http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/ en-us 2008-05-16T10:24:22-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/05/im_back_from_ja.html Hello again everybody. I just had a busy week, cause I went to JavaOne 2008 :) lucastorri 2008-05-16T10:24:22-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/04/new_project_mar.html project Marge! [Time for thinking...] Yeah, that's true! This is not an April 1st joke :)]]> Community: Mobile & Embedded lucastorri 2008-04-01T10:49:37-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/03/zfs_indiana_vir_1.html Playing with ZFS, USB memory disks and VMware Fusion" and decided to try it myself, but in a different way, using VirtualBox instead of VMware.]]> lucastorri 2008-03-30T21:57:22-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/03/triboot_system.html I just finished to setup my laptop with a Tri-Boot System with Ubuntu Linux, Solaris 10 and Windows Vista. Here are some tricks I discovered during this process. lucastorri 2008-03-18T07:52:27-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/03/i_passed_scja.html Good news. Yesterday I took the Sun Certified Java Associate (http://www.sun.com/training/certification/java/scja.xml) exam and passed! Now, I would like to share this experience with you... lucastorri 2008-03-12T11:59:39-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/02/gujavasc_new_we.html The last couple weeks we've been working in the new website from the "Grupo de Usuários Java de Santa Catarina" our local Java User Group from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It's in blog format and we want to provide news from the User Group and related to Java, as well as bringing together the local community. So, for everybody that can read Portuguese (or is interested in learn :), visit http://www.gujavasc.org.br lucastorri 2008-02-18T09:11:08-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/01/sun_spot_more_o_1.html After releasing the Squawk VM as Open Source, Sun announced yesterday that has open sourced the SPOT libraries as well, under GPLv2. SPOTs are small, Java-based, wireless devices developed at Sun Labs. This libraries include the code responsible for wireless communication, sensors control and security at the devices. The news was published in the forum and can be seen the the java.net project website: https://spots.dev.java.net/ Community: Mobile & Embedded lucastorri 2008-01-30T08:33:58-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/01/netbeans_6_tshi.html netbeans.tv website, where the participants should share some photos or videos about the place where they live, work, etc. I created a entry about the city I live, Florianópolis. Unfortunately I didn't won the contest (the prize was a 1 GB Pen Drive and a Rich Client Programming Book), but at least I won a NetBeans T-shirt. Today I received a package with the T-shirt and it is great! The photos as usual aren't very good, but take a look...]]> lucastorri 2008-01-17T10:26:28-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/01/rfid_tags_to_te_1.html This is great! Technology to help us with domestic tasks. Designer Samgmin Bae has designed the clothTag, an RFID tag that could communicate with RFID enabled washers, dryers, irons, presses, and dry cleaning equipment, adjusting all settings automatically. lucastorri 2008-01-10T10:17:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2008/01/adding_a_humidi.html Last month I got a Sun SPOT from a friend that came back from US and I can say that the kit is very cool and easy to use. Now, in my way to learn more about it I decided to add a Humidity Sensor to the board. lucastorri 2008-01-08T09:02:57-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2007/12/configuring_a_s.html Fundação CERTI, where I'm alocated as a Campus Ambassador, we have received a donation of 17" screen Sun Rays and a great Workstation that I had the oportunity to install Solaris and Sun Ray Server on it.]]> lucastorri 2007-12-22T12:31:49-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2007/12/opensolaris_com.html A few days ago, Sun announced that is going to sponsor Open Source community with $1M. In my opinion this is a great way to encourage students to get involved with Open Source projects. lucastorri 2007-12-14T05:43:45-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2007/12/ufsc_campus_amb.html Since October I'm the Sun Campus Ambassador of Federal University of Santa Catarina. It's a great job, which I'm responsible to connect students and university to Sun Microsystems. Today I got surprised when a big box come in my house. lucastorri 2007-12-13T06:49:55-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2007/10/justjava_2007_i_1.html Ola Pessoal/Hello Everybody! pt: Estamos aqui em São Paulo, Brasil, no JustJava 2007 (http://www.sucesusp.org.br/eventos2007/justjava07/), evento do SouJava. A foto acima mostra o Mauricio Leal (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/maltron/) fazendo a abertura do evento. Hoje a tarde o Neto Marin (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/netomarin) vai apresentar um... lucastorri 2007-10-03T13:53:10-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/lucastorri/archive/2007/09/jython_scriptin.html Scripts languages are famous for their simplicity and ease of development. For this, they can be powerful Allies to software development. In this vast world of available scripting languages, one that really calls attention is Jython[http://www.jython.org]. Jython, is the Java implementation for the high-level Python language, allowing you to run Python on any Java platform. Tools lucastorri 2007-09-24T16:18:06-08:00