SWT Introduction

Nice article on Javaworld introducing SWT.

Visual Studio 2005 Trial

I have to get Visual Studio 2005 - 180 day trial moment it is avaliable in Europe.

Flat Screen Monitor

Nice review about Acer1916w

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/aceral1916w/

Dell 2005FPW review: http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/monitors/0,39023940,39187093,00.htm

Finally got the Acer Al1916w Monitor. I think it is really worth 180£

Books

I got the following books during my holiday

Spring in Action
Professional Java Native Interfaces with SWT/JFace
Microsoft Windows Internals: Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
UML 2.0 in a Nutshell
Developing Series 60 Applications: A Guide for Symbian OS C++ Developers
C++ Pocket Reference

I also got a lot of time to read through 'Java native Interfaces with SWT/JFace', 'Windows Internals' and 'Spring in Action'.

Utilities

Some usefull PC utilities extracted from various PC Quest Articles

CVS integration with Win Explorer.http://www.tortoisecvs.org/
Knowledge Management with Confluence
Preview Search Results Instantly: http://www.browster.com/
Port monitornig in Win XP: Port Reporter
Xpde : www.xpde.com
Determine you ip address : http://www.whatismyip.com/