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New Layout
Squarespace has some awesome new styles now, so we're rocking teal. I'll find some time to adjust it a bit since I think the fonts are too small, but so far it's got the look of freshness.
Also freshly updated is my resume.
Again with the foreign markets...
Well, hopefully it does well in the UK and they start selling them over here! Yamaha is on a roll lately.
TENORI-ON [Yamaha]
Japanese Vocal Synthesizer
So it's Japanese language only, and only available in Japan so far. But everyone needs to listen to this...
VOCALOID 2 [Gamersweb]
Switched to BlueHost
Although this site is built on SquareSpace, my domains and hosting for general FTP (as well as my old RabiteMan site) were hosted at a discount hosting company.
After repeated problems and horrendous tech support, I have switched to BlueHost. There might be some downtime for my websites while the domain transfers take place, but it should be much smoother after this.
For anyone looking for hosting solutions, just read the reviews at Web Hosting Geeks.
Immortality at Last!
Probably one of the highest honors in the gaming world has been conferred upon me.

Angry Video Game Nerd - Nintendo Power [GameTrailers]
Money shot at 11:45.
I think I was about 14 when I wrote in. We were studying permutations in math class, so I decided to run the numbers on Mario Paint. I almost didn't write in, but see, they found the information very useful! So I'm glad I did.
Thanks Eric for finding this one.
Review: The New Backpack
I have been using Backpack for a little over two years now. In the first year it was great, and my life was centered around it. But 37Signals seemed to forget about it and focus on other new products, so I was pretty sure it would never see another update. I had moved my todo's and stuff over to Remember the Milk and had stripped away most of my Backpack pages. After not using it for a couple months, I figured I could save $9 by canceling the service.
When I went on last week to harvest the last few pages for data and cancel the service, I noticed it had finally been updated. So I figured I would give it another couple weeks.
Well, my first impression was "too little, too late." The only real addition was the ability to move things around to any point on the page. But linking pages had been removed, which meant I had to manually create page links. I checked the forums and sure enough, plenty of people were incensed over having their pages reordered overnight, some rollout bugs, and not having their favorite wishlist features added. 37Signals' responses were a bit aloof and arrogant. I almost added a post of my own based on the strength of that. But, I gave it some time instead.
I switch list services every so often, because it forces me to review everything. It's well worth the couple hours it takes. So I decided to move back to the Pack and see how it worked.
I like the divider tabs. I made pages to organize my current major projects, and really enjoyed being able to put more stuff on one page. The dividers let me have multiple pages worth of info on a single page, which means less navigation.
For example, I made dividers for different milestones of a software project, and could put lists, related notes, and other stuff within the appropriate divider. As the project plays out, I can move stuff to new divisions easily.
I'm going to stick with them for a while longer. This may be the last update we see in a long time, which is too bad. It's really only a matter of time before someone copies this web app and makes small improvements on it...
If you ignore the comments on both sides, this is a very solid service and I still highly recommend it.