Things are going well in this corner of the sphere. Every so often I'm taken by another "What if..." anxious moment but they tend to be pretty easy to overcome when I'm thinking logically. I'm still being prodded to not put all my eggs in the same basket (I'm really starting to despise that phrase) but I think things are pretty positive at the moment. And now, the projects.

More stylesheets for the blog are coming along well. I've been kind of distracted by a few other NES games (think Blaster Master, Excite Bike, the Megaman series) and slightly discouraged by the amount of time it takes to read and write to the image file where I design the styles. Yes, it's really that large at the moment. I'm still thinking of replacing 3 or 4 with a castle design that I'm working on and I'm still brainstorming new features for the site in tandem with my other projects...

MTStats is getting better and better. At least feature-wise. Configuration is still very rough (read: hardcoded) but I've decided that I really want to get a beta out to people so I'll be cleaning up and working on a configuration page soon/tonight. For the sake of my sanity at the moment, I think I'll be requiring a mySQL database but that will change in the future.

I was going to give a short review of some music I've been listening to but I'll wait until I'm part of the iTunes Affiliate program so you can head on over to the iTMS and pickup any tracks you want to preview or buy. It's actually a little easier to just go to LinkShare and sign up through their site and then join the iTunes program. Join LinkShare Today! Speaking of Apple, the new iMac has been causing quire a stir as new Apple products always do. CNet's Paul Jackson seems to think that Apple has stopped short of where it should have gone with this new piece of hardware based on the fact that WiFi and TV Tuner hardware aren't part of the typical package. I'm a little surprised at the exclusion of WiFi as standard component but when you take in to consideration the fact that the last 17" iMac started at $1800 and this one starts at $1300, I think you get the idea. Apple is surely trying to cut costs on it's most easily accessible machines since price has always been a major factor in the decision of Mac vs PC. Yes, Apple has claimed that it's not exclusively concerned with market share but this is a push in that direction. TV-Tuners will continue to sit above or below the TV for the moment simply because when you add a computer in to the mix, you double or triple the complexity level from a TiVo-like device. Until riping shows from cable is as easy as the 'Import' button in iTunes, it won't be a desktop priority. Google news has a pretty good array of articles with good things to say about the iMac.

Me? I like 'em. Apple LCDs have always been soothing on the eyes and it would probably make designing and coding a little less stressful. More soon.