Since I use a honey bee all over my site and in my name, I thought it would be appropriate to write about this here.

Honey bees are dying and people aren’t exactly sure why. When I first heard the news, I thought it was sad but didn’t really understand why it was such a big deal.

If honey bees and other pollinating bugs stop pollinating, all flowering plants will die. Our fruits would be gone, not to mention our honey. And when those things are gone, so are many many foods that rely on them—like icecream.

Haagen-dazs has started a campaign to help the honey bees because they have realized how imperative honey bees are to their business.

Helpthehoneybees.com is part of their campaign. It’s an all Flash site full of cute bee animations. A bee follows you around a field full of grass and pollination-dependent plants. Each page has extra little animations. There’s even a “Make & Send a Bee” area to send an email to your friends to let them know what’s going on with honey bees. It’s a pretty slow-loading site (though my connection has been pretty shoddy) but it’s worth the wait. What a great site!

Just wanted to bring to your attention that I have finished uploading my Painting & Illustration portfolio.

I haven’t been illustrating very much lately, except for doodles in my notebooks at work. I’m sure someone would find those doodles interesting, but I haven’t taken the time to scan any of them.

The most recent work are the little illustrations made for my interactive apartment map.

Most of the pieces aren’t too old, but some of them date back to circa highschool.

If anyone has been visiting regularly, they may have noticed the new Portfolio tab at the top. I have finally been able to get my web portfolio up and running.

All of the samples that are up there right now are examples of the work I have done while at WebSolvers - my place of work (and sometimes play). Let me know what you think! Constructive criticism is always welcome.