[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Break time.

Listen everyone -

I've been putting in well over 100 hours a week for the last 3 weeks working on this ROM and other projects for this device.

I do retail merchandising as my primary job, and they don't want us in the stores right now breaking down displays and shelves and stuff and generally making a mess.

They want it to be easy for people to come in and spend their money - not have them look at a clogged aisle full of random product, turn around, and spend their money at the store across the street instead. I specialize in the heavy, hard resets that involve a lot of physical lifting and building.

Normally I also hold a second job in some construction trade, been learning one a year over the summer - but most of that is outside work and come this time of year I take a small vacation without penalty and live on my savings. Last summer was working for a bricklayer hauling 80lb bags of mortar and 5-gallon buckets of water all day and merchandising at night.

The construction knowledge I possess feeds right into the merchandising, as I perform carpentry, light electric, and on-the-spot fabrication of a lot of stuff. If you've been in a big-box hardware store between new york and virginia, you've probably seen something i've had a hand in making.

Normally, also, i'll just do random odd-jobs, handyman type stuff this time of year just because I get bored easy and it gives me something to do.

Obviously you've all seen what i've been doing instead - around the clock dev work on this device. When you're used to manual labor for 30+ hour shifts at a shot, sitting in front of a computer for 3 or 4 days without sleep is a cakewalk.

Well, it all finally caught up to me - not completely, but i'm starting to see it.

I made a mess out of the Bloater app in conjuction with cedde's awesome doubleshot-lite ROM - and I feel terrible. People were sitting here all but shouting the solution, and I was categorically supplying the wrong answer.

I've over-extended myself and put too much into what I was doing here. I can't believe it's the 16th of December - I know i've written the date a few times recently, but I just didn't see it. Hell, I thought thanksgiving was just a few days ago - that is what it feels like and i'm having a hard time believing that it was so long ago.

I need to take a few days and put this to rest, go breathe some fresh air, spend some time with my Lady (she's wonderful to put up with what the last 3 weeks have been) and talk to some real people face to face.

I will be floating around if there are any problems that need to be handled, and i'll maybe do some small things here and there, but don't expect any real progress to be made in pushing this ROM forward until I start fresh on sunday night/monday morning.

This will give everyone a chance to settle into 1.1 anyway, and make sure it is as solid as we all think it is.

Thanks, everyone, for being understanding about this and patient for dev to resume in a few days time. I am sure with being rested and starting fresh it will clip right along.

I know this is a non-dev post for the most part, but don't read this the wrong way. Even though I need to back up for a minute, I still have to literally force myself away from the keyboard. I don't want to stop, but i'm afraid of making easily avoided mistakes and causing problems if I don't.

My primary focus of this ROM is stability, followed closely by performance. I do not want to break the good work sitting right here - taking these two days off will make a world of difference both in my mental health and this ROM's progress forward.

I wish you all the best over the weekend - and if any problems pop up i'll be checking and take care of them - i'm not losing interest...the situation is very much the opposite, I am more excited about this project every day.

Again, thank you all for your patience and understanding - dev will resume full steam two days hence.