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I am delighted to announce that once again I have the honor of having another design included as an official selection of the CSS Zen Garden. This is the third time I have enjoyed such an honor and I think I may, finally, be done with submitting (although you never know).

For the last two or three years I’ve had one client that I always referred to as my favorite. That client is Deluxe Digital Media. Together, we’ve worked on several high-profile sites, mostly in the adventure travel industry. We’ve been flirting the idea of a closer professional relationship for a while now. Well, we’ve moved on from flirting to serious dating. ;~)

Things are getting so serious that you can now find me on the About Us page of their new website, which I designed (including their new logo) and coded.

I’m very excited to report that the new design has been showing up on several of the showcase sites. Check it out:

My wonderful hubby just got me an 80gig Video iPod as an out-of-the-blue gift (what a sweetie)!

I love my music. I have a fairly big collection and I’m always on the scout for more (hop over and say hello on LastFm). My new lovely iPod has the ability to show album art but … I don’t have any album art!

After some research I discovered that album art is only imported when you purchase music on iTunes, not when you rip hundreds of CDs you’ve already purchased. What to do!?

Hi All – I wanted to give you a quick update before I go on to post my big news of the day (UPDATE: Big news has to wait a day or two while site launch which is the big news gets a final review from the higher-ups) …

I have decided to continue to blog. I will commit to writing at least once a month, but am going to shoot for a return to once a week. I realize that I still have a lot to say. ;~) And I have been coming up with more ideas lately that I’m excited to share with you all.

On another front, my mysterious illness has been explained …

Hi Everyone. It’s been a while. Again. This time, though, I will offer not only some excuses, but also some thoughts about my life and career at the moment, this blog and it’s future, and the larger blogosphere in general.

You may recall my post of a couple months ago – Office Space, a New-School Web-Programming Geek, and a Business Name – in which I spoke of a new business partner and a new business venture. You may be wondering whatever came of that? Well, the business partner is still with me, and the business venture is still in the works … it’s just changed scope a bit (as ventures tend to do). It’s gotten more exciting!

Hey Everyone. So, I have slacked off big time on the blogging side of things lately. Rest assured, I have excuses:

• I was out of town for a couple of weeks
• I have been spending tons of time and energy trying to get this new business off the ground
• I have barely been working (billable hours, that is), and so have no new tips and tricks to draw from
• Life in general has taken an extremely hectic turn

After close to three years of working out of my home in my pajamas I am finally ready for a change, and a move up. I am planning on taking the plunge and moving into an actual work space. You know, a space dedicated only to work? Not also to laundry and cooking and movie watching and child-rearing? My own creative space (drool).

Well, not just my own. I am teaming up with someone else. A secret-identity project manager, business-type guy. So I don’t have to take care of all the business! And if the space sharing goes well, we plan on forming a full-fledged startup company! It’s very exciting!! In the mean time, we are in need of three things – eight others to share the space with, a new school programming nerd and, eventually, a new business name. If you live in the East Bay of the San Francisco area and are looking for space, check out what we have to offer and drop me a line. If you are a new-school web-programming nerd and you’re looking to team up with, say, a designer/coder and a business guy, definitely let me know. If you have any name ideas, please, please, please sumbit them in the comments – it’ll be fun!

Slashdot has been accepting submissions for a redesign contest and yesterday I submitted my design.

I was hoping to avoid announcing this until after the fact, but I’m having such a difficult time keeping up with this blog at the moment that I thought I would break my silence about what’s keeping me so occupied (besides work, of course).