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Hey all! I've finally got over a big hurdle with the development of the new site in Silverlight. Here is a quick peak as to the general look/feel it will have: http://www.metalkid.info/Silverlight.png I know I need to add something more between the header and the content area, but I'll get there eventually!

Just wanted to update everyone that August is a very busy month for me. I will have a better chance of getting the new site up in September.

Some of you have probably noticed that the site goes down from time to time. It has nothing to do with the changes I made to the site. My host is having issues with the server I'm on. I asked if there was anything I could change on my site to help fix it, but they assured me it was all on their side. They keep applying "fixes", but it still seems to go down way too often. 99.9% uptime my ass...

I am currently working on making a Silverlight version of this site. I've already figured out how to cache all the data on your computer, so you will be able to run my website offline and online! I only have to maintain one code base for this to work. It will also work with Mac and Linux! The only downside will be that I have to prevent you from creating/updating your personal data when you are offline. If you do too many things at once, I won't be able to figure out which set of data should be together (i.e. Primary Key issues). However, all calculators would be usable at any time!

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An interesting game... http://s1.sfgame.us/index.php?rec=37132

Hello all! I haven't posted anything in a really long time. I've been very busy with work, so when I get home I don't feel like programming anything! However, I have some interesting news. I found a hosting site, www.funnydawg.com that would allow me to do this site in Silverlight for cheaper than what my current host is costing me. If you don't know what Silverlight is, think of a competitor of Flash. The code will run client side in the browser, making the program respond as if it was an offline version. Thus, I'll be able to implement chain breeding because it'll use your CPU and not the server's! I haven't coded in Silverlight before, but I've been to various talks my company has given. Once I have this whole thing re-coded, I'm going to deploy it all at once. Also, if I am lucky, I will make a WPF (offline version of Silverlight, kind of) version that uses Access for people that don't want to be online with the program at all. I also plan on putting some sort of Star Trek Online section in this site... Eventually.

I haven't posted anything in a while. I'm currently in the middle of changing the way the code interacts with the database. That way, the offline version will be able to use the MS Access database again, while still remain working with the MS SQL Server database. Then people should be able to use the offline version much more easily.

Alright, I fixed a couple of bugs today. The big one is the Quiz Credits. I forgot to specify the user, so only the first 5 people who took a quiz each day were getting credits. This should now work correct. Secondly, there was a bug in the Quiz on a certain question. I was trying to get rid of that ??? type for questions that deal with Types. Since ??? came up, it wasn't possible to figure out the damage that would be done and it would crash. Now I am properly filtering out the ??? type. Finally, I fixed a few other rare bugs that a few people got (I get emailed all the errors that happen.)

I added a new Suggestions page that will allow any registered user to post improvements or ideas for the site.