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What's on Jason's Hard Drive - (Found July 2, 2008 )

O'Reilly just posted a new article of mine titled What's on Jason's Hard Drive It's all about document management.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000073.html

The Wonders of the WristWand - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I woke up this morning with wrist pain, used the WristWand to get rid of it, and realized I should probably spread the word about this wonderful tool.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000034.html

Why I stopped using vim and started using IntelliJ - (Found July 2, 2008 )

A week ago a friend introduced me to IntelliJ, a new Java IDE. It's a "Programmer's IDE" and it's replaced vim for me. Here's why.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000040.html

First email, then Web, now RSS - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Today's a big day for me. I'm jumping on the RSS-reading bandwagon. It reminds me of my first time with email or browsing the web.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000043.html

Mailinator - (Found July 2, 2008 )

A friend just set up a new site. As he said, " I know this is cool - because I will use this. Everyone I describe it to says they want to use it to. It just makes sense."
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000045.html

Oracle Magazine Times Three - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Usually it's a not good thing when your editor calls you late at night, but this time it was.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000049.html

California DMV - (Found July 2, 2008 )

It's going to take the CA DMV "a month" to reprogram its computers to use the new reduced VLF rate. This is the same rate we had til about 6 months ago. One wonders why they can't "cvs update -r PRE_RATE_HIKE"!
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000050.html

Bring on the Food Pellets! - (Found July 2, 2008 )

After two years of happy self employment, I surprised myself last week and took a permanent job with Cerisent.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000053.html

Interview on Servlets, JSP, and XQuery - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Java Hispano interviewed me recently. The text is available in English or Spanish.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000056.html

Jason's 2006 Speaking Schedule - (Found July 2, 2008 )

In case you're wondering where you can see me on this year's speaking circuit, here's my anticipated schedule.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000070.html