This year's JavaOne conference will be interesting in the same way dancing a jig upon the deck of the Titanic would be intriguing. Sun is definitely a sinking ship, and Java is a burbling, roiling, miasma of old standards and slow compile times.
But, oh, in years past, the conference was so much fun! free videogames everywhere, bean bag chairs and movies to watch with free lunch, free pigs, a nifty bag with your name embossed in gold lettering upon the butt of it. For an extra $20, you could get the name embossed on the butt of the pig too.
I often forget that developers are expected to pay thousands of dollars for the privlidge of sending their coders off to learn about this stuff. So the after parties and freebies are expected!
This weekend, we went to the Haight Street fair, a rather crowded afair. There were all manner of people selling things in the street, such as water, candy bars, cookies. Fun cookies. Wink wink, nudge nudge, is your wife a cookie, eh? know what i mean know what i mean?