BST (Brad's Spin Tool) - GTK Editor, separate executables for program loader and compiler. Free as in free beer, not open source, though. http://www.fnarfbargle.com/bst.html PZST (Propeller Zone Spin Tool) - Qt Editor, uses Brad's loader and compiler. Free as in free beer, is open source (not sure which license) http://code.google.com/p/pzst/ There is also an open source SPIN compiler now, if you don't want to use BST http://code.google.com/p/open-source-spin-compiler/ SIDE (Simple IDE) - Qt IDE. I think this is mostly focused on C. http://code.google.com/p/propside GCC is WIP, with the Propeller and upcoming Propeller 2 as targets. Cheers

You might check out what this guy has: http://www.rayslogic.com/ Most (all?) of Ray's stuff is Parallax Propeller-based (~$8US 32bit 8-core MCU) He has 3.5", 4.3" and maybe other size panels and was at one time offering just the LCD's; ask him if he has any left if you want just them. There are already low-level drivers, and text/graphics primitives code ready to use with all his products, so you'd just be writing your application-specific code. Then this guy makes at least one acrylic enclosure made for Ray's products, too at: http://www.mountainkingtechnologies.com/ Cheers

lol

That's the very same answer I gave to a friend when he asked me, "You know why they do that right?". Then he said, "No, it's because they can't make a fist." X-D

That was more or less my first thought when I read this, that I'd like to hear what (hopefully objective, unbiased) mechanics have to say. I haven't been a mechanic for about five years so I can't really say with any fairness what recent more cars are like.

This... I guess it's no different than people using Band-Aid or Kleenex for other brand products, but it bothers me too. Can't tell you how many times people have said to me, "Is that your ipod?" when pointing to my G1. *facepalm* Cheers

Not tied to the technological world, necessarily, and maybe not really buzzwords, but I am so effing sick and damned tired of seeing the words EPIC and FAIL, alone or combined.

Re: cutting the defense budget - Defense also can mean exactly what it says: defense... I don't mean to put words into the GP's mouth, but I think people often equate the word defense (in this context) with "make better guns and/or bullets." As someone who works for a defense contractor, I'd like to make clear that the defense industry includes *defense* products, too...i.e., armor, which, my bias aside, I think is pretty important since it keeps people from being dead.