Life is going fairly well for me, though it is still a bit hectic.
As for that Blender thing, I think I forgot about it last time you told me about it and havn't gotten around to actually downloading it yet. Oops. I'll get to that right now.
The Code:blocks thing I'll have to look into at a later date, but it has my interest.
I'll think about trying to promote COW on the forums I wander around on, though admittedly these don't seem like COW appreciately sorts of people. But you never know, so I'll try.
Happy days.