The SML Blog, formerly known as “Spacemonkey(b)labs”, has met a most unseemly and gruesome demise. First neglected, then ridiculed, and finally destroyed with both incessant software updates and errant (and somewhat clumsy) SQL experiments.

Although we loved the blog, and still love the engine that powered it (Typo), a decision has been made to use PHP tools for all of the SML websites exclusively from this point forward.

The Rails stuff will be used exclusively for all of the upcoming mitchitized sites, as well as several additional projects that have not been announced.

(We haven’t announced them yet, as we’ve been too busy blowing up the SML Blog.)

Rest assured the content and comments from the blog have been saved (thank you Postgresql!) and will resurface when we decide what the new PHP-based blog engine will be, and how it will be implemented.

As there are a ton of side projects coming up, we’re going to be very un-web-developer-like and resist the temptation to write a whole new blogging engine from scratch. Other than a decent layout this should be rather quick.

Again, apologies for the downtime (Mom seems to be the only person that has noticed so we don’t think it should be too big of a deal) and feel free to check back later.

Um, that is all.