dammit….

I have been a Java developer for nearly 8 years now… Why in the HELL have I never heard this before???
The classes that Sun includes with the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, fall into package groups java., javax., org. and sun.. All but the sun. packages are a standard part of the Java platform and [...]

September 24, 2008 | Filed Under Programming, Rants - Read more...

Dr. Strangebird

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Penguin.
Despite the resemblance in title, this isn’t a post talking about movies from eccentric directors. Although I do think there is a notable lack of movies about flightless waterfowl with a nuclear obsession. Perhaps I’ll talk about that next week.
Java development on Microsoft Windows is [...]

June 5, 2008 | Filed Under Linux, Programming, Technology - Read more...

Info-Blast: 5/22/2008

Blogging for me has become all about tangents; off-the-cuff topics that come to mind at the spur of the moment. While I ramble on about things concerning programming, art, or whatever else, other things going on in my life are given short shrift. To that end, I’m creating info-blasts.
These are nothing more than [...]

May 22, 2008 | Filed Under Info-Blast - Read more...

Development Nirvana

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I’ve have never had what I would call a healthy relationship with the Eclipse IDE. For the last several years it’s maintained a profound dislike for me. Every attempt I’ve ever made to use it always resulted in frustration (and IDE crashes), usually resulting in my reversion back to IntelliJ as [...]

May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Programming - Read more...

State of Flux

For a few months now I’ve been hovering around the idea of buying a new replacement tablet for my old Wacom that died a while back. I’ve lamented, I’ve hemmed and hawed, and numerous times I’ve had to stop myself from breaking down and buying the Cintiq 12WX (which clocks in right at a [...]

April 14, 2008 | Filed Under Programming, Technology - Read more...