Java Posse #291 - Holiday Special

Holiday Special 2009/2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Java Posse Roundup 2010 - Crested Butte, CO from March 16th to 19th with programming languages day on the 15th. The topic this year is "Best Practices". http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010 Groovy 1.7 released http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes And Grails 1.2 release too http://grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released Scala hoodie, from the Scala shop http://www.scala-lang.org/shop Headphones and amp Total Bithead - http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/amplifiers/headroom-total-bithead.php Grado SR80i - http://www.headphone.com/headphones/grado-sr-80i.php Latest Stephen King book - under the dome http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439148503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262482377&sr=8-1 Kindle for iPhone - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000301301 Barnes and Noble Nook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ Macbook Pro http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ New Apple remote http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A Magic Mouse http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829?mco=MTY0MjUwNjQ The Greatest Show on Earth (Richard Dawkins) http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262483707&sr=1-1 Rock Crawler R/C http://www.rcrockcrawling.com/ Assassin's Creed II http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/ NetHack http://www.nethack.org/ Ratchet & Clank http://www.ratchetandclank.com/ Stieg Larsson's last book http://www.stieglarsson.com/Millennium-series Blu-rays: Up and StarTrek http://www.amazon.com/Disc-Combo-Pack-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001KVZ6G6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484022&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Blu-ray-Chris/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484046&sr=1-3 Uncharted 2 http://www.unchartedthegame.com/U2AT/ Codemash coming up! http://www.codemash.org/ A completely open source Android/Apps stack? http://code.google.com/p/open-android-alliance/ Netbooks and chrome OS http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os Will NetBeans survive the Oracle transition? http://netbeans.org/ Will Apple tablet (iSlate) will give Netbooks and and Kindle a serious run for their money? http://gizmodo.com/5434566/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall