Well, I've been getting countless requests to have some more "From the sketchpad" posts. Of course, it's only countless because I can't count above 2 …

However, it's been enough to get me motivated. And for today I thought I'd offer a before and after comparison that shows the changes (subtle and not-so-subtle) that occur before a post gets posted. What I've done is take yesterday's crowtoon and show the first version (done in mid-December of '08) on the left and the final version that posted yesterday on the right:

 

Do you see the differences? Do they make a difference to you?

- And that's today's word from the bird