I'm sure it's no secret how I feel about Patent Trolls (those companies that exist solely to sneak up on unsuspecting companies with an arsenal of patents in order to profit), but I think it's interesting to think of cases like the NTP vs. Blackberry case in the light of …

Hope you have a very Happy Birthday!

Pictures are now online of Sarah's laptop autopsy. I'd love to say that it was a success, but unfortunately it was completely out of my hands. The extent of the damage to the main board and the video screen would have likely cost as much as a new laptop. Look …

So the SuperBowl came, and went. Apparently Detroit proper was hopping something fierce, but JoDee and I managed to stay out of it all. No traffic jams, no celebrity sightings... nada. Just a little snow to pepper the ground on Saturday night.

I sincerely hope this helps Detroit down the …

One of the best Java resources available, Thinking in Java, is now in it's (long awaited) fourth edition. And there was much rejoicing.