Bryan Reiger, the creator of the beautiful A Wee Guide to Tropical Fish, has gone fishing again.

A Tale of Two Fish is a short story about copyright and fair use. Read about it here; view it here.

One of our favorite OpenLaszlo applications, Pandora, has been slashdotted.

kramthegram writes

The Music Genome Project, an attempt to define music by it's traits in a way similar to DNA defines traits in humans has led to the development of Pandora. Pandora uses the song choices you make to see what traits appeal to you and present you with custom radio station. While limiting you to thumbs up or thumbs down, the "gene" heuristics allows for a very quick adaptation to your musical tastes." Not sure how deep it goes, and I'm not sure I like that it led me from The Who to Styx and Def Leppard. But this is a neat little tool for discovering new music.

Pandora.com is now the top Google hit for "pandora". Not bad for a company for a web site that's a few months old, competing with an established Greek mythological character!

The Laszlo Mail team has contributed a rich text editor component to OpenLaszlo. There is a detailed spec which tells about the features and how to use it. You can find it in the latest nightly build or browse in subversion if you just want to take a peek at the lzx.

Please give it a whirl and let us know what you think! If you find bugs, please file them in jira. Feel free to contribute bug fixes and improvement as well!

Kudos to Ben Shine, Cort Winters, Michael Gregor, and Jim Grandy for making this happen.

A year ago, we were thrilled and amazed to see a job posting that mentioned Laszlo or the LZX programming language. What a difference one year makes! Here are the twelve jobs that were posted during the week that ended on November 22nd (the last date that I checked my Google search feed), that mention OpenLaszlo.

All these and more are on the OpenLaszlo wiki.

Contract User Interface (UI)/Rich Internet Application (RIA) Engineer (Professional Services)

Location: San Mateo, CA
Employer: Dorado.com
Posted: 2005-11-22
The ideal engineer has experience in rich/thick/heavy Web client application development, using platforms such as Flex, Laszlo, Swing/AWT, etc.

Flash developer with Laszlo experience

Location: Atlanta, GA
Posted: 2005-11-22
Our client is seeking a Flash Developer with Laszlo experience.

Sr. Software Engineer

Location: North Scottsdale, AZ
Employer: Cyclone Commerce
Sighted: 2005-11-22
Optional qualifications: JSF, OpenLaszlo

Java Developers

Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted: 2005-11-22
Knowledge of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies (Macromedia Flex, Laszlo) a plus

Java Developer

Location: Dallas, Texas
Employer: Texas Workforce Commission
Sighted: 2005-11-22
has experience with the following tools: Websphere, Laszlo, and Inetsoft Style Reporter

Graphic Designer - UI Designer

Location: St. Louis, MO
Employer: Ferguson Consulting
Sighted: 2005-11-21
Laszlo or Macromedia Flex experience strongly desired

Senior Principal Engineer - Java and OO Technologies

Location: Glendale, CA
Posted: 2005-11-20
Additional skills that would help you do your job are intimate familiarity with Java application servers, SLBs, TCP/IP, Laszlo Presentation Server (LPS), and other related technologies.

Principal Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA
Employer: TheLadders.com
Posted: 2005-11-17
Additional skills that would help you do your job are intimate familiarity with Java application servers, SLBs, TCP/IP, Laszlo Presentation Server (LPS), and other related technologies.

Lead Engineer-Java/OO

Location: Pasadena, CA
Sighted: 2005-11-17
Additional skills that would help you do your job are intimate familiarity with Java application servers, SLBs, TCP/IP, Laszlo Presentation Server (LPS), and other related technologies.

Flash Developer with Laszlo experience

Location: Denver, CO
Employer: Effective User Interface
Posted: 2005-11-16
FLEX or Laszlo experience a HUGE plus.

Software Engineer (Client side)

Location: San Jose
Employer: Stivant
Posted: 2005-11-16
Knowledge of Laszlo and other client-side technologies. Also hiring in Phoenix.

Software Engineer (Client side)

Location: Phoenix, AZ
Employer: Stivant
Posted: 2005-11-16
Knowledge of Laszlo and other client-side technologies. Also hiring in San Francisco, CA.