I’m there just waiting … =)

Here is the announce email

Hello,

The latest release of Google Desktop has been dubbed “the performance
release” by various members of our team. We hope you find Google
Desktop 5.8 to be faster, more stable, and more enjoyable.

To celebrate, we’re throwing a get-together at our Lively developer
lounge this Wednesday, September 17, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time to
11:30 a.m.

Here’s the URL to the developer lounge:

http://www.lively.com/dr?rid=-6058992854362690611

And start times for other timezones:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=9&day=17&year=2008&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224

So get your avatars ready and stop by to say hello. We’d love to hear
your thoughts about 5.8 and the future of Google Desktop.

Now as far as the release goes, Joi’s post on the Google Blog goes
into detail about the planning and engineering behind the release:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-desktop-58-for-windows-increased.html