If you're interested in politics, stop by my new site... ConservativeTide.com.

I've heard good things about the Secrets of Oil episode of Modern Marvels. If you're curious about all the uses of oil in our daily lives then check this out. You might be surprised.

Roman Strobl has created an excellent 7 minute screencast of how to use NetBeans and the JPA (Java Persistence API) to build data-aware applications at the flip of a switch. It's really impressive what you can build by entering a JDBC URL and clicking a few buttons - full-fledged applications that are easily customized. Similar support is available for the JSR-311 REST API, Ruby on Rails, and Grails.

If you have $100,000 burning a hole in your pocket you can order a Tesla Roaster and have it in a year. Here's a blog entry by Elon Musk, Tesla Motors Chairman of the board.

You'll love the video on the page. It was filmed by Robert Scoble on his cell phone using Qik. Qik lets you broadcast video live on the internet from a cell phone - very cool. Jason Calacanis, who has a Tesla on order, is trying to keep up in a yellow Corvette.

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Posted by Clint Combs on March 1, 2008 12:26:38 AM EST #

I know of him as the founder of modern conservatism, having heard Rush speak of him in endearing tones for years. I hope to know him better through his writings in the years to come. Reading through a few WFB articles today I most enjoyed this - the speech that Ronald Reagan gave at the 30th anniversary of National Review. Enjoy.

There seems to be a ton of innovation happening in client-side Java these days. You can get a good dose of the JavaFX side of things from Jim Weaver's blog. In a post that's full of tasty morsels he says that you'll be able to drag applets out of the browser with the release of Java 6 update N. Interesting idea. Read his post for more info on Sun's client-side plans.

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Posted by Clint Combs on December 13, 2007 12:19:42 AM EST #

While reading tonight I came across two links from Europeans - one for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the other shows the players in the approaching political season.

In the first Mark Steyn gives thanks for America. It's nice to hear kind words from an outsider's perspective.

The other is the Telegraph's listings of their top 100 liberals and conservatives. If nothing else, it's a who's who for watching the upcoming elections.

I just downloaded Google's early release of the Android development tools. The download came in two pieces; the Android SDK and the Eclipse Plugin.

Setting up a project in Eclipse is a simple matter. First you download and install the SDK. Then you install the plugin via the Eclipse Software Update system. After restarting Eclipse you have to set the location of the SDK to proceed. Go to Window -> Preferences and select the Android plugin. Enter the directory where the SDK is installed.

Having installed the SDK and plugin you can create a project. A project wizard asks for a project name, project package name, and an Activity name (an Android class). The plugin builds the project and you're off and running. I'm up and running with a project in just a few minutes - I'll have more later.