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August 2006
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kampkrusty.net
A little inside information in a British accent assured me the widely
popular Simpsons Home Radio will be returning very shortly. Yours truly
will be guest-speaking.
kampkrusty.net/tsw
Simpsons Wired has undergone a changing of the guards. Damien stepped
down in an update on August 6th, and Stephen picked up later that day.
The future for the premiere links site looks bright.
lardlad.com
Adam is reported to have taken his most ambitious step yet in
web-design: multi-layouts. Not much is known at the moment, but St.
Jukka had this to say: "looking forward to see how adam is going to do
it."
krustylustudios.com/nick
Last month I mentioned a teaser page found at the above URL. It was
changed at some time and is now advertising a Dr. Nick and Fat Tony
amalgamation page.
thesimpsonsmon.net
Simpsons Mon released its third design at the end of July. The colors
are sort of overly basic and plain but an improvement over the last. A
rumor is also being whispered that Simpsons Mon will be merging with 80
D'ohs or iSimpson.
muntzmania.com
Muntz Monument will apparently close its doors in November. Webmaster
Stephen explicitly stated in a Lisa Land update that he will not renew
the domain. I pointed all the hosted sites in the direction of Simpsons
Host.
skype.com
I have a line-up of presenters for the audio-broadcast Simpsons Zip
Choice 06, but I need two or three more. If you're interested, all you
need to do is download Skype. No extra peripherals are necessary.
lardlad.com/bart
What's this, what's this? I can't tell if it's old or new, but I'm
intrigued either way.
babysimpson.co.uk/lisa
Lisa the Beauty Queen shut down earlier this month. Although it's one of
the better character sites in the community, many had trouble
controlling their giggles.
keytospringfield.com
Still no sign of activity a month after the much-applauded teaser page
appeared.
simpsonshost.com
Simpsons Host opened at some random exact time, and the response has
been mostly positive. Though the design was made by a third party, the
biggest complaint is that there is no assurance of longevity.
simpsoncrazy.com
Scott is redesigning Simpson Crazy, and Adam brought up the issue of
ownership. Ben has long been uninvolved and at times unattainable; SC
seems to be almost exclusively run by Scott. I also mentioned this in an
interview with him at the beginning of the summer. And I don't want to
discredit Ben in any way, but Simpson Crazy was never at the top of my
list until Scott took the reins.
disadvantage of mega-hosts
Simpsons Central is a dead testament to the danger of having one or two
sites host the majority of starter-sites. 10 sub-hosted sites
shut down after Simpsons Central closed earlier this year. Note: This
was written before Simpsons Host opened, not meant at an overt comment
on that.
grabpic-use
A whiny girly-man recently brought up the issue of grabpic-use. It all
comes down to one thing: overprotectiveness. If you make a grabpic and
post it online, it's assumed other webmasters will use it for their
projects. What other point would there be? I'll even venture so far as
to say credit isn't necessary, though it's certainly a nice gesture.
third-party designers
Third-party web-design has become increasingly common on the internet,
and The Simpsons community seems to currently be falling to its wrath.
I'd say more than 75% of new sites are designed by people other than
their webmasters. Stop it. I'd rather see an OK design made by the
webmaster over a LETS-level masterpiece made by a third-party any day. |
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