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@Paul II: Personally I am not that keen on the ad I preferred the more geek friendly  'pre-ad'.

That said, I think it is probably just the kind of ad that is needed to get some mass market appeal. 

BTW There is a whole thread about Surface Ads in the Coffeehouse

Shouldn't you be tucked up in bed?

I though the High School link might have been to the new Surface Ad:

Nice.

Ping Pong, I could smell that shirt over the wire ... smart move Laura.

 Seeing over 1300 Apps in the store today.  These four caught my eye:

http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/live-tile-sport/c0fa3321-5ab4-417f-887d-8a59700487bb
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/live-tile-browser/80510642-a45a-4562-a1d6-8dca800a62f6
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/live-tile-news/67ec5617-beed-4d2a-9157-3ee8e447eece
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/scroll/ad43a72d-41f5-479c-8de6-c0614abbed59

(Oh wait, those are my apps ...)

Wow. there was a physical launch event in Reading (UK)  today?   Who knew?

Sweet

Design fundamentals could be interesting.

This really is an awesome resource for anyone looking to get off the ground.

Toolkit looks nice but would benefit from additional 'getting started' videos (like the one above) for xaml oriented devs?