Why hasn’t anybody thought of this before? If you’re a Java developer, I’m sure you’ve often run into class not found exceptions and had a hard time chasing down the missing JAR file. Jarhoo provides a simple search page that can identify the JAR file or package that corresponds to a particular class. Its growing database currently comprises 246344 classes, 2305 JAR files, and 25 applications. (via TheServerSide.com) It’s simple tools like Jarhoo and JDocs that can make a Java developer’s life much easier....

In the last few days, I have played a little with Subversion. I admit that I’m somewhat of a sucker for configuration management / version control systems. Up to now, I’ve had the opportunity to work with CVS, VSS, StarTeam, and Perforce (I’m not even counting RCS). Out of these tools, the only one I really dislike is VSS, as it its file-based (rather than true client-server) approach severly limits its scalability....

After a good 5 weeks of interviewing, I finally accepted a job offer. Towards the end, there were three jobs I was very interested in, and for some reason all three job offers came in yesterday. It’s funny how these things work out sometimes… I don’t usually write anything specific about my company on my blog, and I’ll keep it that way for now. I will however say that my new job is at an early phase startup in the mobile entertainment industry....

JustBlogIt is a nice little Firefox extension (also works with Mozilla) that adds a right-click menu entry to easily add a blog entry for the current page. The unique thing about it is that it also supports many web based news aggregators, such as Bloglines. You simply have to right-click on the entry you wish to blog about, and JustBlogIt will automatically insert the correct title and link in the blog form....

Another very interesting new (beta) Google service: Google Desktop. This allows users to search through files as well as emails on their desktops, and sounds pretty promising.