Holiday Special 2009/2010

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Java Posse Roundup 2010 - Crested Butte, CO from March 16th to 19th with programming languages day on the 15th. The topic this year is "Best Practices". 

http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010 

• Groovy 1.7 released
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes
• And Grails 1.2 release too
• http://grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released

• Scala hoodie, from the Scala shop
• http://www.scala-lang.org/shop
• Headphones and amp
• Total Bithead - http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/amplifiers/headroom-total-bithead.php
• Grado SR80i - http://www.headphone.com/headphones/grado-sr-80i.php
• Latest Stephen King book - under the dome
• http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439148503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262482377&sr=8-1
• Kindle for iPhone - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000301301
• Barnes and Noble Nook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/
• Macbook Pro
• http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
• New Apple remote
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A
• Magic Mouse
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829?mco=MTY0MjUwNjQ
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Richard Dawkins)
• http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262483707&sr=1-1
• Rock Crawler R/C
• http://www.rcrockcrawling.com/
• Assassin's Creed II
• http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/
• NetHack
• http://www.nethack.org/
• Ratchet & Clank
• http://www.ratchetandclank.com/
• Stieg Larsson's last book
• http://www.stieglarsson.com/Millennium-series
• Blu-rays: Up and StarTrek
• http://www.amazon.com/Disc-Combo-Pack-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001KVZ6G6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484022&sr=8-3
• http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Blu-ray-Chris/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484046&sr=1-3
• Uncharted 2
• http://www.unchartedthegame.com/U2AT/

• Codemash coming up!
• http://www.codemash.org/

• A completely open source Android/Apps stack?
• http://code.google.com/p/open-android-alliance/
• Netbooks and chrome OS
• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os
• Will NetBeans survive the Oracle transition?
• http://netbeans.org/
• Will Apple tablet (iSlate) will give Netbooks and and Kindle a serious run for their money?
• http://gizmodo.com/5434566/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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