You probably have already read this on Slashdot, but these first impressions on Junit 4 is worth mentioning.

I know that Junit is not the first unit testing "framework" using annotations to improve simplicity, but this is the de facto industry standard, and for sound reasons.

can't wait to write this. And no more excuses for the not "test addicted"!

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

public class AdditionTest {

  private int x = 1;
  private int y = 1;

  @Test public void addition() {
   int z = x + y;
   assertEquals(2, z);
  }

}


.. could be too late to buy the brand new x2100 instead of the Ultra 20. It is essentially the same hw, but it's a server and not a workstation. These new low price opterons really rock!

And... did I mention the wonderful ads?

http://www.sun.com/emrkt/rejected/approved.html
http://www.sun.com/emrkt/rejected/index.html
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26127

My wife just opened a "brick and mortar" boutique, because... you know, old economy is sometimes better than new one.

So we are now in old business, selling luxury pens and gifts, Montblanc , Piquadro , this kind of no-geek stuff I have never heard before

I must say that I would have preferred something similar to thinkgeek , but probably that shouldn't be remunerative, at least in Italy

So what? But this is a perfect excuse to buy a new server (you know, to serve an old new economy little ecommerce!), so I just bought a brand new Sun Ultra 20 .

If you haven't heard of it, it's an AMD-64 opteron machine with an exceptionally cheap price. Well, it's not exactly a server, but for some small sites that should be enough. I asked for 2Gb additional memory, so I will be able to use a prevalence layer for persistence

I am just like a kid, and can't wait for my new toy!