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I was mucking about on about 4 or 5 different things at once and ended up back at this post. I was really curious about what the "Godfathers" of Flash were up to when I read that post over a year ago, and it seems like the question has been answered and I apparently missed it.

So here's what they've been up to..

"The Greenbox™ Home Energy Manager empowers homeowners to understand and manage their energy consumption. With knowledge of their energy use, consumers can take proactive steps to conserve energy, understand their impact on the environment, and save money.

Conveniently monitoring electricity, water, and/or gas usage in real-time, the Greenbox provides direct feedback to consumers about their homes performance. Studies have shown that households can reduce their utility bills by 10-20%, just by being aware of their ongoing usage.

The Greenbox presents easy to understand graphs, charts, historical data, and community comparisons to empower people to understand and make informed decisions about their energy and water usage. A personalized recommendation engine takes the mystery out of making your home more efficient by forecasting usage, cost, and emissions savings that can be created by implementing various efficiency improvements."

That's something that just might come in handy as a barrel of oil topped $123 today and other types of energy are slowly creeping up in cost.

Now I'm curious if they're using Flash for that device and if consumer devices like this are the reason Adobe moved to open (free) the licensing for the Flash Player recently. I figured it was for flashy fun things like set top boxes, handheld games (leapster), etc. and not necessarily for utilitarian devices like an energy management system. I guess I figured wrong.

wow..... the announcement today from Adobe about opening the Flash Player up to the market to be placed on any imaginable device is just stunning. This is going to place even more demand on people with Flash skills as these companies begin to produce handheld devices using the Flash Player.

The only thing in the press release that set off my BS detector was this.. "“The Open Screen Project will make it simple for Verizon and our partners to deliver rich mobile experiences to more devices,”" .. yeah, and how big of a fee will they charge developers before they can develop for the Verizon network?

I also noticed that there was no mention of Apple in that press release.

Mike Chambers posted an update on his blog about the rebuilding-moving-updating of MXNA. I've been getting my fix from fullasagoog for a while since MXNA was beginning to be overwhelming.

Oh.. some random things.. Gregarius, Rubicon .. I've been having some fun with those.

I was just poking around looking for info on Flex and found that Adobe has info on how to put together a Flex Camp ( see the guide here ).  And I’m wondering how much interest there would be in one of these in either Charlotte or RTP?  I haven’t seen anything from the Charlotte Adobe users group on this, but maybe it’s in the works (it’s been a long time since I’ve been to a meeting..).

It just seems like the mid-Atlantic gets overlooked for most conferences and the like (but the AIR bus stopped in NC!) and here’s a chance for the folks in NC to gather up the interest and make it happen from the bottom up.  So what say you NC Flash/Flex/AIR developers?  I’m willing to help organize and get things going.