I came here to erase some spam comments (why the hell would I like to buy diamond earrings ?) and modify my link list, so why not write an entry too, it's been a while. I haven't posted lately because I've been too busy and tired, which is good news because this blog is pointless, a real waste of time, both for you and me, mostly for me, there's no you, I guess no one is reading this. Good, I'd feel sorry to waste your time.
Anyway... (no wonder no one is reading when I manage to be so efficiently boring, if the art of being boring was remunerated, I'd be the Bill Gates of boredom, Boredom Vista, to be released in 2007... oh no, I'm doing it again ! Perhaps it is because I'm tired that I digress so easily to write utter nonsense).
Anyway ! (but actually there's a point to all this, it helps me to relax (a bit); nonsense has a relaxing effect (I almost wrote laxative, go figure) and there's nowhere else where I could write nonsense, because I need to be (relatively) serious in other places where I write because I interact with people. Plus, here I can put as many brackets as I want (((or almost))) and it seems I like brackets. The last reason is that it helps me to practise writing in English though I should practise that in
Samurai Nintendo instead, the long list of reviews I have to write hasn't changed since last summer).
Anyway !!! (it seems much easier to write nonsense when one is tired, very relaxing indeed but I guess I should stop now because I had something else a bit more relevant to say I think... what was it ?)
ANYWAY !!!! I've been busy coding mostly. And interestingly, once again, my preference has shifted to another project. After writing the last entry about things I should change in that new site, I lost both motivation and confidence in that project. The problem is that I've bought the domain name so I should still hurry to release the site.
Instead I had a sudden and real
need to work on the Chat site. I had several ideas on how to improve it and I felt I too had improved since the original version, both in terms of programmation and organization, and what I had learnt could well benefit the site. Now my code is clearer and better organized I think. Presentation is really crucial for your code otherwise you have no idea what you're doing, especially when you stop working on it for some time (as little as one day is enough for me to feel completely lost when I check again lines of code I wrote).
I kept the core of the chat mechanism and design but rewrote all the rest and now I'm adding features. The change log is going to be pretty long when the site is finished. I'm already beta testing some functions, somewhere, but there's still some time to go before it's ready. Perhaps 50-60% is completed, then I'm going to revamp completely the splash and information pages. It's practically going to look like a brand new site when it's finished. I will also buy the domain name and all this (currently known as Chat 2.0) should be ready, hopefully, in April.
I also have a couple of projects going on for
1UP, one should be revealed soon. So basically my time currently is shared between Chat 2.0, the new project and
1UP. I haven't done anything new for Luomu.org, I almost stopped checking the site, it just doesn't receive any attention at all, and it's going to be much harder than I expected to make it attractive. As for
Samurai Nintendo, the main focus lately has been the server problems, while keeping a dreamy eye on the excellent stats. I should definitely work on this site too, some big Nintendo Revolution announcements are around the corner and I have nothing ready yet, just the good old GC site.
That's what you get when you have too many sites, never enough time for every one of them and you have to decide which one needs your time the most. Hopefully I'm not making the wrong choices.
