Server-Side Wet Dream: Bob McWhirter likes Avalon, a lot. This has now moved up on my “to investigate” list. But it’s a long list…
Alex has some excellent intro notes to log4j.
Good article by Udell on the future of Java GUIs. The fact that there are so many ways to develop and deliver applications is a wonderful thing, even if he forgot XWT. (That's on my list, too.)
If you can follow Rickard's recent AOP framework posts (1 2 3 4) without multiple readings and head-scratchings, you're a better person than I. Jon has a good discussion of them here and here, and James does too. Man, I've got a lot of catching up to do...