eclipse Project Looks Ahead. EclipseCon revealed the Eclipse project as not just an IDE, but a rich client platform with a flexible architecture, an active community, and a bright future.

mobile blogRael — Azure J2ME Weblog Client.

mac blogGlenn — Apple Sells 20% of 802.11g Products.

java blogRoss — Testing in IntelliJ: quick tip.

java blogSimon — ESR response.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

blogPaul — Morse Code Alphabet Table.

blogJeremy — People and Things that Really Bug Me Recently.

java blogKevin — Jakarta FeedParser now in CVS.

javaJava HMO 1.2, a TiVo HMO Server.

mobile blogMike — Schlotzsky's Continues Their Free WiFi Push.

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javaScala 1.1.0-b1, a programming language somewhere between Java and Standard ML.

blogMatt — EasyMoblog.

blogMatthew — RSS business.

blogJeff — Where does foo and bar come from?

java blogJ2ME Fancier — Midlet Environment - More Applet Analogies and Does Sendo X Help J2ME Progress?

blogJeremy — When does Microsoft get commoditzed?

musicRIAA goes after 531 more file sharers. Here we go again.

javaColumba 1.0 Milestone M2, an email client.

musicWoman sued for file-sharing brings RICO countersuit against RIAA. You go, girl!

java blogDaniel — Templating with Velocity.

macApple Now Debt Free, Says Internal Memo.

blogDiego — the new yahoo search.

mobile blogRael — PocketPUTTY: Free SSH for Pocket PC.

java blogAnthony — JavaSight.com, Content Syndication and Copyright.

java blogJames — Class Data Sharing in Tiger: part of the way towards Continuations?

java blogJohn — Sun's Phipps rants on Raymond's open-source rant.

java blogR.J. — Eclipse: Code Folding and 1.5 Support.

java blogHani — The breaking point.

java blogNiel — Free Resource CD From JDJ….Very Nice!!

java blogLeo — Moving away from maven.

javaJava Remote Method Invocation Language 2.1. A simple Web service XML dialect for Java applications.

linuxTwo Fedora Core 2 Reviews. The upgrade installation went quite smoothly…

wirelessHotspot Use To Triple This Year, Report Claims.

mobileHandheld porn comes closer. Is that a killer app in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?

moviesKevin Smith to Write and Direct 'Hornet'. Jet Li as Kato?

mobile blogRuss — The Meet and Decompressing.

mobile blogJulian — Google Wifi Hotspot search - USA Only.

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javaHandling a Final Empty Parameter. StringTokenizer tip.

mobileNew Specification to be Released for Mobile Devices to Discover and Connect to Web Services. WS-Discovery.

blogMatthew — Weblog business.

java blogDon — Tomcat as a generic server framework?

java blogGavin — Finalizers are even eviler than you think.

java blogJason— My first IBM developerWorks article goes live. Congrats, Jase.

java blogMark — Jira Plugin: Multiple Project Configurations.

java blogGoldy — The MIDP 2.0 Push Registry.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

mobile blogMark — WS-Discovery.

linux blogOvidiu — Editing remote files in Emacs.

java blogTom — Open source Java?

javaUJAC 0.9.7a, a set of Useful Java Application Components.

javaJava Ultra-Lite Persistence 1.0.1. An RDBMS-independent object-relational framework.

newsDo-Not-Call Registry for Telemarketing Upheld in Court. A federal appeals court upheld the governments right to help people shield themselves from unwanted telemarketing calls.

java blogMike — Hibernate, Struts, Tomcat, MySQL in 15 min or less.

linuxLinux: 2.6.3 Released. Linux kernel 2.6.3 is now available, with minimal changes since 2.6.3-r4.

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mobibot 0.1.2

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javaHelpSetMaker 0.9.0 allows creation and maintenance of online help documents.

javaJGoodies Swing Suite 1.3 provides components and solutions that complement Swing to solve common user interface tasks.

javaTutorial: Java Generics.

javaeSeminar: Refactoring with Oracle JDeveloper and Refactorit.

mobile blogJim — Tivo To Go?

mobile javaFREE Beta J2ME Certification. Free vouchers for the first 400 candidates. February 5 - 25

java blogRael — Compiling Java on the P800.

mobile blogDiego — not everything that shines is made of gold…

java blogAngus — Magnolia 1.1 Trial Thoughts.

mobile blogBharanidharan — Nokia Mobile Secrets .

java blogDavid — Generics Glossary.

java blogDion — CGLIB 2.0 Final Release.

humorMichael — The Irish go to war with France …

java blogSam — Thoughts on an MVC framework for Swing.

java blogPaul — Catch 22 and Good Software Developers.

java blogPelle — GUI tools in IDEA 4.

java blogBrian — DynAOP Relicensed!

blogRui — blog/2004-02-17.

mobile blogRobert — Nice chat with Russell Beattie.

macWWDC 2004 registration opens. Registration is now open for Apple's 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference. June 28-July 2 in San Francisco.

pc8 GB CompactFlash Card out now. SimpleTech, 8 GB Type II card, $5,999.

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personalI've put together a home page for mobibot, the #mobitopia IRC channel bot. The source code (Java) is also available on my CVS server.

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java blogNick — Ant Tip.

java blogDaniel — Swing Sightings.

java blogMats — Open Source Java? Please elaborate!

netGoogle updates the number of indexed pages. From 3,151,743,117 to 4,285,199,774.

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mobileImages of the new Sendo X Carbon Design. [via mobibot]

blogLars — Discovering XML files with Google.

musicDido joins music's major earners. British pop star Dido is included in Heat magazine's Top 10 of the music world's biggest earners.

mobile blogAnil — Cingular aquires AT&T Wireless.

python blogCharles — Scripting Fun Part 1: Dogfood.

javaJDistro 0.29, a desktop in pure Java.

java blogAdrian — HttpClient 2.0.

python blogJason — Adding Python to my toolkit.

Hmmm… If you're using a library in Python, use one in Java too:

  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
  …

  HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
  GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod("http://www.jaseb.net");
  client.executeMethod(getMethod);
  System.out.println(getMethod.getResponseBodyAsString());

Seems pretty simple to me.

blogCheah — Mozilla Europe website launched.

blogFred — Slashdot Founder's Blog.

javaInstalling the Java SDK. Getting the Nokia SDK to work with Java SDK 1.3.1_10.

javajavasight.com, a new Java portal.

javaObjectWeb Announces JORAM 4.0. 100% pure Java implementation of JMS.

mobile blogJim — Going Underground - reprise.

java blogAlan — Dreamweaver MX Tip: Changing file extensions.

java blogRusty — JSwat 2.21 and JWizardComponent 1.2.2.

blogMichael — Regex RSS.

java blogSimon — JSTL resources.

java blogLance — Atom4J continues.

maciPod mini hits Apple Stores this Friday. 100K on order.

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

javaOpenReports 0.6.0 & OpenReports Designer 1.0.0. A complete web-based solution to view dynamically created PDF, HTML or XLS reports.

mobile blogChris — How smart is my smartphone?

java blogAngus — OpenCMS Trial Thoughts and JBoss Nukes Trial Thoughts.

java blogKathy — To API designers/spec developers: pity those of us who have to LEARN this…

java blogRobert — Anyone know why Java doesn't have consts?

mobile blogWendong — Simkin article from SymbianOne.

java blogGoldy — Looking for XML-RPC implementation for J2ME?

javaMichael Slinn pointed me to the Zamples Press Release.

java blogBucky — Open Source Java.

java blogAaron — C# Public Properties vs. Java getX() and setX().

musicAsk Yahoo!: Why do record companies release artist albums on Tuesdays?

blogDan — Tivo Series 2 Becomes a Must-Have.

blogRajesh — Demo 2004.

mac blogBrent — Eric Czarny's new XML-RPC Cocoa code.

blogJeremy — Web Search, Context, and Discussion Boards.

blogSimon — Automatic line ending conversions in IE and End user license agreements hit a new low.

macInterarchy 7.0. FTP, SFTP, and FTP over SSH…

javaYourKit Java Profiler 2.0.1. A CPU and memory profiler.

sponsorToday's sponsor is ReportMill Software.

Presidents' Day

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netNavy Jet eBayed. Some Assembly Required?

mobile blogMatthew — Arun Sarin speaks.

development blogEwan — OPL at O'Reilly.

blogJoi — Six Apart makes Fast Company 50.

development blogYves — Managed C++ resources I consider very useful.

javaJSecureTunneling 0.2.2. A Java SSH client for tunnels management.

java blogDaniel — Java and GIS.

developmentTopCoder Announces Yahoo! as Sponsor. Leading Global Internet Company Pairs with TopCoder to Determine Collegiate World Champions of Coding.

mobile blogUber Russ — WaveBlog.

windows blogStefan — We are Morons.

javaPircBot 1.2.8. A Java package for quickly and easily creating your own IRC bots, like mobibot.

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java blogRusty — HTTPClient 2.0 and JMemProf 0.7.

java blogCarsten — Eclipse M7.

java blogJ2ME Fancier — J2ME: ulilize your applets knowledge.

java blogCalvin — Is iTunes for Real?

java blogMiguel — Bundling the JDK in a Linux Distribution.

zaurusReview: Zaurus SL-C860.

java blogJuan — The simple alternative to Hibernate.

java blogVinu — IDEA 4.0 not Java 1.5 compatible?

blogRobert — Just got off stage at Demo.

pcVasanth — FlipStart : PC or Super PDA?

booksFree Books from O'Reilly. Open Books — books with various forms of "open" copyright.

mobileSixApart launches integrated moblogging tools for TypePad and MovableType. [via Mobitopia]

netFeedster Builder. [via Mobitopia]

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javaL2FProd.com Common Components 0.1-dev. In this build, you can experience the PropertySheet, the Directory Chooser, the Font Chooser, the JButtonBar.

mobile blogDiego — location-based blogging on mobiles.

netNew Source of Online Ad Revenue. Search engines are looking for advertising dollars from small businesses that don't have a presence on the Internet.

java blogKevin — Swing/multithreaded unit testing tips.

java blogJoe — Orion 2.0.3 in EAP now!

java blogMatt — Talking Tiger, generically speaking.

development blogPaul — Can the next big language drop public static void main(String[] args) please?

blogMike — The A-team and Incremental search everywehere - gotta love OSX!

java blogWeiqi — IDEA 4.0, J2SDK 1.5.0 Beta 1, Generify, …

mobile blogJeremy — The Real And Lucrative Art Of Mobile Blogging.

java blogNorman — From Java to Objective-C.

blogStefan — 30 Ways to Annoy Your Boss.

mobile blogRobert — My SPOT watch experience.

developmentPHP 5.0.0 Beta 4 Released.

javaOpen Snippets: Java, Constructed from MySQL with PHP.

mobileO2 opens text services to the US . SMS across the pond.

blogJim — Business card cubes.

blogFrank — Germany: student sued for stealing 0.1 Eurocent worth of electricity.

java blogJames — Great new article on Groovy.

java blogCalvin — No Documentation Is Better than Bad Documentation.

blogCheah — Interesting Google stuff.

mac blogCameron — Still not getting a Mac.

developmentHow to Register a urn: namespace. [via Mark]

java blogNicola — Java 1.5 AKA Tiger is better than they tell you.

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Quatre Étoile

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usOur anniversary dinner was fantastic last night. We both went for the Valentine's dinner special.

I had:
  • Escargot
  • French Onion Soupe
  • Salade
  • Filet Bourguignon au Poivre
  • Pêche Melba
Vicki:
  • Prawn Sauté
  • Lobster Bisque
  • Salade
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu
  • Mousse au Chocolat

javaJADE 6.0 beta. Java Addition to Default Environment, a real-time framework library.

linuxA Power Users Look at Linux on the Mac. Linux on Mac: a POWER programmer's primer.

blogRuss — Personalized Search Thought.

macApple PDA Rumors Stoked Again. Here we go again.

mobileCell Phone Jammin'. Jamming cell phones is illegal in the US, but with pocket-sized jammers sold online and even on eBay…

javaEditiX, a Swing XML editor.

java blogLaurent — Favorite M7 Features.

development blogFejes — Home Baked XML Content Management - Part 1.

java blogAngsuman — To Hibernate or not? - A commentary on ORM's and few recommendations.

java blogHenri — Does anyone have an actual plan for opening Java?

java blogKlaus — TeX to MathML.

python blogMoof — SuprFeedr 0.4 released.

java blogMarc — IDEA 4.0 - Projects and Classpaths.

java blogMichael — Using IDEA v4.0 for end-to-end development.

java blogSimon — Pebble 1.4 beta 3 available.

python blogTed — PyCon 2004 Schedule is now available.

java blogKen — compulsory javadocs.

java blogBrian — DynAOP Impressions.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogPaul — Free J2ME spreadsheet.

mobile blogJeremy — The End of Wireless (as we know it).

blogCedric — Firefox: okay, but….

blogScott — Demo 2004 Blog.

development blogChristoph — Regular Expression Library.

javaQuartz 1.3.2, an enterprise-class job scheduler.

technologyInfoWorld: IBM to Launch MS Office for Linux. Via emulation?

netAmazon glitch exposes self-promoters. Anonymous no-more.

sponsorToday's sponsor is ReportMill Software.

Wedding Anniversary

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usToday's a big day for us, not only is it Valentine's Day, it is also our Wedding Anniversary. We're going back to the Café de Paris for dinner.

javaIntelliJ IDEA 4.0 released.

javaEric Raymond – Open Letter to Sun: Let Java Go.

java blogDiego — snipsnap: wow.

mobile blogRuss — DEMO Update.

mobile blogDavid — Revolutionary New Bluetooth Feature.

java blogAnthony — dynaop.

java blogNeil — Tiger Startup Time.

java blogBill — M7 Ant Support - its the little things that count.

java blogGlen — Apples and Oranges.

java blogKevin — Java is not something I'm going to pay for.

mac blogEddy — iChat AV 2.1 Beta out!

java blogDavid — Generics Tutorial Coming Soon.

java blogGregg — Java IDE's - One Thing Missing.

java blogAdrian — The real big deal with Eclipse 3.0M7 …

java blogGerald — The Free Java Runtime Matrix @ UserLinux.

java blogKen — Eclipse and the "The Fifteen Minute Test".

java blogWeiqi — J2SDK 1.5.0 Beta 1, Class File Versions, Compatibility…

netpaypal.de. The first non-English PayPal site has just been launched.

tvAngel cancelled. The fifth season of Angel to be the last. Bummer.

mobile javaEclipseME 0.2.0. Bug fixes, requires Eclipse 3.0M7, package obfucation and debugging support.

javaJPluck 2.1 pre 2. A Plucker document creation toolkit.

pcNew Dell Inspiron XPS Gaming Notebook. TechTV review.

windows blogLuke — ReSharper first impressions.

sponsorToday's sponsor is ReportMill Software.

Friday the 13th...

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javaEclipse 3.0 M7. New and noteworthy in M7.

javaJasperAssistant 1.0.0. A visual report designer tool for JasperReports.

java blogDiego — eclipse 3.0 M7 release.

java blogDion — Sun produces XML Performance Paper.

blogCarlos — Valentine's Day.

development blogDave — DeveloperWorks Versioning Article Review.

windows blogEric — What's New in Vault 2.0.

blogAaron — Anti AdWords Strike Again.

javaAlgernon-J 4.1, a rule-based reasoning engine written in Java.

pcDell Launches Pentium 4 EE Notebook. Dell today unveiled a notebook based on Intel's expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition.

developmentPayPal Developer Network Blog. It has a feed too.

development blogPelle — Clump - Maven for C programmers??

mobile blogSteve — quick cameraphone shootout #2.

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java blogDaniel — Source control, change tracking, and regular builds.

javajIRCii B3, is a cross platform java Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Client.

javajConfig v2.5 is finally out.

netSPF, Anti Spam Mechanism. Gaining Traction.

javaApache Ant 1.6.1 released.

java blogAngsuman — .NET versus Java - A Philosophical interlude.

java blogRusty — SwingWT 0.79.

java blogGregg — Pro JSP Reviewed.

java blogJ2ME Fancier — Test your J2ME-ability.

java blogBill — Java for Palm OS Devices, Act 2.

java blogGuillermo — Azureus (or Another reason why SWT is here to stay).

java blogAndreas — Where is my new language? Where is the next Java?

mobile blogMike— Good Technology looking for mobile app developer.

java blogSylvain — Cocoon 2.1.4.

java blogTom — Java SDK 1.5 Beta 1.

newsGrand Central Communications Elects Tim O'Reilly to Board of Directors.

pcSun's Returning Co-Founder Talks About His New Role. Andy Bechtolsheim hopes to accelerate Sun's efforts in the high-volume systems market using AMD's Opteron chip.

net'Help! I married a Net porn star'. Man encounters wife on amateur smut site.

newsWhy Cloning Didn't Happen in U.S. Korean researchers leapfrogged American scientists when they derived the first embryonic stem cells from a human clone.

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

technologyNASA Prepares to Open Source Code. NASA is looking for approval for their own open source license.

java blogVinny — J2EE Web Services.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

java blogSanjay — QuickServer — Java library to build TCP server apps.

windowsNo Rumor: Windows Source Code Loose on the 'Net.

javaClient- and server-side templating with Velocity.

blogMatt — The Bar from Top Gun.

mobile blogRuss — Mobile Water Bombs.

java blogGuy — Shame On the JDJ.

blogRob — Why I dumped Google's Adsense program.

javaJava Email Server 1.3.4. An SMTP POP3 email server.

blogMike — Recording Industry Lies About Copy Protected CDs Not Playing In Cars.

javaJamP 0.521. Webstart enabled MP3 Player. 

tvNew Battlestar Galactica Series Greenlighted. 13 episode season ordered.

java blogJ2ME Fancier — MIDP - which one?

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C'est la Vie

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Miss Piggy's Half Time ShowusVicki just emailed me this:

Because of Valentine's Day, Victoria's Secret is having something called the "Janet Jackson lingerie sale: all bras half off."

javaRick just pointed me to this set of JDK 1.5 Examples.

windowsMicrosoft At Risk Of Losing Windows Trademark? Ironic.

java blogHani — Genesis of JBoss AOP.

technologyFCC starts rewriting Internet rules. Rules for telephone calls made online, and for technology to allow computer users to reach the Internet.

java blogTom — XP PL&F on Linux.

blogMatt — ETech: Dashboard and ETech: 35 Ways to Find Your Location (with special features).

blogAndrew — Microsoft XML patent invalid.

java blogVibhu — I miss Java already..

blogKevin — BitTorrent Sites and Software.

java blogSimon — Dead code elimination.

windows blogMike — So What If Windows Code Has Been Leaked?

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java blogDaniel — Emerging Technology.

development blogMatt — ETech: GeoURL and ETech: Power to the People: Hardware Hacking for the Masses.

python blogRuss — Python on the S60.

mobile2 billion mobile phones by 2008. This means an increase of over 800 million users in the next 4 years.

python blogRael — Python on Nokia w/ SCREENSHOTS.

mobile blogMartin — Vodafone Launches 3G Data Service In Europe.

java blogAnthony — Java 1.5 varargs.

java blogRusty — ArgoUML 0.15.3, JavaDBF 0.3.3 and Blitz JavaSpaces 2.0.0.

java blogCarsten — New Cocoon Version.

java blogMichael — J2ME Palm development using IBM WME and Java Bluetooth article from Ben Hui.

java blogCarlos — Blow your brains out.

java blogGerald — Poll: What is your free Java VM of choice?

mac blogBrent — NetNewsWire special Atom beta.

blogJeremy — My Yahoo and Atom.

java blogPhil — eBay adds SOAP.

blogBill — Charles Darwin's Birthday.

java blogCedric — Getters and setters are here to stay.

linux blogPaul — Fedora Core 2 Test Release 1 Available.

java blogLance — Atom4J is Stagnant.

macApple releases GarageBand update. GarageBand 1.0.1.

macExtremeTech: iTunes Bad, WMA Good.

blogMike — The End Of The VCR.

blogMark — Atkins vs. the PCRM.

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java blogGlen — Commercial Swing Components?

java blogCalvin — Java's "Tiger" (J2SE 1.5) - Might There Be a CORBA Comeback?

blogErik — QotD: Bond. Mine's here.

javaCSS Editor 0.3.3. CSS Editor Plugin for Eclipse, bug fix release.

blogJim — English Breakfast.

java blogTom — Mobile gambling is taking off…

mobileSeries 60 SDK v2.1. C++ application development for the Nokia 6620 and others, now supports the Presence Open API and Bluetooth notifier.

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java blogBruce — Six Cool New JSP and Servlet Features.

developmentEffective XML: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your XML. [PDF]

developmentMySQL Administrator v1.0.1a-Alpha Released. MySQL Administrator is a new visual administration console that lets you administer your MySQL environment.

python blogJim — Python-a-go-go.

development blogMatt on ETech:

java blogRuss — PalmSource Gets Java and Atom Again.

mobile blogAnil — Vodafone Starts 3G service in Europe.

mac blogRael — Palm Dropping Support for the Mac.

java blogFilippo — Please tell me why JSF is gonna be the silver bullet.

java blogChris — How To Use JSTL SQL in JDeveloper 10g.

java blogBob — dynaop 1.0 beta.

java blogMatt — JSP is dead, long live JSP (or, EL and tag injection).

java blogMatt — Spring 1.0 RC1 Released.

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

netFictional Google banners. Some very nice ones.

newsIs This Man Obese? I just heard on the local news that he had some kind of medical condition that was the cause of the extra weight. 

mac blogJason — Thoughts on OSX.

blogKeith — Links.

blogStefan — 10 Great Companies to Work for in Europe.

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