For those out there (you know who you are) who may have some time over the next couple of weeks and are looking to hone Macintosh programming skills, you might take a look at the iron coder contest. It's a timed contest wherein an API is disclosed and the participants get 24 hours to look at/play with/become comfortable with it and then are given a theme along which they must create something cool within the next 24 hours. Winners get the admiration of the people who know about the contest.