Auto Blogger Test Well, I think I finally got my auto-blogger working with FTP. I noticed the other day that I could login to FTP, but I couldn't upload files. Then I realized that my tool code was probably using active mode, when it needs to have passive mode enabled because of our firewall. So, here goes... Podcasting is the Next Big Thing What is podcasting? Read entry on wikipedia. My favorite client program for recieving podcasts is Juice (previously IPodder). You can find subscription links either through IPodder or look on podcasts.yahoo.com or www.podcastalley.com. Walken for President? Apparently he's running for pres... See his campaign site here. Interesting... News for "Yous" Wow, it's been a while since my last update. I apologize for that. I have started work again on my dynamic campaign system for LOMAC. I have the basic code done which allows adding tanks and planes to a mission, including takeoffs, on and off road travel. Now I just need to simplify this generation code, using higher level functions that can use intelligent defaults. I don't have targetting or mission goals done yet. I also need a larger database of building targets and travel nodes. Then I can start on the smart mission generation and result analysis scripts. Please check out SwingKid's beta dynamic campaign engine called SkyWars here: http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~pavacic/lomac/skywars/skywars0_041.zip He is going for a more realistic scenario, while I will probably follow a more RTS-style setup. In Neverwinter land, my world is on hold until NWN2 ships (probably beginning of next year). I'm looking forward to the AI enhancements in Operation Flashpoint 2 (known currently as Armed Assault). http://www.armedassault.com Christopher Walken Is Cool Watch this video clip: http://www.astralwerks.com/fbs/woc/ And enjoy this quote from the man himself: "If you want to learn how to build a house, build a house. Don't ask anybody, just build a house." Updates for everyone I've added some screenshots and a diagram to the LOMAC page. I've started a mission editor and it's almost to the point that I can generate a very simple mission. I also created a utility to auto-generate an image gallery. It lets you choose the image files, then automatically creates thumbnails and generates an HTML table with all the links. auto blog update Well, I guess my auto-upload is not going to work. After 5 emails back and forth, and telling me that my FTP account looks fine, I finally got this answer about their FTP service: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Thank you for writing to Yahoo! GeoCities. FTP access is only available to GeoCities Premium users. To find out more about our Premium packages... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- aw, well... LO-MAC page update I've updated my LO-MAC page and added a couple of scripts that you can use to pack and unpack a mission file. I hope that these scripts will be useful to developers in creating mission editors and eventually a fully-dynamic campaign system (which is one of the main features that the game lacks). (And would rock :) New Toy On the weekend I bought a writing tablet. Here is more info. Hopefully I will be adding some drawings and artwork to this site soon. Wishlist My wishlist at Amazon, so you can see what things I like. I recommend you set one up yourself. And if I know you, please send me yours. Yahoo problems I can't seem to get my auto-blog upload to work through geocities FTP. I sent them a message, but I know Yahoo's response time is horrible...(understandably) I guess I will upload manually with their web-based tool for now. Cool Lucas Trailer This was one of George Lucas' first movies, and they are re-mastering it. Check out the trailer -- it looks pretty wierd (but cool). It is due for (re)release in the Fall 2004. First Post woot!