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Sun + Oracle = Snorcle?
The new Sun + Oracle logo was revealed. Somehow aquarium / oracun and sparky related :-)
Posted at 09:06PM Jan 22, 2010 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[1]
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A Nice WebStart-able (Java) Image Viewer
Ekspos is a nice, free image viewer written in Java. WebStart install is available as well.
Posted at 05:44PM Jan 02, 2010 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[4]
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The Perfect Christmas Gift - From The Strategic Perspective
Roomba is an autonomous vacuum-cleaning robot - it cleans all rooms, then returns back to the docking station for charging. It works remarkably well - even cats love it. You can just give it as christmas gift to your mother, girlfriend or wife, without mentioning it real capabilities :-).
Although it comes with a remote control and it is fun to observe it - the fun part starts after reading the Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech book. A hint: you should not order both at the same time, otherwise your girlfriend / wife *will* become suspicious.
You could pimp-up your vacuum cleaner with WI-FI, Bluetooth, even Linux etc.
The only problem is to find useful use cases for hacking it. Some ideas:
- Vacuum-cleaning robot swarm :-)
- Peer-To-Peer communication between Roombas. Having a certain Roomba density one could even built an alternative ad-hoc network :-)
- Roomba has a remote control, so after equipping it with a web cam, it becomes a perfect spy toy / drone.
- ...any other ideas?
Posted at 04:26PM Dec 22, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[10]
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What Is JavaOne? (it is not the conference, but compatible)
A nice homepage - it explains what JavaOne actually is. You can even buy one.
Posted at 12:00PM Oct 11, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[2]
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Geek Funeral In A SPARCStation
After a serious refactoring, a SPARCStation was (re)used for a geek funeral (see picture). I'm just wondering what a serious iphone / nano geek will do...
Posted at 10:03AM Oct 03, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[1]
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You Should Start With This IT-Interview Question
What does the number 42 mean for you?
The funniest answer I got so far was: "I heard about that already"
You can directly google for 42 and will get the correct answer. Interesting: if you search for "Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything", you will get an interesting reaction from google (a small calculator).
Posted at 09:48AM Aug 22, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[5]
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Java The Most Popular Language - ActionScript Is Followed By Fortran And Cobol
Java is the most popular language in July. ActionScript (22) is tightly followed by Fortran and COBOL (what a nice neighborhood :-)). Scala is actually doing well (32) and Java FX Script (44) seems to be more popular than Groovy (47) - what really surprised me. An excerpt from the index:
21 Objective-C 22 ActionScript 23 Fortran 24 COBOL 32 Scala 44 JavaFX Script 47 Groovy
Posted at 10:21AM Aug 02, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[2]
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Most Popular, Free, Multiplayer Game ...Is An Applet
The registration is fast - not even an email-address is required. After choosing your username and password (it takes about 20 seconds), you can immediately start to play runescape. Runescape is applet-based and runs directly in a browser. Even more interesting: runescape was designed with self-created Java tools what is remarkable. I tried it on a mac - everything worked perfectly. Enjoy your weekend! :-)
Posted at 11:10AM Aug 01, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[1]
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Was Michael Jackson A Java Developer With JSON Expertise?
Probably not. Although there is a nice and fast XML / JSON parser with the name Jackson. It is especially useful for fast XML parsing and JSON processing with JAXB support. ...and one of the developers first name is Mike :-).
Now let see, whether Glassfish v2.1 behind this blog will be able to handle the load, and whether this post will make into the top five :-).
Posted at 11:36AM Jul 14, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[4]
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JavaOne Is Forcing Me To Start Practice "Smoke On The Water" Again
Got a nice email: Dear Adam Congratulations! Your session titled " Please provide us the following information so we can send your award: -... In addition, we will highlight your session on the JavaOne conference home page with a link to your presentation(s). Thank you again for your efforts in making the 2009 JavaOne Conference a success.
Survey results from the people in attendance at your session rated you as an exceptional speaker.
With this honor, you are now considered one of the JavaOne Conference Rock Stars and we would like to send you a commemorative award as recognition.
Posted at 08:35AM Jul 13, 2009 by Adam Bien in Fun | Kommentare[5]
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