To all the Loyal AutoPatcher Fans:

Most of you probably have noticed that I've been away from the AutoPatcher project for the better part of 4+ months.  This is not because I don't believe in the project or wish it to fail.  In fact, I still use the AutoPatcher almost weekly at my job.  The reason for my taking leave is simply that I have no time to continue working on the program.  I work a full 40+ hour job as the IS Coordinator of a decent sized company here in the US.  When I'm not there I'm also a moderator and part of the graphics staff at Neowin.net.  Besides that, I am engaged to a beautiful woman and spend a lot of my time with her (don't need to lose her over a program).  Most weekends I spend helping either her parents, or mine with their PC problems, and what time I get to myself, I've been trying to do stuff off of my computer.

For the year I spent working on the AutoPatcher, I had no time to myself.  Rarely any time to relax and play games, go on vacations, go shopping, etc.  I'm trying to take time now to do the things I didn't.  I need to just relax, and to put it simply... working on the AutoPatcher doesn't exactly relax me.

So, will I ever go back working on the AutoPatcher full time?  Only time will tell, but until then, go check out the forums, Antonis (Raptor) and the rest of the team have been doing great with the project since I left.

--Jason Kelley (FlishFun)