Yes! The bitsquid blog is here http://bitsquid.blogspot.com/ it has everything from 2009 and is still being updated with information on stingray development.
Im using 2009 64 It goes to 1035 MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception-- Unknown property: "getViewportShadingSettings" in <Interface:maxOps> Hope it helps.
found these tutorials for getting to speed with mudbox 2009 http://www.dashdotslash.net/tutorials.php some of them are for environment modeling and texturing using Mudbox