Alright, time to get back into the swing of things. I've had my rest and I'm back and ready to go. First off, it looks like Ximian is going to work on their own version of the .NET technology that Microsoft is working towards. This is definitely a good thing, as some of the features of Microsoft's are a bit questionable.
Also, with LinuxTag going on, there have been several new cool developments announced - including some new Zend software (including Zend Cache Shared Server and v2.0 of their IDE). Also, Dynamic Web Pages has a neat interview with Zeev that touches on some neat issues. For those English speaking folks out there, you might need the BabelFish to help you on this one.
Also from the Zend website, there are several new developments from while I was gone - including a Code Gallery Spotlight (MIME HTML mail) and the newest weekly summary.