Field Notes

Clearing out the guest room for a driveway sale - what doesn't sell goes to trash, donation, or eBay.

William Gibson's Spook Country explores cutting-edge technologies and businesses hiding in plain sight.

10MinuteMail now supports 26 languages and lets you grab fresh addresses without losing old mail.

JBoss Tools' properties editor looks great but strips equals signs - a quick fix prevents data loss.

Blog permalinks restructured for better searchability; use search to find what old links pointed to.

Blog permalinks restructured for better searchability; use search to find what old links pointed to.

Seam-gen now generates ant targets that run seam tasks directly from your IDE - no command line needed.

Enhancing seam-gen to support multiple projects.

Timothy Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek offers actionable strategies for productivity and lifestyle design.

Premium products like Apple laptops and Aeron chairs deliver quality service that justifies their cost.

Java constants use final and static modifiers for efficiency, memory safety, and compile-time inlining.

ATG RSS generator droplet transforms repository data into valid RSS feeds with customizable channel fields.

Back at the gym after three weeks off - sore abs, accomplished work, and a productive weekend ahead.

10MinuteMail redesigned with clipboard copy feature and upgraded to Seam 2.0 on new fishfuse.com domain.

Skip three weeks of training and your body pays the price. One brutal session later, redemption begins.

Back in Seattle with wife away - solo time means home maintenance, work projects, and old TV marathons.

ItemToXMLDroplet converts repository items to XML for client-side JavaScript or Flash consumption.

Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero strategy slashed 5,000 messages and 7 folders, proving email triage works.

Three weeks in Columbus on the new job brings jet lag, lost sunglasses, and a desperate need for rest.

Oracle database installations frustrate developers who prefer PostgreSQL - but sometimes you have no choice.