http://mahout.apache.org
http://machinelearning.reddit.com
http://mloss.org
http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596529321.do
http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Intelligent-Web-Haralambos-...
http://www.amazon.com/Mahout-Action-Sean-Owen/dp/1935182684/...
http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Intelligence-Action-Satnam-...
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Hackers-Drew-Conway/d...
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Action-Peter-Harringt...
http://www.metaoptimize.com/qa
http://stats.stackexchange.com
The class is starting again in three weeks: https://www.coursera.org/course/ml.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Looking forwards to it!
http://mahout.apache.org
http://machinelearning.reddit.com
http://mloss.org
http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596529321.do
http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Intelligent-Web-Haralambos-...
http://www.amazon.com/Mahout-Action-Sean-Owen/dp/1935182684/...
http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Intelligence-Action-Satnam-...
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Hackers-Drew-Conway/d...
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Action-Peter-Harringt...
http://www.metaoptimize.com/qa
http://stats.stackexchange.com