Well, anyone familiar with this site o' mine has probably noticed that things look a little different around here. I'm still a big fan of the previous layout, but but it was getting a little old, and (here's the honesty bit) I think it was a little extreme for what I was doing with it. A design that makes navigation easy and interesting is great, but borders on overkill here at ianwallace.com, where there is virtually nothing to navigate to. I was neglecting almost every feature, from the reviews to the count-downs to the monthly babes, and it showed. This new asthetic direction isn't designed to curb the neglect, it's to make it less obvious. I do want to do more here, and I'm sure that my new educational focus (electronic publishing) will make it possible for me to post more schtuff on a more frequent basis. In fact, here's a promise: You'll see all my school work posted here, no matter how lousy it is, no matter what the topic, no matter how many stolen jokes from Not My Desk I've incorporated into it. And you can quote me. You can't nessecarily make me do it, but if you feel like quoting I invite you to go crazy.

For the first little bit, maybe even just the first few days, there will be no formal sections here. If I've got something to show you, you'll be able to find it here - on the main page. But I do want there to be some foundation material and recurring features, so I've set up a small poll using juicy codes from the bit-merchants over at Bravenet. Let me know what you want, and I'll be sure to tally up all three votes and ignore them as vigorously as I'm able.

Since the friends section is nicht mehr vorhanden für Zugriff durch Besucher (literally: gone.), at least temporarily, I'd like to give some "shout-outs" to my "peepz": Chelly, Christina, Colin, Jess, Kat, Michel, Nick, Stacey and Steve-O as well as Melissa and the rest of the ultra-"dope" E-pub "crew". Werd.

And finally, in acknowledgement that things happen in the world even when you're not looking at this website, a happy new year to all. If I may quote those most numerically-inclined of ravenesque ornithoids, "...there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last."