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Javamancy Updated V

November 3, 2008 at 1:02 PM

in Operations

This is a fairly hefty update to Javamancy on its visual interface (user interface, ‘natch). As you can see, the UI has changed to a completely different layout, with a dramatic shift in fonts and content placements. Also, there is a new image “rotator” in place. And, thus far, no advertisements. There are further UI [...]

Welcome to November… and Javamancy

November 1, 2008 at 10:19 AM · 1 comment

in Operations

October was quite a tumultuous month, both for the world and even Javamancy. November is gearing up to be perhaps as exciting, and maybe more so, than October was. One of the big things we’ll be doing here is, of course, the long awaited redesign. Something Happened On The Way To… … publishing the new [...]

Flip is Back… at Flipping

October 29, 2008 at 7:22 PM

in Gaming,Meanderings

… at least, game-wise (in the CNBC $1M Challenge game). It looks like, about the same time as my post about the ‘game, Flip is getting back into the action with this third iteration of the game. This will probably be an interesting 10 weeks of twisty-turny nausea (and maybe even a bit of vomiting), [...]

A New Favicon?

October 5, 2008 at 6:34 PM

in Operations

Everybody and their moms seem to have their own blogs. And what’s more: they also have some crazy-crazy favicons. So why doesn’t Javamancy? Or rather, why not? Rather than grab some proprietary icon, or create something original but bizarrely unintelligible, using an open source or public domain icon that already has some sort of initial [...]

Fun and Announcements in October

October 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM · 2 comments

in Operations

This month, we’ll be rolling out a few new features across Javamancy, as well as a few new surprises. Keep checking back in to see if you can spot ‘em! (To kick things off, check out the Javamancy comment system…)

Moratorium on Javamancy Comment System

September 20, 2008 at 11:00 PM

in Operations

For a short period, we’ll be having a moratorium on the unregistered portion of the Javamancy comment system. That means that, if you are one of the people who unfortunately are not already registered on Javamancy for comments, posting, forum access, online gaming, polls, contest winning, etc., you will not be able to submit comments [...]

“Steve, what are you doing with all those themes? Isn’t one enough?” Well, sometimes yes, and sometimes no. I’ve seen some pretty innovative (and sometimes merely pretty) blog themes floating around out there, and I was thinking that it really makes sense to “open up” some of the internal UI testing that Javamancy and other [...]

The Word Some of you may have already read this: Martha Stewart’s blog (The Martha Blog) is transitioning to WordPress as its new blogging platform. I think it’s always fun (and also exciting) to learn about how professionals at the traditional media and even the New Media facilities are switching to products and services that [...]

Well, folks, since we switched to using the Cutline theme a few months ago, some of you have wondered about the lack of any sort of label describing the search box that is featured prominently at the upper left-hand margin of the blog. After deliberating on this concern since the introduction of the theme, I’ve [...]

Important operational change in Javamancy’s RSS feed system that impacts you! This is another momentous event!