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Tuesday, February 3, 2004
New Blue
As you can see, I've modified my homepage a little. Although I was quite satisfied with the previous "BP" style, I really did feel like a change.
You can see that the star of my page is Luigi. The silhouette is from Mario & Luigi. I loved the fact that poor Luigi was always the butt of everyone's joke in the game and since his role in Luigi's Mansion, he's definitely become a favourite character. Afterall, he was insanely cool in Luigi's Mansion. ~_^
Actually, when I think about it, Luigi's Mansion is the only game in memory that wasn't a questionable "Mario is Missing" type affair. Luigi had such amazing expression in Luigi's Mansion...his voice, his mannerisms, everything. They really fleshed him out. The fact that he's such a coward only makes him cooler in my book.
Also, I have sympathy for those of you who spent hours toying with the Style Editor. The editor is really convenient, but this newfound editing power is really bad news for those of us who are incredibly fickle. I'm still not happy with all of my colour choices. Oh well.
Anyway, things are going relatively well on all fronts I guess. My big non-Otaku project (the new N-Sider) is very close to completion. It'll launch today, I believe. It has, in reality, been years in the making. For those of you who know the site, I think you'll be very impressed with what we've done. N-Data is the most in-depth Nintendo library resource in the world; this is something I can confidently say. Although it's been a very tough job for everyone involved, we are about to launch a massive bomb on the gaming media...and that satisfies me greatly. ~_^
It has, of course, ensured that my time has been taken up by online work over recent months. The last two months in particular have been my most busy -- perhaps my most busy since I began working online. But it's good. I really enjoy seeing these projects develop and come to fruition.
In the case of OtakuBoards, the site is basically ready. However, we are still in the process of implementing some of the most important user features. I know that some of you are frustrated that I'm not providing a specific launch date, but you must understand that there are some very touchy factors involved.
For example, Justin and I planned to provide a "saveable" Style Editor for OB -- so that you can edit the font size, style and colour on your posts and save that setting. However, this is proving to be a near-impossible task. Virtual Bulletin 3 is an incredibly complex beast and creating this one addition requires us to edit multiple aspects of the vB technology. In short, even with the programming muscle we have, it's sort of like trying to find a needle in a haystack...and then thread the hay into a giant quilt. Yeah, that'll do.
So we're thinking about how to deal with these issues. If the saveable Style Editor can't be done, we have something else that's just as good -- something that totally eliminates the need for vB tags in posts (at least as far as your style is concerned). So either way, I am sure that everyone will prefer V7's software to V6.
There are a couple of big hurdles left, but we're getting there. I can guarantee everybody that V7 will launch this month. As for a specific date...I don't know. But I don't like to guarantee something unless I am certain that I can deliver it, especially because factors out of my control have broken promises for me in the past (ie: server meltdowns).
Oh and before I go; thank you to everyone who has signed my Guest Book. Many of you have written some really kind messages and I appreciate it. I haven't had the time to go around and look through people's sites over the past few months, but I'm going to make the attempt to sit down and do it soon. I'm determined to sign everyone's Guest Books. ^_^
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