Month: 18 years ago

Java

MTYJUG reunion with James Gosling

This Saturday, we had the opportunity to organize a Java User Group meeting, and have as special guest none other than Mr. James Gosling. Here’s the picture to prove it: We discussed several topics about Java. James Gosling talked to us about the new tools in Netbeans 5 for RAD GUI development, how he sees […]

Guillermo Castro 
Java

Maven Continuum 1.0 Final is out

Just as I was researching on a Continuous Integration tool for our next project at work, I learn from a co-worker that the Apache Maven Project has released final version 1.0 of its CI tool, Continuum. I downloaded and installed the application, and it looks really nice. Previous to this tool, I was considering using […]

Guillermo Castro 
Java

James Gosling is coming to town

I am very excited. This weekend Mr. James Gosling will come to Monterrey to act as a one of the guest speakers for a national youth science event. The good thing about it is that thanks to my lovely wife, who’s part of the team doing the organization of the event, I was able to […]

Guillermo Castro 
General

Can laptop speakers become a microphone?

I got a Dell Latitude D600 laptop from work, and when I travel I usually use Skype to call home, since it is way cheaper than using the hotel’s long distance service. I usually carry a headset with me for the microphone, but I found out that my headset’s mic isn’t working anymore. I was […]

Guillermo Castro