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.
“History” here usually refers to Ben Franklin and the Liberty Bell, but in recent weeks, two artifacts of the 1970s have resurfaced. Ira Einhorn, the iconoclast who was on the run for 16 years, is finally on trial for the murder of his ’70s girlfriend. Across town, the strident antigovernment group MOVE has thrown up new barricades in a fresh dispute with the criminal justice system. The combination has sent Philadelphians into a wistful, sometimes painful, spate of memory in a place often struggling to break free of its past.
Read the rest in the CSMonitor.
Stu Bykofsky echos my thoughts – Ed is in trouble because the polls are too good. Sounds crazy – but that’s Philly for ya – Please vote!
The Daily News hails the new Phila.gov website.
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.
$20 million dollars. That’s what been spent, in your money, to develop Eight and Market St. What has it bought? A big hole in the ground. Hank Thomas, director the of the Park at 8th and Market Organization, has a way to end the madness.
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.
Scary, scary, quote. Thanks Garret.
The Age appears to have the best coverage on Bali. This article, in particular, makes alot of sense.
I can’t argue with The Age’s observation that the US press ignores Australia’s pain either.
Our thoughts are with you.
Check out the great things afoot at Mark’s site. Keepin’ my fingers crossed for yas 🙂
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.