Learning Java as a somewhat experienced developer

I've programmed in various languages, on various systems, over the years, and am now turning my attention to Java. I thought I'd use this page to keep a list of the resources I found useful for getting up to speed with Java. Both the configuration, as well as understanding common programming conceptslike objects in the context of Java and the Eclipse IDE. So far I've used the following books, videos, tutorials, and other online resources.

Free Welcome Back PS3 games offered now that the Playstation Network is back

I'm not a huge gamer - Little Big Planet, and the original Portal are my favourites, but I'll download my two free games, sure, now that the Sony Playstation Network is back... Here's the list, and some details on each of the games to help me ( and you ) decide. In North America the choices are:

  • Dead Nation
  • inFAMOUS
  • LittleBigPlanet
  • Super Stardust HD
  • Wipeout HD + Fury

Use the links below to decide which games you'd like, then open the 'Welcome Back' tab in the PlayStation Store to download your free games.

Using the SQL MOD function in a select statement

Each photo on my photo-blog is a record in a MySQL database, but not every day of the year has a photo. I’ve been adding photos on and off since August, 2004, and each day I’d like to automatically provide links to the older photos I’ve posted on that day in the past (ie Jan 11 2010, Jan 11 2009, Jan 11 2008 and so on, but ONLY if they exist). I could have my PHP code loop through each of the possible dates and see if there is a record, but I’d rather have a single SQL command that would return just the records I was looking for. Somehow the MOD command seemed like the right place to start, but how?

Have a Spock-tacular Halloween

Here's my 2010 Halloween costume - Mr. Spock, complete with home-made Starfleet insignia:

I downloaded and printed a guide to making a paper phaser, but, well, it was tough, and it was already time to head to the party....

My technology week in review ending 2010.07.18

Wow, it has been a while since I'm summarized my Delicious tags, so a bit of a longer list than usual. These stories are related to:

  • SQL and DB2
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration software
  • Software development
  • Innovation, business, self-improvement
  • Podcasts
  • TED talks

And for those of you on Twitter, the stories relate to: @carlsafina @sivers @lukewdesign @timveal @Tunglerocks

(As always, most of the text is lifted directly from the related websites and isn't my own text.)

Escaping wildcard characters % and _ in SQL

It seems like an obvious question, but when someone on an IBM developerWorks forum asked how to use wildcards as literals in SQL I realized I didn't know the answer off hand! How DO you find all the records with a part number that contains an underscore, say? SELECT * FROM partno WHERE part LIKE '%_%' doesn't work as we'd like!

Friends? Not applicable

The Toronto City Council has a Twitter feed that I follow ( https://twitter.com/TorontoCouncil ) and when they announced they had a short survey to see how they were doing, of course I wanted to help out. Things went OK until...

Environmental sensors, iPhones, and Placebook / FourSquare

At a personal level we all want to remain healthy, and keep our kids healthy. We also want the environment in our citites to be as healthy as possible.

Genetics + Lifestyle + Environment = Risks

There is a lot of focus on two parts of the equation, genetics and lifestyle, and over the last few years technology has been providing us with more and more data to better understand the environmental risks for everyday people.

My technology week in review ending 2010.06.06

My summary of interesting URLs from last week, including stories related to:

  • SQL and DB2
  • Data Visualization
  • Collaboration software
  • Software development
  • Podcasts
  • TED talks

And for those of you on Twitter, the stories relate to: @evgenymorozov @lorifisher @rashmi

(As always, most of the text is lifted directly from the related websites and isn't my own text.)

My technology week in review ending 2010.05.16

My summary of interesting URLs from last week, including stories related to:

  • SQL and DB2
  • Innovation, business, self-improvement
  • Podcasts
  • TED talks



(As always, most of the text is lifted directly from the related websites and isn't my own text.)

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