[ 29 Nov ][ Article ]: J2ME MIDP Device Fragmentation Tutorial with Ma
This tutorial demonstrates how to create and customize project configurations to solve the problem of device fragmentation when developing a mobile application that runs on multiple devices. Additionally, it shows how to install a non-UEI compliant emulator platform into the NetBeans IDE.

Tonic Look &Feel

Tonic Look &Feel
Welcome to the Tonic Look &Feel. This pluggable look and feel is a free substitute for the default native look and feel of Swing, 'Metal', distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Metal lacks both in usability and aesthetics. It contains considerable graphical noise, distracting the user from the key elements of the GUI. Tonic, on the other hand, tries to provide a clean, balanced look and an improved feel. Tonic is available free of charge both for commercial and non-commercial applications. It lends a professional touch and a very tidy and clean interface to your Swing based applications.

I linked to this ages ago. It came back around on delicious this week so I figured I'd put it back up to refresh everyones memory.

Tiger and Beyond, the Future of the Java Platform
Part Two of an interview with Sun Microsystems' Sun Fellow, Graham Hamilton, explores Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0) and the future of the Java language.

Home Schooling
Doing homework

Kirk's October 2004 Roundup
Kirk Pepperdine's roundup of performance discussions over the last month. Kirk covers 5.0 performance, a surprising memory difference, J2EE monitoring, and much more, and also awards another Meadow Muffin award for practices that should not be repeated."how much memory 'new byte[1000000][1]' allocates as opposed to 'new byte[1][1000000]'? Would you be surprised if you were to find out the difference is 1.6MBytes?"

Product Review: Linksys WRV54G
This router offers a lot of features for its price point and has great potential--potential that won't be realized until the configuration, documentation and support improve.

A Closer Look At Java Business Integration (JSR208)
JBI proposes to eliminate vendor specific integration solutions by defining a standards based Integration framework. This week Benoy Jose digs into this new JSR that is now in the early draft review stage.

Trampolines
Bouncing events

Thinlet F.A.Q. Reloaded

Thinlet F.A.Q. Reloaded
I've relaunched the Thinlet F.A.Q. I will try to add more questions and answers as we go along and I invite you to share your insights, comments, suggestions, or corrections...