((((DO SOMETHING!) SMALL) USEFUL) NOW!)

My apologies for the somber note amidst the hype and hoopla over the upcoming JavaOne festivities.

Alas, Bob Bemer has passed away due to complications from cancer. Bob invented the ASCII data format and was an old-school computer geek. "He never got the coding out of his
system. He was a coder until he couldn't code any more. He lived it and
breathed it." said his son. R.I.P.

The title of this blog is Bob Bemer's motto: ((((DO SOMETHING!) SMALL) USEFUL) NOW!)