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Pain in the neck I've had a stiff neck for the last few days. I tried to sleep it off, but it's still quite painful. Tylenol 8-Hour seems to help a bit. Java 5.0 I'm now running this blog, my linkblog and mobibot under Java 5. So far, so good.

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Hire Russ Russ is looking for a job. Hire him, will ya? Have him conceptualize the next killer mobile app for your company, and send him around the world to promote it. You can't lose.

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7610

Charlie was nice enough to send me a Nokia 7610 to play with. I received it late last week. Very nice phone. I'll post a detailed review soon.

Java Web Start 5.0

I'm having problems with most Java Web Start applications under Java 5.0. I keep on getting the following:

Does anybody know of a way to fix that problem? I've looked around to no avail. Please let me know.

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Language Barrier Yesterday night, I spent an hour on a conference call with a contact at NEC Japan. For some reason I was expecting to talk to someone with a good command of the English language. I must have been living here too long. It is amazing what you can accomplish with a few basic words (and email), even when dealing with fairly technical issues. Mariners Vicki's brother scored a couple tickets for a Mariners game this Saturday. He will not be able to go, so we're going. I haven't been to a baseball game in over 10 years. Last time was at Candlestick Park for a Giants game. We've never been inside Safco Field either. Kind of exciting…

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Redneck Olympics

• Doves released during opening ceremonies are promptly shot by the crowd and sold as concession snacks.
• In an amazing coincidence, every proposed Olympic venue turns out to be owned by the Governor.
• The big event is the 100m Sisterchase.
• Instead of shooting at boring targets, archers take aim at muskrats and ATF agents.
• Urine drug test transformed into "Distance Pissin Competition."
• Olympic Village replaced with Olympic Trailer Park.
• Awards of gold, silver and bronze medals replaced by award of gold, silver, and bronze teeth.
• Opening Ceremony is a Skynyrd tape and a trunk full of bottle rockets.
• Hometown favorites falter in gymnastics competitions due to all them extra toes.
• Two words: Billy Bobsledding.

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The Olympics: By The Numbers

• Number of events: 271
• Number of events left once you eliminate all the mutant sports like synchronized kayaking: Maybe 6
• TV audience: (counting everybody on earth 7 times) 35 billion
• Number of molecules in a single grain of salt: 470 trillion
• Number of times the average American will see an Olympic-related TV commercial that will attempt to equate an activity such as pole vault with an activity such as shrinking swollen hemorrhoidal tissue: 2,537
• Total number of people who will come to Greece this summer: 17 million
• Total available parking spaces: 4

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Mobilezed

I just created a mobile version of my Linkblog.

Nothing too fancy. I tried to keep it as simple as I could. Thanks to Jim and Russ for the assistance.