Yes, I am alive. No, the server isn't back up yet. No, the person in charge of the server is not feeling well (and is not me). No, I don't have an update to give anyone. Yes, I have been working on it some. Yes, I had to do some final projects which took up my time. And yes, I should have my time back starting tomorrow. I think that's enough for the unanswered questions.
I was recently looking at some cool effects in an open-source project that would look good in BOL, but I'll actually look into it more after I code in all the new things that I have so far. As always I'd love to hear some feedback, or if anyone would like to help me with updating the site or sending me some more models I'd be really happy.
-Mark