Chris Roberts 
Chris is a senior consultant with Data Directions, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia. He's also one of the authors of "Ask the PropellerHeads," a newspaper column and radio spot dedicated to technology. His current interests include the Eclipse Rich Client Platform and Groovy + Grails.
- Location: Collierville, TN
- Company: Data Directions, Inc.
- Website/Blog: http://www.askthepropellerheads.com
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- Opera 10.5 Released!
It’s been a while since our column extolling the virtues of the Opera web browser, and in the meantime Firefox has stepped up its game, Apple has released Safari for Windows, and Google Chrome was launched. But Opera’s latest version, 10.5, might put them back on top. Among the many new or updated features: Unite, which [...] - Pics from Mobile World Congress 2010
One of my recent articles covered the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 (CNet, official site). The mobile phone version of CES is called Mobile World Congress and was held in Barcelona this year. It just ended a few days ago. PC Magazine posted a photoblog/slideshow with several good pics, including: The Sonim XP2.10, with a screen [...] - Happy Birthday Apache!
Apache calls it an anniversary instead of a birthday, but either way… Apache just turned 15 years old! Missing from their write-up on the history (and importance) of the world’s most popular web server (and runaway open-source success story) is how the software got its name. They only hint at the pun: February 23, 1994: [...] - Must-Read Java Books
I presented on must-read Java books for busy developers last night at the Memphis Java User’s Group meeting. Just thought I’d post a link to my slides for anyone interested: http://www.crazysmoove.com/memjug/javabooks-slides/javabooks.html - What Do Bad Code and Carbon Have in Common?
Now you can buy offsets for both! The Alliance for Code Excellence lets you purchase Bad Code Offsets to make up for your past coding transgressions. From their site: The Bad Code Offset provides a convenient and rational approach for balancing out the bad code we all have created at one time or another throughout our [...]
