Thanks to nothings, I found out my former housemate has a home page again. Also, he's working on a new game, codename Happycake, that looks really damn cool (if you like that sort of thing—blowing up giant robots). Check out the rough demo movie, the stills don't really do it justice.
I had an interview (my first in 12+ years) the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, at Gensym. It went well, and the follow-up interview with some higher-ups is this Thursday. ( angst; looking a gift horse in the mouth )