Michael and Charlie are putting together a Media Center Geek dinner at 6pm December 9th at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue.  They'll be wearing Media Center jackets. I think this is a great idea.  Hopefully we can get a few new Media Center PC form-factors there so people can take a look at them.  Chances are slim though with all the work around prepping demo systems for CES right now :).

By the way, Charlie is asking for more suggestions on what to write about re: MCE app development over on his blog. If you have questions, Charlie has answers and a number of good tips on stuff.  Personally, I want someone to write a WSDOT Traffic Cam app so my wife can see how late I'm going to be at a glance. :)

That reminds me...we've been thinking about doing a Media Center App Challenge - identify 2-3 big ideas/categories for app dev't for MCE and offer prizes (cash or products) to those that are voted the best.  I wonder, what should be the challenges?