In what seems to be a growing tradition, I somewhat strangely feel the need to write one of those “this was my year” type posts. Pointless? Maybe, but do I care? Not a jot
When I look back at what has happened over the past year, two themes really come out at me:
A year of [...]

Quite a productive final work-night of 2004, a pity they couldn’t have all been more like this
I’ve spent most of the night fine tuning the build process used to build all the labs projects (it’s good to have a common process in place, although the older projects like fedWS are still chugging along [...]

For the first four seasons, the West Wing was the best show on television; without parallel. Sadly, with the departure of its creator and writer, the fifth season has now slipped into a state of disrepair. It saddens me to come to the point where I can say with all honesty, if I only turned [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you everyones favorite, cute and cuddly Wolf in sheeps clothing: GENERICS!!!:
public static <T extends Object & Comparable<? super T>> T max( Collection<T> coll )
That method declaration is taken DIRECTLY from The Sun Generics Tutorial
I support type saftey in all its forms, however there is little a man can say to [...]

I have spent most of today attempting to decide if I should venture down the Java 5.0 path for the labs projects I’m involved in. I think, on the balance of it all, when I take a longer term view of the situation; going with 5.0 is the right choice as it gives me an [...]