November 2009
49 posts
New language features in Java 7 →
The JDK currently has a release date of September 2010.
Here are 7 of the new features that have been completed:
Language support for collections
Automatic Resource Management
Improved Type Inference for Generic Instance Creation (diamond)
Underscores in numeric literals
Strings in switch
Binary literals
Simplified Varargs Method Invocation
Finally Switch on Strings!
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s →
I’m sure not all of these 2,200 PS3s made it into the super computer… if ya know what I mean ;)
“A friend of mine told me how he rear ended another car yesterday. The person he...”
– It made my day
If you’re looking for me I’ll be with NPH and Elmo on the dance floor.
WatchEric Cartman Is Simply Asking Questions, Glenn Beck Style
You can see the full episode and more clips at South Park Studios.
What’s the difference between drug dealers and...
Drug Dealers
Computer Programmers
Refer to their clients as “users”.
Refer to their clients as “users”.
“The first one’s free!”
“Download a free trial version…”
Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
Strange jargon: “Stick,” “Rock,” “Dime bag,” “E”.
Strange jargon: “SCSI,” “RTFM,” “Java,”...
So then rape is like picking a lock?
Twig: I just had an argument with a girl I know. She was saying how it's unfair that if a guy fucks a different girl every week, he's a legend, but if a girl fucks just two guys in a year, she's a slut. So in response I told her that if a key opens lots of locks, then it's a master key. But if a lock is opened by lots of keys, then it's a shitty lock. That shut her up.
Fixed Search
Search is hard… but I think the search button on my blog works a lot better now =) Try it out.
Twitter's new Trend API →
WatchCartman Sings Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”
WatchDrunk Ewoks Disrupt ‘Today’ Show
Google launches Dashboard privacy controls →
Google has just launched the Dashboard.
This is perfect! I just switched from one Google account to another, and I was transferring information over. The only problem is I had to go into each service and didn’t know what data I forgot to bring over. With Dashboard I can just check all services with one page, perfect =)
The Google Dashboard aggregates all of a user’s Google service...
WatchThis little girl is about to give a class presentation and has no idea that her dad has already returned from Iraq.
7 Surprising Kick-Ass Things You Can Do with... →
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