Archive for September, 2004

2004 Electoral Vote Animation

30th September 2004 by Eamonn No Comments

Here is a great way to visualize how the presidential race is going, using data from http://www.electoral-vote.com.
Watch those battleground states swing back and forth! In particular keep an eye on the crucial states of Florida, Ohio, and Missouri.
(Click animation to see full size on caida.org site.)

new OpenGL-based pipeline for Java 2D

30th September 2004 by Eamonn 1 Comment

According to the rhw Java Buzz Forum there is a binding to OpenGL in Java 1.5 enabled by adding the VM argument
-Dsun.java2d.opengl=true
I must try this to see if it improves the performance of our Java app that does a lot of image movement on the screen.

Hello Rob from CA!

27th September 2004 by Eamonn 2 Comments

Thank you Rob for subscribed to me on bloglines. Now I know someone is out there reading I had better start posting some worthwhile stuff!

J2SE 1.5 support for Eclipse

24th September 2004 by Eamonn No Comments

J2SE 1.5 support for Eclipse