Programming languages
I have wanted to spend to some time looking at some of the increasingly popular programming languages, particularly Python and Ruby, although languages like Scheme (in case lambda is more than a logo in a video game) and Haskell are also on my radar.
I thought this tour de babel by Steve Yegge was an interesting view. Steve's pontifications or verbiage is generally worth reading, both his old (while at amazon) and new (now at Google) blogs.
Another gem from Steve is Get That Job at Goggle on interview tips for software developers. Apparently some companies like programmers who remember some of their CS class content, rather than merely their Java prowess or line count.