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  • Progress Quest

    For all the effort game makers expend to create new and interesting game concepts, it’s often the simple and time-honored forms that make for the most enjoyable gaming experiences.

    It is this concept that makes Progress Quest such an outstandingly fun game. I can’t really describe it adequately. At least, I can’t do so without detracting from most of the fun of playing PQ. I recommend that you visit the website, read the documentation provided, and then download and play the game.

    Satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back.

    (Props to meshuga of #KNRK for introducing me to PQ!)
    GreyDuck’s PQ Ranking

  • Chat Link Activated

    Falling firmly into the category labelled “More Useless Things To Do With My Site,” I’ve made a link to my chat channel on the Entercom Portland IRC server. Maybe I won’t use it much, but it’s there in case I ever want to.

    If you follow the #Grey Javachat link, you’ll be taken to a Java-based web chat page. If you’re not into Java, or would rather use a real IRC client, here’s the info you need:

    server: mihoshi.kgon.com
    port: 6667
    channel: #Grey

    Or you can just use the #Grey IRC link, as that will launch ChatZilla or mIRC or whatever IRC client you have on your PC, assuming you have one and your browser supports doing so.

    Have fun. Don’t trash the place. Let me know if you actually use the thing.
    #Grey Javachat
    #Grey IRC

  • CSS changes

    Not being happy with boldfaced links, not being happy with underlined links, I finally decided to use serif’d links instead. I think it makes the whole page look just a bit cooler, but then again I have no idea what “cool” really is.

    Anyway, I’m really done tinkering with the stylesheets. I have to get started rebuilding the journal entry display code from scratch so I can get rid of the tables once and for all.

  • Ch- ch- ch- ch- Changes…

    You may have noticed that I’ve rolled the work from the test page directly into the main site. This has the benefit of improving appearance and performance as well as freeing me to experiment with the deeper levels of code without worrying about losing the cosmetic changes I’ve been tinkering with so far.

    I also took a step that should have been unnecessary. I moved the database to a server that’s much more stable than my capricious little workstation at the office. Performance may improve or it may degrade, but at least if I reboot Zero I don’t have to worry about losing the whole website when it happens.

  • Providing basic site functionality for, oh, ten minutes now

    Sometimes I wonder why I bother pretending to know what I’m doing. Case in point: Did you know that the “Print” and “Send” links were totally and completely useless until about fifteen minutes ago? It took me five minutes to fix them both to my satisfaction.

    To be accurate, it took me almost five minutes to fix the “Send” page. The “Print” page took almost no time at all. The “Send” page required me to make all of the code changes that I’ve done to the main “Journal” page in order for it to look at least remotely correct.

    I suppose that website building involves a lot of trial and error. In my case, it seems to involve error and error. At least it’s working now, dammit.

  • Another Media Review Section

    Because I can, and more importantly because I have a DVD player now, I decided to add a DVD review section. I already own a bunch of titles to review, it’s just going to be a matter of watching, taking notes and typing up a review for each of them.

    Hey, it’s not like I have anything useful to do with my free time, you know. Or gods forbid I should have a social life. Pshaw!

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