http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog A graybeard talks about teaching and developing. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:03:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's right here Thanks, -Eric http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2007/06/07/looking-for-my-music-blog/ I have been ranting to my students about Windows again recently. I do this whenever I'm forced to use it. The only thing that makes me use it these days is when I need to get something that I'm teaching working for my poor students who need to use it. ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-biased/ h2. Part Four -- My philosophy going forward. I have finally thought about this enough, at least for now. I have decided that I'm going to create a framework for use in my classes and for any personal java programming I might do in the future. I know, I know, the ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/11/24/can-java-be-saved-part-four/ h2. Part Three -- What's driving me? Part of what is driving my quest is how frustrated I have become with trying to create java web applications. My job that takes up most of my time is being a teacher. That doesn't leave me much time to create private side projects. ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/10/14/can-java-be-saved-part-three/ This is an EPI-Pen. They come in pairs and this one's twin saved my life yesterday. I'm allergic to the stings of bees, hornets, and yellow jackets. Yesterday I was about to see a play at an outdoor theater. It was a perfect October day here in ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/10/08/testing-when-it-really-matters/ h3. This is Sweet I got a 17" MacBook Pro and it is changing the way I work. My new shiny laptop replaced a 12" PowerBook that I thought was the best computer on the planet. But, with the old laptop I really needed external monitors to get any real work ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/10/04/i-love-my-macbook-pro/ h2. Part Two -- What I like The first part of my quest to improve my java development experience is to identify what I like about using java. Here is a brief list. h3. Java I like the java programming language. Or, at least after 10 years of coding in it I feel ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/09/28/can-java-be-saved-part-two/ h2. Part One I'm on a mission to save java. Let me be clear here, though. I'm not trying to save it for large java shops. They seem to think the low productivity and high complexity of J2EE are a normal part of the IT experience. I'm also not doing this ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/09/23/can-java-be-saved-part-one/ I am a really big fan of the iTunes Music Store. It improved my music buying experience. One example from early in iTunes life was one day my daughter came home from school and said she needed to buy "The Planets" by Holst and wanted to go to a store ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/09/18/no-burn-no-sale/ I really like "TextMate":http://macromates.com on my Mac Book Pro. And, I really like using TextMate for Ruby on Rails, it's just such a good fit. However, most of my students are using Linux or Windows. After getting asked many, many times for a recommendation for something like TextMate I have ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/blog/2006/09/18/using-jedit-for-ruby-on-rails/