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I just read this fairly interesting commentary on the future of the Java programming language. It was written by Joe Winchester for Sys-Con’s Java Developers Journal.
What Does the Future Hold for the Java Language?

This is Star Wars Cantina by Richard Cheese (aka Mark Jonathan Davis). It’s a funny song with Star Wars lyrics set to the tune of Copacabana by Barry Manilow.
(Help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope)
(R2-D2)
Her name was Leia, she was a princess,
with a danish on each ear, and Darth Vader drawing near
so R2-D2 found [...]

This is just plain ole awesome crap T.V. at it’s finest hour. The six million dollar man faces off with the six million dollar sasquatch (bigfoot). Why the heck would anyone build a bionic bigfoot, anyway? I don’t know, but this clip sure is hilarious. All you need for a great action shot is a) [...]

The Last.fm site has now teamed up with Universal Music to provide it’s users with free, full-length music videos of some really top rated artists including Nelly Furtado, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West (really cool video!), Nirvana, Guns ‘N’ Roses and more. Thank you Last.fm (or should we thank the owner CBS) as they are actually [...]

Here is So Into You by Atlanta Rhythm Section from their album Rock N Roll Alternative (1976).
In the cool of the evening
When everything is gettin kind of groovy
I call you up and ask you if you
Would you like to go with me and see a movie
First you say no, you’ve got some plans for the [...]

This has to be one of my all time favorite scenes from The Wedding Singer. This is the scene where Jon Lovitz is auditioning to sing at Julia’s (played by Drew Barrymore) wedding. “Sophisticated mamma!”

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Huh? I thought music was sound… not color. Well, ever heard of the blues? A site called Guitarati (no it doesn’t really have anything to do with guitars) has presented the world with a slightly new interface for selecting music. They assert that all music can be associated with a color. So who determines what [...]

You know what time it is when I’m down to just my socks? It’s business time… Here’s Flight of the Conchords performing a hilarious song called It’s Business Time.

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Books Giveaway: Comment and Win!
That’s right… Smashing Magazine is giving away books on web design and programming. All you have to do is comment on the post and you could win one of eight books.
A beginner’s mootools – create draggable and resizable elements
Nice beginners tutorial on creating dragable and resizable elements on a web page.
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No, it’s not an evil plot to take over the presidency and the White House. It’s also not that singing bush on The Three Amigos. I’m talking about “fractal branching ultra-dexterous robots.” So what the heck is that? A bush robot is a branched hierarchy of articulated limbs, starting from a macroscopically large trunk through [...]