Networked lamp example

Hey, does anyone know the networked lamp example in the Getting Started with Arduino book? (Getting Started with Arduino Kit example 8a+8B). I got my board to respond (well, for a minute) and I checked the serial port info in the Processing sketch... but still not getting the light meter responding when running the Processing sketch. The Arduino sketch was uploading really slowly. Not sure what to try. I feel pretty good? about my board setup. A photo of what I have is here: http://learningarduino.posterous.com/example-08-arduino-networked-lamp