Lately, Turdhead.com has been defying the innate silliness of its own name to actually provide useful content for a change.

We're not sure how it happened, but our series on adapting the open-source jEdit programmer's editor for use as a state-of-the-art ActionScript editor has actually turned out to be worth reading, and it seems to be drawing a lot of interest from the Flash community — especially among developers on OS X and Linux platforms (those fortunate enough to have moved away from Windows, but who nonetheless still miss their favorite editors from the platform).

In trying to ensure that the information remains useful, I suddenly realized that the format of Turdhead.com — the multi-column, newspaper-inspired, fixed-width design — doesn't really lend itself to "print and file" archiving techniques (there ends up being a lot of wasted space when the pages are printed), and after my tirade last month against other companies who fail to provide hard-copy support, I figured I'd better do something about it.

Thus, regular visitors may notice the new "Print this article" link at the bottom of each article on Turdhead.com now. I'm using Lester Chan's excellent WP-Print WordPress plugin to handle the formatting, and so far I'm pleased with the results. Not only does it change the page to a more printer-friendly style, but it also provides a table of links and images for easy reference later on.

Of course, in the process of adding plugins, I also went ahead and finally upgraded the WordPress software itself to the latest version, so if you see anything that seems amiss, please let me know! And thanks again for reading.

It's been a while since I mentioned I'd found somebody crazy enough to marry me, and I have to admit I've posted very little ever since. Turns out that planning a wedding can take a lot of your time and energy (Well, ok, so it took a lot MORE of my fiancee's time and energy, but still…)

Regardless, I am happy to report that as of last weekend (April 28, 2007), I have become a married man. Pictures, etc. can be found here, and the new Mrs. VeryVito (VeryVita? VeryVitess?) has been posting her thoughts here. She's pretty awesome, by the way.

And yes, to anybody confused by the photos… those are indeed groomsbabes (or GroomsAngels™, as I like to call them).

To everyone who attended: Thanks, I had a blast! And to those who weren't present: Sorry, you missed a blast!

I caught a keeper! (And no, that's not the actual ring.)

When I was 11 years old, I had no idea where life was going to take me.

Regardless, I'm absolutely certain that the 11-year-old that I once was would be proud — nay, deliriously ecstatic! – to know that the older, wiser me would one day announce my engagement to a beautiful woman (a middle-school teacher, no less!) on the front page of a publication called Turdhead.com.

So here it is: I'm getting married. I officially asked this weekend, and she officially said yes.

Somehow I doubt my fiancee's inner 11-year-old ever dreamed she'd see such an announcement under the "Turdhead.com" banner (or be happy about it, if she did), but hey, her adult self is well aware of what she's getting into. And besides, she's pretty cool.

And if she's still speaking to me after she sees this, the 11-year-old in me is looking forward to a long and happy life with her.

Stay tuned for details!