Yes yes, I know. I’m late. Way late. All that good food, relaxation, and working on secret projects fogged my brain a bit. I promise I’ll try and make it up to you this year, because 2009 is special. “Why?”, you ask. Well, for several reasons:

1. 2009 is the 9th anniversary of GoRobotics.net. 10th, actually, if you count the year that we were called “Robot-Central”. NINE YEARS?! Wow! Time has flown, and for the most part, it’s been an enjoyable 9 years. I’m looking forward to 9 more – will the internet even be around by then? Maybe I’ll be writing the first post of 2018 from space or deep underground.

2. We’ve seen some good upward growth this past year, since I started writing regularly and we moved to WordPress.  Modest growth, but still growth. We had an 11% increase in visitors over 2007, and that’s even with some major hickups from moving to a new server.

3. 2009 should see the launch of my new secret project.  I’m really excited about this one. I think it’s gonna be a lot of fun. What’s it about? Well, robots, for one, and maybe somewhat related to this guy too. When I’m ready to start testing the site, I’m giving you, my faithful readers, first dibs on getting in on the beta. Shoot me an email, or follow me on Twitter to get on “the list.”

So, thanks to all of you for making 2008 a great year. I’m looking forward to all the robot goodness in 2009.