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Monthly Archives: June 2003
IBM developerWorks articles on Wireless Java
JavaOne 2003: Wireless bonanza for developers Wireless on the move Wireless sugar water? Java wireless resources Guess who is going to invest in getting a Nokia 3650? It’s FREE from Amazon! Until the 30th!
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Luminaries Debate Issues, Opportunities (with Java)
A good read over at JavaPro magazine. via
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Learning Music Theory With Java
A few links to check out later: teoria’s applets Music Theory Environment jMusic Big Ears Ear trainer Rob Whelan’s applets
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Hopefully it’s oversight
And not a case of routing around. There are tensions between the preexisting weblog java community and the new one springing up at java.net. Both are looking for the major webloggers (the so-called ‘A-list’) for recognition and linkage. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Run Linux From A CD
I’ve installed and ran Linux for a few years now, but if you need of a simple way to learn Linux Knoppix sounds like it.
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Important show for The Phoenix Trap tomorrow night
They wil be playing at The Hard Rock Cafe to compete for an opening slot at Rolling Rock’s Town Fair IV. Update: It was a great show. The crowd was enjoying themselves, I even saw a 5 year old girl … Continue reading
The J2ME Archive
Sun Java evangelist, Bill Day’s listing of all things J2ME. One for the bookmarks
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A great new weblog
A few months ago I complained that there were no weblogs that gave you political points of view across the spectrum. Almost all weblogs have a bias to the left, right, or somewhere in between, and rarely, with a few … Continue reading
Grading the Philadelphia Experiment
Schoolkids aren’t the only ones in Philadelphia praying for a good report card this month. Last fall, with most of the city’s students testing well below state averages in reading and math, Philadelphia’s assertive new schools chief, Paul Vallas, handed … Continue reading
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How to Survive
Carlos E. Perez: How to Survive IT Deflation. Makes some great points.
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