Condor Mercedes’ Neighborhood

Mylyn is a Task-Focused Interface for Eclipse that reduces information overload and makes multi-tasking easy. It does this by making tasks a first class part of Eclipse, and integrating rich and offline editing for repositories such as Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA.

See also

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mylyn1/

Eclipse Video Tutorials

• http://jonah.cs.elon.edu/dpowell2/Courses/EclipseTutorial/EclipseTutorial.htm
• http://www.intelligentedu.com/blogs/post/best_new_training_sites/3688/top-15-free-eclipse-video-tutorials
• http://www.bestechvideos.com/2007/01/18/eclipse-video-tutorial-by-dave-powell
• http://live.eclipse.org/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipsetutorial/

and of course

Since I'm on a long holiday weekend, you're getting the week's reading a little early.

• In my opinion, Mary Carillo is the best tennis announcer on television.  This weekend, of course, she's covering the Wimbledon finals for NBC.  She's too artful to say anything negative about grass-court tennis during this fortnight, and all that serve-and-volley tennis is definitely fun.  But grass-court tennis can be a little too much about power and quick points for me.  And apparently for Carillo, too.  A few years ago, she explained—in a piece called "Living Life on Clay"—why she wanted her children to live like clay-courters.  Here's a taste:
  
  

  [M]y wish for them is to dream in different languages, to build a character that translates well everywhere in the world. I want them to live their lives as though they were playing them out on clay.

  . . . .

  There is great comfort in consistency-always having someone, or something you can trust.

  Life demands great discipline and deep daring.

  And a fatigued mind makes bad decisions.

  Don't get easily depressed. It's amazing what a stout heart and a nimble mind can do if you're resilient enough to stay the course.

  The reward is the journey.

  Read the whole thing. It's one of the most literate, moving pieces I've seen a TV sports journalist produce.

• ChaliceChick of The Chaliceblog has actually printed up an FAQ sheet to hand people who ask about her new SmartCar.  Really.  As I said in CC's comments, it's brilliant.
  
  
• Would you like to see how the Humpdome was transformed over a few hours from a baseball to a football stadium?  Of course you would.  And when you're impressed with photographer John Loomis's work, you'll want to check out his portfolio.  Loomis blogs, too.
  
  
• Everywhere, I suppose, men can't be trusted on the internet to give their correct ages, heights, and—euphemism alert—"intimate details."  We now have confirmation from Pakistan, anyway.  (NSFW?)
  
  
• Tell me I don't need this wallet, or this one, or this one.  But, er, if I was going to buy one of these wallets I don't need, which one should it be?  Advice, please.  Oh, wait.  What about this one?  (Link via Josh Spear)

Easy Eclipse for LAMP which is fully multi-platform compatible including GNU/Linux & Apple Mac OS X now has add-ons, extensions, plug-ins for :

• DataBase
  
• Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA
• SubVersion
• Trac & Subversion integration
  
• Log Watching
• HTML
• JavaScript
• XML & XSLT
• QA & Testing
  

and you can find even more Easy Eclipse plug-ins @

• http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/plugins/index.html
  

to make it one of the best free libre open source IDEs for LAMP web developers !

easy eclipse ide

1. I like blackberry cobbler.
2. I'm proud to be from Oklahoma.
3. When I was a kid, my favorite color was purple. Now yellow is.
4. I've never been to Europe.
5. I collect pottery.
6. New Orleans is still my favorite city.
7. My all-time favorite album is Jimmie Dale Gilmore's Braver Newer World.
8. Jody and George were my imaginary childhood friends.
9. I saw Tina Turner at my first "grown-up" concert.
10. I know more about the Eleventh Amendment than you think I do.
11. My grandfathers outlived my grandmothers.
12. My father wrecked my first car, a Dodge Aspen, before I ever even got to drive it. (When he told me, I thought he was joking.)
13. I vividly recall a childhood nightmare about a giant spider in the living room. I rarely remember dreams now.
14. A Merchant-Ivory film, A Room with a View, changed my life.
15. At 21, I was diagnosed with an ulcer.
16. As a kid, I approved of the designated hitter rule; now that I've lived in a National League city for awhile, I'm not so sure.
17. I stretch every day. If I don't, my body punishes me.
18. I think Babbitt is the most underrated American novel of the 20th century. (Kids should be reading it in high school.)
19. I wish that I'd met Allen Ginsberg.
20. I wish I understood e.e. cummings's poetry better.
21. I'd much rather be hot than cold. (In other words, I'll take Florida over Michigan any day.)
22. I'm in love with being in love.
23. My lucky number is 23.
24. I've never been to an opera.
25. If I were an artist, my work would be influenced by Donald Judd and Morris Louis.
26. Nothing turns me off like too much ego.
27. I financed most of my undergraduate education by winning a scholarship exam about Oklahoma history. (Thanks, Oklahoma Heritage Association.)
28. I like magnolia trees.
29. If I weren't in my current profession, I think I'd like to be either an actor or a social studies teacher. (Is that an odd either/or combo or what?)
30. Tulips are my favorite flowers.
31. For my money, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is the best television show ever.
32. I like game shows more than just about any other television genre. (Match Game is my all-time fave.)
33. Asparagus is my favorite vegetable.
34. I'm passionate about lemons.
35. I'd be a captain more like Picard than Kirk. I like Janeway, too.
36. I'm awful about returning email and telephone calls in a timely fashion. Sorry!
37. My dream vacation is to visit Paris for the French Open and then London for Wimbledon. (Maybe I could spend the two weeks between the tournaments in Madrid or Belgium?)
38. At the right university, I might've majored in Canadian Studies.
39. The worst thing that ever happened to me is having my heart broken.
40. I'd make a great judge, but I'll probably never have the chance to prove it.
41. I'm obsessed with the Olympic Games.
42. I was the editor of my high school's newspaper. While in high school, I was a stringer for the local daily, too.
43. After high school, I decided I wasn't outgoing enough to be a good journalist.
44. I get bored easily. (That probably means I'm boring.)
45. If it's not A Room with a View (see #14), Short Cuts is my favorite movie of all time.
46. Even after years of living here, I don't feel like I "belong" in Pennsylvania. And I doubt I ever will.
47. When I was a kid, I was sure I'd find a way to live in Washington, D.C.
48. I like Japanese restaurants.
49. Nothing makes me feel cleaner than having a new, short haircut and freshly trimmed fingernails.
50. I'm afraid of dentists and car salesmen.
51. I've only been in love three times, and I'm not entirely sure one of those should "count."
52. I sort of wish I'd been the punter on my high school's football team.
53. I've never been sexually attracted—even in the least bit—to a woman. (Women are great, of course. I just don't want to sleep with them.)
54. I still have a picture of my ex on my desk at work. (After I wrote this, I put the photo in a drawer.)
55. I don't own a car.
56. One of the first men I had a crush on was tennis superstar Björn Borg. (Later tennis crushes: Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Albert Costa.)
57. If you're a man with a build like a linebacker, I've probably got a crush on you right now.
58. I'm a Unitarian Universalist (with Humanist, Buddhist, and non-theistic tendencies).
59. I don't have a favorite TV show right now. (Do you?)
60. My 80GB iPod is currently over three-quarters full.
61. Loneliness is something I've struggled with, off and on, since childhood.
62. When I was a kid, I got Sparky Lyle's autograph. (And Crazy Ray's, too.)
63. Two of my best vacations were road trips to Yellowstone National Park.
64. I wonder if you really got the Dorothy Parker reference.
65. When I finally got the Tennis Channel, I did a little dance right there in my apartment.
66. I think I'd like presiding at weddings.
67. If it were track or field instead of track and field, I'd choose field every time. (Hammer throwers are sexy!)
68. I really like diner food. Who wants to split the corned beef hash?
69. I'm attracted to hairy men.
70. In my opinion, Talking Heads was the best rock band ever.
71. The last three plays to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama were Doubt, Rabbit Hole, and August: Osage County, and I saw each one of them on Broadway.
72. As a kid, I read everything I could find about the Faroe Islands.
73. I'm shy around strangers. Sometimes, I even wonder whether I have social anxiety disorder.
74. On the SAT, I scored much better on the math than the verbal section. (So, naturally, I write and edit for a living now.)
75. I wrote a master's thesis on sports sociology. (And I later went back to school for more Sports Studies. Why, oh, why don't I work for the Phillies?)
76. I'd give just about anything for a good massage.
77. I procrastinate.
78. I got the worst sunburn of my life when I was parasailing in Acapulco Harbor.
79. I'm not at all interested in having children.
80. I'm an enormous fan of my mom's pies, especially her coconut cream and lemon meringue pies.
81. I'm concerned you'll think this list is pretty darn self-indulgent.
82. Are you surprised I've made it to No. 82 without mentioning beer? I am.
83. Belgian and Belgian-style beers, particularly Lambic beers, are my favorites.
84. I've never been to New England.
85. I subscribe to more magazines than a person with a full-time job could possibly read.
86. My favorite Iron Chef is Michael Symon.
87. Ice cream usually upsets my stomach. (Sexy, huh?)
88. I enjoy rodeo, particularly steer wrestling.
89. I see Independence Hall nearly every day.
90. I'm interested in vexillology.
91. As a child, I was very, very good at checkers.
92. After 10-plus years of commuting, I still smile when a train—wow, a passenger train!—pulls up to my station each morning.
93. The worst neighbors I ever had (a) exposed me to bedbugs, (b) refused to cooperate with the exterminator, and (c) never said they were sorry. Hmph.
94. According to the Myers-Briggs instrument, I'm an INTP.
95. I'm not wild about peaches.
96. Hot, not merely warm, water is essential for my morning shower.
97. I haven't been camping since I was a child.
98. Jason Bateman could play me in the movie.
99. I once was offered a job in Palau.  I said no.
100. It has literally taken me months and months to think of these 100 things.

Flaming Chalice

I'm a Unitarian Universalist, but I'm more interested in religion as a subject matter than I'm actually religious—or, at least, what most people would describe as religious.  I'm certainly not "spiritual."  I'm a non-theist, influenced strongly by Humanism and secular Buddhism.  I look for the transcendent (I do!), but I look for it in people and relationships.

But, as I said, I'm fascinated by religion—from what others believe to how cultures shape, and are shaped by, religions.  Unsurprisingly, I suppose, one of my favorite radio programs is public radio's Peabody Award-winning Speaking of Faith.  Each week, SOF host Krista Tippett interviews a compelling figure about some interesting topic in religion.  In my opinion, it's usually Tippett who makes the show.  She knows her subject matter, and the hour-long radio format gives her the time to explore in depth what her well-chosen guests have to say.  Tippett really listens to what her guests say.

This week, I was startled and pleased to see hear that my own little faith, UUism, was getting some of Tippett's attention.  The guest was the Rev. Kate Braestrup, a chaplain for the Maine Game Warden Service.  Braestrup's memoir, Here If You Need Me, was one of my favorite books of 2007.  It tells some of the stories of love, life, and death that Braestrup has experienced on (and off) the job.  (If you've made it this far into this post, you really should read Here If You Need Me.  The audio version, read by Braestrup herself, is exquisite, too.)  This episode of SOF, "Presence in the Wild," is one of the best I've ever heard, and that's absolutely saying something.  If you're at all interested in UUism, chaplaincy, practical theology, or, hey, even game wardens, give it a try.

I'm smitten with Krista Tippett, but Kate Braestrup is my intellectual crush of this week.

Well, I'm writing it at the end of this weekend, but here's what captured my attention this week:

• Fittingly, since we're in the middle of the Wimbledon fortnight, a NYT article looked at all those strange on-the-court habits of the top tennis players.  Novak Djokovic bounces the ball up to 25 times before the ball toss, and Maria Sharapova tucks hair behind each of her ears.  But my favorite?  The way Rafael Nadal obsessively towels off between each point.  And, then, of course, there's the way he's always digging his clam diggers out of his, er, butt crack.
  
  
• When I was a kid, I resisted—fiercely—the afternoon nap.  I didn't understand why grown-ups wanted to waste any part of the day.  Now, I'm downright grateful for this advice from the Boston Globe on the art of napping.  (Link via SteveP)
  
  
• Before Bloomsday gets too far away from us, this accurate, but oh-so-brief summary of the plot of Ulysses sure made me smile.  (Link via Prettier than Napoleon, who wonders why Joyce captivates some of us so)
  
  
• Speaking of little obsessions, this NYT article on casino chip collecting was sort of fun.  But I don't really need one more excuse to love Las Vegas.  That place has gotten under my skin.
  
  
• Dustin Fenstermacher is a talented photographer.  Be sure to check out his gallery of images from the cat show.  Highly recommended!  (And I'm allergic to cats.)

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