Monthly Archives: June 2009

No More JavaOne Updates Coming

By Robert Fischer | Published: June 14, 2009

I was going to do a final summary post on JavaOne, but it would really just be a rehash of the liveblogging I did over at http://em-javaone.posterous.com, so just check out that stuff. If there are particular questions or insights that you’d like me to share, feel free to ask.

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Review of Kure Beach, NC (Right outside Wilmington)

By Robert Fischer | Published: June 12, 2009

Those who follow my Twitter account probably noticed two things over the course of the last week: 1) I was surprisingly quiet; 2) what tweets I did have were about the NC beaches. The reason is because I spent the last week in Kure Beach, NC, with my wife and parents. Thought I’d give a [...]

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Scott Davis, ZDNet.co.uk Interview Me

By Robert Fischer | Published: June 11, 2009

Scott Davis interviewed me for the ThirstyHead News Show. My glasses are reflecting like crazy and my skin tone is about the same as the wall behind it, but the conversation (predominantly about Grails persistence) is interesting (especially once I loosen up!). I was also interviewed for Adrian Bridgwater’s “View from the Floor at JavaOne” [...]

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JavaOne Interview: This Ain’t Your Dad’s Java

By Robert Fischer | Published: June 8, 2009

While at JavaOne, I sat down with Eric Klein and David Bryant of the This Ain’t Your Dad’s Java podcast. Eric is VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and David is Sr. Director of Java Marketing at Sun, so we talked about what brought them to doing a quasi-unofficial podcast, the nature of Sun and [...]

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The Fermi Paradox

By Brian Hurt | Published: June 4, 2009

The Fermi Paradox asks: if there are any other alien civilizations of any antiquity, why aren’t they here? I have a theory.

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