The Day of the Dead

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blogFred: Collaboration Standards.

newsMicrosoft Judge Sold Tech Stocks.

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javaRuss: A Marvelous Mind. My mind works like lightning, one brilliant flash and it's gone.

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javaTutorials for Ant and Log4J.

blogDominic: “CapitalOne…(Struts in your wallet)?” I know Bank of America uses JSP.

javamvnForum 1.0.0 beta, an opensource Jsp/Servlet forum, has been released.

blogCedric: “The EJBGen mailing-list broke the 450 subscribers while I wasn't looking.”

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javaShadowJAAS 1.0.0, a JAAS-compliant authentication provider that uses shadow passwords.

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blogSean: Crypto terms 101.

javaJaim 0.4, an open source library Java library that implements the AOL TOC IM protocol.

blogMatt: IE5/Mac CSS Hints.

newsSun to Pursue Billion-Dollar Microsoft Suit.

javaJFaceDbc is a JDBC client application written in Java. The GUI is based on JFace and SWT libraries from the Eclipse Project.

perlJavadoc Search 0.9, a PERL cgi search tool for JavaDoc.

javaWebUtils 1.0.0, a Java toolkit for the development of servlets.

newsBlog to Court: Check Your Facts.

macHexEdit 1.8.5, an utility for viewing & editing files in HEX or ASCII.

tvDistributed TiVo Code Cracking.

Java Community Portal

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newsJudge approves Microsoft settlement.

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newsWeek in review: Access restricted.

blogBrent: Bandwidth friendly. XML-level redirection.

newsThe $399 Gateway PC. 1.8GHz Intel Celeron processor, 40GB hard drive, 128MB RAM, CD burner.

blogRuss: RDF. The Russ Description Framework.

musicThe return of Soft Cell. Tainted Love.

blogKeith: “Neat! I didn't realize Bricolage ran Salon.com.”

windowsMagazine: Microsoft's Weblog Software. Look at the fake box shot. Scary.

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newsAdding SALT to the Mix.

newsStudy: Few small firms use Net fully.

javamyPod 0.1.0, an open source iPod-compatible MP3 manager, released.

javaSalmon LLC releases version 1.2 of The JADE Open Framework.

booksNew Book on Practical J2EE Design and Development. A must read for Ed Roman and his nameless goons.

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blogRuss: New Scrapbook. Who's that crazy man?

blogSimon: File renaming - Java vs. Python.

blogPeter Lewis on technology: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

newsGateway plasma TV to squelch price boom. 42" under $3K, not bad.

macJapan's Growing Mac ‘Mod’ Squad.

newsThe Tablet PC: It Rocks. I'm going to try these babies first hand next week.

javaThe few but proud members of the Jakarta Commons Validator team are pleased to announce the release of Validator 1.0.

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meNow that we know where TMC/TSS's true alliances lie, it seems like it would be the perfect time to revive Russ' idea of a truly open source java portal.

Let me call M$ to see if they want to fund the project.:-P

UserLand Free

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javaFrom black boxes to enterprises: Beans, JMX 1.1 style.

javaJava theory and practice:: Is that your final answer?

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me4 days, 3 plumbers, 2 pipes and 1 hole in the wall. Is what it took for me to finally be able to jump in the shower. <expletive deleted>

newsCDMA to propel wireless Internet market. This one's for Russ.

javaAn open source Embeddable Java HTML Browser pane.

blogDominic: iBATIS JPetStrore 2.0 in the works.

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blogSean has just setup his very first blog.

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javaJSmbGet, an open source SMB browser.

javaDBFree 2.0 alpha, an open source database manipulation tool.

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blogJeff: My plans for world domaination…

javajKiska 0.20 Beta 1, a set of helpful Java utility classes.

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javaJUnitDoclet 1.0.1, an open source organizer for JUnit tests, released.

javaSAND 0.8, an open source development environment for JBoss released.

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blogRuss: Happy Halloween.

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blogRickard: “Several independent sources have now confirmed that The Middleware Company was indeed paid by Microsoft to conduct this report.”

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javaJaxMe 1.50, a binding tool based on SAX2.

javaJObfuscator 1.2, an easy to use Java obfuscator with Ant and IDE integration.

linuxOpenZaurus 3.0, an alternative Linux distribution for the Sharp Zaurus PDAs.

javaJavaExplorer 4.2, an open source platform independent explorer, released.

javaSshtools 0.0.2 alpha, an open source set of SSH2 API & tools.

newsThe New Leader of IBM Explains His Strategic Course.

javaJudoScript: Scripting for Java and Beyond.

javaJava Meetup in San Francisco.

blogNeil: Unity in the Java Community.

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HalloweenI've been UserLand free for a year now. To commemorate I'll be wearing my Dave Winer halloween costume for the rest of day.

I Stink 2!

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[6:08PM]

newsHitachi Introduces Long-Life 20.1-Inch LCD.

javaJeusEx 1.20 beta 1, an open source Java HTTP 1.1/servlet 2.3 compliant server, released.

blogAmphetaDesk v0.93.1 Released.

javaFor Tomcat Developers, Aspire Comes in a JAR.

[04:50PM]

meI just downloaded Phoenix 0.4. I could definitely see myself using it instead of IE. Lean and mean.

[03:36PM]

windowsCygwin 1.3.14-1, a UNIX-like environment for Win32.

javaJasperReports 0.4.3, an open source report-generating library, released.

javaScope, yet another open source MVC Framework.

newsDude, you're getting an iPod

[11:34PM]

meStill waiting for Rotorooter… My kingdom for a shower.

javaJDebugTool 2.2, a shareware graphical Java debugger.

javaJDownload 0.1, an open source download manager, released.

javaStruts: Grace Under Errors.

javaJ2ME devices: Real-world performance.

javaTransparent Window Class.

javaEJBCA 1.4, an open source J2EE Certificate Authority has been released.

javaPassword Masking in Java Technology.

javaThe jena semantic web toolkit, a java API for manipulating RDF models.

javapmd-netbeans 0.2, an open source Java source code analyzer, released.

javaJava Macro Preprocessor jpp_0.1alpha, an open source macro processor, released.

javaJaic Wain 0.1.2, an open source IRC client, released.

booksBook Review: The Book of SAX.

linuxLinux Programming By Example.

newsAn Internet fridge that checks e-mail.

newsBorland to Acquire TogetherSoft.

newsInterview with Bram Moolenaar (of VIM fame) about his new project: A-A-P.

blogChris: Open source diversity.

blogNeil: Converting IE Favorites to HTML.

blogPhillip: Theodore - XUL editor.

blogSimon: Class reloader.

I Stink!

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[01:47PM]

blogRuss got cable today. Aaaahhh, life's simple pleasures.

blogRickard — Coming up: Review of PetStore Revisited. Should be quite interesting. [Update] And here it is. Rickard makes some pretty good points, as usual.

javaQ&A with Sun's Jonathan Schwartz.

javaJCP Embraces Open-Source Licensing.

javaWhitepaper on J2EE Reference Architectures by TMC

macApple Triples Server Market Share. 5,700 units. That's actually surprising.

macComparing Apples and Penguins. Mac OS X vs. Linux.

newsAIM and ICQ to communicate.

newsRealNetworks Releases Source Code.

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meI stink. Our bath tub is clogged. Drano sux. Liquid-Plumr is no better. I haven't been able to take a shower. Rotorooter is supposed to come fix it later on today.

blogKeith: The Unix Programming Environment.

blogCarlos: EJB the Beginning of the End?

blogDavid: Java's advantages and Java licensing changes.

javaSimplify XML file processing with the Jakarta Commons Digester.

javaJDBC Connector Component 1.0 Early Access available.

javaJSwat Java Debugger 1.7, a JPDA based graphical Java debugger.

javaJPedal, the Java PDF Extraction Decoding Access Library.

javaJadClipse, Jad Java decompiler plugin for Eclipse.

javaHappy Hands Java Code Transcriber which allows one to write code by speaking instead of typing.

javaOracle Unveils JDeveloper 9.0.3.

javajDictionary 1.8.

javaGLUE already meets or beats the performance of .NET web services.”

newsLegal traps in open source down under.

newsDell says PDA coming soon.

linuxReview: Red Hat 8.0 Professional.

macLimeWire X 2.7.3.

windowsMac OS X on an x86. Well, sorta.

macThe best Switch Ad yet.

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!
— Will Rogers

Scrapbook

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Say No!

meAs Russ mentioned, I've been working on improving his nifty little Scrapbook. The end result can be seen here.

Russ has a cold. I can vouch for his European viruses theory. When I was in France I used to get sick all the time. It all stopped when I moved to the US.

I must be crazy wanting to move back to Europe.

javaMock Objects 0.07 released.

javaJava XML View 0.1 released.

javaJava MSN Messenger Library 0.3 released.

macRSSiCal 0.7.3 converts RSS feeds to calendars.

macApple Peel: Carbon vs. Cocoa Revisited.

booksBook Review: Java 3D Programming.

booksBook Review: Perl in a Nutshell.

javaJRuby 1.6/0.5.3 beta. A Ruby interpreter written in Java.

blogWhen the Spam Hits the Blogs. They will soon grab email addresses from feeds. You can bet on it.

newsNew PDA: Palm Tungsten-T. A little pricey.

javaJ2ME Gets Personal.

blogJames: Reading source code.

newsSun joins WS-I.

Weekend Update

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blogRob's world: “Normally I don't point to optical illusion stuff, but this one is worth it.”

newsBlog site back up after hack attack.

blogShareMe: New JDeveloper from Oracle.

javaRelease Candidates of Jakarta Turbine 2.2 and Torque 3.0 are available for download.

macSample Code: JavaSpellingFramework for Mac OS X.

javaJMake 1.1.0 has been released.

javaChord 4.0 beta2 released.

javaJava Based Graphical Interface to Samba version 1.1.3 has been released.

javaIBM alphaWorks' Logging Toolkit for Java has been updated.