Travels, Conferences and Vacation
This will be my last blog entry for quite a while. I am leaving for China where I will stay for one month and I have no idea of what I'm gonna do there, but I'm sure it's gonna be a hell lot of fun. I'll be back early September to go attend JavaZone in [...]
NetBeans Mobility Pack Rocks!
I programmed many different devices over the past 10 years. I particularily remember doing some J2ME work on a Palm IIIe and a Nokia 3510 (or something like that) about six years ago. I recently swapped my old cell phone, a Sony Ericsson T610, for a brand new Sony Ericsson W810i. Since I needed two [...]
Exciting Improvements In Mustang's OpenGL Pipeline
Chris says it all! The Java2D OpenGL pipeline has known great improvements in Mustang b92. It fixes some of the bugs that made me cry a lot when developing Aerith (for instance the LCD and fbobject bugs.)
Yet Another Cool Swing Application
I just spotted a cool-looking Swing application in a message of the SwingLabs mailing list. It's an applicaton by a company called NEXVU and I definitely like the overall look and feel. I urge you to take a look for yourself. Apparently they created a brand new look and feel of their own and there [...]
Delicious Library Gambler's Sale
Delicious Monster's Delicious Library is currently available for $20. The catch is there are a limited number of licenses. If you want to experience one of the best applications I have used, here is your chance. Not all of you will need it but if, like me, you own hundreds and hundreds of books (or [...]
Is Java SE becoming too much like Java EE?
Ever since Sun announced the inclusion of Java DB, known in the wild as Derby, in the JDK of the Java SE platform, there have been many complaints about it. A recent blog entry (funny URL by the way :) by Simon Morris caught my attention. I understand why one would complain about bloating the [...]
Java can do media!
One of the complains I hear a lot about Desktop Java is the lack of media oriented applications. Well, you should definitely check out IONdb, a nifty desktop media aggregator. It handles music, podcasts, video streams, etc. It has much more to it, notably some nice UI features. The GUI still needs some work but [...]
JavaOne Presentations with Audio and Slides
Sun has finally put together the online versions of JavaOne 2006 presentations. With your SDN login (free registration) you can watch all the presentations and get the audio track recorded at JavaOne. For those of you who were in Paris at the JavaDay 2006, you will be interested in my two sessions, Filthy Rich Clients [...]
