Just a quick note that I’ve been dealing with the death of somebody close to me over the past several weeks, and updates to the site have suffered as a result. I should be able to get back into a semi-regular schedule starting next week. If you’ve sent me a message at any point in the new year, chances are that I haven’t responded to you yet—I’ll do my best to start catching up on email as well.

I have a couple purpose-built custom mining cases here that I’m hoping to get reviews up of soon, for those of you that want something that’s more flexible (and aesthetically appealing!) than a plastic milk crate.

An update to my mining guide for the R9 series of GPUs is still on the horizon as well—I’m still having trouble getting my hands on the more desirable manufacturer brands at prices that don’t sicken me.

Finally, today I updated the cryptocurrency ticker that’s running on my site to pull the BTC quote from Coinbase, given the issues that Mt. Gox has been having. If you’re running a WordPress site and would like the utilize the ticker, you can grab it from the official repository. As of today the ticker also supports displaying quote prices in Euros, in case you’re from across the pond.

Edit: Thanks for the kind words, everyone—they’re much appreciated!

This little site had its millionth visitor today, and I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to everyone for all of the kind words that I’ve received via comments and email over the past few months. Hearing from hundreds of people around the world that are passionate about cryptocurrency has made this a really enjoyable and rewarding experience for me!

I’m hopelessly behind on messages, so if you’ve sent me something and haven’t heard back, please be patient—I’m doing my best to catch up, but at this rate it’s probably going to be awhile. I really appreciate that a few regular readers have helped pick up the slack as far as responding to questions in the comment section of my guides—thanks guys!

And finally, a quick update on my rig sales: I don’t have an estimate on when I’ll be able to start taking orders again. Given the current AMD video card shortage, I’m unable to get my hands on suitable mining hardware at reasonable prices—so I’m stuck waiting for production to catch up to demand, just like many of you are. I’m going to take this opportunity to enjoy a house that isn’t packed to capacity with customers’ mining rigs for the first time in awhile, and clean out the sizable hoard of empty PC hardware boxes in my basement and garage!