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	<title>John P. Wood</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>JavaOne sessions now online</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/07/19/javaone-sessions-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun has recently posted MP3s, PDFs, and combo slideshows (slides in sequence with the audio) from this year&#8217;s JavaOne conference.  I wanted to post links to some of the sessions that I enjoyed the most.
You need a Sun Developer Network account (free) in order to access the presentations.  

Complext Event Processing at Orbitz
Design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview practice</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/07/09/interview-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/07/09/interview-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve given quite a few interviews over the past year.  I enjoy interviewing candidates to determine if they would be a good fit at Orbitz.  I also enjoy being the face of Orbitz to those who come in for interviews, trying my best to make the candidate want to work at Orbitz (which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thunderstorm Photo</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/07/09/thunderstorm-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/07/09/thunderstorm-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t mentioned it here before, but I&#8217;m kind of a severe weather nut.  You know&#8230;the type of idiot that goes up to the roof when the tornado sirens sound, instead of heading down to the basement.  Anyways, there was this really cool looking thunderstorm that made its way through last night.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overriding Java methods in Groovy for unit testing</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/06/13/overriding-java-methods-in-groovy-for-unit-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/06/13/overriding-java-methods-in-groovy-for-unit-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[java]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been experimenting with writing unit tests in Groovy to test our Java code at Orbitz.  Groovy provides many nice language features that have the potential to dramatically reduce the amount of test code that you have to write, and to decrease the maintenance burden of that test code.  Since it makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m spoiled</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/27/im-spoiled/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/27/im-spoiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[java]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I&#8217;m spoiled.  Spending the past several years working with Java, Ruby, Erlang, and some others, I&#8217;ve grown accustomed to the hoards of free libraries and tools out there just begging to be used.  IDEs, code analysis, continuous integration, frameworks, profiling, testing&#8230;pretty much anything you could ever want.  This rings especially true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A theme at JavaOne - Beyond Java</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/20/a-theme-at-javaone-beyond-java/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/20/a-theme-at-javaone-beyond-java/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[javaone2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed a few themes at JavaOne this year.  One of the big ones was JavaFX.  It had sessions galore, and plenty of stage time at the general sessions.  But, another theme I picked up on was the amount of sessions dedicated to non-Java programming languages; perhaps a bit odd considering this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JavaOne 2008 - Day 4</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/14/javaone-2008-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/14/javaone-2008-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun General Session Extreme Innovation
The last general session of JavaOne 2008 consisted of James Gosling inviting several people on stage to showcase what they have been using Java to create.  There were several presentations, but I&#8217;m going to only talk about a few that interested me.  
First up was Visual VM.  Visual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JavaOne 2008 - Day 3</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/09/javaone-2008-day-3/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/09/javaone-2008-day-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Groovy and Grails: Changing the Landscape of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE Platform) Patterns
Why did I sign up for ANOTHER Groovy and Grails talk?  That&#8217;s a great question.  I have no idea.  Nothing new was presented here that wasn&#8217;t already presented elsewhere.
JRuby on Rails Deployment: What They Didn&#8217;t Tell You
This was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JavaOne 2008 - Day 2</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/08/javaone-2008-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/08/javaone-2008-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle General Session Enterprise Application Platform
Here is my summary this session:
Buzzword, buzzword, buzzword.  Look at this fancy GUI tool you can use to create applications without writing code.  Buzzword, buzzword, buzzword.  Look how well this integrates with Excel.  Buzzword, buzzword, buzzword.  Give us lots of money to make your life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JavaOne 2008 - Day 1</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/07/javaone-2008-day-1/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/07/javaone-2008-day-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[General Session: Java + You
The opening session to JavaOne 2008 was pretty much a showcase of what&#8217;s new and upcoming in the world of Java development.  There was a preview of several Java enabled devices, including a couple of mobile phones, a mobile book reader from Amazon (with web and Amazon.com integration), and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CommunityOne 2008</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/06/communityone-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/06/communityone-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 05:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening Keynote
CommunityOne opened with a keynote from Ian Murdock, VP of Developer and Community Marketing at Sun Microsystems.  Ian feels that the software industry is undergoing a fundamental change, specifically in the area of open source.  According to Ian, the software development industry is currently moving from a more proprietary based world, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My JavaOne Agenda</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/01/my-javaone-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/05/01/my-javaone-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of sessions I have signed up for. I&#8217;m going to try like hell to make as many as possible:

Overview of the JavaFX™ Script Programming Language
Enterprise-Level Testing Strategies
Introducing eBay&#8217;s Scalable Innovation Platform
Real-Time Specification for Java™ (JSR 1): The Revolution Continues
Let&#8217;s Resync: What&#8217;s New for Concurrency on the Java™ Platform, Standard
Event-Driven Service-Oriented Architecture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going to JavaOne!</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/29/going-to-javaone/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/29/going-to-javaone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last week I was asked by my manager if I would be interested in going to JavaOne this year.  My answer was along the lines of &#8220;Hell Yes!&#8221;.  Well, everything has been officially approved, and I&#8217;m now in the middle of booking my hotel and flight to San Francisco.  A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is out!</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/24/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/24/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been an Ubuntu user for about a year now.  Before that, I played around with SuSE, RedHat, and a couple other Linux distros.  However, Ubuntu is the first one that I use on a day to day basis.  Installing applications is easy.  Getting and installing updates is easy.  Everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Java checked exceptions VS runtime exceptions</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/21/java-checked-exceptions-vs-runtime-exceptions/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/21/java-checked-exceptions-vs-runtime-exceptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my responsibilities at work is to interview candidates for open technical positions.  Given that we are a Java shop, most of our questions naturally revolve around Java, both the language itself and the common open source tools and frameworks that are used by Java developers.  An area that we often focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accurev blogs about Orbitz technology</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/18/accurev-blogs-about-orbitz-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/18/accurev-blogs-about-orbitz-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dzone just picked up on a post to the Accurev blog about some of the cool things our Development Technologies team has been doing at Orbitz.  I&#8217;m proud to say that we have some really bright, talented people working on that team, and I&#8217;m glad that they are starting to get some attention outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cougar&#8230;in Chicago!?!?</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/15/a-cougarin-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/15/a-cougarin-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow&#8230;this definitely falls into the &#8220;story of the day&#8221; category.
http://www.nbc5.com/news/15882607/detail.html
Over the past few years, there have been several cougar sightings in Northern Illinois.  So many that websites have popped up to track them.  However, although some of the sightings were reported by very reputable individuals (police, etc), the lack of photos/videos have made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugzilla and SMTP Authentication</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/01/bugzilla-and-smtp-authentication/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/04/01/bugzilla-and-smtp-authentication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Scripts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ruby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last few months I&#8217;ve been helping out in an effort to upgrade Shotokan Karate of America&#8217;s membership management system.  They&#8217;re rewriting the system from scratch, as the old system has grown to be unmaintainable.  The code for the new system was about 85% complete when I signed up, so I offered to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Release your code!</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/03/26/release-your-code/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/03/26/release-your-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know that piece of code that you wrote a while back?  That webapp that you wrote to help organize some aspect of your life?  That library you wrote to abstract away some details of a specific task?  Release it!  That&#8217;s right.  Set it free!
One of the reasons I set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://johnpwood.net/2008/03/23/welcome/</link>
		<comments>http://johnpwood.net/2008/03/23/welcome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog.  Here you&#039;ll find out a little bit about me, my ideas, and my interests.
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