This post was spurred along by a comment at webcomics.com which has since been deleted, though I’ve been meaning to write something like this for awhile. I’ll be focusing primarily on ComicPress here but we’ll eventually move on to alternatives like WP-Comic, Manga+Press, stripShow, and Webcomic.
WordPress is an incredibly flexible publishing platform and has become a popular choice amongst webcomic publishers. In the webcomic world, of course, WordPress is often equivalent to ComicPress, the self-described industry standard for publishing webcomics. And while ComicPress has done a lot to make webcomic publishing more readily accessible, it’s a great idea that doesn’t go far enough and ultimately hinders the publishers that use it and the platform it utilizes. Read more…
Is a new “google killer” search engine which just launched today. It’s an interesting concept, but it immediately failed the Sailor Moon test: anytime I find a new search engine to play with I do a search for sailor moon to see what comes up. WolframAlpha had no idea what I was searching for, suggesting things like “occupation: sailor” and “astronomy: moon”. Pathetic.
’tis the end of an era. Over twelve years in development and now we’ll never see it, at least not as 3D Realms envisioned it, seeing as they’re no more. Seriously though: DNF was probably responsible for tanking 3D Realms. Did anyone really believe we’d see this game? It’s not just an example of vaporware, it’s the very definition.
I admit using GeoCities way back when I didn’t even really know what “web hosting” was, and I’ve always had a soft spot for it. Still, this is probably for the best.
is a neat plain-text word processor designed to keep your focus entirely on writing.
I’ve noticed that the YouTube videos embedded on the site don’t play nice with the search box animation. I’m not entirely sure why, either; the first worked fine, but every video posted after that breaks as soon as you try to search (and now even the original breaks). What’s up with that YouTube? It’s gotta’ be YouTube specific and not just a general Flash bug, ’cause the deviantArt embed code works great.
Is a really cool online store that sells classic PC games (ranging from archaic titles like Duke Nukem 3D to more recent offerings such as Beyond Good & Evil) at reasonable prices. All of the games available for purchase have apparently been updated to support Windows XP and Vista.
Fractured Mentality has just sort of been languishing for the last month. Part of that was because, back in mid-February, I had what looked like a really good chance at landing an awesome job and wanted to focus entirely on that. There was also the matter of the WebComic 1.8 & InkBlot 1.3 joint release. And really, after the Beta/Grey Liliy arc I’d mostly lost interest in the comic, or at least where it was headed. Read more…