Last week I decided to switch my landline to Verizon's VoiceWing VoIP service. Since I already use Verizon for DSL and phone, I figured it would be a smooth transition, and it was. The service was activated immediately; my phone number was ported in a few days, and we've really been enjoying it for a couple days. Except that this morning I received an email indicating my service had been suspended. I called them right away and was told they could not provide E-911 service at my location. Why they allowed me to switch to VoiceWing in the first place is still a big mystery. So here I am, left with no phone. The landline has already been deactivated. I'm so glad I use Skype as my business number. I just switched to Vonage, unfortunately it'll take 20 days or so for my phone number to transfer, but they are able to provide me with E-911. Go figure.

You've gotta admire a 29 years old who said no to Just for Men.

America got it right, once again. I'm joining the Soul Patrol.

Morning stroll in our parking lot…

Using Runtime.getRuntime().exec() to launch an application is pretty straight forward, except when you're trying to start an application whose name contains one or more spaces.

Under Windows, you need to quote the application name:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("\"My Appliaction.exe\"");

Under Mac OS X, you need to call open:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"open", "My Application.app"});

Under Linux? I'm not sure. So far I haven't figured it out.

Cédric has written a nice piece, titled Open sourcing Java: nobody cares. I agree wholeheartedly, easy licensing is much more important than open sourcing at this point. Sun is making some progress on the licensing front, the new DLJ is a definite step forward.

Jonathan announced that Sun wants to open source Java, but there're not sure how. Looks like another one of my predictions is coming true.

Erik's Pulse has been published.