diff --git a/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java b/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
index 3e3be5226..87a22da4f 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class PdeRuntime implements PdeMessageConsumer {
 
 
   public void message(String s) {
-    //System.err.println("M" + s.length() + ":" + s);
+    System.err.println("M" + s.length() + ":" + s);
     // this is PApplet sending a message (via System.out.println)
     // that signals that the applet has been quit.
     if (s.indexOf(PApplet.EXTERNAL_QUIT) == 0) {
diff --git a/processing/build/shared/readme.txt b/processing/build/shared/readme.txt
index 489ffed3f..b07c19817 100644
--- a/processing/build/shared/readme.txt
+++ b/processing/build/shared/readme.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
 
 (c) 2001-04 Ben Fry and Casey Reas
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
-and Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
 
 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
diff --git a/processing/build/windows/make.sh b/processing/build/windows/make.sh
index dfd81386c..add9a5d4e 100755
--- a/processing/build/windows/make.sh
+++ b/processing/build/windows/make.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ cd ../..
 CLASSPATH="..\\..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\core.jar;..\\..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\rt.jar"
 
 cd ../../lib/serial
+../../build/windows/work/jikes +D -classpath "RXTXcomm.jar;$CLASSPATH" -d . *.java 
+#../../build/windows/work/jikes +D -classpath "comm.jar;$CLASSPATH" -d . *.java 
+zip -r0q serial.jar processing
+rm -rf processing
 
-../../build/windows/work/jikes +D -classpath "comm.jar;$CLASSPATH" -d . *.java 
+cp serial.jar "C:\\Documents and Settings\\fry\\My Documents\\sketchbook\\rxtx_work\\code"
 
diff --git a/processing/build/windows/run.sh b/processing/build/windows/run.sh
index 0b035fbe8..59dd937ac 100644
--- a/processing/build/windows/run.sh
+++ b/processing/build/windows/run.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fi
 # includes jaws.jar
 #CLASSPATH=\"java\\lib\\rt.jar\;java\\lib\\jaws.jar\;lib\;lib\\build\;lib\\pde.jar\;lib\\kjc.jar\;lib\\antlr.jar\;lib\\oro.jar\;lib\\comm.jar\;lib\\RXTXcomm.jar\;${QT_JAVA_PATH}\"
 
-CLASSPATH=\"java\\lib\\rt.jar\;lib\;lib\\build\;lib\\pde.jar\;lib\\core.jar\;lib\\mrj.jar\;lib\\antlr.jar\;lib\\oro.jar\;lib\\comm.jar\;${QT_JAVA_PATH}\"
+CLASSPATH=\"java\\lib\\rt.jar\;lib\;lib\\build\;lib\\pde.jar\;lib\\core.jar\;lib\\mrj.jar\;lib\\antlr.jar\;lib\\oro.jar\;${QT_JAVA_PATH}\"
 export CLASSPATH
 
 #cd work && ./java/bin/java -Xint PdeBase
diff --git a/processing/todo.txt b/processing/todo.txt
index 01d6f59b3..686bf511b 100644
--- a/processing/todo.txt
+++ b/processing/todo.txt
@@ -249,6 +249,21 @@ X move around notes about curve stuff
 040708 later
 X working on serial library
 
+040709 
+X fight with serial library on windows all afternoon
+
+_ error in System.err stream coming from running external
+_   dies after a while or goes weird
+
+_ save as needs to update the editorheader
+_ import -> javax.comm.properties -> data folder.. hm
+_ String in apache classes and java.lang
+_   need to be able to select between which to include
+_   auto-resolve by saying java.* wins, others ask
+
+COM1 19200
+
+
 _ get export working again
 _   make multiple jar files thing work.. blech