I had fun with the theme. The underlying architecture supplied by Sandbox avoids a lot of the CSS headaches that can go along with blog theming, and allowed me to focus on a minimal, content-oriented theme that complements my recent site redesign. Where the Creative Creature site is dark and rich, Recursive Loop is light and airy, but both maintain the same colour scheme and typography choices. The developers of recent versions of WordPress have implemented a fairly flexible Widget system that allowed me to easily add Tag Cloud and Calendar widgets to the sidebar, both of which I find to be really useful navigation tools.

Let me know what you think! Anything not working quite right? Any posts showing up strangely within the new structure? I already had to tweak entries with Flash embedded in them, but I may have missed other little errors. I’ve got a batch of entries to post that I’ve been writing during a recent trip to the beautiful but internet-sparse South Island of New Zealand, so keep an eye out for them!

So long, version 1.0!

v1 (June 2007)	v2 (November 2007)

These changes are partly in preparation for a set of upcoming changes in my life. For the majority of 2008, I will be living in Palmerston North, New Zealand. I will be working while my girlfriend pursues a second degree, this time at Massey University. In between hikes and other Kiwi cultural pursuits, I will be dedicating a good amount of my time to working on Digital Texts 2.0 with Dr. Stéfan Sinclair. Additionally, I hope to meet some new people in the NZ web industry, and continue to provide services for clients here in Canada. Keep an eye here for a link to a new travel blog about our experiences in the southern hemisphere. After returning to Canada, I hope to enroll in a Masters program. The times they are a-changin.

Thanks to my clients who have made the past couple of years so enjoyable. I hope the next few can teach me as much and offer as many exciting opportunities. Here’s to new beginnings!

The most recent edition of the McMaster Museum of Art‘s newsletter has a segment on the project:

“Last September, the prestigious Goethe- Institut and the McMaster Museum of Art launched a website, designed to bring German art, language and culture to the fingertips of teachers and students globally. More than 10,000 unique visitors have used the site so far and it has garnered considerable praise from German, History and Art teachers.

The website and this project were the subject of workshops at the Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association’s annual conference in March. Educator’s comments were enthusiastic: “Loved it!”, “Very useful”, “Could be used in any Drama, Social Science Course”, “Would love a compilation of Spanish and French Art!”, “Excellent for cross-curricular involvement.”

Colleagues at the Goethe-Institut San Francisco also used the material at a teacher training session. Once back in their classrooms, the German teachers were pleased with how well the website activities and content engaged the students.

McMaster’s complementary exhibition continues until August 25.”

The newsletter is available online, and you can find out more about the project by reading about it in my Portfolio, or by visiting the site.