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Archives for January 2006

Is Java getting better with age?

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I’ve stumbled upon a very nice interview of James Gosling, the father of Java, where he discusses about Java and its future compared to LAMP, Ruby on Rails and AJAX.

Personally, I agree with James. Every one of those solutions has its niche. Java (J2EE) whether streamlined or not is good for mission critical applications. And I love my LAMP weblog and photo album.

He mentionned two scripting languages built atop the Java virtual machine: Groovy and JRuby. I have to check them. I am a programming language maniac :-)

(Image courtesy of C|Net News.com)

Movies we are watching today

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Here are today’s top picks:

A Life Less Ordinary

  • Parabole Maurice – TPS Star – 20:20
  • 1997. By Danny Boyle. With Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter…
  • Rated 6.3/10 at IMDB: “Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss’s daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot…”

Trainspotting

  • Parabole Maurice – TPS Star – 22:05
  • 1996. By Danny Boyle. With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner…
  • Rated 8.0/10 at IMDB: “Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.”

Intel-based MacBook Pro and iMac launched!!!

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Hooray!!!

Steve Jobs has just announced the new Intel-based MacBook Pro and iMac.

According to MacNN, Steve Jobs has just uttered those words about the new MacBook Pro:

“Tried to do everything to get a G5 processor in PowerBook. [Here is the] MacBook Pro. Use the Intel Core Duo. It is 4-5 times processor than the PowerBook G4. Integer […] 4.5x faster. Fastest Mac notebook ever. Also the thinnest available. 15.4-widescreen LCD display that is as bright as Cinema Display. Also built-in iSight.”

This is my dream computer!!! Here are the official specs for the 1.67GHz model:

  • Main
    • Mac OS X v10.4.4 Tiger
    • Intel Core Duo processor @ 1.67GHz
    • 2MB on chip shared L2 cache
    • 667MHz frontside bus
    • 512MB of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 memory
    • 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard
    • SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    • Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensors
    • iLife ’06 & Photo Booth & Front Row
  • Video
    • 15.4-inch TFT display @ 1440 by 900
    • ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor with 128MB of GDDR3
    • Built-in iSight camera
  • Audio
    • Analog/Digital audio in and out
    • Stereo speakers and internal microphone
  • Connectivity
    • Apple Remote
    • AirPort Extreme wireless networking (Wifi 802.11g standard)
    • Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    • 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
    • One FireWire 400 port
    • Two USB 2.0 ports
    • One ExpressCard/34 slot

And, of course, Apple Store is now open again:

Available as from February at $1999. I need to start saving NOW!