The original Web Services platform has been available in open source at http://www.e-speak.net HP/Bluestone has announced the site is going away so get it while you can. If you're a pure Comp Sci. type, there is some really interesting labwork here.
I got this tall by not having enough crisco in my diet as a kid. This ad looks like it had plenty of shortening:
a bit of art, as a gift, that will fit in a stocking