First time I had intravenous (IV) sedation. My hand was sprayed with some really cold liquid, must be compressed air, then a needle was inserted and the sedative was pumped into my vein with a syringe. I was out within three seconds after feeling something warm was surging through my right hand vein. The whole surgical procedure was done in half an hour and I woke up feeling as fresh as from a good sleep. It's amazing!

Java 1.5 will introduce a whole bunch of new technologies: http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/community/chat/JavaLive/2003/jl0729.html. I did not see anything that would have me excitedly jumping up and down though.

Borland JBuilder 9.0 FREE Personal version is much improved compare to version 7, especially the Solaris version as far as speed is concerned. Also downloaded the new CIA World Factbook yesterday.