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LAN Party Aftermath

by Matthew on January 8th, 2011
Posted In: Matthew, Rambling

Well, we’re done LAN-ing it up now.

All up we found out that James is just insane at Unreal Tournament 2004, and that playing with 15 people on a 1v1 map with nothing bar rocket launchers is a bad idea. We also learnt that Spring is a total pain to play over a LAN, entering it into the same ranks as Heroes of Newerth and Starcraft II. I now own Starcraft II (legit!), and made use of the internet present to download 15 GB worth of Steam games.

Also, the voice changer on my new headset (Logitech G35) is epic.

And James forgot to make a comic.

So all up it was a good day.

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Incoming!

by Matthew on November 3rd, 2010
Posted In: Comics, Matthew

Yes, that’s right, this Friday is a COMIC DAY. I’ve been intentionally avoiding taking a sneak peek at the latest comic just to get the best possible experience when it finally goes up in a few days time.

I should take this time to mention the comics go up at midnight on the release date, so at 12:01 AM on Friday the 5th of November this comic will go up. That’s GMT+10, by the way, so if you’re in Africa, Europe, the USA, or Canadia you’ll get the comics on Thursday at some point (as far as I can tell, 9 AM CDT).

Also, I’m thinking about getting back into Garrys Mod comics and maybe even trying my hand at conventional comic stuff (ala Confabulation, I’m not great at drawing).

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Music!

by Matthew on October 31st, 2010
Posted In: Matthew

So James sent me through a few Creative Commons tracks the other day. Normally I’m not a fan of Creative Commons music work at all (sorry!), but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by this stuff.

Track 1 (“Let’s All Go To Tokyo” by Statikz) is… hard to quantify. I love it, that is all I can really say about it.

Track 2 (“Left Out” by OxygenStar) is also impossible to really describe with words. I’m so good at this!

The best thing you can do is get onto those links, download the tracks, and give them a listen and decide for yourself. It’s not like they cost anything, after all.

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Coffee!

by Matthew on October 31st, 2010
Posted In: James, Matthew

It has come to my attention recently that James doesn’t drink coffee. Considering he has ADD or ADHD or something along those lines it’s probably sensible. However, I am of the opinion that the Confabulation mug he recently purchased would serve its purpose better with coffee instead of, say, juice.

Therefore he is now my coffee padawan. This should be fun :D

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Computer Diagnostics!

by Matthew on October 31st, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew, Rambling

Lately I’ve been having problems with my PC. Not very visible ones either: corrupted files here and there, downloads not completing properly. At the moment I’ve dropped back to 2 GB of RAM instead of my typical 8 GB (which makes me sad, seeing as though there’s now 6 GB of RAM right in front of my keyboard right now) and reliability is back, which is nice.

As part of the process though I had to absolutely verify that the RAM was at fault. Standard memory tests refused to fail after all. So I went out and bought a 2 TB Western Digital hard disk to replace my old 500 GB system disk, in the hope that the hard drive was dying. Turns out it wasn’t, so now my system has a storage capacity of no less than 3.5 TB, or 4 TB if you include my external hard drive. So that was a bonus.

In the end I also remembered to reconfigure the RAM voltage and timing in the BIOS settings which has also helped with stability somewhat.

It means I can now download files without them being corrupted. I can install software without the installation failing. My Windows system files won’t become corrupted every reboot.

Also I’m crazy tired after being sick for the past three days (in which I did an amazing amount of work to this site) so the above probably doesn’t even mean anything. Oh well.

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Restyle Complete

by Matthew on October 29th, 2010
Posted In: Matthew, Rambling

As previously mentioned we were going to restyle the site tonight and integrate the comics better with the blog.

The changes have been made and everything seems to be working properly now. If anything breaks, or if you find something we missed, let us know so we can get to working on it ASAP.

A note: the old comics.wikiforall.net domain currently still exists but will shortly be changed to be merely an alias of this site’s domain. Please check your bookmarks, if any.

Update: the issue that came up overnight that caused comics to be completely inaccessible has been resolved.

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It’s Coming

by Matthew on October 29th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

As for what “it” is… that’s almost a secret. And now, it’s not going to be a secret anymore!

We’re going to be completely revamping the blog and comic system at some point in the next 24 hours. We have an entirely new layout and style for the site as well as a bit more integration for the comics and the blog, so you don’t have to put up with our awful comic navigation we threw together one night in a few minutes.

When the transfer does actually happen the site may be a bit wonky for about 30 minutes or so while we finish up the last couple things in the move. All the comics should still be in place directly after the move though as they’ve already been put into the system (we just have to flick the “go live” button).

My estimate is that it’ll happen in around 2 hours from the time of this post, but don’t hold your breath.

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Oh, Here's Trouble

by Matthew on October 29th, 2010
Posted In: Matthew, Rambling
Hello again. Another word from the sane half of the WinForAll/WikiForAll team.

Hello again. Another word from the sane half of the WinForAll/WikiForAll team.

Just on that, some of you might be wondering about the “WinForAll” name on a site that’s clearly “WikiForAll” (if the domain is anything to go by). You see, we initially started out by creating a spontaneous and random wiki called “WikiForAll”. The domain was purchased for that name, and that site got us through high school. However, it didn’t take long before we realised a wiki full of attempts at humour was slightly redundant on this thing called the Internet. So we decided to take up another redundant option and do webcomics. Now, I should clarify the name “WinForAll” covers more than just comics: in the past it has encompassed such things as gaming servers or small IRC networks. For now we’re focusing on just doing comics – we’re not ready to get back into game servers just yet!

Confabulation is the comic James writes. I very rarely contribute in the comic department (every now and then I might throw something from Garrys Mod into the archive, but that’s very rare) but I do keep the site running.

And this leads me to the point of this post! Only took 200 words to get here…

The current WordPress theme for this blog sucks. Seriously. I hate it so much. You probably do too. That’s good, it means we share something in common, which is nice. But fear not, for I am on the case! We’re looking at a brand new comic management system and part of that includes a brand new theme for the blog. Also, the comics will be integrated with the blog for the first time ever, which means less clicking for you! Just bear with this awful theme for a little while longer… it’ll be gone soon, I promise!

Also, James is working on a new comic as we speak. He’s actually silent for once, so the next comic should be amazing.

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Hi

by Matthew on October 25th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Hi.

My name is Matt. You probably forgot I existed. I forgot you existed, so it’s okay.

I just keep this site running and pay for the server. Sometimes I even help James with getting ads uploaded, or modifying the comic system to work better. I might even make a phone app with all the Confabulation goodness your handset can handle, just because I pretend to love you all so much.

Peace out and all that. Rawr.

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Yay, Server Move!

by Matthew on January 13th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Now that I’ve moved to a new city, minus a static IP, I decided to stop hosting WikiForAll on a computer sitting at my feet and instead move it to a proper VPS somewhere in the USA. This hopefully means a faster site, more reliable site, and better speeds for everyone! Yay!

There’s still a lot to get done, and I’m working full-time now, so it’s taking time. But hey, it’ll get there!

-Matt

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