diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 169032d29..2f4610242 100755
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -6156,6 +6156,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     return new JSONObject(new StringReader(input));
   }
 
+
   /**
    * @webref input:files
    * @param filename name of a file in the data folder or a URL
@@ -6169,6 +6170,12 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     return new JSONObject(createReader(filename));
   }
 
+
+  static public JSONObject loadJSONObject(File file) {
+    return new JSONObject(createReader(file));
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * @webref output:files
    * @see JSONObject
@@ -6191,6 +6198,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     return new JSONArray(new StringReader(input));
   }
 
+
   /**
    * @webref input:files
    * @param filename name of a file in the data folder or a URL
@@ -6204,6 +6212,12 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     return new JSONArray(createReader(filename));
   }
 
+
+  static public JSONArray loadJSONArray(File file) {
+    return new JSONArray(createReader(file));
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * @webref output:files
    * @see JSONObject
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
index e942df017..4f8650a21 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import processing.core.PConstants;
  */
 public class Table {
   protected int rowCount;
+  protected int allocCount;
 
 //  protected boolean skipEmptyRows = true;
 //  protected boolean skipCommentLines = true;
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ public class Table {
 
 
   public Table(Iterable<TableRow> rows) {
+    init();
     boolean typed = false;
     for (TableRow row : rows) {
       if (!typed) {
@@ -1558,6 +1560,7 @@ public class Table {
 
 
   public void setColumnTypes(int[] types) {
+    ensureColumn(types.length - 1);
     for (int col = 0; col < types.length; col++) {
       setColumnType(col, types[col]);
     }
@@ -1573,6 +1576,7 @@ public class Table {
    * @param dictionary
    */
   public void setColumnTypes(final Table dictionary) {
+    ensureColumn(dictionary.getRowCount() - 1);
     int titleCol = 0;
     int typeCol = 1;
     if (dictionary.hasColumnTitles()) {
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 1e934c9f2..de76d6a2e 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0221 core
 X fix options parsing on loadTable() to handle spaces
+X add static versions of loadJSONObject and loadJSONArray that take File inputs
 
 andres
 X blendMode() change causes OpenGL renderer to be very slow
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 274c0e1d0..9312d89df 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ X add double quotes to readlink call, fixes issue w/ paths and spaces
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/pull/2027
 X   fix submitted by hamoid
 
+_ changing modes brings the PDE back on the second screen
+_   the Find window (also the save windows) also have the same problem
+
 
 high
 _ MovieMaker needs to be compiling as 1.6
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ _   bring back the splash screen?
 
 direct link for download (replace .md5 with .dmg on that page)
 http://www.java.net/download/jdk7u40/archive/b38/binaries/jre-7u40-ea-bin-b38-macosx-x86_64-07_aug_2013.dmg
+http://www.java.net/download/jdk7u40/archive/b40/binaries/jre-7u40-fcs-bin-b40-macosx-x86_64-16_aug_2013.dmg
+
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 http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u25-b15/jre-7u25-linux-i586.tar.gz