Bluetooth is a standard for wireless integration of small devices. "Bluetooth for Java" is specifically about using Java to program Bluetooth-enabled devices. The specification for Java and Bluetooth was released in February. However, vendors are implementing the specification now and most won't be ready/available until Fall 2002. Bluetooth is a technology for wireless communication. It is similar in functionality to the way laptops connect to the Internet from home/office, but is typically used for short burst communications instead of a continuous connection. Because of this difference,...

When highway US-460 is rebuilt through the old family cemetery the author discovers or uncovers his family history as preparations are made to move his ancestor's graves.

Historians have largely ignored the role of Eastern Kentuckians in the Civil War, and the effect of the war on mountain communities. Bruce Hopkins corrects that oversight in BRIGHT WINGS TO FLY. Here he relates the fierce struggles of the families of Greasy Creek, broken and in poverty, as they deal with the Civil War and its aftermath.

Hearts in Zion is the continuing story of Bruce Hopkins' family during the early 20th century. As the prosperity of industrialization grasps the country in the aftermath of the Civil War, the coal camps of Eastern Kentucky are established. With the coming of the Great Depression the people of Hopkin's homeland face hardship and abandonment, but manage to survive and pass on the stories of their bloodline to yet another generation