Woot (as they say)! A guild-mate named Dirkgranite Signed the GuestBook. I just had the chance to die with the man and it’s a honor. Anyway here is his head swelling (mine) comments:

Dude – Your site rocks. Is it considered sarcasm when it’s true? Keep it up.

Sarcasm is always true. I don’t care what anyone says to the otherwise. Keep it up? Dirk I’ll never quit. Well as long as I work at the hotel, that is. The hotel is my muse.

So I’m playing with this same group now for a little while and I wonder if it’s a good thing to have them see this site. They will walk away from this place thinking I’m a fucking lunatic. Places of interest for my AOD brothers would be my thoughts on the game we all play and maybe the FAQ would help as well. It will help to remember that this is a strange place. You have to watch out for the weirdo’s that it attracts.

I have been biding my time. I have always known that one day I would be able to get revenge. I realize this is a petty way to feel. I realize that those bastards that fired me are long gone. I realize I’m a little vague here. It’s just that I talk about this at least every year. Sometimes I mention it more.

Back in the day I got fired from the hotel. I was fired because of my website. So whenever “they” talk about the hotel getting a website I always have to chuckle. Because whenever this hotel website is brought up, it’s funny how they always want me to do it.

Now I realize some of these guys running the place are not American. And to clarify I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I sometimes think that these foreigners don’t understand the way we Americans are. But when this talk about a hotel site goes on I can’t help thinking not a chance in hell. And I think this is an American response, not something they may expect. Seeing how these new owners are more than a little stingy with the raises I’m in a position to not help them.

Between my own site and the new AOD Guild site I just don’t have the time. The fact is the only way I’m doing the hotel a site is if I’m paid. I’m not talking about doing it on the clock while I do audit. I mean getting paid for helping them get a website for the hotel. Either in addition to my meager hourly audit wage or a new position were I come in and do it when it’s convenient to me. Call me silly, but I don’t see that happening.

So for now all they get is “not a chance in hell” and that is me being generous.

Yeah I’m letting my baby go to hell. Hotelblues.com hasn’t been updated since the 13th of this month. The AOD on the other hand, has been updated the last six days in a row. I haven’t forgotten about my main domain. I’m just trying to get the guild site in tip top shape. Take for example the whole browser compatibility thing. This drives me crazy. Before I go into my spiel. Upgrade your browser! If your using anything other than the current version, upgrade! The links down below take you to places to download the current version. Here are the AOD site in Internet Explorer (6.0), Netscape (7.0), and Opera (6.0) at 800×600:

IE and NS more or less show the same thing. NS will occasionally on first load have the left and right gif borders out of sync. Opera on the other hand doesn’t even show the side gif borders. I can’t figure it out. I have expended all of my know how just getting this far. I’m not giving up. I’m just making a strategic withdrawal on the idea. I have to go now and play Dark Age of Camelot.

Well the Forum has been a hot bed of activity. Between my AOD guild-mates and the poor guy I referred to as the pinhead the forum has seen the most action it ever has. I think my attitude problem cause’s more problems than it’s worth. Then again this site has always attracted strange people. That’s not meant as an insult.

I mention in the forum thread for the last post how I just don’t like talking about religion, politics, and women. I think it’s best to avoid these topics. Most of my friends (yeah I have some) know I don’t talk about this stuff. I have had bad experiences with all three of these subjects. The guy obviously has mistaken me for something I’m not. My favorite quote from this so far:

You’re obviously a conservative christian that beats his wife/girlfriend.

Anyway this is what I love about this internet thing. The interaction with people you don’t even know. I’ve added his Simpson quote to my random quote pool:

“God has no place within these walls…just like facts have no place in organized religion!” -Superintendent Chalmers, The Simpson’s

Man that’s great. Well I have to go and beat my wife/girlfriend. Thanks for stopping by my strange chunk of the internet.

So this guy signs my GuestBook bitching about a post that appeared over at Sherry’s site (which I host). I would think that the two sites are different enough in look and maybe even attitude that one wouldn’t mistake mine for hers. Of course maybe Sherry can take this as a compliment or even possibly as an insult.

I have deleted this pinheads post from the GuestBook. Sherry has a link clearly labeled guestbook. So go and sign her guestbook pinhead. Another thing it’s just a fucking pepsi can. Jesus I hate people like you. A pepsi can. Anyway if you want to see what the pinhead got all flustered about go look at Sherry site. Here is a link to an article the pinhead left.

Well I have taken the plunge and offered to do the website for the Dark Age of Camelot guild I’m in. The Acolytes Of Destruction is the name of the guild. The site can be found here. It’s a work in progress and my second actual try at this whole web design stuff. So that’s why I have been very quiet as of late.

The hardest part is getting the html to work with all the different browsers. I don’t really know html as good as I should, so I use FrontPage to make my pages. I have managed to get the guild site to play nice with Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Mozilla. Opera doesn’t like it and I can’t figure out why. I’m not going to lose sleep over it.

Well you should have known that I was going to throw up some shots of the Dark Age of Camelot expansion pack Shrouded Isles. There would have been four more but the servers were coming down. But don’t worry I will snap off some more later.

So far it’s not bad. I was a little worried when I saw the printed requirements on the box. The box recommends Pentium III 1.4 GHz processor and the preferred video card is a GeForce 4 Ti. I’m happy to report that it runs fine, even at my usual resolution of 1152×864.

The graphics upgrade is nice. But I feel that this should have been offered also as a free download. But hey what can you do? I have only briefly explored some of the new continent that Albion gets. I do dig the new interface. They also give you some options for adjusting sound and video settings without quiting to the menu. I will have more screen shots later. It’s time for bed, for me.