Podcast Gear
For the past few months we've been recording the Illegal Argument java podcast and I thought I'd write down some quick thoughts on the tools/setup we're using.
The first ever recording (not publicly available) was recorded directly to internal mike
Comments (1) . Sunday, 16 August 2009
Recent Album Reviews
I've been meaning to write up some album reviews for the ever growing mass of recently acquired music this year, and late last year but I always find writing reviews hard - hard to give enough justice to the music, hard to fully articulate any though
Comments (0) . Sunday, 24 May 2009
Java 6 now available for Apple Mac's
Apple has finally released Java 6 for OSX:
About Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1
This Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the defau
Comments (0) . Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Alpine IDA-X001
Last week I picked up an Alpine IDA-X001 "built for iPod" head unit for the car. Previously I'd been using a mixed variation of FM transmitters, tape adapters, or simply driving with headphones - the later sounds the best, but I find it seriously imp
Comments (0) . Sunday, 20 April 2008
Java SE 6 Developer Preview 9 Release Notes
Ooo nice - it must be Apple Release Week - a new Java SE6 preview release - which can now be set as the primary VM.
New features in this preview:
AppleScript is a supported javax.script scripting language
New API in com.apple.eawt.App
Comments (0) . Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Apple hit with antitrust lawsuit
So Apple's got another antitrust lawsuit looming:
For iPod users looking beyond the iTunes Store, there's the Amazon Mp3 Store. In some ways, in fact, the Amazon Store is more appealing than iTunes: all of their tracks are DRM-free and many are ch
Comments (0) . Saturday, 5 January 2008
Java SE 6 Developer Preview 8 (Apple)
Thank you Mr Jobs. Just installed and am now running IntelliJ IDEA under Java 6 - no visible problems on startup yet...
Apple has recently released a new developer preview of Java SE 6 for Leopard via the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) site at
Comments (0) . Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Leopard and Pair Programming for the win...
I've just been watching the new Leopard Guided Tour from Apple and was impressed with the new desktop/screen sharing capabilities of iChat:
Is it just me or does anyone else think this would rock for distributed pair programming, hell - this would
Comments (0) . Saturday, 20 October 2007
Holy Soldier - Self Titled
Oh my - God bless those Apple iTMS engineers for making long lost and loved music available for quick'n'easy purchase. As I was driving home from Thursday Night Curry last night a flash of lyric from Holy Soldiers 1989 self titled release came to mi
Comments (0) . Friday, 19 October 2007
iTunes and Creative Commons - wot if?
Standing there in the shower reflecting on the days passing I was struck with an interesting thought - what if Apple iTunes (along with EMI and everyone else doing DRM free MP3s now) released everything under Creative Commons?
The initial license st
Comments (0) . Sunday, 15 July 2007