Cracking The Code

Part of the new Cracking the Code Series, Wireless Programming with J2ME provides a look at the code behind wireless Java applications.
Think of J2ME as a tiny version of Java specifically for mobile devices – perfect for bringing powerful, robust applications to mobile phone, pagers, PDAs, and other handhelds.

Steve Morse's almost mythical musical capabilities need no introduction. Marrying blazing chops to a singular sense of hook writing creativity, his distinctive brand of rootsy American virtuosity has inspired generations of players to think outside of the pentatonic box. Morse is renowned for reeling off what he calls "un-guitaristic" lines of seemingly impossible complexity. These keyboard- and fiddle-inspired trademark phrases often consist of no more than a single note on any given string. This kind of one-note-per-string arpeggio picking is typically regarded as the domain of fingerpickers, not flatpickers. Yet the effortlessness with which Morse nails these gymnastic routines is the obvious clue that something mechanically magical is happening under the hood.