While looking for a webcast for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, I found that a new version of JDK 1.4 was released yesterday. I doubt I'll install it - especially since I'll have to reinstall OS X to cleanly remove the build. Also, the part about "don't install this on a system with critical data" is a little discouraging - especially when I haven't experienced any bugs in the current JDK 1.4 build I'm running.
Summary: This seed consolidates a number of recent bug fixes to Java 1.4.1 and includes the changes to Java 1.3.1 from the recent Java Oracle bug fix release. The purpose of this seed is to expose the Java 1.4.1 changes to a broad sample of real-world code. While DP101 has undergone only limited testing, it is based on Apple's latest internal builds of Java, which are tested continously.
Warnings: This build has received limited testing and comes with no support. Do not install this on a system with critical data. This build installs over both Java 1.3.1 and Java 1.4.1; you will need to reinstall Mac OS X to cleanly remove this build and revert to an earlier versions of Java. This build is for evaluation purposes only, to determine if critical bugs have been addressed. You cannot distribute this build in any way.
Mini-me prompted me to download the latest iPod software update (v 2.0.1) tonight. It's the first time I've received an update, so I thought it would be easy. I was disappointed to find that it gives me two choices: Update and Restore - where Restore erases everything. The problem? Restore is the only choice. I'm guessing that I have to erase everything to update the software?! Sounds like a load of crap to me, but since I have all the songs stored in iTunes, I guess it's not that big of a deal. Is this the usual procedure for iPod software updates?
In the interest of no fluff, just stuff, I've altered my theme. The old theme was 162.7 KB for this entire frontpage (in Mozilla: File -> Save Page As...), while the new one is 101.8. So I've reduced it quite a bit, considering that there's around 50K of pictures from posts and such. Thanks to all who suggested reducing the page size. I don't know how long I'll keep this theme intact, at least until the end of the month probably - in hopes of saving some bandwidth. I hope you like it, and if you don't - let me know why - and then help me improve it.
- IE ignores the "max-width" CSS property, so you might get a width over 1024px for the body - causing the heading background image to look funny.
I'll add to this list as feedback rolls in. If you'd like to add to the list of available stylesheets for this theme, send me an image (1024 x 150) and I'll add it. Here's a simple stylesheet that you can alter to override settings in the basic one (simple.css). This theme has the stylesheet switcher integrated, so it's easy to change to a different stylesheet.
