Monthly Archives: April 2005

Java 5 for OS X 10.4 Tiger is here

Posted on April 29, 2005 by luis

Apple released Java 5 for OS X today. (Also known confusingly as both “Java 2 SE 5.0 Release 1″ by Apple and as Java 1.5 to Java developers who are used to the 1.x versioning scheme.) It only runs on … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop Java, Eclipse, Mac OS X | 3 Comments

Gauging market demand for different IDEs via SimplyHired.com

Posted on April 29, 2005 by luis

I was perusing the popular delicious links and found a new job site: SimplyHired, which bills itself as “building the largest job database on the planet.” Its pretty fast and lets you do searches without any commitment. So, I searched … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop Java, Eclipse | 5 Comments

Nice graphic on the cycle of blogging

Posted on April 27, 2005 by luis

I blog. I read blogs. I upload my blog posts from my PowerBook to a TypePad server via MarsEdit. I retrieve blog feeds from various web servers via NetNewsWire. Here’s a great graphic that shows this cycle of blogging [via … Continue reading →

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Why Sun should join forces with the Eclipse Foundation

Posted on April 24, 2005 by luis

The Butler Group recently wrote an opinion article titled: Sun and Eclipse – A Marriage Made in Heaven. I think they make a good case as to why Sun should join forces with the Eclipse Foundation. They note that: The … Continue reading →

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Why did I add Cocoa and Rails?

Posted on April 24, 2005 by luis

Astute readers may have noticed that the title of this blog changed this past month from “Eclipse/Java Programming on Mac OS X” to “Cocoa, Eclipse, and Rails Programming on Mac OS X”. Good thing I didn’t put in Panther in … Continue reading →

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Tiger World Premiere – Friday April 29th

Posted on April 21, 2005 by luis

Apple is throwing a big bash for their new OS, known as both Tiger and also OS X 10.4 to us geeks who like our version numbers. It’s called the Tiger World Premiere and its going to be going on … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac OS X | 1 Comment

64 bit JVM, here we come

Posted on April 19, 2005 by luis

I’m planning my WWDC trip and I noticed that the preliminary schedules are up now. BTW, if you’re planning to go, I’d book soon, since the early registration is ending soon. One of the sessions caught my eye: “64-bit Java … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop Java, Eclipse, Mac OS X | 3 Comments

Put your Mac to sleep with this keyboard shortcut

Posted on April 18, 2005 by luis

I like to put my PowerBook to sleep when I’m done using it, but when I’m at home and “docked” (hooked up to my mouse, my power adapter, my firewire drive and firewire audio interface), then I don’t like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac OS X | 3 Comments

How to upgrade a Mac mini by yourself

Posted on April 16, 2005 by luis

I read the enjoyable “Forcibly Test-driving a Mac mini” by fellow Mac user and Northern Virginia resident Tom Bridge recently on OReilly. Tom’s PowerBook died suddenly one day and he started using his Mac mini for his daily work. It … Continue reading →

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Ian’s got a blog

Posted on April 14, 2005 by luis

In case you don’t know who I’m talking about, the Ian that I’m referring to is Ian Skerrett, Director of Marketing with the Eclipse Foundation. He’s got a blog now, so check it out. His latest post shows you all … Continue reading →

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