It's been about three months since my last blog post here, although if you've been following me on Twitter, FriendFeed or Reddit, you'll know I haven't died or anything. To sum it all up, there were personal matters I had to deal with. And I'm still dealing with them.

Outside of my personal life, I'm still trying to get things done with Taskerrific. There are technical issues that have been quite jarring to work through (some of which are still in my way), but more importantly, there is a funding issue that needs to be resolved for Taskerrific's continued survival.

Right now, Taskerrific is hosted by Applied Innovations, on a plan that costs about $50 USD a month. Unfortunately, I haven't that kind of money, and so if the service is to remain up without a long hiatus for redeveloping on another platform, well… I like Applied Innovations, and they have good rates for ASP.NET hosting, but even so, it's not inexpensive, unlike Linux/BSD hosts.

There's also the matter of my ongoing search for a 9-to-5 (or equivalent) job to keep me fed and sheltered. Put simply: If you need a .NET programmer, or just a warm body somewhere, let me know. I'm not picky. Let's chat.

Lastly, I've started dipping my toes back into the game development waters. A friend of mine is helping me create a visual novel called Painter Story, about a boy who creates a painting that comes to life (more or less). I'm doing most of the writing, rather than the programming, this time. Not to say that I'm doing no coding, but writing fiction can be more difficult than code, so I'd rather not do both. As it is, we're using Ren'Py so there's not much coding anyway.

Anyway, starting with next week, I'll hopefully be back to my usual productive self. I need to get these months of trouble and lethargy behind me.