Joining Ken Rimple this week are Jamie Allen (@jamie_allen) and Jason Gritman.  Topics discussed:

• Grails - user - Grails 1.4 is now Grails 2.0
• Countdown to Grails 2.0: Static resources | SpringSource Team Blog
• Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners
• Google+ buttons in CSS
• Heroku | Clojure on Heroku
• Ruby Creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto Joins Heroku
• The LMAX Architecture
• productivity - Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware? - Programmers - Stack Exchange
• The Ultimate Power Of Spring Batch by Anatoly Polinsky on Prezi
• Selenium 2.0: Out Now! ? Official Selenium Blog
• HTML5 - Document Outlines

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