on Thursday, November 29, 2007
Good heavens, it's small, and I got the one with the whiny fan.

The screen, while low on density, is easily readable indoors, and adequate for my needs. The LED backlight is adjustable via Fn-F3/Fn-F4. It goes to sleep via Fn-F1 in about 3 seconds and comes back with the power switch in about 5 seconds.

Typing is... challenging, although I suspect I'll adapt with a few days use... So far the
on Monday, November 26, 2007
Today's Java Irritant is the lack of mixins or similar functionality, although Warth et al.: Expanders have an implementation.

A current project has an interface consisting of about two dozen getters (and setters). This interface is implemented by a minimum of two classes due to design and lack of multiple inheritance.

Being forced to implement this functionality in even one place, not tucked