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Bo
(After much hair pulling and gnashing of teeth...) R3-View is now available for Raspberry Pi and Pi 2 at video.respectech.com:8080/a.com/r3-view
Feel free to move the binary over to rebolsource.net or other locations.
Thanks to Shixin Zeng for great support in getting it to build!

Arnold
I created the game of Xiangqi in Red 0.5.4 https://github.com/iArnold/Xiangqi
Thanks to all that made this possible.

NickA
I made a video demonstrating how to use the jsLinb library and Sigma Visual Builder to quickly create UIs which connect with Rebol CGI server apps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yrDNluQSwo
The tools above are an older precursor to CrossUI, but I like them because they're free and open source, really light weight, and not only the created apps, but also the entire development system run virtually anywhere - even IE6, Firefox 1.5, and in just about any mobile browser.  It's really simple to learn to use, and extremely productive, at least for the needs I've encountered.  You can package the GUIs for mobile platforms using Phonegap build (and desktop with Node Webkit - although I don't see as likely a need for that).  You can run the visual builder from any Apache install on any OS - I've done it locally on Windows, on Android with KSWeb server, on shared hosting Lunarpages accounts (which I've been able to use even on the old Android phone).  It's nice to be able to quickly and easily create full featured front ends on any device, which run on any device, and which connect easily with Rebol server scripts that run just about anywhere too, including shared hosting.  The whole system is really simple to use, and exhaustively documented.
The video is 1.3 hours long - very sorry for the length - I did it to prepare for making a written tutorial which will be more succinct.  All the files used in the video are here:    
    
http://re-bol.com/jsLinb-sigma-tutorial.zip
    
(Front end JS and Rebol CGI scripts, Rebol interpreter, jsLinb/Sigma builder distribution, Windows Uniserver distribution, etc., ~12Mb)

szeng
Here is an example of embedding C code in rebol 3 directly using FFI and libtcc: https://github.com/zsx/c2r3/blob/master/demos/libtcc/helloworld.reb
SWhite
That's a fun thing to see.  Some decades ago, when Burroughs still was a computer company, one could, in a COBOL source program for their Medium Systems line, type the declarative ENTER SYMBOLIC and then start coding assembler language.  Second-generation code embedded in a third-generation program.  Now with the C-in-REBOL example, we see third-generation code embedded in a somewhat-fourth-generation program.

Arnold
Created and uploaded the video of how to compile the game of Xiangqi programmed in Red.
http://youtu.be/5xjky_Ox1l4

NickA
New written tutorial about using jsLinb/Sigma IDE with Rebol, to create Mobile/Web apps:
http://re-bol.com/jslinb

Arnold
Renewed R3 Parse Project effort, "PARSE PROJECT II", looking for volunteers and feedback, trello available on https://trello.com/b/zt7KvVSl/rebol-parse-project-the-trello

Ashley
Munge 2.0.0
    Rewrote to be R3 specific
    R3 optimisations (20% faster than R2)
    Removed lots of R2 compatibility code
    Excel functions refactored to use Powershell/OLEDB (so MS Office is no longer required)
    load-excel function added
Updated documentation available here:
- http://dobeash.com/Munge/munge.html
- http://dobeash.com/Munge/support.html
Chris
AltJSON v0.3.5 for Rebol 3 (including current Ren/C version)
- Supports easier creation of JSON objects with set-word/value pairs in blocks, get-word/path lookup.
- Uses MAP! to correspond with incoming JSON objects.
- /FLAT refinement uses blocks for incoming JSON objects to allow for case-sensitive keys, parsing and null values.
Do/Import/Source: http://reb4.me/r3/altjson
Issues: https://github.com/rgchris/Scripts

Chris
AltJSON v0.3.6 for Rebol 2
- Introduces some of the changes from the Rebol 3 releases:
- Switch to RFC 3339 formatting of dates,
- Resolves Get-Words and Get-Paths,
- Recognises Set-Word/Value pairs as JSON Objects,
- Limits the format of JSON object keys, uses ^ escaping on words that almost conform (use /Flat for more flexibility)
Do/Import/Source: http://reb4.me/r/altjson
Due to the nature of some of the changes, this version may not be wholly compatible with previous versions--let me know if you experience any major problems.
DocKimbel
Auto-resizing library for Rebol2 VID:
https://github.com/dockimbel/auto-resize

Chris
Announce Pages
Individual posts to this group will now have their own page. This page will be referenced to by the feed for this group (http://rebol.info/feeds/announce.feed). Colours will be respected, links detected and full names included. Each page will link to the reflector page for this group.
Unless someone posts immediately before me, the link to this message will be: http://rebol.info/announce/0830

Bo
ameriDroid.com and Hardkernel (ODROID) are going to be at ARM TechCon 2015 in Santa Clara, California on November 11-12. We'll have a 10x20 foot booth just inside the main entrance.
Register here for a free Expo Hall pass so you can visit with us in person and see demos at our booth. We'll have some Rebol-powered demos running on ODROID products.
http://www.armtechcon.com/expo/

SWhite
Another web site of documentation related to REBOL 2 has come into being at  http://www.cobolrebol.com/.  This is some learning aids for a very specific and small audience, and has been put on the internet in case it is helpful to anyone else.

Reichart
:)
Arnold
From renewed rebol.com frontpage: rebol.net is back online (checked it too) (Thank you Carl!)

ddharing
We (i.e. Atronix Engineering) have published a Rebol 3 function reference on our wiki. It is specific to our build and automatically generated using the interpreter and a meta data file for things like examples, cross reference and comments. Hopefully, this level of automation will mean that it stays updated. All of the examples have been tested.
The wiki is currently read-only to the public. Feedback is welcome.
The documentation link is also on our downloads page. It is https://www.wiki.atronixengineering.com/doku.php?id=rebol:ug.
Maarten
ddharing, thanks so much. Would it be an idea to bundle the tools so people can make a local reference? Again, thanks a lot!

Bo
For any of you who would like to get your feet wet with a pretty powerful ODROID for small change, check out https://plus.google.com/+Ameridroid1/posts/ESENwVwM1Kf
Quad-core, 2GB RAM and more for $44.95 plus receive a $15 store credit coupon code with purchase.
Runs R2/Core, R3/Core and R3/View. :-)

Bo
Rebol3-controlled walking robot getting close to being ready for sale at ameriDroid.com. Watch the demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kuNEi02gQ
Goldie, the robot, does the entire presentation herself in one take.

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