Lots of useful helper classes here.

I made some edits to Installing Emacs. It’s always fun to find someone who sets up their machine just like your own. Check out how Mark Pilgrim sets up his Windows environment. Take a second look at my “Installing Emacs” piece afterwards. I didn’t layout my entire environment there, but if I did, it would match Mark’s except for a few directory names.

For some reason I feel a whole lot more productive putting together a page like this then blogging.

Whether it be personal, political, or musical, Mark’s firing on all cylinders the past few days.

I wrote this for reference reasons, but you may find it useful, especially if you are a Windows user with little experience.

Feel free to leave me critiques. It would be nice to have a good document there for newbies.

This course’s site at Bradley Kjell, Central Connecticut State University, looks like a great tutorial.

With an increasing array of APIs, components, and containers being included in Java applications these days, the ability to accurately and consistently identify the version of software products and components can go a long way towards preventing wasted effort, confusion, and headaches. This article introduces the Java Product Versioning Specification and functionality built into the Java platform designed to support the evolution of software products and components in a simple, standardized manner.

Read the rest in JavaWorld.

Read the specification at Sun.

AS INTEREST IN open-source databases builds, data management veterans IBM and Microsoft argue that alternative open-source databases such as MySQL lack the strength and functionality for enterprise deployment.

Interesting InfoWorld article. You know you’re making waves when the big guys try and put you down.

A must read piece from Ray Ozzie.

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