Monthly Archives: July 2003

Philly Political Opinion Weblogs

Posted on July 21, 2003 by Karl

These Philadelphia based webloggers are some of the very best and deserve your attention: The Pennsylvania Gazette Slacktivist The Rittenhouse Review Eschaton Scrappleface Speaking of weblogs… Livejournal users are taking over the Technorati Top 100. Contrast that to what Shelley … Continue reading →

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“… my voice was on hold for 30 years.”

Posted on July 15, 2003 by Karl

Philadelphia Inquirer: Howard Tate: He was lost, but now is found: An inspirational piece on a 60s blues musician who lost it all and is finding redemption. A must read. It’s a missed opportunity that there aren’t links to purchase … Continue reading →

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Using the Logging API

Posted on July 15, 2003 by Karl

Builder.com: Customize error logging with the Logging API: An intro to the 1.4 SDK provided Logging API.

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jEdit in JavaWorld

Posted on July 15, 2003 by Karl

A great overview of jEdit and some of its more popular plugins. Speaking of IDE’s, Martin Perez shares some Eclipse resources.

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Do What You Love

Posted on July 15, 2003 by Karl

In 1960, a researcher interviewed 1500 business-school students and classified them in two categories: those who were in it for the money ? 1245 of them ? and those who were going to use the degree to do something they … Continue reading →

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Creating Email Templates with XML

Posted on July 11, 2003 by Karl

Rafe Colburn at OnJava: One feature that seems to eventually creep into every web application is the ability to send email. Generally, it’s a very specific kind of email, like a password reminder, welcome message, order confirmation, or receipt. Despite … Continue reading →

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This is the future of online newspapers

Posted on July 10, 2003 by Karl

Kieren McCarthy at The Register: The end of universal free news content has finally come: The Guardian yesterday announced that it was going to start charging for online services, making it the last UK broadsheet newspaper to install a paid-for … Continue reading →

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JavaGnome

Posted on July 9, 2003 by Karl

Did you know about the JavaGnome project: “a set of Java bindings for the GNOME and GTK libraries that allow GNOME and GTK applications to be written in Java. The project consists of two libraries: java-gtk, a GTK-only binding, and … Continue reading →

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The EWD archive and Jeremy

Posted on July 9, 2003 by Karl

Salon: GOTO considered joyful: “On his proto-blog archive, the words and spirit of the late computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra live on, inspiring new generations of geeks.” Direct link to the archive: In Pursuit of Simplicity. On the 7th ericalynn posted … Continue reading →

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Are Rich Clients Taking Off or Tanking?

Posted on July 7, 2003 by Karl

An email discussion between O’Reilly editors focusing on Java and Flash on the desktop. Here goes a similar discussion thread at ActionScript.com. Bruce Eckel covers the Java vs. .NET question. Related: Jeff Jarvis has the big scoop on AOL’s upcoming … Continue reading →

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