LA face with the Oakland booty
A few things - first, everyone should download this. It's fantastic. And I don't know how I found it but this blog is goddam interesting.
This summer's project is SE5 – a rebuild from the ground up, probably using AJAX too. A ground up rebuild means it's going to be pretty different, even to the extent that I might need to get into the database and move stuff around. I've even got my subversion repository all ready to go. Change is good.
Anyway, at the moment I'm looking for interface ideas as I want to have the whole thing drafted up before I start work on it. Here's my latest:
I've got a few ideas for a couple of essays I want to write up and post as articles – we'll see how they turn out. I'll also post some more news tomorrow if I get the time to scan some images in. I'm a little busy and, as Trav is fond of saying, it's the start of the festive season.
TV is pretty funny. Chad watches Korean music videos but I've been fascinated with the specialty channels: one is 24-hour kickboxing and another is 24-hour video gaming. In fact, I've watched many a late night Starcraft match (which is a hugely competitive game over here). It's covered pretty much like sports: a pre-game show delivered by three suited gentlemen who enthusiastically discuss a strategic preview of the map; the match itself, where the coverage switches between battle hotspots and intense close-ups of the competing nerds; and an interview with the victorious nerd after all is said and done. The best part of the whole thing is the show intro, where Korean gamers are depicted as bad-asses who skateboard and listen to rockin' tunes and look cool in a crowd. Unsurprisingly, this is Not the Case.
The commentary during the match is totally fucked - the slightest tiny thing will happen, like perhaps one guy will decide to build a new building in his base, and the announcer will scream hysterically: "Ojo Kamapdina Pokabokawokka Tul!!!!" Or something like that, cuz he talks a mile a minute. They're so serious about this game that you'd almost think an early Zerg rush was the first trumpet of the apocalypse. I watch Starcraft at night to put me to sleep.
This summer's project is SE5 – a rebuild from the ground up, probably using AJAX too. A ground up rebuild means it's going to be pretty different, even to the extent that I might need to get into the database and move stuff around. I've even got my subversion repository all ready to go. Change is good.
Anyway, at the moment I'm looking for interface ideas as I want to have the whole thing drafted up before I start work on it. Here's my latest:
I've got a few ideas for a couple of essays I want to write up and post as articles – we'll see how they turn out. I'll also post some more news tomorrow if I get the time to scan some images in. I'm a little busy and, as Trav is fond of saying, it's the start of the festive season.