Monthly Archives: July 2005

Business is starting to like OS X

Posted on July 28, 2005 by luis

Jupiter Research reports that 17% of medium businesses (250+ employees) and 21% of large businesses (10,000+ employees) use Mac OS X on the desktop, while 9% of medium and 14% of large businesses use it as a server. It seems … Continue reading →

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Quick tip: How to call parent outer class methods from an inner class

Posted on July 27, 2005 by luis

A friend of mine asked me about this and googled: “java inner class parent methods”. Hopefully this will help other Java programmers who run into this same problem. [By the way, I neither condone nor promote these naming conventions. :) … Continue reading →

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Getting more plugged in locally

Posted on July 24, 2005 by luis

Once upon a time, there was this new technology called Delphi, which was meant to be a Visual Basic killer. When it was released, a young man started using it and was enamored with it and wanted to get together … Continue reading →

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Any good online book forums out there?

Posted on July 18, 2005 by luis

So I’m reading Freakonomics, which is an addictive read and exposes the real world as to how it actually works, with actual data, not just theories. But I’d like to discuss it with others and there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Mac: over 500 programmers served

Posted on July 15, 2005 by luis

The Eclipse Mac user group is humming along. Just a few months ago, we were at 200 members and now we’re at 523! This is great. And I didn’t even promote it at the Eclipse session at WWDC (although I … Continue reading →

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Rails Beta Book is now at 1.0

Posted on July 14, 2005 by luis

Just got the word that the Rails book is now finished. I guess we should stop calling it the “Beta Book” and just call it “THE Rails Book.” Expect the paper book to be out in stores the second week … Continue reading →

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Officer, I just saved a bunch of money by switching to… wait… where’d I put my insurance card?

Posted on July 14, 2005 by luis

I got this in an email today from my insurance company: Effective July 16, 2005, District of Columbia police officers will begin issuing $300.00 fines for drivers who cannot provide proof of insurance when stopped. An individual pulled over by … Continue reading →

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We need tool builders

Posted on July 6, 2005 by luis

“We need to get (students) to the level of creating original works with their skills,” Stephenson said. “We want to see a generation of tool builders, not just tool users, because tool builders have the economic power in the world.” … Continue reading →

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