The Website is unlocked and alive!
Most of us met our deadlines!  
Piper has dubbed this website version 2.4.9, due to the fact that he's got a list of cosmetic touch-ups to do around the site.  The rest of us met our deadlines, though, and the website is fully functional on schedule.
As a reward, Piper gave us a two week vacation (he kicked us out of the office and said he didn't want to see any of us until June 1st - some wanted to stay, but Piper was fully armed with silly string, so....).

The important part is that Version 2.5 (-ish) was published on 5-15-15 at exactly 15:15 o'clock!
Piper strongly believes that a goal with a bit of silly is one that people will work harder to achieve.  He may be a bit crazy, but apparently it's working for him.  There was a lot of tension in the office when the seconds kept ticking, but the update kept cycling.  When it finally finished, with 5 seconds to spare, there was a lot of cheering.
That's when we found out how much silly string Piper had stashed around the office.  When the chaos died down, and all that was left was me hiding under a desk that Piper was standing on triumphantly, he looked down and said "Hey, Cheese... Which one of us is going to make the announcement, and which one is going to clean up this mess?"

Sorry, boss.... You gave me two weeks off!
Have fun cleaning up!

-The Cheese

Things are progressing at a healthy pace here at the habitat.  
Our "To Do" list gets noticeably shorter on a daily basis!  Of course, we tend to run into new widgets on a daily basis, and someone will say "Ooh... Wouldn't be cool if we could use that to..." and we end up putting that on the list.  But it is getting there, and we're having a lot of fun.

We're excited about the Art Contest, of course,  (Remember, Grand Prize $5000) and expect a great turnout.

Today, we are especially excited about the reactivation of The Cheese Blog!  Not only because it's my blog, and I'm awesome, but because it's my blog... and I'm awesome!  


Oh, and there's a few improvements on the blog that weren't included in the Beta Version.

• Included in the Sidebar is the RSS feed from every blog throughout the site. That way, the Events page becomes a one-stop shop for all the updates throughout the site, while each section retains their own category specific feeds.
• The slideshow in the Header works seamlessly on my phone! (and my phone is awful)
• Event Locales button at the top of the sidebar.  The E.L. page is in need of an update, but the decision was that we didn't like the drop-down menu, and we're trying to use CtA buttons in place of menu options as much as possible.

In short, tell all your Twin Cities artist friends to enter the art contest, and feel free to poke around the site (the Lodging section is mostly done).  Make sure you tell us what you think with the feedback form in the footer.  Check back regularly to see what we've added!

Happy Tuesday!