Ode to the Sprint Instinct, How do I love thee... (blogs.sun.com)
People are gushing, gushing, over the Samsung Instinct carried by Sprint. They love it, like a schoolboy smitten by a comely classmate sweetheart. And he wants to read her poetry--sappy, syrupy poetry.
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People gushing about the Sprint Instinct
Here's a quote:
_ Sprint has said the Instinct will be open to third-party software developers, and its software is based on Java, a ubiquitous programming language that should make it easy to adapt existing applications.D*mn straight. At least the lovefest involves Java ME technology... :-)
Hinkmond- Java ME and J2ME
? artist of the week. ? (blogs.sun.com)
Happy Wednesday everyone! It's that time of the week to introduce you to my artist of the week. Today, I am here to tell you all about Patrick Park.
The Colorado native is one of those singer/songwriters where creativity comes from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. He doesn't purr out the lyrics; he sings them in full voice, putting everything he has into every single word. He doesn't agonize over his music. He just makes it. You can tell Park's influences are the likes of Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Bob Dylan (and I am sure, many more!). I was reading his website earlier today and I read something that just made sense about him and his music: "His songs teem with dramatic tension, vivid character sketches and fitful visions of inner turmoil." Park explains "The most beautiful and magical thing any song has to offer, is how it affects the listener, how they relate it to their own life." He goes on to say "I also don't know what I would want to open myself up that much and actually say what these songs are about. It's hard enough to put them out there sometimes. all of them were written with the hope that there would be a better day. I don't know if that coms across or not."
While living in CA, Park started playing solo shows in LA, and the local press soon picked up on his talent. Shortly after, he would start to open for other artists such as Gomez and Beth Orton. At that time, Hollywood Records also took notice and signed Patrick. Park released 'Loneliness Knows My Name' in 2004 and immediately hit the road to tour with David Gray, Liz Phair, The Polyphonic Spree, The Thrills, Grandaddy (all amazing talents as well) and more. From that album, "Something Pretty" caught my ears by a melody so sweet that I was immediately drawn in and have been a big fan ever since. I am excited that he will be playing the Fillmore this coming Friday with Augustana and I will be there front and center enjoy the sweet melodies from both of them. Enjoy the video for the song that made me a Patrick Park fan and enjoy your day!
JavaFX - Connected Life App (java.sun.com)
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SYS-CON - Sun CEO: Java's Always Been a RIA Platform (search.sys-con.com)
Another big reason Java was not successful as a RIA platform was that the Java plug-ins were very inconsistent across browsers.
Java FX (James Weaver) " IT Passion (mauriziostorani.wordpress.com)
Bruno Ghisi's Blog: Playing with Mobile Sensor API, Marge and JavaFX Script (weblogs.java.net)
I am disappointed... I could not go on with my tests envolving phoneME Advanced on iPhone due to iPhone SDK just runs on Mac OS X. Boring week, I bought an iPhone for that and someone thought everybody should have a Mac OS X to use it... what a nice thing