Java Thinking

There is some great new technology coming: Enso Zenpad 5 inches  http://enso-now.com/n/index.php Alex eReader  https://www.springdesign.com/us/index.action And the return of a classic: http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html I'm back playing with virtual machines, trying to investigate a few products that might result in productivity gains. So, I'm using VirtualBox, and here's a couple of must knows: Bios settings for hardware virtualization  http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/20330-how-turn-hardware-virtualization-my-bios.html Networking - the default NAT network setting allows the guest to see the internet, but other machines can't see the guest - not too useful if your guest is a server. Here are some useful references: a)  http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2009/10/28/virtualbox-host-to-guest-networking/ b)  http://paparadit.blogspot.com/2007/08/virtualbox-windows-xp-guest-in-windows.html c)  http://mydebian.blogdns.org/?p=148 One thing I'm looking...

I've just started playing with the  Android platform , getting going by writing a very simple timer application - the kind thats useful when you are exercising, for example when you want to hold the plank for 60 seconds. Why Android? Well, its all so familiar - Eclipse development environment, Java language,  and zero entry cost. I don't have an Android phone itself yet, so I'm just running on the emulator that comes with the  SDK . It only took an hour or so to put together the application, after working through the hello world tutorial.