By now, gentle readers, you have probably seen the Javamancy mini post about the one-liner deletion for .svn files. I really like Adam Bien. He seems like a nice guy, and I occasionally drop by his blog, on a lark, to read his stuff, which is often focused on Java and NetBeans, one of our [...]
September 2009
Unlike the cryptically mysterious origin(s) of Wife Appreciation Day (which some people are alleging doesn’t actually exist (seemingly mostly from menfolk, as far as we can tell)), Talk Like a Pirate Day not only has a more definitive history but an “official” site dedicated to it. Quite a festive, yet seemingly-but-not-quite-random-kind-of-holiday, Talk Like a Pirate [...]
Curious, a recently created(?) holiday for appreciating wives that does not have any readily available information about it… Today is supposedly the day for 2009, and it has been rumored to be a day during which husbands should contemplate how they appreciate their wives and think of doing something creative and nice for them. N.B. [...]
At sunset tonight (September 18, 2009), the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins, indicating the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the Jewish high holidays and ends at sunset on September 20, 2009. The rest of the Ten Days of Repentance continue until Yom Kippur, its last day. This may affect some of [...]
Coming soon from Infinity Ward and Microsoft [MSFT], in addition to the game itself, will be the Modern Warfare 2 limited edition Xbox 360 Elite, with a new custom paint scheme, and a 250 GB hard disk, which surpasses the standard 120 GB hard disk shipped with regular Xbox 360 Elite consoles. In fact, the [...]
A few news outlets reported earlier that they spotted new price reductions in several of the iPod models on the online Apple Store. Some of the iPods received a modest $20 reduction, while items like the 32 GB iPod touch was marked down as much as $120. It seems that only the iPod shuffle was [...]
Rumors have abounded about tomorrow’s Apple [AAPL] product announcement. Although the invitations for the event seem to be fairly music-related (hint: iPod, iPod touch, and iPhone product lines), there are still some questions as to what kinds of new features and upgrades will be revealed for the iPod family. Also, the convergence of iPod products, [...]
Penny Arcade Expo 2009 has almost started in downtown Seattle, Washington this year! It starts tomorrow (September 4, 2009) and runs until September 6, 2009, during the extended Labor Day weekend. As more folks become more aware of the impact that comics and gaming have on the media industry at large, and the dramatic need [...]
As the announcement that Disney [DIS] is acquiring Marvel Entertainment [MVL] filters through the financial and entertainment industries, it is obvious that this is going to be a game-changer in a variety of market sectors, as they realize the far-reaching implications of an already-powerful media giant expanding its catalog of valuable assets to include a [...]
Welcome to September, folks! As you’ve probably noticed, although Javamancy mini has been humming along with shorter items, Javamancy itself has been fairly quiet last month. Not to say things didn’t happen– and there were things that happened– but there were some items of interest that unfortunately do not really fit the Javamancy model of [...]
