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 …

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 …

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

Dear interweb: If you're going to create a podcast, please please PLEASE name it something besides Show##.mp3, episode##.mp3, or (my favorite) Untitled.mp3. How about something like the show name... y'know... something like "happy_fun_fun_festival_show_##.mp3". That would make me happy.

Thank you.

Clear Hard Drive, or how to see your data spinning at 7,200 RPM if you look really, really carefully.