September 2009 Blog Posts (4)

How to use Delicious on an iPhone


Ever want to bookmark a website while browsing on your iPhone? It's easy. First, just bookmark the "Post to Delicious" link on your iPhone browser. Then, select that bookmark to save the URL of the website you're currently browsing. Sweet!

Added by Michael Levin on September 29, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Jython 2.5.1 Final!



Jython team member FrankWierzbicki (@fwierzbicki) reports that Jython 2.5.1 is final! Jython is Python for the Java Platform.



You can discuss it in… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on September 26, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

OrlandoJUG Lightning Talks

It was sunshine and blue skies in Orlando for the OrlandoJUG Lightning talks this month.







We met and enjoyed a pot luck dinner. There was more than enough food for everyone.









The approach we took for the talks was to post our topics on the whiteboard, then spend about 5 minutes on each topic. A question and answer session… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on September 25, 2009 at 11:05am — No Comments

The Art of Community

I've just started reading The Art of Community , by Jono Bacon.… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on September 18, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

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