I normally dislike posts like this,but to address the concerned emails: Yes,we’re still alive;and no,we’re not silently boycotting anything. Busy times at work and other ongoing projects (which a few of you know about) have made it difficult to attend to the blog regularly. And I will sheepishly admit to occasionally playing LittleBigPlanet when I should be blogging about it instead. 
Things should be back on track shortly. Thanks for all of the kind words,and I’ll leave you with a link to themanchicken’s workbench. He’s doing some of the kinds of tutorials that I had planned to,if I could only find the time.