diff --git a/build/shared/readme.txt b/build/shared/readme.txt
index cc54551f3..6780e31b7 100644
--- a/build/shared/readme.txt
+++ b/build/shared/readme.txt
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@ out what's going on. useful things when reporting:
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
 
-GENERAL NOTES / COMMON ISSUES
-
-- names of sketches cannot start with a number, or have spaces
-  inside. this is mostly because of a restriction on the naming of
-  java classes. i suppose if lots of people find this upsetting, we
-  could add some extra code to unhinge the resulting class name from
-  the sketch name, but it adds complexity, and complexity == bugs. :)
-
-
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
-
-
 GOODIES & SEMI-HIDDEN FEATURES
 
 - shift-click on the 'run' button to go straight to 'present' mode
diff --git a/build/shared/revisions.txt b/build/shared/revisions.txt
index 412a13474..d60935e34 100644
--- a/build/shared/revisions.txt
+++ b/build/shared/revisions.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ ABOUT REV 0061 -
   the microsoft java 1.1 vm.
 
 
+[ known problems ]
+
+
+[ common problems, not actually bugs ]
+
+- names of sketches cannot start with a number, or have spaces
+  inside. this is mostly because of a restriction on the naming of
+  java classes. i suppose if lots of people find this upsetting, we
+  could add some extra code to unhinge the resulting class name from
+  the sketch name, but it adds complexity, and complexity == bugs. :)
+
+
 ABOUT REV 0060 - 22 september 2003
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE! ACHTUNG!
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index dd2cdeae7..42fbf6fbf 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 0061
 X remove private references in audio code that were breaking audio
 X   with the microsoft java vm
+X   the audio examples are not 1.1 compliant. the error:
+X   java.lang.IllegalAccessError: field AU_FILE is final
+X remove 'width 200 high 200' debugging message on export
+X fix saveFrame to allow saveFrame("blah.tif")
+X   better as a way to avoid potential confusion
+X   in the revisions.txt you write:
+X     "saveFrame("blah.tif") will save the current frame as blah.tif"
+X     ...this is not true
+X     save("blah.tif") will save the current frame as blah.tif.
+X     the syntax is either saveFrame() or saveFrame("blah-####.tif")
+X     either no properties passed-in or a name INCL. the ####'s
+X save() is not color-coded as a proper P5-command!
+
+_ serious sluggishness with applets
+_   beginShape/endShape.. 3D scenes with boxes..
+
+_ IllegalAccessError when running examples with inner classes in msjvm
+
+_ if no reference found, provide message
+_   watch out for people selecting the parens or part of the function
+_ red of the console color is difficult to read
+
+cr X some new examples to fix noBackground and setPixel problems
+cr X   image/transparency is broken (removing noBackground() is fixing it...)
+cr X   form/vertices_3d: background() is still within setup()
+cr X   cellular_automata_3 had noBackground()
+cr X fix for typography/helix example checked in
 
 
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