Wow…
As usual, it’s been a long time. I’ve been pretty busy, but it’s been a nice kind of busy. I started my own web development shop, Heavy Robot, at the beginning of 2009 and have been doing nicely. I’m very much enjoying running my own shop. I’ve also had a couple vacations, my sister had a baby, my parents got a house in Florida, etc. etc.
One nifty thing about not using this blog for a while is I can simply compare the version of WordPress that I’m using here to the latest versions I’m using elsewhere. Wow, I knew it had changed, but seeing the old layout again is crazy. The latest 2.7.1 WordPress is leaps and bounds above the old one as far as UI goes.
In other news Heavy Robot just released Heavy Mural (what else would we call it? ;) ). The gist behind it is it lets you upload images and it will convert them into step by step instructions to create a post-it note wall mural. People are pointing out that it can be used to create any type of pixel based art though, like paint-by-numbers style, magnetic pixels, fuse beads, etc. It was a blast to create, and has been amazing to hear peoples responses to it.
That’s the update for now!