SteveX Compiled

I like this terminology: How 1999 2.0 is different than 1999 1.0.

You can get a Dell Dimension 5150n with no OS for about $649 US. But as The Register points out, it’s not such a great deal. Let me tell you a little story about our new house. It’s being built, and we have the opportunity to make requests of the builder. For example, changing wiring […]

I see Expansys has a case for the JASJAR now.

Om Malik’s comments on writing on the web. What I don’t understand is why there isn’t more work underway to make the browser a better rich client. We’ve been typing into browsers for what, 10 years now? And the browser still doesn’t have a built-in rich text editor. Not only that, but even though there’s […]

Continuing my quest to understand J2EE, I Googled for “simple j2ee”. I found “A Simple J2EETM Application that Uses the JMS API”. By my count there are 105 steps to follow to create your simple application.

Ning looks interesting. It’s a site that lets anyone build their own mashups. I hate the term mashup. But I hated the term blog, and look where that got me. So here’s the Ning developer documentation. One innovative idea that they have is that while anyone can log in and work on something from scratch, […]

The Register reported on an iPod Nano that survived the wash, and I’ve had my own cell phone survive the same test. I don’t know how often washing machines are the death of mobile technology but it happens, and it happens often. I’d pay more for a product that promised it would (or at least, […]

The big mega announcement that was rumoured to change the world… is that Sun is bundling the Google toolbar with the Java runtime? No seriously.. This is a joke, right?

If Google and Sun are teaming up, is it really to take on Microsoft as this article says? Sun and Microsoft came to an agreement of sorts, and, publically anyway, have been working together. Microsoft’s new federated identity system InfoCard, for example, speaks of interop with the Liberty Alliance project. This is something I don’t […]

Wal-Mart’s having a big anniversary sale, and the front entrance had a giant tower of value packs of Charmin, for a good price. I’ve never used Charmin, long convinced that Cottonelle is the one true roll, but I figured I’d give it a try. Now, I’m not really going to comment on the relative softness […]