I come across this site a lot when I am trying to do something in C++ that I normally don't do. I find that all of the articles are very helpful, so I hope you all can get some use out of them too.
http://www.informit.com/guides/guide.asp?g=cplusplus&rl=1
Steve Jobs: "Java's not worth building in" (http://www.informit.com/discussion/index.asp?postid=d1e63fde-10d5-404b-8a14-6ff0b92c1ee1&rl=1)
Take that every employer that hasn't seriously considered me because I don't have any Java experience.