Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

[@632] Webcasts In the last couple days I watched both Steve Jobs and Jonathan Schwartz keynotes. I like Steve, he's a good speaker. On the other hand, Johna…

[@557] WWDC As Frank and Russ mentioned, Apple is at it again. How ironic that during the week Apple pledges support to developers, it blatantly chooses to b…

[@961] Eye on performance: Exceptions to exceptions. Daniel — Exception costs. Java 1.5 In Action. This example code produces a word-frequency table from sta…

[@181] Content feeds with RSS 2.0. This article reviews RSS 2.0, looks at new RSS developments, and jump-starts your understanding of this important format….

[@161] 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 e…

[@067] Made it! 35mph on the freeway which was fine by me since I was stuck in 4WD most of the way. [@024] I'm going to try to make my way down to Vicki. She…