Writing cross-browser "desktop" html/javascript is very painful right now. The mobile world is a beautiful playground because IE isn't a serious player. Now if Microsoft would adopt WebKit for its mobile browsing, then I'd eat my hat.
Node 0.2.3 I hardly knew ya. So far, my few days programming with node have been great. I've delved into Express (a micro Ruby Sintra like framework), and socket.io for real-time goodness. Everything is clean and works like a charm. I have a lot more ahead of me, so bring it on!
Very true indeed. I can't remember the last time, if at all, I have used the optical drive on my computer. Over the last few years I've migrated all my music CD, and movie DVD to digital format. I no longer own a DVD player (attached to my TV), nor do I plan on getting a BluRay player. Ah, the age of digital media has arrived.