Before I get to the main news, yes, the forums have returned. I removed them due to long term inactivity but brought them back online briefly for a technical demo. During that time, people just started posting again so I left the system in place. You guys are unpredictable.

The new site design is almost ready to launch. I've tested extensively in as many browsers (desktop and mobile) as I could access and things seem to work properly. You should, as always, keep your web browser up to date to take advantage of new features across the web as well as to make sites look their best. Making sure things are not broken, however, is my job.

The new design is uglier than the old design when viewed in older browsers. It is an improvement in modern browsers, though. This is part of the reason why I've chosen to go slowly with the site re-design; I wanted to allow some time for CSS3 / HTML5 compliant browsers to become more prevalent. If you're still using IE 6, though, things aren't going to look so pretty. This site will still work, though. It'll just be kind of... bleh.

Why upgrade the design? It's more or less an issue of flexibility but the old design is a little too webcomic-oriented compared to my future plans for this place.

Once this is all done and I get mobile stylesheets fixed for the forums, expect more updates and an end to this activity hiatus. I hope to create a lot more artwork and music in the later half of 2012.