Regarding 2) Weekend hacker (http://www.weekendhacker.net http://www.weekendhacker.net) used to be a cool little email list with side projects people needed hel

Regarding 2) Weekend hacker (http://www.weekendhacker.net http://www.weekendhacker.net) used to be a cool little email list with side projects people needed help with. Maybe expand your idea to something like WH?