Not only has it been a long time since my last Blog post, many important changes have once again occurred that deal with the administration and viewing of my websites.

First of all, I finally shut down zayith.com. The site still exists but all links have been disabled and it has essentially become a placeholder. I may, at some point revive it, but for now, canadiansushi.info is my only ACTIVE domain. Any e-mail sent to zayith.com will still function normally, however --- as long as the domain is owned by me, anyway.

Next, due to an unscrupulous individual hacking into one of my accounts, the Flickr photo Blog page will likely have to be moved. When/how this will happen is still being worked out, but there should be little no disruption in peoples' ability to view the photos there. Let me just say that this is a HUGE pain in the butt and people who have nothing better to do with their time than to hack into others' inane accounts should be forced to do some hard labour for several years so they can learn and understand the value of an honest day's work. I can understand the thrill (and bragging rights) of being able to hack into a government server or NASA computer or something. But the Yahoo e-mail account of some Joe you've never met and never will meet? Jeez! All that does is cause frustration on my part, which the hacker, even when brimming full with a sense of schadenfreude, can't enjoy and is reduced to imagining how frustrated his victims must be. Yes, communism was bad, but the old Soviet-era philosophy of curing good-for-nothing ne'er-do-wells with hard labour may be something that we should consider to help such individuals.

Aside from that, I have also added a work-related discussion forum to the already existing Kofu FET page. Since this does verge on talking about work, something I said I wouldn't do in this Blog, I'll just leave it at that. However, if anyone is ever curious about that sort of thing, everything -- both work-related and not, is accessible from the main canadiansushi.info web page.

Next, I have a long Blog entry from Thailand sitting on the almost-ready-to-publish pile. The photos are already up on the photo Blog (and have been for months now). As soon as I can, I'll finish off the narrative bits and put it up for everyone to read.

Finally, thank you to all those who supported our 2007 calendar project! I took a pile of them with me back to Canada during the winter holidays and gave them away as Christmas presents. Some people in Japan also got their hands on a few. I received many positive comments about them, and even one positive feedback telling me that I should have put them up for sale at a local retailer. Since this shop is very supportive of the arts and local talent, many artists display and sell their wares in this manner. It is something I will consider for 2008, but so far I have no concrete plans.

The last little bit of housekeeping I will mention is the semi-annual update of this site's theme, colours and layout. I will be pruning the links section soon and you can look forward to a new visual layout as well.

Enjoy your summer, everyone! BBQ lots of steaks, drink lots of beer and remember to stay in cool, air-conditioned places.