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time for JavaOne Scoop!

Did you know  "Click and Hack, the type-it brothers"  (aka  Dr. Joshua Bloch and Dr. Neal Gafter)

have two JavaOne sessions. Count 'em. One. Two.

and did you know that i'm in cahoots with those two guys. and that i'm going to debut what we've been up to on Friday.
do you have it on your calendar to check back in with me on Friday, people??

and here's another did-you-know which i found out by reading Calvin and Blogs, which you need to bookmark... our very own Dr. Josh just made DE -- Distinguished Engineer for those of you not in the biz. This is one of the highest honors one can achieve at Sun Microsystems. These guys get to wear the fancy gowns at graduation.

Congrats Dr. Josh!!

we're getting off the JavaOne Scoop train of thought... sorry... let's focus... but before we do that...

can i just ask why you engineers do this when you reply to an email that you agree with: +1

would it really be so hard for you to say: "I agree." or "I'm with you on that one, buddy." or "You got a hallelujah from the amen chorus over here."

that's rhetorical, people. i don't expect you to answer. so back off on the reply buttons, ok?

anyway... back to focusing... JavaOne Scoop...

get ready...here's another

MaryMaryQuiteContary EXCLUSIVE!! (and you can thank Dan Lacher for telling me how to make text blink! thanks Dan!! big kiss!!)

Let's recap here, people. In this space I've already delivered to you the following exclusives:
1. Choo. Choo. (and i'm starting to think you people are dense because you're just not getting it.)
2. You get to cross-pollinate at Moscone.
3. I am soon going to introduce you to Jack and you're going to love him.

here's the latest scoop and nobody knows this other than a few select Sun employees (including James Gosling) and MaryMaryQuiteContrary readers:

4. On Thursday 6/24 java.sun.com will run an exclusive interview with James Gosling.

that's right. you heard it here first. shift, reload.  (ok, maybe that one wasn't quite as hot. you can't expect me to be "on" every day. this isn't as easy as it looks, people)

and that's all for today, folks.

mary