Learning the basics about Java and Cocoa


I'm slowly working through a book about Java that our library just received, Head First Java by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates. It's the second edition.

I'm actually liking it, to my surprise. Objects, classes, etc. All that stuff that scares me. I found it interesting that they mention Tiger, OS X 10.4, right off the bat. It's the only OS that has Java 5 ready to go. I'm still waiting for Tiger, but Panther, OS X 10.3, has 95% of what I need to do the exercises.

I've still got about half of the Building Cocoa Applications book to go through, then I need to find that Cocoa programming book by Aaron Hillegass. There's a second edition out.

I got ticked off by an article in the Boston Globe today. A guy in the article was comparing Apple to the Yankees. What the hell? In my Weltanschauung, Microsoft is the Yankees. The team I love to hate. Apple is the Cleveland Indians or the Chicago Cubs. Underdogs! Boston was probably the epitome of that mystique until they won the Series. Actually Cleveland fits pretty well, especially back in the mid-Nineties when they were going to the Series but never winning it all. People in Boston seemed to hate them more than the Yankees. I couldn't figure it out.

Posted: Sat - May 7, 2005 at 05:26 PM      

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