April and May are shaping up to be the most hectic months my wife and I have seen in years. We’re expecting kid number two this summer, work is hectic, and our landlord just told us he’s selling the house. Moving and nesting will be all I can do. One thing I loved about my ...
Sun Microsystem's Java technology brings with it three distinct types of portability. Each is independent of the others, but the combination of the three provides Java with much of its power and promise. This article discusses the three types of portabil
Thanks first and foremost to Brett for his enthusiasm, and for working overtime and pulling this book together so quickly. Thanks also to Mike Loukides for supporting the endeavor, and to Deb Cameron, my editor forJava in a Nutshell, for allowing me the time to work on it. GetJava 5.0 ...
and was also collecting Blue Jays. And, since all kids need to choose a favourite player, mine was George Bell. The choice was based on a mix of statistics (he was American League MVP in 1987), randomness (his sticker was one of my first), and which player’s picture...
TV. My Rubik’s Cubes made too much noise, and crochet seemed like it would fit the bill. Shortly after I got started, two of my friends were both extolling the virtues of knitting, so I decided to give that a try, too. One of those friends documents all of his work atKnitting ...
No one in his right mind is going to switch to Kroger. Why all of the analysts assume that Keurig users are all of a sudden going to switch to low-end store brands because they may be a bit cheaper, is beyond me. Ask my wife if she'll switch to Kroger from what she drinks. ...
Discover feature thatChris Johnsonand his team built—I found tons of new music that way, and I’m going to keep listening to what it gives me every week this year. It’s fun to see personalized recommendations working so well, providing novel and good stuff and benefitting from it my...
He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve...
have already enshrined," Jazz owner Larry Miller said in January when he announced the date of the ceremony. "In addition to his excellence on the court, Karl and his wife Kay also made great contributions to this community with their time and financial commitments to many worthy organizations...
.NET and XML service technologies, focusing on Java-.NET interoperability. He has written several widely-recognized books in both the Java and .NET space, including the recently-released "Effective Enterprise Java". He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, two cats, and eigh...