Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

Announcing a beta release of the Android SDK

Upgrading the SDK

A first look at the Google Android SDK

Free, and often even free beer (thanks to the sponsors, you can get ripped even if the talk sucks ;)).

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From: Burr Sutter
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Subject: [ajug-announce] AJUG Tonight: Flex=Java+Flash
To: ajug-announce@ajug.org

When: August 19th at 7:00 PM
Who: James Ward (Adobe)
Where: Holiday Inn Select - Chamblee-Dunwoody http://www.ajug.org/meetings.html#directions
What: Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java

The Session:

SDK delays for the general public notwithstanding, its on the way: A ‘Dream’ Come True: U.S. Approves the First Google Phone.

I know they are well aware that people check their feeds, and have manipulated the listings accordingly, but that only makes it a bit more shockingly clear: John McCain is officially way beyond losing his sanity (Drudge, and Fox News), and Barack has a brain (Chicago Sun Times, and The Daily Show).

Explore news sites read by McCain, Obama and political journalists

My DVD broke a while back (first one I have ever had that just stopped working, all the cheap ones over the years were fine, the fancy Toshiba upconverting one dies after a year - I digress). I had a Wii in the same room connected to the same TV, so I just threw out the DVD player thinking to myself - don't need it, will just play em on the Wii (if the need arises).

Stevey's Blog Rants - Business requirements are bullshit.

I like the headline too, and the thoroughness of the article, and completely agree - so I thought I would try to do my little part to propagate this knowledge (link it here - etc). Really, I know how hard this is for many PMs and "business analysts" (don't get me started), but it's true.

Two Georgians Say They Have Bigfoot’s Body

Alternate headline - get yourself in the New York Times by throwing some deer entrails into a cooler on top of a monkey suit.