Gotta get back to this article. My PC is so loud I can’t think sometimes.

When he described his approach in an earlier article, I was hesitant to give it much thought, but in this second article in his series, Daniel Steinberg’s ideas look like a fun way to learn.

In a similar news tidbit, Version 1.2.2 of the BlueJ Java IDE designed for teaching has been released.

Not related, but fun to read, Sam Ruby posts Type Safety, in a Loosely Coupled World.

New links under More Philly. New links in Feeling, Thinking, Believing. Emacs Notes and CVS Notes give you a good idea how my personal development environment is set up. Java Notes now tries to guide you thru Java’s acronym maze so that you can download what you need.

I still own the PhillyStories.com domain name, and I’ve grown tired of this one. What should I do? I should add that I’m not planning to change the tone or focus (or lack thereof) of the site.

Sun had an opportunity to influence technology directions at Microsoft. They might have ended up with substantial leverage, even if they had less control over the direction of Java. Instead, they have guaranteed that Microsoft will apply its considerable resources to a technology Sun cannot control. If I am right, and .NET does end up “conquering the world” as it grows into a cross-platform unification technology, Sun’s lack of flexibility might be considered a strategic error on par with IBM’s decision to sign a non-exclusive agreement with a certain unknown software company in Washington state.

Read the rest at ZDNet.

ibiblio is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. Ibiblio hosts a collection of websites that can show you just what the medium is capable of. Whether it be the WebMuseum, Project Gutenberg, Cafe au Lait, HyperWar, Bawdy Ballads, Roger McGuinn’s Folk Den, The Open Book Project, especially How to think like a computer scientist… I know I’ve visited an Ibiblio site at least once a week over the past five years. Check it out.

My offline life has squeezed the time I have for my online one. Apologies for the slower velocity posting or communicating via e-mail.

Burningbird’s The Parable of Languages is a must read and see.

According to Yahoo (well Reuters), Tech Job Losses are Slowing. 400,000 in two years. Wow.

Happy Birthday MT.

Lots of useful helper classes here.