Monthly Archives: January 2005

Eclipse JFace tip: How to add column headers to a TableViewer

So you’ve created a JFace TableViewer, via: TableViewer tableViewer = new TableViewer(parent); The scenario: You have already set up the label provider, the content provider and the (model) input. The label provider, which extends ITableLabelProvider returns values for two columns. … Continue reading

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Proposal for a Mac mini switcher commercial

Erik of NSLog() asks: “Did Apple position the Mac mini appropriately (i.e. well enough to avoid a “Cube” debacle)?” Definitely. If the blogosphere is any indication, the Mac mini is already a hit. My only concern is that Apple is … Continue reading

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Tim Bray’s getting a Mac mini for his mom

Tim Bray (who is a computing legend) is getting a Mac mini for his mom. His only complaint is that Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac costs a bunch of money. His mom will probably be content with AppleWorks 6, … Continue reading

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Mac mini on my mind (and apparently a lot of other minds too)

I was going to blog about my first day of implementing Getting Things Done (which is going really well), but the Mac mini is too much on my mind now. Plus, combing through my blog feeds in NetNewsWire, I notice … Continue reading

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I’d like a Mac… Mini size it, please.

Steve Jobs gave his annual keynote at MacWorld today and announced several new products from Apple. Of course, I’ll be loving Tiger and iLife 5, but the thing that I’ll be buying really soon is a Mac mini. It’s kind … Continue reading

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Why blogs succeeded where homepages didn’t

I was in the doctor’s office the other day and a cover caught my eye: Fortune magazine had a “Brady Bunch”-reminiscent picture square of famous bloggers. Don Box almost got prediction #10 of his come true, but Fortune decided not … Continue reading

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My predictions for 2005

John Batelle started it, Scoble gave us his 19, Don Box ran with it, Carlos kept the ball rolling, and now I can’t resist making some predictions of my own for 2005. 1. Eclipse becomes the Java community’s answer to … Continue reading

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