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Wednesday Jan 05, 2005


OK, you guys... here's a quick look at what's hot on my radar...

  • Remember Melissinos... Chief Gaming Officer... that guy I stalk... remember how I managed to work the angles so that he and I report to the same boss... staff meetings... i gotta sit next to somebody... anyway... really neat-o conversation with him on Java games. I make it my business to know all there is to know about Chris,  including the fact that he drilled a hole through his thumb.
  • Researchers from the Next Generation Crypto team at Sun Labs have created the world's smallest secure web server. It's nicknamed Sizzle (from SSSL for Slim SSL). It's the size of a U.S. twenty-five cent coin and is designed to be embedded in stuff like utility meters, sprinkler systems, personal medical devices and such for secure monitoring and control across the Internet. Pretty neat-o, eh?! Here's more on that one. There's even a picture.
  • Developer tool with a bite -- the Reef Shark release of Java Studio Creator. Check it out.
  • I'm seriously thinking about submitting a session for JavaOne. I need to quick think of an angle. Because I only have until January 31 to submit. Maybe I can talk Dr. Josh Bloch and Dr. Neal Gafter into letting me be part of their act.. like Vanna...except not as thin... or as tall... or as silent... I got pretty dresses and strappy sandals though ;-) In all seriousness, I'm just dying to get to have one of those speaker ribbons on my badge. I'm seriously aching to have one of those. So I'm actually half-way serious about trying to come up with a session proposal.
  • My number-two-all-time-favorite Brazilian Java developer -- Michael (i call him Miguel) Nascimentos Santos has above-the-fold coverage of his blog on java.net today. Vanessa is my number one all time favorite Brazilian Java developer, in case you were wondering. 1. She's better looking (no offense, Miguel); 2. She sent me a Christmas card.
And to conclude today's delicious and nutritious dispatch, here's a little morsel that I got from the love of my life:

"He who laughs last thinks slowest."

:-)

mary