Election Day

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javaTips: Handling Exceptions and Using the TimeZone Class.

java blogDaniel — Field Validation in JSF.

javaJava Theory and Practice: A brief history of garbage collection.

blogNathan — why are you here?

java blogRoss  — On the 1.5 Java Language Extensions.

blogChristoph — Homeland Security gets $ 2 billions.

maciTerm.app 0.78. Nice Terminal replacement app.

macXcode developer tools get updated. Apple has updated Xcode, its set of Mac OS X developer tools, to version 1.0.1.

tvFCC Approves Broadcast Flag. All digital TV receivers will need to recognize this flag, meaning that people will need to buy new equipment…

wirelessBluetooth boom spawns 'bluejacking'. Rad Fad.

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javaNew Atalanta's ServletExec 5.0 Released.

blogDiego — my feedster plugin @ mozdev.

mobileCredit Card Size Cell Phone. NEC N900.

netSend a FAX by E-mail. [from Anil's Daily Links]

blogAaron — Google Indexing IRC?

blogRafe — Source code control for the lone programmer.

netjpg2asc. Convert JPG images to ASCII images.

musicMTV prepares music download rival. Music service to rival Apple's iTunes in the US.

blogCameron — Why does Open Source suck?

blogLeslie — Quick Links.

javaOpinion: Java Community hits out at .NET Progress.

wirelessNokia's new Bluetooth accessories. HS-4W wireless headset, Nokia 610 Bluetooth Car Kit and AD-5B Wireless Audio Adapter.

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pythonPython 2.3 Quick Reference. Richard Gruet has updated his Python Quick Reference to cover Python 2.3.

pcXbox to Switch to PowerPC. The same chips used in Apple's Macintosh computers.

technologyXHTML 1.0 / HTML 4.01 / DocBook XML v4.2 Validator.

linuxNovell Announces Agreement to Acquire SUSE. This latest move follows Novell's August purchase of Ximian.

blogDiego — mozilla/netscape RSS ticker toolbar.

moblogJim — BlueJacking and FOAF.

java blogEmerson — Eclipse Configuration for Geronimo will be checked-in to cvs.

java blogGilles — A JavaLobby discussion may be the start of something.

blogKurt — CVS pserver on OS X 10.3.

blogTed — I'm excited!

blogWerner — Red Hat 9 end of life : what about my laptop ?

blogJeremy — Self Assessment.

java blogCedric — AOP Presentation at BorCon 2003.

blogStefan — Yahoo modifies homepage.

blogTodd — AT&T to find out how expensive "Do Not Call" Calls will be.

netNetcraft: Strong Growth in Top US and European Hosting Providers.

newsAppeals Court to Consider Microsoft Case. The antitrust case against Microsoft is returning to the U.S. appeals court.

musicRIAA and DirecTV file more suits. Drag thousands to court.

Mobistats

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java blogCarlos — The Story Of Jython.

java blogBrett — JMeter to the Rescue.

java blogDion — Borland announces Enterprise Studio for Java 7 at BorCon.

blogAndreas — Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 2.2 released.

blogChris — RedDwarf Series 3 Released on DVD today!

blogRogers — Java inventor tries for a jackpot.

macPowerBook G5 is 'going to be a while'. Dave Russell, director of product marketing for portables and wireless at Apple.

blogCharles — Incredibly Obvious Software Development Secrets.

blogMatt — Fog Creek Redesign and From VPNs to Leona Naess.

java blogRick — A Million Monkeys at the Keyboard!

java blogDaniel — Hibernator - Hibernate Eclipse plugin 0.9.6.

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blogMatt — November Netcraft Survey.

moblogAnil — The Ubiquitous Network Society of Today.

blogCedric — iTunes for Windows.

java blogDaniel — Summit Report.

blogDiego — on longhorn.

technologySun, Zend integrate PHP with Sun's Web server. PHP programs can be deployed on Sun's Web server.

java blogDavid — IntelliJ Aurora, build 963 available.

blogMagnus — Good-bye, Red Hat.

java blogDion — Jakarta Jetspeed 1.4 Final Released.

macA new Panther troubleshooting guide. Randy B. Singer has posted a very useful Panther troubleshooting guide, listing common problems & solutions. [from Mac Net Journal]

blogJesus — Fedora Screenshots Link.

java blogHani — The trouble with AntHill (pro).

blogMary Jo — Hotmail Overhaul Coming Later This Month.

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meChris has implemented logging in mobibot, the #mobitopia bot, which now allows us to generate stats for the channel.

javaJarminator, a simple Jar examinator.

javaTutorials: Getting Started with Eclipse and the SWT.

javaJava Tip 143: Utilize the Database Schema Browser.

blogDiego — an introduction to weblogs.

blogFrançois — URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL blah blah blah )-o.

moblogMatt — Freevo 1.4rc2, OpenBSD 3.4 Released and MOTOCODER October Update.

moblogRuss — N-Gage: What a Disaster and N-Gage Arena: Neato Mobile Online Service.

pdaReview: HP iPaq 4150.

netTop viruses for October. Windows, IRC, etc.

moblogEmily — Sexy Mini Movies for Cell Phones.

java blogSam — Pretty Priniting Java/C# Code on a Webpage.

java blogAndrew — POI 2.0 RC1 Released.

blogMatthew — Where are all the XML Configuration tools?

blogFred — WinerLog is Back!

java blogNick — Disabling Tomcat Session Serialization.

java blogKeith — Stress Testing J2EE Apps.

blogAlan — Why The "Hacker Logo" is Perfect.

blogSimon — That G5 Cluster.

java blogChristoph — Struts Enabler Tools.

windowsVirtual Dimension 0.92b, a virtual desktop manager.

windowsWinSCP 3.4.1, a SFTP/SCP client.

netGoogle Rebuffs Microsoft. No thank-you.

newsBankruptcy Judge Approves WorldCom Reorg. Judge approves MCI/Worldcom plan to emerge from bankruptcy.

netYahoo Dropping Enterprise Division. After a round of layoffs, the company is merging the operation of its enterprise offerings with its consumer products.

musicUS downloads beat CD sales. US music fans download twice as many singles over the internet as they buy from record stores, a report says.

macFire 0.32.h, a multi-protocol instant messenger.

Trick or Treat?

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usWe're going to Vicki's sister later in the afternoon. I'll be making a "Roti de Bœuf avec des Pommes Fondantes" for her Birthday dinner.

moblogRuss — Mobile Multimedia.

java blogSam — Second article on RSS and Java up.

blogStefan — Profile on MySQL, the Company.

macApple to address Jaguar security problems. Apple said that it will fix the security flaws in Mac OS X Jaguar.

java blogKevin — 1.4 String.matches is dumb.

macApple blames Oxford chip set for Panther users' woes. Apple has acknowledged that there can be data loss on external FireWire 800 drives connected to Apple computers running Panther, but…

java blogPrabhu — Java Service Wrapper.

macEudora update fixes Panther issues and more. Eudora X 6.0.1.

java blogDaniel — RSS and Java.

blogMatt — Great G3 Desktop Deals.

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meI'd like to thank Bruce Bolden, Deepak Mehta, Lars Hoss, François Nonnenmacher and Tom Dyson for helping me getting Java 1.4.1 back on my Mac.

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javaBeautyJ, yet another source code beautifier.

javaJava Financial Library, an API and application for converting between monetary currencies and fetching stock quotes from the Internet for use in your Java programs.

java blogVinu — Tomcat 4.1.29 Stable and Tomcat 5.0.14 Beta released.

blogRusty — Sun has also posted version 1.4.1_05 of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) and Xalan-Java 2.5.2.

java blogHani — 12 paths to build.xml nirvana.

blogSteve — Dell's Management Secrets.

javaJatha 1.5.4, a Java LISP library.

mobileHoward Stern: Treo 600 owner. He was showing off his new Treo 600 to the gang this morning.

developmentWindows Mobile 2003-based Smartphone Developer Kit. $499.

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javaEye on performance: A load of stress.

javaJava theory and practice: A brief history of garbage collection.

pythonCharming Python: Numerical Python.

mobile javaLock down J2ME applications with Kerberos, Part 1.

java2.4 Servlet Spec Reviewed. Core Developers Network have reviewed the good, the bad and the ugly of the 2.4 servlet specification being produced by JSR154.

blogCarlos — Is Longhorn All Bull or Full of Holes?

java blogDiego — why sun should change the Java app icon.

blogMatt — Skype 0.94 and Drooling Over Whidbey.

blogRuss — The Last All Nighter.

technologyNYT: Microsoft and Google: Partners or Rivals?

moblogGlenn — Apple Adds WPA Security.

blogKarl-Martin — And the number is 64, six four.

java blogPatrick — JAVA resources.

java blogMatt — Hibernate 2.1 Beta 5 Released!

java blogBrian — Forays into Groovy.

blogDan — Palm Sync Broken in Panther.

python blogKevin — pythonmac.org - Mac OS X Python Resources.

python blogCharles — Obfuscated Python.

blogSam — Disney's RSS 0.93.

musicThe RIAA Is Suddenly A Fan Of Ratings. An incredibly obvious attempt at pitching parents on one more reason they should stop their kids from using KaZaa.

macMac OS X Innovators Contest Winners Announced. OmniOutliner and iBlog.

java blogAnil — Mobile Blogging in Java.

javaJameleon 1.4.1.3, an automation testing framework without the problems of automated testing.

meMy blog is featured in next month's Atlassian Update newsletter. Thanks, Mike & Co.!

Still Java-less...

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java blogRusty — XML Benchmark 1.2.2 has been released.

java blogDaniel — Load Testing.

mobilePaper offers Nokia N-Gage for 1p. No wonder game retailers can't shift it.

developmentGet Published on OTN! Do you have an opinion, experience, or technique you want to share with OTN's 3 million members?

pdaDALP: Database Access Libraries for PDAs.

java blogRod — The Jakarta Commons Problem in a Nutshell.

java blogFred — Nokia Series 60 and Series 90 MIDP2.0.

javaJava Date Picker 1.0, a Swing component.

macMac OS X refund suit gets preliminary nod. I've received the settlement offer in the mail a little while back.

newsMachines reject new $20 bills. Vicki showed me a new $20 yesterday. I was expecting more. But I guess they didn't want to make a radical change.

netBerners-Lee comes out fighting to save Web. Father of the Web insists US patent office reviews vital case.

linuxSuSE 9 Hits American Shores. About time…

windowsMicrosoft Revises 'Critical' Patches. Again.

java blogKevin — Eclipse 3.0 due in June 2004.

blogMichael — Creating Unicode Characters from Hex Codes in Windows.

javaJPTC 0.2.3. Java Performance TestClient.

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meNobody came forward with my plea for Java 1.4.1. Not too suprising… I don't think many people actually downloaded the packages as they were available directly via Software Update.

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moblogAl — Series 90 Explained.

javaPage Navigation in JavaServer Faces. JSF provides an easy-to-update page navigation model in its Application Configuration file.

python blogAnthony — Plone.

java blogAndrej — Using oracle ref cursors in java.

pdaT-Mobile USA offers free PPC 2003 upgrade. Free OS upgrades to their Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition customers.

blogMatt — Panther ships with postfix instead of sendmail.

blogLeslie — Quick links.

blogBertrand — Word to XML converter.

java blogSebastiano — Calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek() gotchas.

java blogAra — Groooovy!

blogStefan — CSS 101.

blogCharles — Why the "Hacker Logo" is stupid.

javaJavaCat 0.9beta, a file searcher/cataloger.

developmentOverview: Symbian Development with C++ BuilderX.

wirelessFinally, a Useful Bluetooth Device. Audio over Bluetooth.

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java blogCarlos — Has Java Reached The Inefficiency Phase?

moblogMatt — Hello World on Series 90 (Nokia 7700) and MIDP 2.0 Examples on Series 90.

blogMatt — Apache 2.0.48 and 1.3.29 Released!

java blogDion — JCP Watch: JMX Remote API, Enterprise Media Beans, and more.

blogBob — Best Keyboard Ever.

macTrio of flaws found in Mac OS X. $129 to fix, if you can install Panther.

blogRuss — How do you know if your world revolves around your weblog?

java blogOvidiu — mod_jk2 problems.

windowsWinSCP 3.4, a SFTP and SCP client for Windows using SSH.

java blogDaniel — Added bits and pieces.

java blogDave — MyEclipseBugs..

java blogHani — OpenSymphony dirty laundry.

java blogMike — New Hibernate Example.

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meArghhh! Now that I finally have re-installed 10.2, come to find out that Java 1.4.1 is no longer available. Can someone call Apple and tell them to get their act together?

Update: If anybody has downloaded the Java 1.4.1 (and update) packages from Apple when they were available, and is willing to send them to me, please email me. — Thanks.

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moblogRuss — N-Gage Thoughts.

javaJKMapIME 0.9.1-rev1 , a Java-based input method engine and keyboard mapper.

blogCharles — How to Get Kicked Out of Microsoft for Blogging.

netToday is NetDay. NetDay wants to students to go to its Web site today and complete a short survey as part of its first "Speak Up Day."

usWe watched the season premiere of 24 yesterday. I was afraid it was going to be one of those "seen it, done it before" 3rd season opener, but they actually managed to keep it fresh.

java blogJoe — Article Policy Change at JDJ.

perlcgi-irc 0.5.3. CGI:IRC. 

netNapster 2.0 goes live. The cat's back.

windowsNo public Longhorn preview, says MS - developers only. And they have to ask for it first.

pdaNo PDA market growth in Q3 without HP. Saturation point reached?

zaurusSharp preps upgraded, rugged Linux PDA. El Reg on the SL-6000.

Panther: Come Again.

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java blogDaniel — Distributed Jams.

java blogDion — Give your DB a break.

blogMatt — LinuxWorld New York.

java blogCharles — class.class.

java blogKeith — Code Outline Plugin 0.0.1 for IDEA released.

blogMatt — Mozilla 1.5 Released!

java blogEmerson — Geronimo and Eclipse Configuration and How-to.

java blogPankaj — SunJCE is broken in J2SDK1.4.2.

java blogPierre — P6Spy JDBC logger.

macApple releases Panther security update. A potential vulnerability in the implementation of QuickTime Java in Mac OS X v10.3 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.

macApple releases source code for Darwin 7.0. Panther (aka MacOS 10.3)

newsThieves steal Michelle Branch's gadgets. Michelle Branch's laptop, cellphone, and iPod stolen.

technologyFeds Grant Just A Few DMCA Exceptions. The Copyright Office has the ability to allow certain areas where it's okay to crack copy protection without fear of a DMCA lawsuit.

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moblogJim — Nokia 6600 - Nokia under pressure?

moblogMatthew — Cellular Radar.

moblogMatt — Nokia's Mobile Media 7700.

java blogDavid — Don Park's experience with Roller Weblogger.

java blogDon — JDK Installer Trash.

macWired: The Panther Roars (in Pain).

pdaWorld's smallest PDA. Credit Card-size, from Citizen.

blogRafe — RIAA Radar.

java blogRusty — The second beta of Ant 1.6.

java blogHani — JGraph complexity obsession.

mobileNokia's 7700 'media device' - first shot in the PDA wars? But it's not a Communicator. Well, not exactly, just nearly…

newsMicrosoft settles with six more states. Halfway to freedom.

java blogFred — Obfuscators.

java blogScott — MacOS X is my Java development environment.

java blogMatt — Panther vs. Jaguar ~ The results are in!

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javaSend Form Data from Java: A Painless Solution.

blogMatt — Longhorn Roundup.

java blogDave — So far, not impressed with MyEclipse.

java blogDavid — SmartCVS 2.4.2 available. Nice!

java blogWill — Java and TiVo - Ready To Go.

blogKurt — My Fav Free OS X Apps.

java blogFred — Quantum DB Eclipse Plugin.

java blogAlan — How To Re-read log4j.properties.

technologyGPL unenforceable, void, unconstitutional - SCO. Gloves off.

musicDell debuts iPod killer, music store. Twice the battery life, $100 cheaper.

moblogAnil — Nokia "Series 90" 7700 mobile media phone.

musicRIAA nemesis, Senator Coleman voices his thoughts online. 'Law and technology are not in sync'.

meI tried to upgrade one of our Mac to Panther. What a disaster.

Just like Matt, the installer failed leaving me with a dead machine.

A clean install failed too. I even tried removing all third-party RAM and peripherals, as suggested by MacFixIt. No cigar.

Looking at the various support boards, I'm not the only one with these kind of problems.

To make the matter even worse, it looks like one of my 10.2 disk is hosed.

Apple better get ready to issue massive refunds.

mobileNokia launches 5 EDGE phones.

blogMatt — Panther ships with Ant, XDoclet and JBoss!

Re-XP

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meErik's Pulse has been published.

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java blogRusty — Bodo Tasche has posted JCalendar 0.6

blogMatt — Mono BOF at the PDC.

java blogDaniel — That trick never works.

blogRick — Who IS this blogger?

blogJeremy — Software: An Alternative Firewall to ZoneAlarm?

moblogMike — Microsoft Smartphone launched here in the US!

javaProxool: Proxy JDBC Connection Pool. Version 0.8.1 released.

javaCodeSugar Eclipse Plugin 0.0.5. An Eclipse plugin for generating methods like equals() and toString().

linuxAmerican Express adopts Linux. Swab did in June.

technologyIBM to Award More than $1 Million to Eclipse Developers. IBM's Eclipse Innovation Grant.

java blogMatthew — Cool IntelliJ Plugin!

blogMatt — Jaguary vs. Panther - performance numbers.

java blogBrian — Atlanta Java Software Symposium: The Anti-EJB.

blogMatthew — $87 Billion In Perspective.

blogMatt — khtml2png: Create Thumbnails of Webpages.

meI've re-installed XP on my workstation over the weekend. I can't believe how much faster everything is.

I've opted for the bare-minimum and will only install apps only as I actually need them.

I gambled and decided to keep just a very few settings, re-installing every app from scratch. It's funny how things just work that way.

I have to admit that junction is making everything a lot easier. All of my important data is now located on my secondary drive.

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javaJavaBluetooth Stack 2003-10-22, a Java implementation of the Bluetooth specifications and the JSR-82 API.

javaMinimize Java Distributions with an Automated, Custom JAR File. Larger applications frequently get loaded down with a heavy burden of unused library files.

blogMatt — Apple's Panther Developer Deal and Dial-A-Song.

blogRuss — Another Week, Another Hotel.

mobileLongest. Review. Ever. The P900. Mobile Burn reviews the P900.

moblogGlen — Limited Free Bay Area Wi-Fi at McDonald's.

blogSimon — The difference between POST and GET.

java blogHenri — 'State of the Sandbox'.

java blogDave — MyEclipse for Eclipse 3.0 M4 and No Panther for this cat..

java blogMagnus — Cactus 1.5rc1.

blogEmerson — Backup with Mysql.

java blogJoe — Games in Java.

java blogJason — Art vs Commercialism in Java App Servers.

blogJesus — DST.

blogLuke — New version of SharpReader coming soon…

blogMatt — The upgrade saga continues…

blogCheah — New IE smells like Mozilla.

adultAdam — new playboy pix.

blogDave — Safari 1.1 and Safari 1.1, Part 2.

javajEdit 4.2pre6 now available.

windowsVirtual Dimension 0.92, a virtual desktop manager for Windows..

musicRIAA Says Backlash From Lawsuits Was Less Than Expected. Yeah, right.