Just dumping these here now for lack of a better place to store them. Lame, huh?
ADC Java Section
OS X at java.net
Apple's Java Docs
Introduction to Java Property, VM Option, and Info.plist key reference for OS X
Make Your Swing App Go Native, Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
JGoodies
Quaqua
05 July 2006
13 June 2006
02 June 2006
RFK Jr. Report: 2004 Election Stolen
The conclusion of the article is probably old news for most of us - at least those of us with an IQ higher than that of a dust mite - but in an article for Rolling Stone Magazine, Robert F. Kennedy presents overwhelming and compelling citation and reference for the fact that the 2004 election was manipulated on a massive national scale by the Repugnican Party.
27 April 2006
Job interview prep
I've got an interview tomorrow for a 3-6 month contract doing middle-tier J2EE stuff. Nervous as hell, but that's typical for me - no matter how long I've been playing the game, no matter how many interviews I've done, and no matter what kind of feedback I get (almost unanimously overwhelmingly positive, apparently I interview very well) I still get super anxious.
I try to get as much information as I can ahead of time. In this case I've already gone through the initial phone screen with the hiring manager, so I know what products they're using, what they're trying to accomplish, and where the team fits in with the company. I've spent the past 3 days or so doing little but skimming through as much as I can on the various bits I expect to need to know for the position. Strong unix (AIX and linux specifically - very strong linux here, very moderate AIX, but I've been a unix guy for 18 years straight anyway), strong java, middleware (the ejb/dbms/tx bit of J2EE, no real need for servlets, JSP, etc), some perl. They're a very large IBM shop, with WebSphere and Eclipse in heavy use. I don't particularly care for WebSphere, and very strongly dislike Eclipse, but I'm not expecting to walk into an IntelliJ shop either.
They're still on j2ee 1.3, which has posed a bit of an issue for me. Sun's RI won't run in a 1.5 JDK, evidently - I've tried in both Mac OS X and Windows XP (my linux box is tied up) - and startup fails while looking for some com.sun.corba.* libraries in both cases.
Back to pouring over j2ee 1.3 specs...
I try to get as much information as I can ahead of time. In this case I've already gone through the initial phone screen with the hiring manager, so I know what products they're using, what they're trying to accomplish, and where the team fits in with the company. I've spent the past 3 days or so doing little but skimming through as much as I can on the various bits I expect to need to know for the position. Strong unix (AIX and linux specifically - very strong linux here, very moderate AIX, but I've been a unix guy for 18 years straight anyway), strong java, middleware (the ejb/dbms/tx bit of J2EE, no real need for servlets, JSP, etc), some perl. They're a very large IBM shop, with WebSphere and Eclipse in heavy use. I don't particularly care for WebSphere, and very strongly dislike Eclipse, but I'm not expecting to walk into an IntelliJ shop either.
They're still on j2ee 1.3, which has posed a bit of an issue for me. Sun's RI won't run in a 1.5 JDK, evidently - I've tried in both Mac OS X and Windows XP (my linux box is tied up) - and startup fails while looking for some com.sun.corba.* libraries in both cases.
Back to pouring over j2ee 1.3 specs...
FUCK WINDOWS
Any system in which an application running in userspace can take the operating system down is not to be taken seriously.
It is a TOY.
It is a TOY.
05 April 2006
Unethical spamming headhunters - your time has come.
Between May 2001 and February 2005, the depth of the most recent technology industry collapse, I worked sporadically at best. I sent my résumé to no less than 50 potential openings each week. For the first 6 months or so, I was sending it out at a rate of 50-100 per day. Throughout that period, I was lucky to even get one reply per month.
Now that the industry is turning around again, the slimy fuckers are coming out of the woodwork. I receive no less than 15 unsolicited emails per day from headhunters that clearly have not even read my résumé or profile information.
I have resolved to boycott any agencies that send "opportunities" to me that have clearly not even glanced at my CV. I'm in the process of compiling a list which I will probably initially post here. However, I would prefer not to do anything to increase search engine ranking for these unethical dirtbags, so posting here might be out of the question. Maybe just drop it somewhere with a robots.txt directive, or maybe as an image. Who knows, it might become a useful app if it looks like other people will want to submit entries as well. I'm wary of doing that though... the potential for abuse is high.
Now that the industry is turning around again, the slimy fuckers are coming out of the woodwork. I receive no less than 15 unsolicited emails per day from headhunters that clearly have not even read my résumé or profile information.
I have resolved to boycott any agencies that send "opportunities" to me that have clearly not even glanced at my CV. I'm in the process of compiling a list which I will probably initially post here. However, I would prefer not to do anything to increase search engine ranking for these unethical dirtbags, so posting here might be out of the question. Maybe just drop it somewhere with a robots.txt directive, or maybe as an image. Who knows, it might become a useful app if it looks like other people will want to submit entries as well. I'm wary of doing that though... the potential for abuse is high.
04 April 2006
31 March 2006
what next, really?
My younger brother has been staying with me for a month or so, having had a rough stretch of luck brought on by what some might term as questionable decisions recently.
This morning he woke up lightheaded and with chest pain; he thought he had bronchitis, and wanted to be seen by a doctor and hopefully get some antibiotics going. I brought him to the emergency room where they brought him in for treage ahead of people with visible injuries.
After they took him in, I waited outside in my car; far more comfortable than the waiting room chairs. After 2 hours of waiting and my anxiety creeping upward a bit, he came outside in a hospital gown and told me that an EKG had shown "abnormal" results and that they wanted to perform some more tests.
I left him with my cell phone and drove home, now wondering if my 35 year old brother has suffered a mild heart attack.
Update: bronchitis. Evidently, he has an unusual heartbeat rhythm that prompted all sorts of curiosity and worry with the doctors. They beat the shit out of him with stress tests - treadmill to the point of exhaustion, essentially - and his heart is strong and healthy.
*sigh*
This morning he woke up lightheaded and with chest pain; he thought he had bronchitis, and wanted to be seen by a doctor and hopefully get some antibiotics going. I brought him to the emergency room where they brought him in for treage ahead of people with visible injuries.
After they took him in, I waited outside in my car; far more comfortable than the waiting room chairs. After 2 hours of waiting and my anxiety creeping upward a bit, he came outside in a hospital gown and told me that an EKG had shown "abnormal" results and that they wanted to perform some more tests.
I left him with my cell phone and drove home, now wondering if my 35 year old brother has suffered a mild heart attack.
Update: bronchitis. Evidently, he has an unusual heartbeat rhythm that prompted all sorts of curiosity and worry with the doctors. They beat the shit out of him with stress tests - treadmill to the point of exhaustion, essentially - and his heart is strong and healthy.
*sigh*
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