I’m going to need to check this out: Java PathFinder at Sourceforge. You can check out other NASA open source projects here. via Slashdot.
Have you seen BlogBridge?
Not only is BlogBridge a nice desktop RSS reader, but it has a server component to it that allows you to synchronize across machines. The desktop/server combo offers some interesting possibilities for the future. BlogBridge – home is also a nice example of a good looking and fast Swing app.
SWT Happens
A user a Hacknot, “a forum for the discussion of issues facing software developers who strive for a quality result” has posted a lengthy and interesting piece criticizing SWT and warning against its use.
ClientJava has posted links to two rebuttals so far.
The IBM/Eclipse vs Sun/Netbeans mindshare war rages on.
Build a better TiVo with an old PC
MakeZine.com: Free TiVo: Build a Better DVR out of an Old PC.
Looks like fun.
Christian Science Monitor the “bloggiest newspaper”?
According to Ethan Zuckerman blogs link disportionately to the CSMonitor – over and above the NYTimes and Washington Post.
John Edwards 2.0
…Considering how the election turned out, asked a young man describing himself as a former Howard Dean volunteer, what have you learned?
Edwards has heard this question before. In typical Edwards style, he already has a standard answer for it. “The American people want strength, conviction and a core set of beliefs that you will fight for,” replied the former senator, presidential candidate and vice-presidential nominee. Discussing “how to maneuver our way through the political landscape,” he added, is a fool’s errand. “How about if the Democratic Party actually stands for the values the Democratic Party has always stood for?” asked Edwards. “We shouldn’t change what we believe and what we stand for because of one election or even two elections.”
…One nagging question remains: What, exactly, do the Democrats stand for?
…It is also the question John Edwards has taken up more directly than any other potential 2008 presidential candidate. “We stand for work and opportunity,” Edwards said earlier this year. At times he has talked of creating an “opportunity society.” At Harvard he spoke of allowing all Americans “the dignity and honor in hard work.” The precise formula is a work in progress, but Edwards envisions a campaign in which the Democrats do not merely list good policy ideas, but emphasize the moral foundations of social justice, and depict the party’s ideas as representing the essential American values.
SitePoint has some nice tutorials
“terrorist incidents more than tripled last year”
WashingtonPost: U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism.
Questions you might get asked on an interview for a Java developer position
Just for reference: Java Interview Questions.