Beens' Blog

A good Java manual is available online at the Borland Website. The address is... ftp://ftpc.borland.com/pub/jbuilder/techpubs/jbuilder2005/gsjava.pdf My grade 12 students might find some use with this "Developing Database Applications" book, available at... ftp://ftpc.borland.com/pub/jbuilder/techpubs/jbuilder2005/database.pdf If you want to try out an advanced, free Java editor, Borland has released JBuilder 2005 Foundation, available at... http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_jbuilder.html # (Be sure to get the Foundation version, not the others) If you want to get started with JBuilder, so sure to download "Getting Started with JBuilder", available at... ftp://ftpc.borland.com/pub/jbuilder/techpubs/jbuilder2005/introjb.pdf

An ex-student of mine runs a hardware review website. He is looking for staff members to help with reviews. Here was his request: "Unique Hardware is in in desperate need for new staff. Think you can fillthe void? Then please drop me a line resume@no_spam.uniquehardware.ca . We are looking forward to having you on the UH team." A perk for reviewing for this website is that you often get to keep what you review! http://www.uniquehardware.ca/

Finally, I've reached the end of the Internet! No...really! Check it out for yourself: http://www.internetlastpage.com/

From the "nvu" website: Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Check it out at http://nvu.com/index.html . Let me know what you think.

I routinely search my hard drive for specific filenames, but the searches take way too long because Windows also wants to search through the filenames of files embedded in zip files. I discovered the way to disable this "feature": Create a batch file that contains the following command: regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\zipfldr.dll /u If you ever want to re-enable the ability to search through zip files, just modify the command by removing the "/u".

OpenOffice 2.0 Beta has been released. [ Overview / OpenOffice.org / Features ] OpenOffice 2.0 introduces a new " open " file format that will soon become an ISO standard. This opens up the possibility of true compatibility across different programs and operating systems. Bottom line for this office suite: it is a free and an excellent alternative to Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office.