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November 2008 Blog Posts (7)

IM Twitter Bot

So for all of you twitters out there here is a little tutorial how to write your own IM bot to easily update twitter using IM client. I know i know you can use the official IM twitter bot BUT it is down right now. So, why not use your own.

First of all read post How to Write Your Own IM Bot in Less Than 5 Minutes

Follow all the steps and create your own bot.

Next add the… Continue

Added by Nemanja Nesic - NEM- on November 25, 2008 at 11:17pm — 1 Comment

Mule, Codetown, Success

Last night's Mule talk was great. Thanks, Zemian. And, thanks to Signature Consultants for providing pizza and drinks.

We'll rely on Codetown for posting events and RSVPs, so please keep an eye on it and RSVP for upcoming events.

There's a Notes section that has some hints about using Codetown. Please look around and see what is here. I think you'll like it a lot!

In January, we have Carol McDonald of Sun coming with a great talk. Details in the Events… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 21, 2008 at 10:06am — 1 Comment

Bye bye X

I promise I tried. I tried really hard to get used to it and to love it... but i just can't waste anymore time with Ubuntu's

X! I am switching back to XP. I will use linux (ubuntu) or any other distribution ONLY for non X stuff. Let's admit: Linux's X is not THAT great! It is buggy it is slower than XP and i dont ever wanna talk about OSX. I am so tired of Segmentation Fault, trail and errors and spending days and nights getting something to work.

I ran… Continue

Added by Nemanja Nesic - NEM- on November 20, 2008 at 11:28am — No Comments

FYI -- the final version of NetBeans 6.5 was released this morning

FYI... The NetBeans team has released the final version of NetBeans 6.5. this morning... lots of new features...

Introduction to NetBeans IDE 6.5

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/ide/nb65-intro-screencast.html

In this screencast, Sridhar Reddy shows new Java developers NetBeans IDE 6.5 editor features and gives a short introduction on how to edit, compile… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 19, 2008 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Øredev features Josh Marinacci on JavaFX

Malmo, Sweden: Josh Marinacci will present JavaFX at Øredev Nov 17-21.

Added by Michael Levin on November 16, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

LA JUG looking for presentations

The Los Angeles JUG is looking for presenters. They have a nice way of presenting their wish-list.

Added by Michael Levin on November 16, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

nbPython a go!

News Flash: (from Alley Davis of www.cajunjug.org)

http://codesnakes.blogspot.com/2008/11/python-in-netbeans-is-go.html

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Python in Netbeans is a go!!!!

After a 6 months of development. nbPython has been given the green light to be release as the official python build for Netbeans. The EA release will be… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 13, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

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