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Another useful link: Java-Source.Net is a nice collection of open source Java software. It appears to be very complete.

A blurb in the Javalobby newsletter mentioned the Napkin Look and Feel. The purpose behind this is to visually indicate that an application is just a prototype and nothing more, in order to prevent managers from assuming that an application is almost complete when they see a nice-looking prototype. I have to say this is rather ingenious, and I am sure many developers have been in this situation before. Too bad I don’t usually do any client side development....

I came across a funny website: http://www.engrish.com. Since English isn’t my native language either, I feel that it should be OK for me to laugh about this. ;)

Nokia just announced that they have started shipping the impressive Nokia 7610 Series 60 camera phone. The price tag of somewhere over $600 seems a little hefty, but with service provider discounts this will probably be available for a lot less. The feature list certainly sounds awesome: 1 Megapixel camera, MIDP 2.0, 8MB internal memory plus 64MB MMC, tri-band, bluetooth, infrared, and USB connectivity, etc. I would certainly love to have one of these to play with MIDP programming, although I’ve been pretty happy with my Nokia 3650 for this purpose....

Argh… After getting back from a late night shopping trip to IKEA, I tried to hit Bloglines as usual in order to catch up on the blogs that I’m reading, only to find that the site is down for a few hours (undergoing plumbing, as they put it). This made me realize how much I already depend on this site (or at least got used to it), after only having used it for about 1-2 weeks....