Ubuntu has builds of mainline kernels:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds

The real problem, though, is "what's a symbolic link??? I just want my pictures."

Try Code Complete. It's still just reading (as opposed to implementing, which is invaluable), but I get the impression reading is possible during your shift but probably not actual coding. Code Complete will improve your skills as a developer immensely.

I imagine a big part of the speed increase comes from JIT - something that the current Dalvik implementation on Android doesn't do. There is, however, an experimental JIT branch. It would be nice to see how Myriad's stacks up to it. This test claims about a 3x increase in speed by enabling the existing JIT features.

Disney released and has been continuously updating a great 3D game engine: www.panda3d.org

Great, a new way to remove my competition from the app store. Post good reviews on their apps!

There are actually applications on the iphone app store right now that are written in java. With xmlvm a similar strategy to this one compiles java to native code (with an objective-c middle man in the xmlvm case). http://www.xmlvm.org/iphone/

in such a situation. Where's the lie?

The source engine may have the outward appearance of being easy to modify but reality is quite different.

The documentation is cryptic, outdated, incomplete, and often just plain missing.

Thanks for the response! I'll certainly give it another shot; I haven't tried the new version yet.

Also, I apologize if my above post seemed like a flame against your app - overall it's great and you are providing a great service to Android/Google Voice users. Keep up the good work.