This past weekend, I watched the film United 93. I debated whether I wanted to watch this movie or not. I intentionally have avoided shows and movies about 9/11. Networks like CNN and Fox News have made a living off sensationalization, fear, and unethical reporting. Hollywood doesn’t seem like it would be much better. But [...]
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JRuby, Java, and Sun
Charles Oliver Nutter is one of the key people working on JRuby. He announced that he has been hired by Sun to work on JRuby fulltime. I think this is fantastic news. I’m very intrigued by the possibilities of creating harmony between Ruby and Java. We use a healthy mix of J2EE and Ruby on [...]
iTunes and the Living Room
Apple rolled out new iPods and a movie store today. These are nice and are an incremental step. I was hoping for widescreen iPod (so I can ditch my PSP) and HD resolutions. No on both of those. The thing that has me most interested is the iTV device. It’s the extension I’ve been [...]