Macworld Day 2

Jan 7, 2004

8 min read

Sorry for the lack of update this afternoon. We returned to Vicki's sister house only to find out that the power was out.

We immediately had to take emergency measures to ensure the well-being of her various fish tanks.
We brought the dogs back with us for the night, but might take them back and sleep over if the power is restored later on tonight.

J2SE 1.5 Available for Review Until January 20. The Community Review Draft Specification for JSR-176 J2SE 1.5 (Tiger) Release Contents is now available for Review.

The Effective Use of Joins in Select Statements. This article examines syntax, surprises, and rules of thumb for the use of joins.

Apples and Oranges (and the Java Units Specification). The Java Units Specification allows developers to create systems of units and to define conversion and representation rules in Java. JSR 108.

Matt — No Boundaries Or Rules.

Matthew — Investing in Open Source companies.

Russ — A Year as a Series 60 Owner.

Jim — SPOT or Unsightly Rash?

Diego — Handset prices in Ireland.

Kevin — My Favorite Songs of 2003.

Michael— Things that could be different - Part 1: Exceptions.

John — Learning To K.I.S.S.

Sam — Standalone Java programs on Unix systems.

Simon — Reaping the benefits of RSS.

Yahoo adding an aggregator to My Yahoo? [via Mark]

Jeremy — Justification for spending too much money on a home.

Cedric — Spam, spam, spam.

Rui — Quick Links.

PMD 1.4 scans Java source code and looks for potential problems.

JavaLayer 0.4. MP3 decoder library for J2ME/CDC platform.

Gates to show PC-TV connection during his CES keynote address.

Western Digital Introduces Revolutionary Drive. Western Digital has introduced plug-in hard drive that reads eight memory card types.

Mike — The $7 Micropayment Shopping Spree.

Socket Communications Intros Wireless Bluetooth Modem.

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Daniel — The time for Java 3.

Internet Archive Opens Wayback Code Under LGPL. Heritrix is the Internet Archive's open-source web crawler project.

Guillaume — Groovy Logo Contest.

Andrew — Good Customer service and HORRIBLE customer service.

Analysts expect GarageBand to benefit Mac sales. "GarageBand might even have more long-term effect on Apple's sales [than the new iPod mini]…"

iRiver's new 40GB MP3 player. The iHP-140 supports: Ogg Vorbis, SRS, line-in for voice memos, USB 2, digital/analog in/outputs, remote control with LCD, built-in FM tuner and a text file reader.

Study: Wi-Fi weaving its way into homes.

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Charles — How to Tell Javablogs When You've Updated and Util Madness.

Dave — Wireless Audio Getting Somewhere.

Keith — Hyperthreading.

DrPython 2.0.0, a cross-platform IDE for Python.

Ben — More MacWorld.

Macworld: FrogPad's one-handed Bluetooth keyboard.

Jeremy — box: source code available.

Matt — Hacked (Again).

Apple, Garageband.com agree to share name. An agreement has been signed.

Simon — Getting Windows version information in Python.

Rui — DSC-F828. Sony new digicam with 8MP CCD.

AMD Shipping 64-Bit Athlon for Notebooks. Apple better get the PowerBook G5s ready asap.

Commentary: Ten tips for killer Web services. Best and worst practices of early adopters.

Jim — Mini iPod - is it a good idea?

Brian — Things I Wish I Had Time to Code in 2004.

Ryan — Started work on my Tivo-like MythTV on RedHat 9.

Sebastiano — On my bookshelf: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture.

Ximian software gets SuSE support. Novell is integrating its two major Linux acquisitions, SuSE Linux and Ximian, in a move to bring enterprises back on board.