They say that “trouble comes in threes”, I hope for our sake ‘they’ are wrong. About a month and a half ago our 50″ DLP started getting dead pixels/mirrors. What started out as one or two quickly became 150 and growing! This picture doesn’t do it’s justice
Thankfully our TV was under warranty and surprisingly Best Buy followed through. Our DLP was replaced with a brand new 46″ LED with 120Hz and a 4million:1 contrast ratio! It was grand, it was glorious, it’s already dead within 1week of bringing it home!!! On the positive side, I now know what it would be like to watch TV on a 46″ screen using 256 colors, who needs 4 million when you can go retro mode…..
Looks like I might have to get me a next-gen gaming system….
EDIT: Looks like the video is down…. Link on GameTrailers.com – http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-the-force/101181
Obligatory question, why does Darth Vader look like a wimp compared to his “apprentice”?
Lately I’ve been playing around with Wicket for work. It’s a very interesting framework that, from my experience at least, you will either love immediately or scratch your head for a time as you unlearn Struts or another framework.
We don’t need no stink’n JSPs!
It seems that with Wicket the days of having to write Java in JSPs are gone, in fact Wicket doesn’t use JSPs, it uses good ol’ fashion HTML files. This is very nice and allows you to really separate the design of a page from the functionality. The only downside with how Wicket uses the HTML markup is if you change the structure of the markup, which you will do when developing, you’ll have to reorder your components in code and recompile. If you make use of Wicket’s markup, which you will, the number of times you have to recompile goes down drastically.
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Some of the JavaOne sessions have been posted online, looking forward to them!
WARNING! Continue reading only if you’re interest in the abstract description of the sessions. These are just some of the sessions that caught my eye. There’s a lot to review since we’re finally moving from Java 1.4 to Java 1.6.
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Looks like I’ll be going to JavaOne this year in San Francisco! I’m pretty excited about going to this conference for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, I’ve never been to California. Secondly I’ve never been to a development based conference either. I’ve had my share of conferences during my stent at Final Support but none that I was “excited” to attend. See you in Cisco!
Lord grant me the strength and knowledge to do your will. Help guide me to be the husband, father, and Christian you want me to be. Grant me the patience of Job and the courage to do what is right. Grant me the wisdom to see past my own understanding and to rely on you.
I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. - Psalm 94:18-19
Lord I cry out, help me I cannot do this on my own! It is only through your love and grace can I do all things.
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Been a long time coming but I finally decided to migrate all my documents over to Google Docs. I’ve been using Google Docs for years just never switched everything over. The only negative thing I’ve noticed is there seems to be a bug or something funky with the way documents are presented when marked ‘Hidden’. Still playing with it…
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So I finally got around to watching the whole video on the iPad and I’m still not that impressed. I’m sorry but I’m not and IMO you shouldn’t be either. Lets get the obvious cons out of the way:
- No flash support still!
- No USB
- No CD/DVD drive
- No stylus pen
- It’s a big iPod Touch… no really, it is!
Now the reason for no USB and CD/DVD might not seem apparent at first but let me explain why I consider this con. Computer makers have been trying to break into the Tablet market for a long time now. There’s the traditional slate design which the iPad follows, the laptop hybrid/convertible style, and the Ultra-Mobile PC. All of these have been tried and for the most part flopped with the exception of a small following (doctors/physicians). Why they failed is up for debate; weight, portability, design, software, take your pick. Of the different variety of tablets most of them have USB support and a few actually have the CD/DVD drives. And then there’s Apple who wants to break into the market and doesn’t have either one?! Seriously? Apple, the guys who made one of the lightest, if not the lightest notebook around which has USB support and they suddenly couldn’t put it in a tablet computer? What’s up with that? Oh yeah, it’s a big iPod Touch! The iPad isn’t running OSX, it’s running the iPhone/iPod OS. This is the biggest reason why I’m not impressed! Apple takes pride in inventing and revolutionizing the industry and then they release a blown up iPod Touch and call it ground breaking… No.
Now let me change gears a little to the stylus pen. Why a stylus pen when it’s touch based? Well, believe it or not some people would actually like to use a tablet computer like a tablet. Meaning if you’re going to design a “computer” that can be held like a notepad and written on perhaps you’d want to give the users the ability to write! Sure you can lay it on your lap and type with the keyboard but if I’m a doctor or an ‘on-the-move’ assistant I don’t have time to sit down and type, I’m writing on the notepad I have with me on the go. This is a critical design flaw in my opinion. There is no out-of-the-box incentive for people who want to replace their notepad to pick up and iPad. Instead they’ll still rely on whatever means they already rely on be it their current tablet PC, pen and paper, or their phone/PDA.
Now I don’t completely hate the iPad. I will say it’s nice to see how far companies are taking touch based computing and using the accelerometer. I think the Kindle and other eBook readers are in a world of hurt now. Apple did their home work with their new “book store” and they could probably corner a good portion of the market. It’s also nice to see solid state drives really taking off. Give it another year or two and they’ll be standard in computers.
Will the iPad sell? It’s an Apple product so yes it will. Apple could wrap up dog poop, put a pretty case on it, and call it the iPoop and people would still buy it…. Flame on Mac Zealots, flame on.
