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Dear Reader,

Welcome to another issue of XML.com.

This week, right to the Tab Sweep:

Yet Another Tab Sweep

pyglet
pyglet is a new "cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python"—I have no idea, yet, about its quality, but this could fill a huge need in the Python world.

W3C's GRDDL
The W3C's GRDDL spec—plus the tool ecosystem forming around it— is moderately interesting, not only for what it can do but it strikes me as a different *kind* of W3C standard: lightweight, produced quickly, focused on solving a very specific need.

OWL Working Group
Staying in W3C land for a minute, there's a new Working Group to revise the Web Ontology Language (OWL) family of specs

I have a particular interest in this one since my "other job" involves producing a commercial OWL reasoner.

Speaking of the day job, one of our newest staff members got his new MacBook Pro last week with Leopard discs. We all stood around like drooling idiots staring at the pretty images and the controversial 3d-ish Dock—I like it!

Moldavian Pig Slaughter
Ever been to a Moldavian pig slaughter? Me neither, but these pictures and the accompanying essay are quite stunning (warning: if you're squeamish about where food comes from, you probably shouldn't look at these)

As always, thanks for reading.

Kendall Clark, kendall@xml.com
Managing Editor, XML.com