Twilight.

In my attempt to avoid literature altogether for the last few years I had bypassed the Twilight Saga’s inception and success altogether.  As with some of my most loved books, I heard about Twilight first due to the movie adaptation which hit theaters last year.  However, my path to discovery in this instance came about somewhat backwards.

A few weeks ago a co-worker whose music tastes interweave with my own mentioned I should listen to a song she was in love with from the Twilight soundtrack, “Eyes on Fire” by Blue Foundation.  I had been in want of something aside from my humdrum iPod rotation for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to searching for new music as of late, and the radio seemed to be stuck in the same vicious cycle as always.  My response to this song surprised even me.  I listened to it on repeat for the next two hours, then sought out other songs from the soundtrack to get a feel for how the movie would potentially play out and quite a few of the songs greatly suited my liking.

Mind you at this juncture I hadn’t seen the movie, didn’t know the plot or genre other than “vampire teen drama”, and definitely hadn’t happened upon the book.  Did I mention I lead a typically reclusive life?  The soundtrack sparked a dormant interest in me and I purchased the special edition of the movie on the way home on a whim.  I waited for the three glorified bachelors I live with to leave the house so I could watch my movie in peace, knowing I would catch all kinds of slack from them for my choice of entertainment.

The movie was low budget, with a few really cheesy effects (yay sparkles!), and the lead actress is prone to overacting at times.  All that aside, I fell in love with the movie instantaneously!  Newcomer Robert Pattinson portrays one of the truest to “life” vampires I’ve seen on the silver screen, at least according to my vision of how a vampire should be.  The film was well-cast all around, the soundtrack flowed fantastically into the story, and I proceeded to watch it two more times over the course of the weekend to gain further understanding of the characters and catch things I may have missed on first view.

Now, before continuing I must backtrack further to explain how I came to the next logical step.

In 1994 Interview with the Vampire hit the theaters and my developing love of vampires and historical films seemed to come to a head with this picture.  I wasn’t allowed to see it in theaters due to the graphic nature of some scenes, but I was able to convince my parents to let me see it when it came out on video the following summer.  The same latching response occurred, and I proceeded to watch Interview pretty much every day for the following year.  I had it memorized by the first week, and would systematically fall asleep during the voyage to the Old World by the 6 month mark.  I asked for the box set of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, Tale of the Body Thief) for my following birthday and devoured those books, rereading The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned in particular numerous times.  Over the next few years one by one I purchased and absorbed every book Anne Rice has written under that pseudonym and a few under different names.  My favorite book to this day is Cry to Heaven.  Furthering my involvement in her life and literature was the fact that the majority of her plots centered around New Orleans, a place near and dear to me geographically as well as emotionally.  I heart Anne Rice.

Now, back to present.  Twilight.  I listened to the soundtrack, I watched the movie, the next logical step was to read the books.  Despite my long-standing subconscious aversion to delving into a good novel since high school, the void in my current life was crying out to be filled with something familiar and comforting.  Delving into a good story, reading into the wee hours until I was too tired to see straight, even the crisp turn of the page and the smell of fresh ink.  I missed this.  I needed this.  The following week I purchased Twilight and for a brief moment I felt complete again.  The first page released that hunger for knowledge and adventure immediately.  I moved on to New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn.  Each bringing me closer to that elation I had known in my youth, and the disappointment when I had completed the last book and would have to seek entertainment elsewhere.  After reading each installment I paused to watch Twilight the movie again to refresh my memory on the beginnings of the story.  I’ve listened to almost nothing but the soundtrack for the movie at work and on my commute for a month now.  Even though I’m done with the initial reading of the books, I can’t seem to bring myself to move on to another author or book just yet.

Perhaps it’s the obsessive-compulsive side of me causing this stagnation as I’ve experienced it in the past.  I’ve often wondered how I get to a point like this, where nothing else seems to satisfy my unknown cravings.  My short lived involvement with Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga feels like a burgeoning relationship cut short by some unforeseen circumstance.  Just when things were getting good it abruptly ends, and I’m left with a wanting for more, with no tangible conclusion.  At least with Anne Rice, much of her catalog was readily available when I picked up Interview with the Vampire.  I had years of reading and rereading ahead of me, a seemingly endless supply of lives to discover.  Basically, I need more before I can move on… perhaps when New Moon comes out this weekend it’ll satisfy my curiosity for the time being and I can focus on something else.

Yes, the long awaited Chapter 13 has finally been posted. The Destroying Angel would like to apologize for the extreme delay. Spider Monkey has been working her tail off (no pun intended) while The Destroying Angel has been frantically trying to settle into her new job, study for her GRE’s and apply to Graduate School. Alas, she finally has some time and Spider Monkey has also gotten settled into her new job and residence. So, we’re back in the swing of things just in time for the holidays! (YAY!) Keep your eyes peeled for more frequent updates!

These are some notes on using Java 1.6 on Mac OS X with Eclipse.

Mac OS X lagged behind for some time on adopting Java 1.6, but it was finally released as Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1. Unfortunately, this release has some limitations: it only runs in 64-bit mode and only on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). This meant no Java 1.6 support on Mac OS X 10.4, no support for PowerPC systems, and no support on the early 32-bit Intel Macs released in 2006.

To make Java 1.6 the default Java execution environment, run the Java Preferences application (found in the Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder). There you can drag the Java versions into any order you wish for both applications and applets. So to default to using Java 1.6 for everything, you can just drag Java SE 6 to the top of both the application and applet lists. The Java Preferences application will change around symlinks to correspond to your new choices. Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) appears to include only Java SE 6, but includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, so it should allow Java 1.6 to be run on the oldest Intel Macs (no PPC because Snow Leopard does not support PPC).

Some command line scripts expect the JAVA_HOME environment variable to be set to the directory that contains the Java distribution being used. Also, some scripts might require different versions of Java. To support this, Apple introduced a new utility called /usr/libexec/java_home. By default, java_home just returns the home value appropriate based on the selection in the Java Preferences utility, but command line arguments can request different versions (see the manual page linked earlier). The output of java_home is intended to be assigned to the JAVA_HOME environment variable in a shell initialization script (like .profile or .cshrc).

This brings us to Eclipse, the Java development environment. Eclipse can be used to develop for multiple Java versions. When creating a Java project, Eclipse prompts for the desired JRE version in the new project dialog box. To ensure that Eclipse tracks the language differences between versions, also select the desired version in Preferences->Java->Compiler->Compiler compliance level to match your project.

However, despite these changes, Eclipse itself does not necessarily run using the Java version being used for the project being developed. Initially, the latest version of Eclipse (3.5) was released only in 32-bit mode for both Carbon (an older and deprecated Mac OS API) and Cocoa (the modern Mac OS API). Since Leopard only supported Java 1.6 in 64-bit mode, this meant that Eclipse was always running under Java 1.5. With the release of Eclipse 3.5.1, there are now 64-bit Cocoa downloads available, and these will run under Java 1.6. For some users, this may not be important, but for those doing Eclipse tool development (such as the Hackystat Eclipse sensor) it is very helpful. I use JAXB in some of my Ant build scripts, and JAXB is built into Java 1.6 but not Java 1.5. When running Eclipse in Java 1.5, many of my Ant scripts report spurious errors about being unable to locate JAXBException, but these all vanish when running Eclipse under Java 1.6. I should note that at least some people disagree with this advice, and suggest using the 32-bit Cocoa version on Leopard instead of the 64-bit version. Everyone apparently agrees that on Snow Leopard you want the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse (unless you are on a 32-bit Intel Mac).

So if you want to use Java 1.6 for your application and run Eclipse under Java 1.6 there are two options:

• Use Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (with all software updates) on a Core 2 Duo Intel Mac, with Java Preferences set to use Java SE 6 as the default Java version, and use the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse 3.5.1.
• Use Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac, and use the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse 3.5.1 [note, I have not specifically tested this configuration, but it should work]

With Robert Pattinson being one of the most famous celebrities at the moment from his role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga, will he follow the path of other teen celebrities such as Daniel Radcliffe?

Visit my Mahalo page for the Breaking Dawn Trailer

Visit my Mahalo page for the Breaking Dawn Trailer

Visit my Mahalo page for the Breaking Dawn Trailer

Hey everyone. This website is all about the Twilight Saga Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. New Moon is coming out in three days!! Can you belive it?? I bought my tickets 2 months ago for the midnight premire. Have you bought yours? Heres the link to get tickets http://www.fandango.com/promo/newmoon hurry! Before they sell out!!

The offical date of Eclpise coming out now is 6/30/10. I guess the suspention will just have to kill me until summer of 2010. To hear Eclipse updates click here to see updates from David A. Slade (The Director of Elipse)

Also I herd a roumor that Breaking dawn is casting now. I hope the roumers true! I NEED my twilight! If you need twilight too then go down to your local Block Buster and rent (or buy) twilight today!

Also if you need to see edwards or Jacobs face every day, then I’d recomend hot topic. They sell a buch on twilight/newmoon tees and other stuff.

Hope you can make it to the New Moon Premire!

Inca 4 zile pana la lansarea mult-asteptatului film Twilight Saga: New Moon in cinematografele din strainatate. Pentru fanii din Romania, filmul va aparea cu o saptamana mai tarziu (pe 27 noiembrie 2009).

Si pentru ca sunt atat de multi fani, si pentru ca suntem convinsi ca sunteti dornici de noi dezvaluiri, ei bine iata cateva.

In primul rand, cateva pozici noi noute!

Apoi cateva noutati despre actori. Ei bine, Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen) a participat la cea mai noua lansare Prada, Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) a pozat pentru revista Maxim si pentru revista InStyle, in timp ce Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart si Taylor Lautner au facut ocolul lumii pentru a promova cel mai nou film.

De asemenea, ceva inedit: Casa familiei Cullen a fost scoasa la vanzare!

I got really tired of seeing my maven target directory and .svn directory entries show up in the ctrl+shift+R (open resource) dialog in Eclipse. Here’s what I did to remove them.

For .svn directories, I simply shared the project through subversive. I suspect doing the same with subclipse will work. Once eclipse knows that it is in version control, it removes the .svn directories from the Open Resource dialog.

For the maven target directory, I marked the directory as Derived. To do this, simply open the properties for the directory by pressing alt+enter or right clicking and selecting properties. Then, select the “Derived” property.

Derived Setting

Finally, you can remove the target directory from your Package Explorer using filtering. Simply select the little down arrow menu in the package explorer, then “filters”, and in the Name filter patterns, type “target”. Note that this will remove target from the Package Explorer, so if you want to mark it as Derived, you will need to do so before removing it from the Package Explorer.

És íme, ahogy ígértem, itt a TBTSP, a legújabb hírekkel, képekkel, videókkal az twilightról, a new moonról, az eclipseről, esetleg a breaking dawnról is

először is, kezdeném a mindeki által várt Újhold hivatalos trailerével, ha még valaki nem látta volna. (amúgy a hozzám hasonló debreceni lakosoknak üzenem: már lehet venni jegyeket a Cinema City pénztárában, de telefonnal és neten nem lehet. szóval rajta, mielőtt még elfogynak a jegyek!!!)

Jacobot a szerintem nagyoon helyes Taylor Lautner játssza, akit a Cápasrác és lávalányból ismerhettek.

A filmben ő kivételesen nagyobb szerepet játszik, mind Edward, hiszen ő elhúz.

Bella nagyon szomorú, mert Edward elhagyta, és minden emlékét elvitte, a fotókat, a CD-t, amit neki készített, stb. úgy érzi, hogy egy darabot kiszakítottak a lelkéből, ezért mindig összefonja a karját, nehogy szétessen”. Jacobot azért keresi fel, mert rájön, hogyha veszélybe kerül, megjelenik előtte Edward képe, aki próbálja visszatartani, ez pedig nagyon tetszik neki xD. Ezért szeretne felújítani két régi motort, erre a feladatra pedig Jake a legmegfelelőbb. A szerelgetés alatt szépen összejönnek, de természetes hogy csak barátok.

a végkifejletet nem fogjátok kiszedni belőlem, bármennyire is tudni akarjátok, bár szerintem nincs olyan, aki szereti a twilight sagát, és még nem olvasta a New moon-t.

most pedig jöjjön néhány pletyka, infó a színészekről:

Mivel Robert Pattinson és Kristen Stewart a filmben szerelmesek, máris azt kell gondolni, hogy a külvilágban is azok? talán igen, talán nem. egyikük sem nyilatkozik róla, tehát vagy tényleg nincsen semmi köztük, vagy csak szégyellik egymást…

!!!!

Tudom hogy ez most nem ide jönne, de ezzel nem bírok várni: íme az Újhold zenéje, Meet Me On The Equinox a Death cab for cutie-tól. Én nem vagyok oda tőle, nekem jobban bejön a Supermassive black hole, de hát ízlések és pofonok, ugyebár

írd meg ha tetszett.

vagy ha nem.

szal, visszatérve az eredeti témához, találtam egy nagyon jó cikket a neonon, remélem nem csuknak le a feltüntetésért. :D (tisztességesen kiírva: forrás: www.neon.hu)

Az Entertainment Weekly címlapján virított a Twilight-trió, Kristen, Taylor és Robert, és adtak egy kis interjút is a lapnak. Találjátok ki, melyiket ki mondta, amúgy a post végén meg fogjátok találni a megoldásokat. (nehogy odatekerjetek érte!!)

1.„Színészi eszközöm 75 százalékban a hajról szól a filmben”-mondta XY02.

2.„Kissé túlszexualizáltak bennünket. Ideje leülni és átgondolni, mi történik akkor, ha már a pasik is szextárgyakká lesznek”-állította CQ378.

3.„Jó, hát sokat rohadtam a konditeremben, de azért könyveket is olvastam és meditáltam, hogy jobban megismerjem a karaktert, akit alakítok”-nyilatkozta 6UYV8.

Felrakhatnék még pár ‘előzetest’, de az igazi, hivatalos előzetesek még nem készültek el vagy nem publikusak, csak ilyen fanok által összevágott gagyiságok vannak, semmi használható. ha tudni szeretnéd, hogy mi fog történni a twilight saga további részeiben, olvasd el az Eclipse-t , és várj, amíg megjelenik a Breaking Dawn!

Ez volt mára DutyÍ blogja, a TBTSP-vel, vagyis a ‘The BIG twilight saga post’-tal! remélem tetszett, ha igen kommentelj! puszil dutyÍ.

U.i.: megfejtések:

1. Robert Pattinson

2. Kristen Stewart

3. Taylor Lautner.

Via http://poponthepop.com

Para muchos paises este 20 de noviembre los cines y malls estarán llenos de badass Twilight fans ya que estrena la 2da entrega de esta adictiva saga. I love everything Twilight (aunque no me haya gustado la primera pelicula) so me estoy muriendo por que estrene aquí en Panamá. PERO aquí no estrena hasta el 27 :/ BUMMER

Anyway, la razón mas importante por la cual quiero ver esta movie, es por supuesto por el amor de mi vida, Taylor Lautner.. specially porque por fin le quitan esa peluca asquerosa que le hicieron usar en la primera..

Espero que con el éxito de la primera película, hayan subido el presupuesto para ésta y que mejore!

Asi que por ahora, deleitense con un poco de TL <3

Via http://cdn.buzznet.com

Havia algo que Edward não queria que Bella soubesse. Algo que Jacob não teria escondido dela. Algo que pôs tanto os Cullen quanto os lobos no bosque, movendo-se juntos numa proximidade perigosa. (Algo que Bella, de algum modo, esperava. Que Bella sabia que aconteceria de novo, tanto quanto desejava que jamais acontecesse. Nunca teria um fim, teria?” Enquanto Seattle é assolada por uma sequência de assassinatos misteriosos e uma vampira maligna continua em sua busca por vingança, Bella está cercada de outros perigos. Em meio a isso, ela é forçada a escolher entre seu amor por Edward e sua amizade com Jacob – uma opção que tem o potencial para reacender o conflito perene entre vampiros e lobisomens. Com a proximidade da formatura, Bella vive mais um dilema: vida ou morte. Mas o que representará cada uma dessas escolhas?

Navigate to Windows->Preferances->Java->Editor->Content Assist->Favorites

Click on “New Member”, add the complete package structure of your static import

Ele pode ser obtido em http://labs.jboss.com/tools/download, lá podemos observar que os downloads dos plugins são dividos por áreas: Update Site e Download.  E  mais,  dentro dessas áreas  encontramos mais algumas divisões: Stable Update,  Development Updates e Nightly Updates. Vamos ver o que significa cada uma dessas áreas:

• Update Site: Nessa área encontramos os links para instalação dos plugins que são gerenciados pelo eclipse via Update Manager. Então essa seria a opção mais recomendada para instalação dessas ferramentas.
• Download: Nessa área encontramos arquivos geralmente no formato ZIP ou JAR. Pode-se instalar os plugins manualmente utilizando esses arquivos.
• Stable Update: Nessa área estão os links ou arquivos dos plugins com versão estável, ou seja que podem ser utilzados em produção.
• Development Updates: Nessa área estão os links ou arquivos dos plugins que se encontram em desenvolvimento para atualização das versões stables.
• Nightly Updates: Nessa área estão os links ou arquivos dos plugins que se encontram na fase de desenvolvimento, que digamos assim são atualizados todas as noites(Nightly) direto da fonte(Developers).

Então vamos instalar esse bendito plugin!  No Eclipse Galileo vá em  Help e em Intall New Software… clique em add. E preencha name : JBoss Tools e em url : http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/development/.
Siga as instruções seguintes e reinicie o eclipse. Pronto! Agora a IDE possui ótimos recursos para desenvolvimento de paginas JSF, utilzando tecnologias como Hibernate, JBoss, entre outras.

Bom é isso, até a proxíma!

New image in the theme park photography contest

30s shuttertime at 10mm …
The Eclipse photography picture

Vampires used to be foul, undead monsters who slept in coffins and had nothing on their minds but draining the blood from the living. They were scary. They were vicious. They were BAD. Now they are romantic leads. Everyone is in love with them. They twinkle.
Well, I have some questions for fans of the new type of vampire. Starting with this: Do vampires take showers?
Sleeping in coffins, crypts, and shallow graves would lead to some grooming problems, I would think. When the sun goes down and the vampires wake up, they no longer have any time to seek the blood of the innocent. They have to find a bathroom where they can shower, use hair gel, and brush their teeth. Crest doesn’t make fangpaste, the modern vampire has to find some other way to make sure his fangs are gleaming white. No self-respecting victim/unrequited lover is going to let yellowed fangs near her jugular vein.
The fans of the “Twilight” series don’t seem to have really thought this vampire love thing through. A vampire is a terrible date. His idea of a romantic evening is probably taking you to Lover’s Point, then leaving you alone while he kills all the other couples there. If a vampire asks you out for a bite, he isn’t talking about a burger and fries.
Once the relationship goes past the first few dates, it’s time to get serious. I won’t even mention marriage, that’s not going to happen. Death has done you apart before you even met him. I’m talking the physical stuff. First off, the hug. He wraps you in his manly vampiric arms. Very romantic. What do his armpits smell like? They haven’t seen any deodorant since the middle ages.
Then you get down to it. Do you really want to have full body contact with someone who is room temperature? I suppose it depends on the room. It might be all right on a warm summer evening. But if you are with him for any length of time, you will want to snuggle under the blankets on chill winter nights too. Have you ever been unable to sleep because your partner has cold feet? A vampire lover has cold EVERYTHING.
I can’t finish this without mentioning the heart of the issue. Even if it takes four books of being apart before you can consummate your relationship, you do want to consummate it eventually, right? Well, you can’t. Vampires are the world champions of erectile dysfunction. To be crude, they can’t get it up. Why? An erection is caused by increased blood circulation to the area.
Vampires don’t have any blood circulation. None. Nada. Zip. No amount of Viagra is going to help, either. The drug can’t create more of what isn’t there to start with.
I would stay away from vampires as lovers all together. Now, werewolves I can see. They are warm, furry, and eager to please. They will sit, stay, and roll over. If you can keep them from peeing in the house and chewing on your slippers, you have a faithful companion for life. As long as you have a headache and sleep in another room three nights a month, you won’t wake up as scattered, gnawed bones.
So fans of “Twilight,” “New Moon,” “Eclipse,” and “Breaking Dawn,” if I have tricked you into reading my blog by putting these titles into my keywords, maybe I have given something to think about. Stay away from vampires, and look for real, human men. They may be emotionally cold and unable to love, but they won’t put you on a slab in the morgue. All right, some of them will, but serial killers are the topic of another column entirely.

After installing Karmic Koala, i’ve encountered a stupid problem in Eclipse which kept me from coding a few days, just because i couldn’t do click some buttons. After creating a new project, the Next button was not working if i was clicking on it, but navigating to it from the keyboard and then pressing space seemed to be the solution. I’ve discovered a bug, https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=287307, and it seems that this will be changed for Eclipse 3.6, but for previous versions for Eclipse, just make sure you set environment variable GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

Example:

#!/bin/sh
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
`/media/part2/programming/eclipse/eclipse -vmargs -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M &> /dev/null` &

Si actualizaste a Karmic y venias usando Eclipse, podrás darte cuenta que los botones no funcionan correctamente en esta aplicación. Bueno, la solución es muy sencilla, solo debemos abrir una consola y escribir lo siguiente:

sudo gedit /ruta_donde_instalaste_eclipse/MiEclipse

Ahí te debe abrir un archivo vacio, entonces copia y pega lo siguiente (modifica la ruta a eclipse tal y como lo hiciste en el paso anterior)

#!/bin/sh

export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

/RUTA_DONDE_TIENES_ECLIPSE/eclipse

Guardas el archivo, y luego le das permisos de ejecución:

sudo chmod +x /ruta_donde_instalaste_eclipse/MiEclipse

Ahora modificas el lanzador de la aplicación, dirígete al Menú Aplicaciones, le das click derecho, selecciona la opción Editar los Menús, encontrarás esta pantalla

Menú de opciones del menú de Aplicaciones (que raro suena!!)

Selecciona Eclipse, y modifica el lanzador para que quede como esta imagen (obviamente la ruta de eclipse es distinta, modifícala según tu instalación)

Y listo!! Cuando abras Eclipse los botones ya deben funcionar.

Up The Irons!!

Fuente: Zdes (Gracias!!!)

Changing keyboard shortcuts in eclipse is really easy task.

Goto windows-preferences and type key in the input field.
This will open the dialog below and you can play around changing shortcuts as pleased.

This is the shortcuts i use most of the time.

Shortcuts

Most Common

You can find a more extensive list at:Eclipse tips and shortcuts

Zend Studio is pretty much the commercial wing of Zend. It is an IDE which aids rapid development of the free Zend framework. It integrates tightly with the zend framework, quickly generating code for common patterns. It is based on the PHP Development Tools plugin for the free Eclipse IDE. Among other things, Zend Studio 5 supports code folding, an MVC view and code generation, PHP 4 and 5 support, PHP debugging, an interface to the Zend Server API, PJHP unit testing, quick deployment through subversion or ftp and MySQL (and others) database access. Zend studio is now up to Zend Studio 7.0 which supports up to the latest PHP 5.3 deployment. At the time of writing a beta version of Zend Studio 7.1 is available, together with and IBM i Edition developed with IBM.