Once you get over the name and look at what this thing is capable of, particularly it’s iPhone-like features and compatibility, it’s hard to argue against it’s potential for being the leading netbook out there (if you can even classify it as such). Before this event I was convinced there was absolutely no need for a netbook in my household – now I’m not so sure. I have had a lot of the Kool-Aid already, after all.

Just please – whatever you do – don’t sit on it…

Firstly – it’s an ermine.

Secondly, this book is a hands-down essential part of your collection if you are at all interested in / develop with the jQuery library. Authored by no less than 19 “jQuery Community Experts” including heavy hitters like Cory Lindley, Remy Sharp, and Mike Hostetler, The jQuery Cookbook compliments nicely other jQuery staples, such as Learning jQuery 1.3 and jQuery in Action.

If you are a front-end developer and have yet to use jQuery at all, it’s well worth trying out – it’s powerful, intuitive, extremely stable and, as this book so skillfully helps to demonstrate, very useful.

“…you’ll learn patterns and practices from a dozen of the leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high performance user interfaces.” – back cover, jQuery Cookbook.

Now at least one company is tired of waiting.

Simply Swipe It now has an app that can process transactions through EPay and Authorize.net, and is also offering for pre-order an accessory card swiper called QuickSwipe that looks like it clamps onto the sides of a Touch. From the image on their site it looks to be aesthetically a far cry from what Apple Store employees are toting around, but it’s proof that Steve Jobs and Company don’t have the “use your finger to sign here, please” market cornered just yet.