This made me feel like you were going to write the content and then randomly post it in the comments section of someone's blog on clocks as garden decorations or something like that.
Either way, looking forward too it!
Can you attend Splash in October? I know academic conferences are probably not your pace, but there will be some good talks and it might be worth your time for networking with some of the academic PL types.
I'll look into it - that's likely to be a very busy time so I can't commit right at the moment.