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New forums for Groovy and Scala
Recognizing the interest in alternative languages for the Java VM, we've started a new discussion section for Other Languages. For starters, it contains the following forums: Other Languages (this is the old "Object Oriented Scripting" forum with a n...

Just My Thoughts
Ilja on Software Development and more...

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Keep a Sense of Wonder!
I'm currently reading the book "The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator", which I find to be highly insightful. It discusses nine complementary ways of building self-mastery for facilitative leaders. One of those ways the authors call "Sense of Wonder". ...

Uncontrolled Vocabularies
My weblog description

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Unemployed sheriff is moving out of town
June 23 I left JavaRanch, following Jim Yingst and Max Habibi. The place has changed, and I can't justify my presence there any more. I need to move this blog, so I am looking for what software/hosting is available. If you have any suggestions, pleas...

David's blog
What was I thinking?

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Fix "version `GCC_4.2.0' not found" for VMware 1.0.6 SErver and Ubuntu
Not sure if this will be useful, but I'll throw it out there for prosperity... After updating to VMware Server 1.0.6, I was getting the following why trying to start vmware: david@david-ubuntu:/...

Lasse's weblog
Blurts on the Art of Software Development

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Ways to split user stories
.userstory { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 40px; margin-right: 60px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border: 1pt solid black; background: #dddddd; } I'm sitting in the hallway in Limerick, Ireland, attending the XP2008 conference...

The Bear Den
Ursine rambling and grumbling

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New DZone "RefCard": jQuery Selectors
This week's DZone RefCard is one that Yehuda and I put together describing the jQuery Selectors. For anyone using jQuery, or even contemplating using it, this "RefCard" is a handy reference to keep at your desk (virtual or otherwise) to look up t...

I've Been Wondering...
...if all the things I've seen were ever real

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An Expect Oration
I've been asking myself why, without success, I would bother to critcize a book like Exploring Expect, a title printed 15 years ago, amended with only minor corrections a year later, never to be touched again, and still reprinted every so often to what...

Val's Blog
Lots of stuff for Web 2.0 freaks and Javaholics

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Spot the bug #2: Taming dynamic languages
It is commonly admitted that dynamic languages are usually more flexible and permissible than static ones. On the other hand, another recognized fact about dynamic languages is that they provide more ways for you to write buggy software if you don't p...

Balaji's blog
Think Good

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Book Review: Adobe AIR for Javascript Developers
I was trying to learn Adobe AIR and was looking for some good set of learning resources. I found the book "Adobe AIR for Javascript Developers" from Oreilly by and started reading it online. A cool book, the authors have done great job on presenting th...

In through the out door
Musings in real time

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A tour de force
This is one of the best technical books I've read in a long time. If you dabble in web development at all, you need to have a look at this book. jQuery is a Javascript framework that aims to let you think structurally and conceptually, rather than w...