Welcome to the New Site
I'm sure man of you who used to read this blog, I
have all but given up on me. Probably most have
given up on me. Well, I am back, and I hope to
get this thing going again. It has been quite a
few months since I have devoted any time to this.
I think I had just lost interest in maintaining
it, and I got involved in some outside
activities.
I have completely re-done the site. All the old content is gone, and has been replaced. I simply want to start fresh. If I try to maintain old stuff, I'll probably get tired of converting it, and will fall back into a lazy mode, so I am opting to start fresh.
As for news and such, a lot has happened since I last posted many moons ago. We have taken a few trips, and you can check those out in the photo albums. We have been busy around our house doing maintenance and the like, and the kids have been enjoying the summer. Our church just finished up our VBS a few weeks ago, and you can see some videos from that in the home movies section. Man, that week really wore me out. I created videos for each day's activities, and had those ready to be played for the kids the following night. But since I didn't take any time off from work, and VBS didn't let out until 9:30 PM or so each evening, I was up late putting these things together. Still, it was a lot of fun, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have finally got around to working on re-writes of my games. Mainly, I am doing this for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, I want to make them available to more folks, so I a re-writing with portability in mind. The new games will be provided for Mac and Windows. They will have a better game engine behind the scenes which should enable these games to run smoothly on a wide range of hardware. IN fact, I am developing them using an old 500MHz G3 iBook with 320MB RAM. For the techies among us, they will realize that this is paltry specs for a development machine. Doing this allows me to ensure the game will work for those who have not upgraded to the latest and greatest (this includes me, obviously. The first game that is being ported is my all-time-favorite, Kaboom. It is nearing completion, and should be available in the next few weeks. Maybe sooner if my schedule allows.
We are planning a couple more trips before school starts up, so I will get photos from those trips posted as well. It has been quite a summer, and I am sure fall will not disappoint. I am glad to be back, and I hope I still have a few readers left. Maybe I'll get some new ones. IN any case, readers or no, I am going to do my best to post more regular. Take care!
I have completely re-done the site. All the old content is gone, and has been replaced. I simply want to start fresh. If I try to maintain old stuff, I'll probably get tired of converting it, and will fall back into a lazy mode, so I am opting to start fresh.
As for news and such, a lot has happened since I last posted many moons ago. We have taken a few trips, and you can check those out in the photo albums. We have been busy around our house doing maintenance and the like, and the kids have been enjoying the summer. Our church just finished up our VBS a few weeks ago, and you can see some videos from that in the home movies section. Man, that week really wore me out. I created videos for each day's activities, and had those ready to be played for the kids the following night. But since I didn't take any time off from work, and VBS didn't let out until 9:30 PM or so each evening, I was up late putting these things together. Still, it was a lot of fun, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have finally got around to working on re-writes of my games. Mainly, I am doing this for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, I want to make them available to more folks, so I a re-writing with portability in mind. The new games will be provided for Mac and Windows. They will have a better game engine behind the scenes which should enable these games to run smoothly on a wide range of hardware. IN fact, I am developing them using an old 500MHz G3 iBook with 320MB RAM. For the techies among us, they will realize that this is paltry specs for a development machine. Doing this allows me to ensure the game will work for those who have not upgraded to the latest and greatest (this includes me, obviously. The first game that is being ported is my all-time-favorite, Kaboom. It is nearing completion, and should be available in the next few weeks. Maybe sooner if my schedule allows.
We are planning a couple more trips before school starts up, so I will get photos from those trips posted as well. It has been quite a summer, and I am sure fall will not disappoint. I am glad to be back, and I hope I still have a few readers left. Maybe I'll get some new ones. IN any case, readers or no, I am going to do my best to post more regular. Take care!