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YouTubeSpent the day at Silverwood and have been up for 20hrs. Time to finally crash… actually, I can pull another 2hrs…
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Fantikerz
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Fantikerz
Sat down for a couple hours and worked on http://bit.ly/cX455 . It’s a bit more interactive, which is nice. I’m still working on the design. It should be noted that I combined the blog and the main site into one super sexy package.
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Fantikerz
Funny how mainstream news continues to cover MJ while more pressing news like the Iran rebellion intensifies. Typical.
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George
BREAKING NEWS:
Paris Hilton just farted!
To the news room to cover more on this story.
*long drawn out bullshit story about Paris Hilton farting*
In other news, we’re doomed, the world is having wars and we’re going more bankrupt daily, more on that story later though as we’ve just had reports Brad Pitt has given birth to twins!
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Designing Cloudy
Fantikerz
I challenged myself to design a basic site in an hour or less while taking a screenshot every 10 seconds. At what ended up being 1 hour and 9 minutes, I missed my mark - but only by a little bit. Overall, the end result is decent, but nothing spectacular. Given more time I would have probably refined the header section a bit more and spiced up the welcome area. Keeping in mind the time constraints, the simplicity and barrenness can be over looked, in my opinion. Look for the full size image after the jump.-
HardK0re
Looks really nice! So it’s just a layout, not an actual site then.
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Crittijr
looks awesome. You would of made it much better if you had more time
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Benji Yeoh/Skybenji
wow, you can make website in 1 hour, you’re awesome man!
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Jxtutorials
Wow, that looks great. I would ask for the xhtml but I probably wouldn’t kow how to set it up on my site. I really like the look of it.
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MilkGotter
Nice layout. It could be passed as a small flash game website? Pretty nice overall.
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Fantikerz
@HardK0re – That’s right, there’s no code.
@Jxtutorials – There is no xHTML on this one, it’s just the design made in Photoshop.
@MilkGotter – Perhaps. I’m not so hot with Flash though.
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Things that Irk Me
Fantikerz
Sitting here waiting for my Steam items to download (Mirrors Edge and Assassin’s Creed, thanks for asking), I began to ponder 
the phrases, words, and actions that are my pet peeves. I now present them in a neat, alphabetized list that you may use as a reference when communicating with me.*
Just know that there’s not any particular reason for writing this, and you shouldn’t take anything seriously – unless you’re Anthony or George. There might even be some things that you agree with, but don’t be surprised if there isn’t. In all seriousness, this post is really self-centered and is mostly a joke.
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Benji Yeoh
Lol rapists. I agree with the unnecessary swearing thing too…
lizzy
My mom is one of those pill poppers! Most of the time its for the stupidest symptoms.
Why EvilChicken Failed
Fantikerz
It began as a good idea, and a month later the ball was rolling. Max, Alec, Cameron, and I were going to collaborate on combining their majorly active sites into one large one. Several hundred thousands of visits a month was the plan, and we actually reached those numbers it in the month of May. This would be a big venture for all of us, but soon things went sour and 3 months later the site was announced to be closing until further notice. Why, you ask?…
If you’re not aware of what EvilChicken is, you should go ahead and skip this entry. Things are going to get in-depth and it’ll be hard to understand at points if you weren’t there from the beginning.
Before I go on, I’d just like to preface this by saying that I’m not trying to shift any blame around, but instead outline the shortcomings and faults that led to the site’s demise. This should also serve as good reference material for anyone that wishes to start a large, community oriented site.
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YakHunta
Why not make a video suggesting a name to rebrand EC? I think that would be a good idea.
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cutter
agreed
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Benji Yeoh
The layout of the site should be more rs fan/helpsite-ish like maybe RuneColony…
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Fantikerz
@Benji Yeoh
I agree, the horizontal js navigation was a mistake. If you didn’t have JavaScript enabled it looked like crap, and often times it would also conflict flash content lying beneath it.
A vertical menu gives you direct access to whatever it is you’re looking for.
Titty man 3 Haii ryan darlin
Said it in a nutshell <3
HardK0re
It needs to be more like Mechsociety. I think Mechsociety and Runegamer were much more well formed than evilchicken. And joomla fails.
~K0re_
tehminingnoob
i agree with everything, i found there was a lot of mods who werent active, i also dont understand why are there global moderators, what do they do?.
the only thing i dont agree is that NO ubnub pinned guides were made official here, evilchicken didnt have a fishing guide (a good one) ubnub had a pinned one but evilchicken didnt take it.
The best ubnub posters the most active members there arent active here or simply leave the fansite.
Since evilchicken is ubnub and runegamer it should use some ubnub content aswell
GarykPatton
How soon will you update your blog? I’m interested in reading some more information on this issue.
thecarzylot2
I agree. i dont use evilchicken. Had a look but its not for me.
Joost
It’s good that you have learned from your mistakes. I actually don’t really like the design of EvilChicken to be honest.
19 Provocative Tracks
Fantikerz
I call a song provocative when it provokes you to think about or do something. The best ones even evoke some sort of emotion or memory, but those are rare and vary depending on the person. In this long overdue post, I outline some of my favourite provocative tracks. These usually get my juices flowing – be it for work or for play – I tend to do better after listening to these. Lame sounding, I know, but it’s true.
There’s a lot of genres here, and one of them is probably going to spike some of your interest… just take a peek inside.
lizzy
That 4am song by kaskade is now one of my favorites. I dont remember where i heard it though.
Google Suggestions
Fantikerz
Alright, so I was trying to see if MSN was down by Googling “is msn down”, and some somewhat comical suggestions popped up when I punched in the first word. This sparked a short-lived Googling frenzy. Here are my highlights.
I never found out if MSN was down..
10 More Awesome Songs
Fantikerz
Since my last post about outstanding songs, my collection of the said genre has grown (almost double!). So, on this gloomy day, I thought I would take the time to share them with you. Unlike last time, let’s jump in right away, and I’ll explain why each song is great as we go.
These songs are in no special order, and as always, I’ll try and make the selection as diverse as possible (except for anything that RyanORLY likes). If you don’t like one song, just keep going though the list and you’ll probably find something you can enjoy.
Included artists: Biffy Clyro, Rui Da Silva, Frou Frou, Delerium, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, Zaho, Fluke, Gabriel & Dresden, and Jakatta. Woo.
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RyanORLY
Fail, yo need to get some hip hop into yo mid, girl.
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Sammy
Ryan always knows the BEST songs.
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Despair2k
Heheheh, You always know exactly what I like to listen to. O_O. I haven’t seen some vids from you in forever to. Get em going man!
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Cutter631
Fail, you need more metal in yo mid, girl.
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Zach
hey Cutter Its you O_O Weird nice Song list
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Seb
You forgot to mention Infinity 2008.
Be sure to do that in your next blog post
+Seb
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Pamelabory
beautiiful blog merciiiiii
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YakHunta
You have a good taste in music.
11 Catchy/Feel Good Songs
Fantikerz
All this post is about, is feel good , and catchy, songs. As a music junkie, I come across them quite often, and I even have a playlist of them on my iPod that’s 150-ish songs deep.
What makes a song catchy? A nice beat, of course, with sometimes clever lyrics. The same thing goes for the feel good songs, which will probably have some more meaningful lyrics.
I figured some of you might enjoy some songs on this Saturday morning. Here are some of the better ones, after the break…
Daniel Hoerr
Very nice post. dugg!
I listen to Imogen’s “Speak For Yourself” album 2-3 times a week. REALLY an entire catchy/feel good album!
Cheers!
Farah Mohammed
Zaho is amazing. I dont understand a word she says bu I love her. You should try Kif ‘n’ dir and la roue tourne
perrita anal
I liked the post and your writing style. I’m adding you to my RSS reader.
Coca
Nice blog and thanks for the info!
Arianasnus
I like your post. Good stuff. Keep them coming …
YakHunta
I think “Do I Go” by Evren is another cool one.
BT: You're F*cking Awesome
Fantikerz
It seems that lately, all I’ve been posting is things relating to music. Why you ask? Well, why not? I can do whatever the hell I want to! If you don’t care about that, then come on it, and take some candy.
Alright, so let’s talk about the title. BT: he’s amazing and he’s f*cking awesome. Alright, so that covers the title. Now, let’s talk about why he’s f*cking awesome.
Well, it only just occurred to me 10 minutes before writing this, that I hadn’t established myself as a total BT fanboy on my blog yet. I couldn’t let that stay, so, here I am. Now, more to the point. BT is a musical force that has been pwning for years. So many years in fact, that you might even know some of his songs. Flaming June, Simply Being Loved, etc., being some of them.
Run Lola Run!
Fantikerz
It’s been a while since my last post, but it doesn’t matter, since no one reads this thing. Of course I’ve been busy with MechSociety, but I’ll save you the pain of that blog post for later. I’m actually here, on your internets, to whine about a German movie with lucid music and a red haired running chick.
If you’re a normal person, you wouldn’t know who Franka Potente is, but alas, I do. She’s the main character in the movie Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt in German), which I haven’t, and probably will not see. Don’t be confused though, I do want to see it, but because it’s a foreign film, it’s kinda hard to find.
Why do I want to see it? Well, from clips on teh YouTubes, you can see the simple, but immerse storyline, coupled with music by Franka Potente and friends. Really, it’s just one, gigantic German music video.
The music is the best part, and is why I yearn to see it, though. Take a listen to the song below, and tell me what you think.
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Jack
I’ve seen the movie it was such a bad movie,
It was seriously only about a girl running because her friend was gonna rob a bank and she needed to lend money of her dad.
And then the day starts over again and you see future images to the people she bumps into.
But seriously the movie, sucked.
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Jirachi829
The Music Sounds Good Fant
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lol
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Cubs
love the song.
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The one and only FMSGOATGIRL!
It’s okay music, but based on the tunes, it’s not a movie that I would like to see. -fmsgoatgirl
HardK0re 5:20 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink
Actually, I like the new one better! Nice work!
Fantikerz 5:39 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink
Aww, thank you.
MilkGotter 7:28 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink
“It has a bit more homey, codey, user-friendly feel to it. Really nice” – Quote my last reply which I think I entered wrong.
George 8:45 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink
tbh, I don’t like the colour scheme, the layout and everything is pretty good, I just don’t like the bronze kind of colour, although I could get used to it :p
Fantikerz 8:56 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink
Think of it as “latte” brown.
Benji Yeoh 5:46 pm on June 29, 2009 Permalink
Nice, its more simple now
Simple is best
Cutter631 8:37 pm on June 29, 2009 Permalink
I’m glad you took my advice
HardK0re 9:34 am on June 30, 2009 Permalink
I DIG the latte brown. I would use it for my site too but that would be stealing.
Fantikerz 3:18 pm on June 30, 2009 Permalink
Feel free to use it matt, I’m planning on redoing this asap…
Invis Ninja 12:01 am on July 1, 2009 Permalink
Wow Rj, this is amazing. I wish I had kept up my studies in this! Way to go.
HardK0re 5:46 am on July 3, 2009 Permalink
Thanks RJ