Minecraft 1.1 is out so go and download it right now I will be going over the features in more details then on the launcher so enjoy

Bows can now be echanted just like tools and armour

New language translations even including pirate language me harrties yar har har

Sheep regrow wool by eating grass so now you can set up a sheep farm

added spawn eggs you can use these in creative mode to spawn any mob of your choice

You can now spawn yourself in a completely flat world woo-hoo great for making creations

in the Golden apple recipe now the gold blocks are replaced with gold nuggets but they only recover 2 food point and give 4 seconds of health regeneration

the brewing time has been reduced to only 20 seconds

removed the collision block from ladders this may be happening to fences soon

and of course bug fixes

wait there no removed herobrine uh-oh............

p.s please note there is maintenance on friday 13th 2012 AD 9:00 to 12:00 AM (UTC