After many months of cave-dwelling and self-imposed anti-societal isolation, I return from the depths of my solitude to humbly (yet proudly) announce the release of Chirpy v2.0!

I’m excited to announce the release of Chirpy v.1.0.0.5–Chirpy to the XXXtreme. That’s right. This version of Chirpy will blow the pants off of every clothed person in the universe. So, if you haven’t gotten dressed already, don’t bother… Before diving too deep into the realm of the extreme, let me re-divulge the following preface: if you’re completely new to the madness of Chirpy, I recommend that read about Chirpy’s core features.

You’ve sucked all the blood out of me. Hence, the bottomless silence. That said, I’ve finished creating a working version of Big Fat Dish. Joy almighty! Beer and Cool-aid-induced unconsciousness await!

The Bad News: I’m behind schedule. I wanted to finish this project in a month, and, if you’ve been paying close attention to the time I’ve wasted fiddling with the project, you’d know that I’m a week past my deadline. I’m not mad, or ashamed, or crying. Please don’t make fun of me.

Let’s start with the simplest part: download Chirpy at codeplex. Start fiddling around. If something doesn’t work complain about it. If something does work, tweet or blog about how awesome your life has become. Finally, if you’re feeling really frisky, download Chirpy’s source code and add something. I don’t care what it is. Just add something. Surprise me. I’ll probably love you forever. Or, I’ll throw something at you.

When we talk about “improving” our skills as knowledge-hungry developers, I find it interesting that we rarely mention the people in our lives (not Karl Seguin, alas) who we inevitably and repeatedly injure with our sloppiness: namely, designers. Yes, those people, over there, cloaked in Urban Outfitter attire, crying, listening to Bon Iver (or, like, whatever).

Whoo. It’s been awhile. Apologies for that. I’ve been looking for a new place to live in Honolulu, and the whole process has been an uphill battle (thanks for asking). It appears that real estate brokers don’t like it too much when you fill in the “Sex: ___________” blank with “OFFENDER“

I was trying to figure out the quickest, simplest way to introduce flexible Editor Templates into my project. And, when it comes to building your Editor (and Display) Templates, Brad Wilson is your happy pappy.

Today, we have a pretty simple task. We’ve created our repository. We’ve also created our controllers. It’s time for the two to meet. Like turtles. In a dark closet.

Today, we have a special guest. I’m going to introduce you to someone. You might already know this “someone”. Believe it or not, this “someone” is as important to the professional developer as the melded force of the developer’s wife, the developer’s favorite pet, and the developer’s favorite mechanical tool. That “someone” is a pest, a genius, a nuisance, a narcissist, and a nerd.