Hey all, it's taken about three years, but I am pleased to finally report that the code for the new site is complete! Here are some highlights of what you can expect from the new site when it goes live:

As we go into the Spring hiatus, I'm hoping to blog most of what I do on here. It's not going to be long or complicated, and I won't be posting these updates to the front page. You'll have to actually check my blog or recent posts to see them. (Unless it's a major announcement, of course, then I'll post it to the front page.)

Anyway, this day has been full of stuff so far. Mostly, I got my desktop compy up and running again. His name is Elbmin, and he has a dual-core processor now. Say hi to the good Malex Medianites, Elbmin! (He's shy.)

Also, I bought a new pen to replace my favorite pen. It was my very favorite pen, and I bought a brand-new pen exactly like it.

The new site is still coming along very, very well. You guys are going to freak out when you see it. (For better or for worse...)

ttyl!

--Alex

My computer at the apartment doubles as a backup server for the MMN. To that end, it has a large-ish RAID5 set for storing all the data we produce.

That is the good news. The bad news is that I have a failed drive and I urgently need to rebuild the RAID set, scrapping whatever silly plans for productive work I had this evening.

Blargh.

--Alex

Hey all! Just a quick note to remind you all that the Spring Hiatus is now upon us. Malex Minute and Contradictionary are now both suspended until the Summer.

But not to fret! We're already quite busy over here making great new stuff and getting ready for the Summer Launch Party! There will be a lot of activity as we gear up for the summer, so stay tuned!

As we move into a whole quarter of irregular updates, be sure to subscribe to our mailling list and/or follow us on Twitter to make sure you don't miss a thing!

Thanks, and have a great day!

--Alex Markley

Hey all, not to alarm you, but if all goes according to plan, MalexMedia.Net® will be going offline for a little while next month. (That would be March. (In case you were wondering.))

I'm not sure when yet, or exactly for how long, but this downtime will be necessary for us to move everything to the new servers and start all of the transitioning we're planning on doing during the Spring hiatus.

I'll announce more when I know more. For now, have a great day!

ttyl!

--Alex

When one is producing a video show, one is invariably forced to adopt a process which involves producing video of one sort or another. Upon this much, I expect, we can all agree. The large questions come into play when one is considering the quantity, the quality, and the… nature, of the video one wishes to produce.

In the past two days, I have been experimenting with the “pain = quality” method. And, if my wheezing, trembling shell of a body is any indication, we have achieved a high standard of quality indeed.

In the past two days I have impacted a wider variety of objects, at substantially higher velocities, than I had done over the entire prior year. Since my lifestyle does not generally revolve around impacting objects at high rates of speed, I grant that this is not necessarily a high claim. However, the results on the film are evidence enough of the passion with which I am pursuing my craft.

You will be forced to see, with your eyes, when the work is complete. And you will laugh. Just remember that even after your cheap, hollow laughter fades, my injuries will remain.

ttyl!

--Alex

Hey everybody! Read my other blog entry first! In that blog entry, I mention a MASSIVE party that I'd like to throw. This is the blog entry where we talk about that party.

Hey all! It's been a while (Ten weeks, three days, twenty-two hours, twenty-seven minutes, and forty-four seconds, to be precise.) since my last blog entry, and it's been almost a month since the turn of the year, so I figure it's high time for a blog entry updating you on current statusy things.

As you know, we're taking a break from the Malex Minute and from Contradictionary this spring. As of a week or so ago, writing for Malex Minute Quarter Sixteen was complete. We've already had a bunch of great recording sessions, and the last recording session for Malex Minute Quarter Sixteen is scheduled for next month. Production on Contradictionary is also finishing up, with Peter doing an incredible job balancing all of his miscellaneous responsibilities here with a full time school schedule.

So the hiatus is upon us. But that's not where things end! Keep reading…

Hey all! I just thought you'd be interested to know that I've finished outlining Malex Minute Quarter Sixteen. This is significant, because not only does Quarter Sixteen represent four full years of weekly Malex Minute production, it is also the last chapter in the story arc which has been going on for over six months now.

We're accelerating the pace of production on Malex Minute Quarter Sixteen as quickly as humanly possible to make way for some other, far more exciting stuff. If all goes according to our fondest wishes, we'll be finished producing Malex Minute Quarter Sixteen by the end of this year! (How exciting is that?!)

Anyway, please continue to stay tuned for an announcement in the next two weeks or so that will affect all listeners of the Malex Minute.

ttyl!

--Alex

I had a wonderful birthday this past Thursday. Not only did seemingly dozens of my favorite people wish me glad tidings via the telephone and Facebook, but two of my best friends ever just happened to be in town (in Cleveland!) to celebrate my birthday with me! I grew up with these guys, and they're really more like brothers than friends. They're both in the military, and they've been posted far, far away for a long time, so for them to just happen to be in town was a better birthday surprise than I could have ever thought to ask for.

As December approaches, I'm forced to reflect on the close of my first year living alone in Cleveland. For me, this year has marked new heights of independence, new heights of responsibility, new heights of love, new heights of brokenheartedness, and a jumble of other things which will certainly take me decades to get sorted. All in all, despite the extremes, I am still forced to conclude that life is a joy, and something which should never be taken for granted.

I know it doesn't seem like a lot has been going on with the site lately, what with us only having three new comedy features every week and all, but believe you me… stuff is afoot! In fact, I have an announcement I'm going to be making in the next two weeks or so which may not, at first, sound like very good news to all of you people out there. This announcement will affect all fans of the Malex Minute, and everyone who hangs out on the site in general, so you'll want to look out for it in two weeks.

ttyl!

--Alex Markley