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>Sunday, March 19, 2006 - "Hibernation" (Stormcaller)

You know, it's funny how different things take up your time and attention at different times. I used to update this site at least weekly, for a good couple of years. Vitenka also used to post regularly, and still updates now and again. But stormcaller.net, at least as this website in its "SC.net 1.0" instance, has pretty much fallen into disuse. Disuse by me, at least - it's still getting 6000 hits/day, down from a peak of over 10000/day through summer 2005 and nearly as many through the whole of 2004. I'm glad people are still enjoying the existing content, and I'm sorry there isn't more.
From now on (officially, at least, since it's been slowing down for much longer) this site is going into a period of hibernation. On standby, if you like. I'm going to leave it up as it is but not update anything, with the possible exception of some photo galleries for my friends.
However, it's not completely dead. I've got plenty of other projects on the go, and sooner or later this website will feature again. Look out for stormcaller.net 2.0, whenever that may be!
- Simon Menashy

Posted by Stormcaller at 7:51 PM GMT [Link]

>Sunday, February 5, 2006 - "Long time coming..." (Vitenka)

> Politics

And here is what the cartoon everyone is complaining about looks like. What a storm in a teacup. [Details]
Politicians? Lie? Unpossible! [Details]
US Dictatorship is lying to its populace. What a shock. [Details]
> Important

Far too many people are IDIOTS. [Details]
But it's a sef curing problem. [Details]
> Stuff

So very deeply odd. [Details]
Kids these days, huh? [Details]
I wrote some stuff a while ago. A bunch of it is still interesting and valid (and filled with typos) [Details] [Details] [Details] [Details]
How about a little clock, then? [Destroy]
Have some more Sci-Fi. With attempts at horror. [Details] [Details]
Relatively boring looking RPG. May have some stuff to steal. [Details]
I want this. Unfair amounts of lust. [Details] [Details]
Why work on crappy things? [Details]
Penny-Arcade, those comic guys, get to give big important speeches. Whahey! [Details]
Stats bad. [Details]
Take screenshots and movies. With limits. But less limits than normal. [Download]
Helps you draw comics. Well, helps you put things in boxes, anyway. [Download]
Sprites and midis and other stuff for making games. [Download]
Just when you thought internet fanfic couldn't get any more terrifying: Star-Trek fan films. [Destroy]
Silly technology. Very silly technology. [Details]
Why you not write gud? [Details] [Details] [Details]
Scary stretches. [Destroy]
The key interface: [Details]
and breakfast: [Details]
Mice can read things. [Details]
Very very large piccies - they had to add really tiny censor bars to some of them. [Display]
you're as cold as art... [Display]
> Humour

Insane conspiracy theories! Where would we be without you? [Details]
Chess. (Thanks MC) [Details]
Science teaching - not what it should be. [Details]
The law is, as the say, asinine. Well, actually they usally just say 'ass'. [Details]
Danger, will Robinson please report for danger? [Details] [Details]
I will not eat them, Sam I am. [Details]
More, though in German. (Gets extremely silly after a while) [Details]
Evil? Meet stupid. You should get along just fiiine. [Details]
An advert, so evil. But funny. [Details]
Ninjoid kitten [Destroy]
How to play poker. Fun. [Destroy]
> Technology

C-Builder soon to come again! And be free again! Yay! Straight from 6 to 2006. (Seriously coders, if you've ever had to touch MFC, get C-Builder, you'll love it.) [Details]
Personally, I use irate. [Details]
Well, I did use it, until it sneakily moved to a new URL without telling anybunny. [Details]

Posted by Vitenka at 2:07 PM GMT [Link]

>Saturday, January 7, 2006 - "The internet is stupid." (Stormcaller)

> Science/Tech

The solar system is a scarily big place. [Display]
Some clever sausage at Stanford has invented a camera that can be refocused AFTER the shot has been taken. How does it do this incredible thing? Magic. Nearly. [Destroy]
How many frames per second can the human eye see? Some interesting questions raised, from the perspective of watching film, cinema, games etc. [Details]
...This follows on from the main article at 100fps.com, discussing deinterlacing and how analog and dogital video actually works in terms of frames, images, interlaced images, NTFS, PAL, scanlines and all that other stuff you might only have a vague idea about. Lots of pictures to illustrate these effects, too. [Details]
I want my lampposts to give me free wireless internet. [Details]
> Geek

I met Tom Jonkman a couple of years ago in France. Now look what he's up to! Great stuff. [Destroy]
Google have put together everything a fresh Windows system needs into one handy pack of free software. A "Google Pack". Make sure you tick Trillian, too (it's excluded by default but an option). How handy. [Details]
We love Fragmaster. [Destroy]
A return to the year 3000 on the cards this year, perhaps? [Details]
Some wierd thing explaining, in an oddly illustrated yet refreshingly simple manner, why using tables for a web page layout is stupid and what some of the alternatives are. If you design webness, read. [Details]
Old news I meant to include ages ago: Claudia Black's set to become a permanent feature on "Stargate SG-1", joining the full-time cast for season ten. Ten! That's far too many. [Details]
> Stuff

It's a paintball webcomic! In Alaska! [Display]
Google Video has some amazing stuff on it. [Destroy]
Python eats alligator, then explodes. Yes, really. [Details]
You'll never look at household cleaning products in the same way. This has been around for a while, but I haven't updated for a while. Meh. [Destroy]
Boris was angry at the Daily Mail, and rightly so. [Details]
Then again, with headlines like these, no wonder the Mail pisses so many people off. Stupid paper. [Destroy]
Art is stupid. Artists are stupid. [Details]
People are stupid. Google, on the other hand, is clever. [Delve]
Happy new year 'n' stuffs. 2006 is also stupid, so far...

Posted by Stormcaller at 3:18 AM GMT [Link]

>Saturday, December 24, 2005 - "Merry Christmas Everyone." (Vitenka)

> Quotes

As if by magic - the Auditor appeared.
Ritual Scarification, dumbass - not a Richard Scarry fixation.
The Lord is pushing Leopard.
A denim jacket being worn over a leather coat. Cool squared.
> Serious

Huggles smiley. [Display]
You leave more traces than you think. [Details]
... so very very fucked up. Or, because of the camera, not. [Details]
Seriously. Carol singing police. [Details]
Awww. Kiss of death. How touching. And nutty. [Details]
Remember, the people in charge of making sure that you are safe are no more intelligent than the people that you work for. [Details]
You mean people don't automatically lie on these things? (Which will only work until they start cross-referencing them on the spot - at which point you'll just start using real-but-false details and their information quality will go down still further...) [Details]
> Politics

And everything hangs on their flawed definition of torture. Well, admitting it is the first step. Now let's get them to stop. [Details]
Thanksgiving. Go on. Learn something. [Details]
Grrrr. What is wrong with politics now? [Details]
Because actually checking by more than surname would be tough - and no suspects every use false names, oh no. [Details]
Egypt is all going pear-shaped, though. [Details]
> Stuff

Think there were a lot of hurricanes this year? Let's see that again... [Destroy]
Things tha are too cute to be allowed. [Display] [Display]
Good free firewall to stay free. [Details]
Some of these, you want to buy. Others belong in the same category as "Hello kitty massager with Cthulhu plush cover" Having said that - it's nice to see that we FINALLY have a DC power standard, even if it could do with carrying a little more juice. (Expect USB3 when others figure this out...) [Details]
Video player. Plays pretty much everything. [Download]
The forces of darkness. And your network. [Download]
A book. Nay, a rant. [Download]
The Words of Odin the High One. [Details]
Fair division. The two player algorithm is to have one cut the cake and the other choose the piece. The six billion player algorithm is still being investigated. [Details]
How does your webpage build? [Download]
Dogs playing poker has nothing on these guys. What would the great artists have done in an age of photoshop? Played bad flash games, probably. Slackers. [Display]
Jabber didn't catch on much. Now google are using it and adding video - and somehow, it seems evil. Just the taint of kazaa? [Download]
Free (both senses) music. Played via flash, but easy to get properly (sign up or check source) 'what to do about micheal' is great. As is space rocks. [Destroy] [Destroy]
> Techie

If you're going to authenticate an automatic process, do it properly. And know how to change it. [Details]
Write comments, you bozos. [Details]
Do you fancy building a device driver? No? Sensible you. [Download]
Ajax. It's based on javascript, and possibly even MORE evil when used badly. Learn how to use it well. [Details]
> Humour

Have an insane four sided rant [Destroy]
Bad puppy. No Christmas. [Destroy]
Suggestion from radio4 - "To avoid holiday stress, make sure each person gets at least one present wrapped in bubble wrap." [Display]
A use for virii. I think we can expect this sort of thing to grow. [Details]
It's an advert, sadly. But, well, yes. [Destroy]
Only in France. (Slightly unbelievable) [Details]
Then again, this is the source that brings you such reliable news reports as this... [Details]
StarWars-Wars. [Display]
Mafia nuts. [Details]
Very sensible. Scary 'I am insane' comments from the opponents, too. Which is always good. [Details]
Ahh! Scary 'lawnmower-man' flashbacks! Keep the bad film awaaaaaay! (Seriously, what the heck were they thinking?) [Details]
He meditates without food or sleep! Except at night. Still, pretty cool cult you've got going there. [Details]
Christmas elves. (Link bottom left somewhere) [Destroy]
Your head WILL explode, if you love eggs. [Destroy]
> Gaming

Christmas grow. [Destroy]
Plastic martians. Pong on a hyperbolic surface. [Destroy]
Transcendence. Kinda sorta spacehack. [Download]
Anacreon. Very harsh 4X space-empires from the same guy. [Download]
Have an RPG. An... odd and scary one. In a... bad way. [Download]
Beat 'em up. [Destroy]
Executive decision, and a bunch of other party and RPG games. [Download]
Jags. Just another (bad, heavy) gaming system. But it's got backgrounds to steal from. [Download]
Eldritch asskicking. I kinda blew my chance to run this by doing so prematurely and it suckethed. But it reads great. [Download] [Download]
Many many many many many many GAMES! [Download]
> Comics

Indeed there are not. Friendly hostility. [Display]
No room for magic. None at all. [Display]
Diary of a crazed mimbanite. [Display]
Wingie is back! Meh. [Display] [Display]
Dominic Deegan. BAck after a short hiatus, and bringing joy. [Display]
Girl Genius. And the dragons from Mars. The golden age was never this shiny. [Display]
Ozy and Millie. The spirit of Christmas. [Display]
Catena. With spiders. [Display]
Crikey! Ducks! (Heist comic) [Display]
Some random stuffs. [Display]

Posted by Vitenka at 11:26 PM GMT [Link]

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