Hey, Young Whirled!
Here’s what I’ve been working on all this time: Whirled is now in public beta!
Below is a live view into my room - stop by and say hello! 
Talk at Yahoo! Research Berkeley
Ayman invited me to give a talk at Y!RB this week, about our web-based game whirled world. The talk was a lot of fun, though a little technical - I did go into fairly painful details on both our software and community development efforts.
Afterwards, I got to hang out with some nice Yahoo people, and chat about their research and the future of web-based social interaction. Very stimulating. I wish I could do that more often.