Node.js now running on webOS. webOS 2.0 just came out and they use node on the OS so developers can write services for webOS phones in javascript. are they even selling the palm pre anymore?

Redis 2.0 was released. some interesting additions like hashes and a pubsub connections.

Building a Scrabble MMO in 48 hours » Startup Monkeys. the game is very well done. you can scroll the board infinitely and place tiles.

How to Build a “Spy Camera” App for an Android Phone with Ruby and Sinatra. so your phone can take http request to take a photo and send it back. I can hear the tutorial being read by Michael Weston from Burn Notice.

Think Vitamin » How to Track Six Key Metrics for Your Web App. awesome article about calculating revenue and costs per user and a super awesome spreadsheet to do all the heavy lifting for you.

Jackalope : Real time web stats. uses web sockets to create real-time heat maps of where user’s mouse is and where they’re clicking. if you click in a random place really quickly you can see it show up on the heat map.

New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers – WSJ.com. here’s the solution : shoot every lawyer who files one of these cases.

CARPE DIEM: The Higher Education Bubble: It’s About to Burst. now that’s a crazy graph.

Everyone’s Private Driver / UberCab. iphone app that dispatches towncars and you can see where your cab is on the map. then you pay via credit card through the app. only in san francicsco at the moment.

Canada’s Housing Bubble : An Accident Waiting to Happen. Report by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives. Some interesting data on migration, income, and GDP for Toronto and Vancouver.

Kindle 3 support coming – Instapaper Blog. i’m so tempted to get the new kindle.

Regrets of the Dying. someone who worked in palliative care talks about the 5 regrets that came up most often with people who were dying.

How panhandlers use free credit cards – thestar.com. reporter gave people $50 prepaid credit cards to see what happens.

It’s 2010 and Canadians pay the highest cell phone bills in the world | Wirelessnorth.ca. who doesn’t love a graph of average annual cell phone bill as a percentage of GDP per capita versus cell phone penetration.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future – WSJ.com. “Toughly 80 cents of every government dollar in California goes to employee compensation and benefits”. yikes! Think that’s bad, Ontario has 10 times as much debt per capita.

Flood Lite – Apple’s Attention to Detail. the sleep light on macbooks pulsates at the rhythm of a human being breathing at rest.

Motorola Snaps Up 280 North For $20 Million. makers of the cappuccino web framework and atlas. that’s a lot of money for a revenue-free framework. i’ll bet that motorola basically kills the usefulness of this whole project.

Dropbox – Jobs. yup, that’s an eagle, on a velociraptor, holding an AK-47, on a shark.

Slablet. iPad html layouts. Uses iScroll library for scrolling overflows.

A More Royal Royal Opera House – Brand New. nice work on the crest.