Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

[@389] Olympics We've been watching the Olympics, off and on. Just as it did last time, NBC's coverage sucks. I'm so tired of watching an event where the US…

[@837] java.not Russ and I started a project on java.net a week ago. We're still waiting for approval. How long does it take? It's not like they are swarming…

[@000] Refactorit 2.0 RC1 (build 1.9.11), SuperWaba 4.2 VM for Palm OS, WindowsCE/PocketPC, Win32 and Memory Interceptor Library. Rick — Visual Fabrique: The…

[@158] Vicki just emailed me this: Because of Valentine's Day, Victoria's Secret is having something called the "Janet Jackson lingerie sale: all bras half o…

[@701] Filippo — Open Source Issue Tracker. Karl-Martin — Links… and More links…. Bob — Exception Handling in Web Applications and Moving to java.net…….

[@121] Rael — Best iPod/car mind-meld evar. Kevin — What I tested wasn't really a mock. Matt — The Verge Web Framework. Mike — Open Source FUD - The Verge Fr…