A blog by Clint Combs

We've all heard about the big names in the Java world that have made the jump to Google. The question is, how much of Google uses Java?

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I've been working with J2SE 5.0 for the past few months on some side projects and the new features are great. Yesterday I ran into a problem that wouldn't have happened if generics had been around for the past few years.

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During Brit Hume's Grapevine he mentioned the possibility that Iraq's WMD may have been moved to Syria before the war.

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Rush likes to talk about the "Limbaugh echo syndrome". It appears there may be a Combs echo syndrome.

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The political BS has subsided in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

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Tonight while Hurricane Charley approached Jacksonville I watched the parade of athletes at the Olympic opening ceremonies. I was interested in seeing the athletes as well as the reaction to the Americans, the Afghans, and the Iraqis.

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Yesterday I found an RSS feed for tracking Hurricanes.

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Today tropical storm Bonnie spawned a tornado on the northwest side of Jacksonville and hurricane Charley is expected to pass through early Saturday morning.

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In an August 9th SFGate.com article, Adam Sparks says that Kerry will lose this election and lose it decisively.

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While watching ESPN Classic tonight I happened on a bit of trivia that I didn't know. Pete Rose eclipsed Ty Cobb's record on an earth-shaking date.

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This morning I've been trimming back the number of weblogs I have stored in FeedDemon. In the process I've noticed a couple common themes that run through weblogs that I no longer read.

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John Kerry's weak attempt at humor has me feeling pretty amused and relaxed this evening.

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Neal Boortz has been contemplating writing a book on the FairTax plan. Today he published a draft of a chapter titled "What About the Poor?".

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Matt Drudge is reporting that Speaker of the House Denny Hastert will push for replacing the current income tax system with a national sales tax or value-added tax. Drudge reports that this will be a centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda in a second term.

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