Lambda Probe

Lambda Probe (formerly known as Tomcat Probe) is a tool for monitoring and management of Apache Tomcat instance in real time. Lambda Probe will help you to visualize real time information about Apache Tomcat instance via easy to use and friendly web interface.

I especially liked the user interface, which is clear, simple and intuitive !

Lipstik LnF

Lipstik LnF is a nice look and feel, kind of sober color combination.. but very nice indeed !

Apache MINA

Apache MINA (Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications) is a network application framework which helps users develop high performance and high scalability network applications easily.
Nice job ! Worth a try !

Dual Processor vs Dual Core

Dual Processor vs Dual Core is interesting stuff for those wondering for a buy .. or just for the fun of argument.

Desktop Backgrounds

This site is a very interesting resource of fine desktop backgrounds .. very nice !

Free! Icons for your website or application at MaxPower

Free! Icons for your website or application at MaxPower
A nice place to go when searching for the right icon for your site or application. Beware of the license though !

iReport Designer roadmap

iReport roadmap is for me a good sign since I'm still waiting for Hibernate integration implemented in iReport.
As a matter of fact, I didn't tried to build a Jasper Reports report without iReport. And I'm ready for next week release !

JasperReports 1.2 released

JasperReports version 1.2 shows the progress in integration with Hibernate and some improvements about the run-time style modifications.
I'll wait for the iReport to catch up with JasperReports for taking a new try.

Using the Desktop API in Java SE 6 (Mustang)

Using the Desktop API in Java SE 6 (Mustang) is a must read for those interested in developing full-featured desktop applications in Java. It's a nice thing to read about, when you are a Swing application provider too ..
Enjoy ! And hope for sooner beta release of Mustang !

The power of Google Talk

Google Talk is ready to take off in gmail land .. there will be a integrated GoogleTalk client integrated in GMail account, powered by AJAX .. isn't this sweet ? or al least powerfull ? :)
Waiting for the moment ..

Gnome Lazuli Screenshots

Gnome Lazuli Mockups is a place to see the new eventual look of Gnome, a look that I like .. even if KDE is still my favourite.
Worths a look though, even for Windows users ..

NetBeans IDE 5 released

NetBeans IDE 5.0 final released with a bunch of great new features, among them, the most interesting for me it is the Matisse GUI Editor ... even if I'm a Eclipse guy and I'm mostly doing my GUI job writing code without any prototyping other than paper ..
There are some other interesting stuff, like profiler and refactoring, code editor improvements.
I'll give it a try .. the Netbeans development team deserves more than that, but t's a start.

Software Craftsmanship from simonsayz

Software Craftsmanship: it's a nice entry to read, especially if you do recognize some of your own patterns described. At least, I did ..

Top Java Interview questions

Simonsays: Top Java Interview questions: This blog entry is a interesting and fun one .. it was nice to see how far the inventiveness of the interviewer can go. A discussion on this subject started from this blog entry is also available on Javalobby (http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t63002.html).
The quest continues ! :)

Can you believe this ?

For the second time in last month I went to the mountains and I was corrupted to try skiing..the pictures attached are some prove to my willingness
A static one

and .. a dynamic one
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Tuning Eclipse Performance

EclipseZone - Tuning Eclipse Performance and Avoiding OutOfMemoryExceptions is a nice article to read .. and if you are a Java developer using Eclipse as your IDE , it may turn that it's really necessary.
Enjoy .. and happy tuning !

truelicense: The TrueLicense Library Collection

truelicense: The TrueLicense Library Collection is a collection of Java packages used to securely create, install and verify application licenses for closed source applications.
Looks like a nice thing to try .. and use in some context.

Gnash - GNU Flash Movie Player

Gnash - GNU Project Flash movie player is based on GameSWF, and supports many SWF v7 features.
Features:
Runs standalone: Gnash can run standalone to play flash movies.
Firefox plugin: Gnash can also run as a plugin from within Firefox.
SWF v7 compliant: Gnash can play many current flash movies.
XML Message server: Gnash also supports an XML based message system as is documented in the Flash Format specification.
High Quality Output: Gnash uses OpenGL for rendering the graphics.

Eventum Issue / Bug Tracking System

Eventum Issue / Bug Tracking System is a user-friendly and flexible issue tracking system that can be used by a support department to track incoming technical support requests, or by a software development team to quickly organize tasks and bugs. Eventum is used by the MySQL AB Technical Support team.
Eventum is available under the GNU GPL.
System Requirements
PHP 4.1.0 or newer versions
o PCRE Extension (usually enabled by default with newer PHP versions)
o Session Extension (usually enabled by default with newer PHP versions)
o MySQL Extension (built-in support with most PHP distributions)
o GD Extension
MySQL Database Server
Worths a look .. kind of sober screenshots, though :)

iReport - new version 0.5.3

iReport has released a new version 0.5.3 which supports JasperReports 1.1.1 (without crosstabs).
I think I'm going to upgrade too enjoy the frames and styles.