The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
I had a lot of fun making stuff with pipe cleaners in lines this year, and remember hearing that there'd be a contest. Did that ever happen? I'd love to see the winners.
Also, I heard a rumor that the contest will actually be run on flickr. If that's true, what tags should we slap on the photos?