Planet SunPlanet Sun - http://planetsun.org/Mike Duigou: We're all experts- July 13, 2008 Yesterday I watched a Neal Stephenson talk from Gresham College on the end of Science Fiction as a genre. (don't worry it's not dying but rather transcending genre). One of the subjects Neal spoke about was the geek-ificiation of modern culture. There's no longer a stigma against geeking-out and it doesn't much matter whether you're a waiter who's into renaissance period costume, a librarian who knows everything there is to know about the history of model trains or a CEO who likes making...http://blogs.sun.com/bondolo/entry/we_re_all_experts Eric Reid: Time to get serious for FY09- July 13, 2008 Back to enthusiasm, commitment, transparency, and making a difference at Sun. I survived 10 July 2008 SUNW. The tune I've been listening to this evening: 'This is the Life', by Living Colour. This song has never failed to lift me up and help me face a new day. Living Colour just F'in rocks. And please, no comments about that other studly Living Colour tune, Cult of Personality... tempting, I know, at the moment, but let's Not Go There, Shall WeFY09 -- it's here. ===This is the LifeLyrics.http://blogs.sun.com/err/entry/time_to_get_serious_for Robert Reagan: Power Restored. Hallelujah !- July 13, 2008 Has been an interesting challenge experiencing life without power since Thursday due to Minnesota storms. May be wise for the family to think about a backup generator in our future. Power was restored late today. Hallelujah ! Thank You Xcel Energy ! Enjoy the Journey ..... Roberthttp://blogs.sun.com/NordicMan/entry/power_restored Graeme Gourlay: Summer Beside the Seaside- July 12, 2008 It was new financial year sales kick off event in Brighton this week. Green policies and keeping recession at bay required an alternative transport method had to be found. OK, you've probably guessed it - bike. Green conformance and saving travel expenditure is really just a by product of having fun. Myself and a couple of other guys decided to hit the trail at 4:30am. We rolled into Brighton 118km later (almost 50% off road). The weather was pretty horrible. Rain and wind all the way. But the.http://blogs.sun.com/graemeg/entry/summer_beside_the_seaside Kazem Ardekanian: Salsa and FISA- July 12, 2008 ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Spying Lawhttp://blogs.sun.com/kazem/entry/salsa_and_fisa Hinkmond Wong: Mobipocket, yet another non-game Java ME application- July 12, 2008 Here's yet another example how Java ME technology is used for apps that are not just games. Mobipocket has created a Java ME version of their mobile ebook reader. Nice. Now you can read The Da Vinci Code on the go. See: Read books on your Java ME cell phone Here's a quote: With modern feature phones becoming more powerful these days, it doesn't surprise to see many of the original smartphone application makers developing J2ME version of their apps. Lots of non-games are..http://blogs.sun.com/hinkmond/entry/mobipocket_yet_another_non_game theaquarium: Running VisualVM on MacOS X- July 12, 2008 I wrote about VisualVM yesterday (entry) but I had missed Octavian's Introduction where he gives instructions on how to use VisualVM on MacOS X. As a reminder, to run the VisualVM client you need a recent JVM, so you will need to use the latest JVM from Apple, but the app can run in a variety of JVMs, remote or local to VisualVM. VisualVM can even save the data into a snapshot and process it offline. Check Octavian's Note for details.http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/running_visualvm_on_macos_x Tim Foster: Off to Menlo Park for a bit- July 12, 2008 I'm packing at the moment for another trip to California - this time for a bunch of meetings in the Sun office in Menlo Park related to xVM Server and to generally get to see some of the folks I'm now working with face to face (you can say what you like about remote-work, nothing beats getting to be in the same room as your colleagues from time to time) This blog has been a bit quiet of late - I've been super busy since I started in Solaris kernel group working on xVM. Over the last few...http://blogs.sun.com/timf/entry/off_to_menlo_park_for James Carlson: brushing up- July 12, 2008 It's been a few weeks since I last flew, so I was expecting this solo practice to be a bit rough. I started out with some minor problems during pre-flight: the fuel hadn't been topped off since the last flight, and the pilot-side window was sticking. I ordered some fuel and found a way to maneuver the window into closing. I had listened to the scanner before driving in, and it sounded busy. It turned out that there was a fly-in at EAA, so as soon as I switched from getting ATIS (all in one.http://blogs.sun.com/carlson/entry/brushing_up Robin Wilton: Irony, skin-deep- July 12, 2008 In June 1940, the German invasion of France left the country and its political structure split in two. The country was divided into a German region, encompassing the North, West, Paris and the Atlantic coastline, and a French region with an administrative centre in the spa resort of Vichy. The political structure came to consist of those who felt it was better to fight on, albeit in exile (the "Free French") and those who made the more expedient decision to retain some fragile level of power...http://blogs.sun.com/racingsnake/entry/irony_skin_deep |