The Nook Has Arrived 1st impressions of Barnes & Noble’s new ebook reader After being delayed twice, today the nook, Barnes & Nobles eBook reader finally arrived at my doorstep, (literally). The nook came nicely packaged and wrapped, almost iPod-style. After unwrapping it, it took only about an hour to complete charge the already about 70% charged battery. Hooking it up to a WIFI router was extremely easily. The nook...

“After suffering a series of disastrous defeats at the hands of General Grievous, the Republic’s foothold in the Outer Rim is in jeopardy. Commissioned to protect the strategic world of Bothawui, Anakin Skywalker and his weary battle group are all that stands between the system and domination by the droid army…” I have probably never prepared harder for a talk and still felt completely unprepared when presenting  at...

Way back in fall 2002, I had discovered Thinlets, which I liked for its lean approach. However, because it lacked tools and extensibility, I couldn’t really use it for more serious projects. Still, the concept was intriguing, and while reimplementing it in a more object-oriented and extensible fashing wasn’t an option, the least I could do, was to write an editor .. meet Theodore. After I had written Theodore 1.0, I was even...

Code Camp is not just for geeks, hackers, and code monkeys; and while you may find some of them at the University of Southern California on November 21 and 22, Code Camp is first and foremost a place for software developers to come together, share ideas and experiences, and learn from their peers. This will be my 2nd LA Code Camp, which compared to the Code Camp up North at Cal State Fullerton, seems more focused on Microsoft and .net...

“I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don’t know what all this trouble is about, but I’m sure it must be your fault.” The Motorola droid is probably the first 2nd generation Android phone and after playing the the HTC Hero and Motorola Cliq, I now had the chance to take a much closer look at the Motorola Droid. Connectivity There are two sockets on the droid, a standard headphone...