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2007
2007-08-31
Well, UnExoticA finally made it's way into the wiki. Whopping great big thanks to Kyzer for doing this - the bloke is a genius! ;-)
There are still some minor issues with the UnExoticA, such as links to HOL and Lemon - and possibly other websites.
I've been plodding along adding more crap to the Lost In Translation series, including beefing up the Out Run page with practically all the different port screenshots (and how long did that take?!?). Also, check out The Ninja Warriors as the sound section is healthily populated now.
/XtC
2007-03-16
Finished converting the E section of the Amiga Demo Groups.
The crowd goes wild! /XtC
2007-03-13
Got bored waiting for BuZz to fix the ƒö®êïgñ çhârä©tèr$ in the Amiga Demo Groups, so I've started editing them manually - again!
Still no word or work from Kyzer about the port of UnExoticA.
These are dark times when only I am working on the wiki, and I, being a new father, have less spare time the anyone!
/XtC
2007-02-09
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Well, I'm still helping migrate old ExoticA manually into the wiki, namely the Format and Replays section. It's a slow process, but I'm sure it's worth it. Isnt' it?
I'm very proud to announce that the artist Bob Wakelin has agreed to provide original scans of his artwork for ExoticA. As I type, there are four pieces currently on display, with new scans provided each week. Not all are relevant to the Amiga - but who cares when there's so much nostalgia (and talent) in the artwork? ;-)
I've stopped reformatting the Amiga demo stuff as BuZz is working on re-uploading the rest of the unedited groups to fix the ƒö®êïgñ çhârä©tèr$!
...and somewhere out there is Kyzer - if you see him will you give him a prod and ask him, "Are you still porting UnExoticA into the wiki?"
/XtC
2007-01-25
Did some cleaning up and added missing descriptions from some areas. Lots more to do, but once the structure is in place, it should make the site look more complete.
/BuZz
2007-01-15
Well, I have been doing some stuff with the wiki, but mostly behind the scenes changes. We are currently running 1.8.2 but version 1.9 is just out, so I will be upgrading to that and making sure we have all the CSS style changes with monobook which might apply to our skin. Still waiting for Kyzer to finish off the UnExoticA bot. I hope that will happen soon. There is a ton of stuff which needs finishing off around the site, which I should be doing. I'm going to try and find some time for that. Honest ;-)
I've been active on the Amiga elsewhere however, as I made a 68k version of HivelyTracker (http://www.hivelytracker.com). HivelyTracker is a new tracker based on the AHX replayer but with more channels and some other stuff. Requires a high end Amiga (or UAE) to run.
I noticed we had a couple of edits from some visitors, which was nice, even though we are not officially launched yet :)
/BuZz
2007-01-11
Finished the last of the D section of the Amiga demo groups. Will this pleasure never end? ;-)
/XtC
2006
2006-11-07
Today I became a father for the first time! Luke was born at 7:17 a.m. GMT and was already trying to find his Amiga! ;-)
/XtC
2006-08-14
Still waiting on the l33t coding skills of Kyzer in that hope that porting UnExoticA to the wiki will be a smooth transistion. With 1,599 game soundtracks currently in the UnExoticA collection it'll be a huge boost to the wiki content...
/XtC
2006-06-09
Another Football World Cup has just begun. Having no interest in it, I'll plod on with the Amiga demo section!
/XtC
2006-06-07
Back off holiday and back to converting the Amiga demo section.
BuZz has finally turned 30, so no doubt he'll be seeing more quiet nights in with his pipe, slippers and a cup of horlicks! This can only be a good thing as it might mean he finally has time to update his web site! ;-)
/XtC
2006-05-11
Still converting the Amiga demo section from flat text to wiki. Finished the numerical, A, B and C teams. Only 1,800+ more to go! I know it's not essential, but it keeps me occupied! ;-)
Added a mock 'Missing In Action' image, which I hope will be useful in prompting visitors to track down appropriate images in their collections. (Wishful thinking).
Started provisional work on the Newsflash diskmags section.
...and still working on alternate logos for the wiki header.
/XtC
2006-05-08
Updated to MediaWiki version 1.6.5.
Investigating adding a Captcha extension to reduce spamming for when the site goes live. The one currently available can be set to only query edits with external URL additions. Also it will ignore any users of group "bot" which should allow the UnExoticA bot to operate freely. Although a Captcha will reduce "accessibility" and will create an additional stage for editing a page in some circumstances, I believe it will be necessary to avoid the search engine spam scripts which seem able to cope with MediaWiki rather too well.
/BuZz
2006-05-04
Still converting the Amiga demo section from flat text to wiki. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it...
/XtC
Xtc is working so hard, it's making me look lazy! Kyzer has been busy working on the new UnExoticA script, which is looking good. I've been doing some bits and pieces behind the scenes. I need to upgrade the wiki again with the latest version. Still are quite a few bugs in MediaWiki which I find annoying. Hope they get fixed soon.
/BuZz
2006-04-12
Just finished flat text to wiki'ing the Amiga Demo A section. Several down, hundreds more to go! ;-)
/XtC
2006-04-10
Still busy porting old ExoticA to the wiki. Looking forward to seeing Kyzer's work on importing UnExoticA.
/XtC
2006-03-27
Had a bit of time out, s'pose I'd better get back to converting the flat text stuff again! Now where was I...?
/XtC
2006-03-16
Ey up!
Thought I'd start the boing ball rolling with some text!
Created two themed logos, one for Psygnosis and one for Team17. The logos don't appear to blend properly with the ingame level image, so that needs fixing (hint, BuZz ;-)
Also did an Ocean style logo, but have yet to do a medley for that.
Ah well, s'pose I'd better carry on converting the flat text stuff to wiki!
/XtC
Looks fine on my browser. Are you using that IE shite again ;-) I assume its to do with the background colour not matching.. ie really sucks you know!
/BuZz
Ah! Yes, I was using IE, at work. Looks great on Firefox at home!
/XtC
Anyway, I'll resave the image and test it out. When this happened before a resave sorted it.
/BuZz
