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20 "Cakes" of Java in Brazil
To celebrate 20 Years of Java we did a cross-country tour in Brazil for 20 days, visiting Java User Groups and Events across the country. It was long and grueling, but a lot of fun. And most importantly, we got to eat cake! Cake for breakfast (thanks to Otavio and his chocolate passion) and a Java cake for dinner... every single day!
DIY Raspberry Pi Workshop for Kids
I did a successful workshop this past weekend at Silicon Valley Code Camp with 50 very enthusiastic future developers. They were ages 10 and up, and everyone in the class got a Java game running on their Pis, and made 2 or more improvements in the span of a few hours.
Interview Schedule for Today and Tomorrow
So, Johan guilted me into posting the live interview schedule... so here it is: Thursday 9/5 at 10AM PST - Hans Dockter (recording is here) Thursday 9/5 at 12PM PST - Johan Vos (recording is here) [moved to Friday] Thursday 9/5 at 3PM PST - Mark Heckler [will do during or after SpringOne instead] Thursday 9/5 at 4PM PST - Josh Long Friday 9/6 at 12AM PST - Stephan Jannsen (recording is here) Friday 9/6 at 10AM PST - Reza Rahman (recording is here) Friday 9/6 at 3PM PST - Robert Savage Friday 9/6 at 4PM - Mark Heckler Remember, all times are approximate (we rarely start recording at the top of the hour due to setup, so figure 15 minutes in and we will actually be streaming). Also, an easy way to find out when we go live is to follow my channel on ustream and you will get an e-mail notification whenever I start streaming.
Geek Bike Ride Shanghai
I have been involved in the Geek Bike Ride events from the inception in Brazil, and I have to say that the event yesterday in Shanghai was the hottest ever! Well, literally the hottest, because of the 100 degree weather (plus humidity), but also with a great turnout from the local GreenTea JUG. While we had a great set of riders from around the world including Michael Hüttermann, Bert Ertman, and Arun Gupta, we also had a lot of local Shanghai coders come out for the ride.