NewInstance

Recently at Devoxx I've heard that type inference will be available on Java7 to shorten collections instantiations. (If I remember correctly, from Josh Bloch's workshop). I catched the idea, and started using Type Inference and Varargs to shorten my code. Here's an example: static <K, V> Map<K, V> newHashMap() { return new HashMap<K, V>(); } [...]

Two Saturdays ago, I bought the Wireless Apple Mightymouse. Very nice looking, but I find it much harder to use than the MacBook's touchpad. Basically the problem is the acceleration, there's no way to set it up without external utility: usboverdrive, steermouse, about $20 each. While you can adjust mouse acceleration in any decent OS, [...]