<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Piggies<div><br></div><div>I'm new to the group as I'm learning Python (thanks for all the recent recommendations for beginners) to start programming on boxee, a company I do some work for. if you're not familiar with boxee, it's an open source media center project that aims to bring all your media into one place - whether from a HDD, LAN, or on the Net (including Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Flickr). You can find out more at <a href="http://boxee.tv/">http://boxee.tv</a> and if you're on Windows let me know and I'll send you over a Windows copy of the application. </div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to let all of you know that if you feel like putting your Python skills to use, boxee is hosting an Application Development Challenge with the opportunity to win a fully stocked 4TB <a href="http://www.drobo.com">drobo</a>, a 46" TV, and/or <a href="http://www.pogoplug.com">Pogoplugs</a> for the top apps built in XML/Python. You can find all the details on the <a href="http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/05/05/announcing-the-boxee-app-dev-challenge/">boxee website</a>, but they're accepting entries in video, music, and photo categories for any content source you think would be cool to add - recent additions have been apps for drop.io, nextNewNetworks, <a href="http://thru-you.com/">Kutiman</a>, and Current.TV. </div><div><br></div><div>The deadline is June 14th to get apps in, and there will be a <a href="http://boxeedev.eventbrite.com/">boxee event on the 23rd in SF</a> to announce the winners. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope you guys can take part, and I'm looking forward to meeting you at the next piggies event! </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>