JavaOne 2008, the bigger and most spectacular Java conference worldwide (and probably one of the most expensive) is going to be free for students.
If you are interested, check out all the details at developers.sun.com/events/studentprogram/, and don’t miss the opportunity and enroll now. There’s a limited number of free passes.

With Ashley being detected for having a speech delay as early as 3 years old, I’ve been sending her to speech therapy classes. Speech therapy classes have been on every week,
save for the school break, and conducted on a one-one basis. I have to sit in at every class, to know what is being taught […]

In an age where Muslims demand that certain characters, words, and phrases be barred from human use as it “offends” them, Liberals rarely take time to consider just what they’re destroying. A conservative European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, was a fighter for democracy when Portugal was under the hands of a dictatorship. […]

President Zardari’s address was far from impressive. I don’t really feel like writing anything about politics these days, but Zardari deserves some bashing. I’ll pen my first impressions about his speech here.
1) Why was the speech in English? Who was he trying to address and please?
2) He said “Never in the history of this country […]

Doris E. Abramson Papers, ca.1930-2007. ca.25 linear feet.

After earning her masters degree from Smith College in 1951, Doris Abramson (class of 1949) returned to UMass in 1953 to become instructor in the English Department, remaining at her alma mater through a long and productive career. An historian of theatre and poet, she was a […]

Tonight, at 1:37 Central European Time, Invisible Movement passed the magical number of 1 000 000 visitors. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And excuse me for the further speech. I had to. I apologise if my English suddenly sounds like Engrish. As my personal idol, Courage The Cowardly Dog says, the things I do […]

I found something really cool today that you I know for sure bloggers like you are going to love. It’s called Odiogo. What it does is that it converts your whole blog into a podcast ready for anybody to listen, download, and/or subscribe. What’s really cool about Odiogo is that it’s actually a high-quality tool […]

Hysteria over global warming has gripped the affluent countries of the world.
-Climate modelers claim the earth’s temperature could be boosted an astounding 11 degrees C by the additional CO2 being released into the atmosphere as humans burn fossil fuels.
-Dozens of major governments have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which essentially promises their countries will […]

DeHoll is a grandfather in the DC area who likes to tell stories. This one is visual: in the bread-line statue from FDR’s memorial in Washington, DeHoll recalls FDR’s Depression-era “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” - and he mixes it up with current financial-crisis headlines. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)

[DeHoll / Flickr]
DeHoll […]

God, I hope he wins
Anyone else see this epic speech last night?
Barack Obama bashers will say that he didn’t provide enough specifics. I always thought speeches weren’t meant to be about dwelling on the “specifics.” If people are really looking for “specifics”, they might start by looking through the “Issues” section on his website, […]