Eclipse 3.1 has some excellent new features. Chief among them for me is the JDK 1.5 support. They’ve got everything from enums to annotations supported, and done very well. Also of particular note is the first class support to the Rich Client Platform (RCP). Watch for the Web Tools Platform to finalize very soon as well.
In the last few months my little family’s been through a car accident, appendicitis, a move, and a new baby. I’ll be moving my domain to a server with more bandwidth this weekend, so I can afford to start podcasting again!! Look for shows on JMS, servlet classloading, and more stuff. If you’ve got a topic you want to hear about, drop in a comment!