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August 20, 2008
Please Help to Support the Village and the rest of the site and:
| Posted on: Mon July 28 2008,10:36 by mickeyfmann |
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Congratulations and Best Wishes Are In Order
Cheers! |
Well for any of you who don't already know, this past Saturday two of our villager friends accomplished something very special. Our very own Smurfette and Saya professed their love for one another and took their vow's of holy matrimony.
Not being able to attend the ceremony and the celebration, I figure the least we can do is all congratulate them and raise our glasses in a toast.
Best of wishes to the both of you, we're happy you found each other and may your love for one another flourish now and forever! Good luck to both of you and enjoy your honey moon!
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| Posted on: Thur July 03 2008,11:48 by mickeyfmann |
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New Beginings
Of a Sort |
Once again I'm forced to apologize for my lacking attendance to this place but as some of you may know, moving is a royal pain in the arse. But I'm happy to report that as of last Friday at about 12:30pm central time, Chrissy and myself have officially become home owners, which translates to a ton of debt and a list of little projects about a mile and a half long!
Despite the extra work and money involved, we must admit it feels good to have our house and it definitely feels more like home than our apartment did. Most everything is unpacked and slowly but surely we're making the place our own, we even started painting the living room last night.
I will make sure to post some pics once we have everything how we like it, and remember as a fringe benefit to being a village member, you're always welcome in our home!
As for the site, obviously work has been slow the last few weeks just because of the move but now that things are starting to settle down again I'm starting to turn my attention back to the site. My goal is to have the CMS piece done within a few weeks and then focus on the Fan-Fic which needs a lot of work. Once the mainwebsite is ready to go we're going to do a phased go live with the RPG, what this means is that the site will be live and the RPG will be there but it will not be active until later. The reason for this is that the RPG will require a lot of additional work and I would like to have the site up before I focus on this. That way you can see the progress and we can leave some of the down sides of Ikonboard behind.
As always I'll keep you updated on my progress.
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| Posted on: Sat June 14 2008,4:44 by mickeyfmann |
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Feels Like A Western
Where's the Tumbleweed |
I know things have been slow around here, and its largely my fault we've needed extra work around here for some time and though I've wanted to get more progress done, I've just not had the time. To be honest I'm not sure I'll ever be able to put the same amount of time into this site as I used to, things have changed over the last year or so and I just don't have the extra time.
That's not to say I've given up hope, however, infact I'm still working on the new version of the site with the hopes that once its ready we can all pull together and bring some more fun back to this community. Once the work is done I may not be able to spend hours upon hours on here each day but its my hope that the new site will make it easier to manage everything so that I won't need to be here every day.
As for a real update, I'm happy to report that I've found a new webhost, Blue host's offer has improved as of late and with unlimited disk space coupled with unlimited bandwidth, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. I'm currently in the process of setting up an account with them that will be mapped to the inetvillage.net domain name. When the site work is complete this domain will be our new home and mickeyfmann.com will become a personal website geared towards website and application design.
Expect some new screenshots or access to the new system in about a week or so, I want to show off some of the CMS stuff.
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| Posted on: Fri May 16 2008,1:15 by mickeyfmann |
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One the Road Again
Technically in the sky, but not entirely |
Boy you know it just seems like there's not enough time in the day anymore since I've been on days all I find myself wanting to do when I get home is sleep. Everyday I come home with a bunch of plans for how much I wish to get done but after I've eaten dinner those goals always wind up short.
Anyways the reason I've been a bit scarce this week is because of the fact that not only are Chrissy and I packing up our things and getting ready for our big move but we've also been packing our bags in prepartion for a lovely little trip back to the land of cheaper gas, and bars that'll let ya smoke in em! Thats right we're headed home for a much needed vacation!
We will be home until the 26th but I do plan on making some appearances around here during this time, figure I can share some good stories and probably a few pictures as well.
As for the site work, I'm happy to report that I have actually been making progress, despite my laziness. I have updated our installation to the latest version of phpbb 2.xx and I've also been looking into a new hosting environment. The new version of the site will go live on a new server hosted with a new company and with a new domain name! That's right when the site goes live it will be on Inetvillage.net, I'll setup a redirect for the village from the mickeyfmann.com domain.
At this time, which I'm hoping won't be too much longer, mickeyfmann.com will become my personal website dedicated to webservices. This will mostly be open source projects but I will be offering assisted installation and custom application design on a per contract or hourly basis. To start this thing off I will have the modded version of phpbb that the new site will be using available for download. In the future I may consider adding hosting services but this would not be for some time to come.
Anyways thats about it for the updates, hope all is well with everyone and please feel free to post post and post some more!
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| Posted on: Wed Mar. 26 2008,10:52 by mickeyfmann |
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Internet Village Bithday Celebration
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! |
Most of you who've been paying attention should know by now but incase you don't, the Village will be celebrating its 4th Birthday this Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at our usual meetup time of 7:00PM GMT of 2:00PM EST (and that would be 1:00PM CST for me and any other central time people out there).
The Ventrilo server seemed to work out rather well last year so I think we'll give that a shot again this year. Rather than bum off someone else for a Server I managed to setup on for us on my machine, its behind a dynamic IP but if for some reason I happen to reboot between now and Sunday I'll make sure to let you all know.
The details for the server are:
IP: 99.135.160.58
Port: 3784
I haven't enabled a password for the server so none of you should have any issues connecting to it. Also, I have managed to test this server from an internet connection outside of my local network and was able to connect so there shouldn't be any problems but if someone else could test this before Sunday I would greatly appreciate it.
As for the party itself, I figure we'll start things off with some catching up in the chat and then at about 8:15pm GMT (3:15pm EST) we'll login to our Wii's and kick off the Brawl Tournament. Now those of you who can't or don't wish to participate in the Brawl Tournament don't feel left out because I will not be leaving the chat during this time. I will provide the rest of you with updates on the tournament and continue my usual antics i'm sure. Once the tournament has completed we'll be firing out our 360's and going into Halo but we'll also be open to any other gaming suggestions if anyone has any. Again I would like to use the server to communicate during this time so those who are unable to participate can still be a part of the party. Finally if there's anyone left and if I can find any free servers that are still online, I was playing around with the idea of firing up my Gamecube and playing a little PSO, if anyone is interested in this just say the word. Also if you know of any servers that are still online let me know.
And that should be our party, please make plans to attend!
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| Posted on: Sun Mar. 09 2008,7:29 by Swift |
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IVR Brawlcast
Celebrating the launch of the new Smash |
Well, seeing as how Mick hasn't been online the last couple of days to setup the flash player (and he probably won't have much time today if he's playing the game!) I'll go ahead and post the direct download link for:
We break down the main features of Brawl, our favourite characters, our rants and raves and our plans for the launch of Brawl.
Remember, we love feedback so let us know if you tuned in and what you thought!
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| Posted on: Tue Mar. 04 2008,12:24 by mickeyfmann |
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Its March Again!?
Where did this year go? |
Well just the other day it occurred to me that, hey its March again! And if its March then that must mean its time once again to for the us to celebrate the site's birthday! I was going to pull the birthday board out of moth balls but it appears that I never put the thing away last year. Just a slight testimate to how busy and hectic this past year as been.
Officially the site was launched in February 2004, with the forums opening for business on March 16th, making this the site's fourth year of existence! Given my schedule I've decided we're going to push back the party until Sunday March 23rd. And we'll likely keep things at our normal meeting time of 2:00pm EST or 7:00pm GMT.
Now I know this year marks probably an all time low for the site, in terms of new members and posts but with a little luck we can turn some of that around with one hell of a bash. So with that in mind I would like to leave the floor open to you for some ideas on what we should do for our party.
One thought on my mind was that all of the Xbox 360 people should probably meetup for some halo or any other games that we feel like playing. Aside from that I suppose the usual chat room fun should also be in order, perhaps I can get that thing running a little better before then! Other than that i'm out of ideas so lets see what you lot can come up with.
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| Posted on: Wed Feb. 27 2008,1:39 by Swift |
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Announcing an IVR Special
Smash Brothers Brawl-cast |
It's one of most eagerly anticipated games of the year, and sequel to one of the finest console multiplayer games of all-time.
To help bide our time waiting for the big release date and to share our love for the franchise, Mick and I have decided to host a special Internet Village Radio dedicated to Smash Brothers Brawl!
As usual, we are looking for a few extra guests to appear on the show, so if you want to flex your Smash Bros knowledge and/or make your opinions heard, please post below.
As usual, we should be recording via Skype so the usual barrier of entry if you want to guest is the afformentioned program (it's free) and a microphone (headset recommended). We are hoping to record this or the following weekend so bare that in mind we signing up!
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| Posted on: Mon Feb. 11 2008,11:43 by mickeyfmann |
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Artists Wanted
Multiple Positions |
Some time ago I came up with an idea of creating a webcomic for this site, based off the members and the lives that we all live. Unfortunately even my stick figures are about as lame as lame can be, so with no artistic talent to speak of, I've been unable to continue with this idea. I haven't given up on the idea though, infact the new version of the site will have a comic section built into the CMS. So before I go trolling the net in search of a graphics man I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to give this a shot or if any of you happen to know an artist that may be interested in this project. Obviously there would be no pay involved currently but as I've said before if the site ever becomes a profitable venture then all staff members will receive some sort of compensation.
In addition to this there is still the need of some graphics people to redesign the forum icons and graphics for the rest of the site. This task should be a relatively easy one since all that needs to be done is take the bulk of the icons from the standard SubSilver skin for phpbb and convert them over to something that fits with our new layout. In addition to this future help on new site skins would also be a welcome blessing as I'd like to start working on new ones as soon as the site goes live.
Finally let me add to this that members will, at any time, be welcome to create their own skins for the website and send them to me for review, if I find a skin to be acceptable and properly designed then it will be added to the site as a layout option for members. Just thought I'd add that little bit in.
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| Posted on: Wed Feb. 06 2008,12:04 by mickeyfmann |
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Progress Report
Work Continues |
Looks good so far. Although the side menu is a little annoying to use.
EDIT: The heck? The topic's gone wierd and I didn't do anything to it.
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