My first maemo 5 app to a device near you
Yeah! I just got accepted to upload my first maemo 5 application to maemo extras-testing repository. A simple, working stopwatch and a wannabe countdown timer with rotation support.
Build using python and the nice pluthon eclipse based ide. The tutorials on maemo.org for PyMaemo are really good and you can always use source code from other applications for tips and tricks. This is my first gtk / maemo application and looks like is pretty easy to get started with maemo development.
Now go on, enable the extras-devel repository on your n900 and install stopwatch!
Thank you nokia ;)
This year I got my christmas present three months earlier. During the keynotes of the first day at the Maemo Summit 2009, it was announced that everybody will get a brand new pre-release N900 for bug reporting, fixing and general development! A few hours later, the lunch room was full of happy hackers playing around with our new toy and luckily I was one of them 
Well, we have to return it on april 30th but still it's a nice 6-month present.
The device is awesome, very good build quality and of course runs Maemo. And hey, you can actually get a root shell without nasty hacks...
The summit was great overall, lots of familiar faces, excitment about the new meamo era and of course fun. For all you who didn't attend the summit, you can view the videos and the slides from the official website.