Crunch-time, anyone? Also:
Weblogs: Gosling on AB5k, fast 2d with shaders, and when the AJAX gimmicks clear
Java Today: Meet Peter von der Ahé, first BD-J discs reviewed, and NetBeans 5.5.1 RC1
Forum Postings: Compiling to memory, JAI interpolation, and rendering 2D in JOGL
Spotlight: Beans Binding (JSR 295) project