Saint Obama?

Our First Car

On Bugs-Ridden Software...

Release 2 is out!

Codename: Magdalena (not final though)
Sex: Female
Weight: 4300g
Height: ~57cm
Release time: 2008-12-02 13:30

google.ua has been squaterred

It looks somebody could pass the TM check for Google in Ukraine. The check is required by current domain administration rules.

See the contents of registration records:
https://hostmaster.net.ua/?domadv&domainname=google&ua_public_domains=ua

Visit the dating site behind the domain

Road to (Investbank) Hell

What an irony - anti-Google ad from Google Ads

Another step to Fascist America

The DHS/TSA officials may detain for a "reasonable period of time" ANY electronic device capable of storing information in either analog or digital form.

See the original article.

Is it another step to Fascist America?

Funny error message while installing Windows XP SP 3

That's an error message I've got while trying to install Windows XP
Service Pack 3 on my Asus Eee PC.

It says: Your computer must be on AC power in order to install this update.

JavaOne 2008 slides available online

JavaOne 2008 slides

There are more goodies available:

• JavaOne Hands-On Labs materials
• Sun Tech Days Hands-On Labs materials
  

Check the last year page for even more interesting things to download!

Pictures from Sun Tech Days 2008

Asking questions on Swing Application Framework.


Answering questions on Spring, Hibernate, and NetBeans.

Moving to Linux - two years later... already moved!

To make a long story short - I've moved to Kubuntu 7.10 entirely. Linux is the primary OS on my home PC for 3 months already.

And it has tools for backing up the contact list of my phone!

The Indian Way

The real power of open source

I have a couple of open source projects to run but I had not spent too much time on them this year. And nobody noticed - until today. This guy spent a couple of hours bringing one of my projects to the NetBeans 6.0.

Wow, that is the real power of open source! Thank you, Ramon.

I've got the best present for the year that ends!

If the problem cannot be solved...

Steve Chase, president of Intel Russia, believes global leaders are increasingly turning to Russia with the most complex problems: “The policy we have at Intel is simple. If we can, we commit difficult problems to engineers in the USA. If the task is very labor-intensive, we assign it to the Indian specialists. If the problem cannot be solved, we offer it to the Russians.”

Skills, Local Growth Shift IT - Russian IT Sector Experiencing Upturn

Made in Canada - 100% unknown fiber

The Extinction of Programmers?

Hans-Eric's The Extinction of Programmers revived the programmer's folklore:

Dev: I need a database!
PC: Here it is.
... 3 days passed ...
Dev: BUT I WANT IT TO BE WORKING!!!
PC: ???

In support of Java 6 for Mac OS X

13949712720901ForOSX

Apple: We can speak about the weather :-)

One would have two guys on stage: Apple and Linux/Unix.


Linux: Hi Apple!

Apple: Hi Linux!

Linux: Nice day isn't it?

Apple: Can't tell, I am under NDA.

Linux: But you can see the Sun is shining.

Apple: Shht. That's a secret. I have been told not to speak about this.

Linux: Talk about the weather?

Apple: Weather? What weather?

Linux, pointing to the sky, with a puzzled look...

Apple: You know Linux, why don't you sign this paper and we'll be able to talk about this.

Linux: (reads the paper) I commit not to speak about open things, and do everything in secret?

Apple: then you'll be part of our club.

Linux: And what advantage do I get?

Apple: Things are easier inside this club!

Linux: How?

Apple: We can speak about the weather :-)

Taken from this message. Thanks Henry.

What's new in Leopard from Java developer's PoV

Apple is going to release another cat - Leopard, aka Mac OS X 10.5 - to the wild tomorrow. Are there any news for Java developers?

According to some sources we will see good old Java 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 with latter as default. There is no sign of the latest Java 6 while almost a year passed since its release for other platforms.

It would be interesting to know what happened to "The ultimate platform for developing and deploying cross-platform Java applications" promise?

PS: Was it the reason James Gosling gave up on Mac OS X in favor of Solaris?