Last week, my family closed on a new house in Newton, MA, and we spent the weekend repainting a few rooms and fixing some things up. Today, the moving process has officially began, and movers are now busy packing the house up. I should be back by Saturday, but might be gone for a couple of days, so I wanted to announce two things before.

First, the Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest deadline was tomorrow, midnight EST. Now, due to extenuating circumstances, a critical portion of this contest, MacThemesForums, went down for several days last week, and I've gotten quite a flurry of requests to extend the deadline by a few days to compensate. So, for those of you rushing on your entries, you'll be happy to hear that the deadline is now extended until midnight Sunday EST, adding a full two days to get cracking in Photoshop. With nearly 30 entries in so far, the competition is going to be fierce, but hey, we are talking about over a thousand bucks bounty for a fake screenshot here!

Second, due to other extenuating circumstances and busy schedules of both parties involved, the Dave Watanabe interview will also be delayed a bit. But I know that's not what you wanted to hear, so to quench your craving, I've included a snippet from the forthcoming interview. Here's a bit of Dave on how he creates his apps:

"Without hard deadlines or a boss telling me what to do, I can take the time to do things with greater care and attention. I think the craftsman will always produce something nicer than salary-man. Also, I use all my apps and I'm my own greatest critic. The first thing I launch when I get to the computer is NewsFire and my web browsing experience would be very frustrating without Inquisitor. Constantly switching from 'user' to 'developer' is a good way to refine designs."

And if you haven't seen this yet, check out this preview of Shiira 2, which looks to be forming into quite the web browser. You know me, I love cool UI, and this one looks like it'll contain the coolest yet for a web browser, leap frogging ahead of the venerable (and now vastly improved with 5.5) OmniWeb in the looks department.

Finally, a shout out to Gus Mueller who is running the Iron Coder challenge for OS X developers. If you're a programmer, make sure to check this one out. We just donated Menuet, VoiceNotes and NotePad licenses to the prizes, and I'm eagerly awaiting to see the entries! (As I've found out, checking out quality contest entries is a very entertaining thing. )