PsychoNoble is already turning four?  How does the time fly by so quickly?  Well, it probably has to do with half a year of down time combined with a complete site overhaul.  Yeah... that would do it.

The State of the Website Address is my annual tradition of breaking down the year that was and look forward to the year that will be.  I attempt to recollect what happened, what worked, what didn't, and try to make it so you are somewhat entertained.  It offers you, the viewer, a behind the scenes look at the fourth year in PsychoNoble's history.

Relaunch.  Easily the big theme for PsychoNoble's fourth year was the complete redo of the site.  But first, a little back story...

Around the new year, PsychoNoble encountered a problem.  We were getting burnt out.  We needed to recharge our batteries.  For how long, no one was sure, but it had to be done.  This lead to an indefinite hiatus that stretched out for months.  While none of us intended to quit, the future of what PsychoNoble would be was up in the air.  Should we keep trying to pump out content every week?  Take a more relaxed schedule?  Should we focus our site towards more specific content?  Where was PsychoNoble going?

For months these questions were pondered behind the scenes.  From those questions grew the idea of a new look for PsychoNoble as well.  Designs were designed and new layouts were laid out.  It was obvious PsychoNoble was changing forever.

When plans started to become finalized, an official relaunch date was set.  Looking to be clever, we set it for 08-08-08.  Little did we know the Olympics already showed us up by setting their opening ceremonies on that day as well.  Damn them!

But we would not be deterred.  On August 8th, 2008, the all new, all different PsychoNoble relaunched.  With it, a drastically new look and feel.  "Streamlined" was the key word.  By taking away the hurdles needed to find content, we hoped to make PsychoNoble more accessible and straight forward.

Along with a new look was the introduction of columns as ongoing article.  There were also a few special things as well, such as a What Is page, and my first foray into fiction with Stranger in a Strange Place.  Along with the new, there have also been countless new Films and Articles (Well, maybe not countless.  I mean, if you really wanted, you could count them, because it wouldn't take too long).

As always, the question that comes now is what's next for PsychoNoble?  The main goal, for myself at least, is to get back on track with my column pieces that have so sorely been forgotten.  As a whole, we have one potentially big project in the works.  While I can't give many details (I'm a jerk, I know), it is something completely different from anything we've ever done for the site.  I'm quite excited about it.  Hopefully we'll get it up for you soon.

And with that, our fourth year is complete.  As always, we'd love to hear from you, the PsychoNoble Faithful, on our Message Boards.  And for those of you who do read and contribute, we give thanks to you.  Here's to the fifth year of PsychoNoble and beyond!

Jaybird currently resides in Seattle where he reads comics, works in a library, and writes for this site.  He has also been known to blow your mind, rock your world, and eat pizza.