Nightlife at the mini-conferences... also:
Weblogs: Open invitation for evening event during Desktop Matters, JavaOne vs. TSS Java Symposium, and AB5k unveiled
Feature Article: Role-Based Code Upgrades
Forum postings: Better Linux FireFox Java plug-in wanted, proposed javac and VM changes, and phoneME license question
Java Today: JXTA for Eiffel, JavaTools Community Newsletter #113, and designing for MVC in Java SE