Author Archives: tjm

John Peel Joins Jacques Derrida In The Afterlife

Posted on October 26, 2004 by tjm

John Peel, of Peel Sessions fame, has kicked the proverbial bucket. This is a fairly interesting article about him: John Peel Dies. No time to elaborate, but does anyone have any old Peel Session cds floating around?

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Guitar Strings

Posted on October 16, 2004 by tjm

What kind of strings do you use for both electric and acoustic and what do you see as their merits? I’ve bounced around a lot. I always liked the Blue Steel pretty well for the electric, but I don’t even … Continue reading →

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Pointers in Java

Posted on October 4, 2004 by tjm

In Chapter 3 of the Sams book came my first big surprise. Maybe that’s an overstatement, but I thought this was at least worth noting and opening up for discussion. All along every tutorial I’ve visited has lauded Java because … Continue reading →

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Exquisite Haiku

Posted on September 27, 2004 by tjm

The cellar door creaks Sunlight pushing back the dark Morning in Vegas

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Java – Blackjack Game

Posted on September 17, 2004 by tjm

Alright Mr. Bturnip, while you’re out galavanting around NW Arkansas, I’m spending my time working on a Java program and I’ve got a rough working version of a blackjack game. I started with some classes I found online for a … Continue reading →

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JDBC

Posted on September 16, 2004 by tjm

I wanted to piddle around with database stuff last night and failed miserably. From what I read I gather that some JDBC stuff comes as part of that package we downloaded. Some info is at this link:JDBC Info Provided with … Continue reading →

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Java Books

Posted on September 15, 2004 by tjm

Thought I would start a new thread just for this. I haven’t done much research, but I too like O’Reilly books and I read up a little on “Java in a Nutshell” at amazon.com. It gets only three stars in … Continue reading →

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Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind

Posted on September 13, 2004 by tjm

Adding a post based on a discussion Greg and I are having in regards to the Dylan song below and the one by Leonard Cohen in which he reminisces “I don’t mean to suggest that I loved you the best. … Continue reading →

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Famous First Lines

Posted on September 10, 2004 by tjm

I was stumbling around in my old web page area and ran across this page of famous first lines from literature. Thought you guys might enjoy. I have the answers on another page and I’ll post that link as well … Continue reading →

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Krakatoa & The Scream

Posted on August 31, 2004 by tjm

I believe I’ve talked with some of you about this before, but while reading “Krakatoa” by Simon Winchester I was interested in his point about art following the eruption of Krakatoa. Specifically, he noted that a lot of the paintings … Continue reading →

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