http://www.glest.org/

After some time and quite some expectation, a new version has been released that includes the single most awaited feature in the history of the game: Multiplayer!

At this point the multiplayer feature is reduced to the bare bones, but it works. We are hoping on the community to help us test it

I am proud to announce that from tomorrow on this site will feature interviews by Jorge Sergio. Here´s a little about him:

A passionate synthesist and music connoisseur, Jorge is a reference in the field of “independent new musics” -quite broad term!-, and he regularly writes articles on new releases and interviews musicians from every corner of the world. Jorge is currently managing the site Articmist.

Look forward to Jorge´s articles, starting with his interview to canadian artist Heather Dale.

http://www.hardydetectiveagency.com/ocean/hollow/hollow2.htm

“Right! In your dreams! I’m not a nerd!” Joe jibed his brother good-naturedly.

Had Joe said “I´m a Nan”, he wouldn´t have received the answer he received. What was that answer? Ah, I´ll guess you´ll have to read the story, just as much as Joe should have read NAN!

ps. in the same story…

“Bye, Nan!” Callie chimed and her slightly high-pitched voice was sounding a little shrill to Nancy’s ears.

“You know something, Drew? You’re like an open book right now.”

heh, it seems that actually Joe was reading NAN XD

http://www.envelooponline.com/board/

I wrote about it a few days ago, and finally the nan board is fully functional and styled like the rest of the site; I´ll make some changes to the general layout so that it is easily accesible from the magazine. As of now, the board is pretty empty, with just some basic categories to start with; I count on you people to start filling it with fresh ideas. Welcome!

It was a year ago that I started nan (not a nerd), so I think it is time to say:

-Thank you, people! for reading the articles and leaving your comments and opinions.

-Thank you, Stephie! for proofreading all the articles and having so much patience

-Thank you, Angel! for your commitment, your efforts and your suggestions to improve the site.

-Thank you, Carlos! for letting me translate your articles, and for the many insights to come!

-Thank you, Ana! I still have to convince you to send me some more stuff, but the articles you sent were all great, hehe

-And again, thank you, people!

During this month I´ll spend quite some time doing maintenance on the whole envelooponline.com site; I would like to change my personal page´s layout so that it matches the look of the magazine. I have also recently added a board on which I´ll be working so that it may serve as a meeting point for all the people around nan. Talking of that, another upcoming change is a page explaining all the w´s (what, why, who, where) on the magazine, and maybe some changes in the way the sections are linked from within the main page. All in all, I´ll do my best to keep improving, and I hope that you like the results!

http://www.glest.org/

In case you haven´t read my previous articles on it, Glest is a Free, open-source 3d Real Time Strategy Game, designed in a way so that it is easy to customize and expand. Glest has been in continuous development for several years, and has received awards in the Art Futura and Mundos Digitales spanish international festivals. Finally we have released the official 2.0 version, which includes many add-ons that we hope will enhance gameplay. Read the rest of this article »

Have you ever wondered what a synthesizer and a percolator have in common?

In my opinion, the answer is that the better the filter, the better the result.

… ok, I guess that unless you have some knowledge on synthesizers you´ll be raising an eyebrow right now. At least my friend Carlos did so, and when I told him that a good synthesizer filter should Read the rest of this article »

Some time ago my friends in the Origami Group showed me how to make a box model originally designed by Clemente Giusto. I found it interesting, especially since when folding it you have to use a “twisting” technique that afterwards, when the model is finished, allows you to open and close it without needing to make a second matching part.

The fact is that the flaps of paper on top of the box made it look kinda strange, as they were really big in comparison to the rest of the piece. Therefore, I started fiddling with it to see if I could Read the rest of this article »

Last Updated 01.07.06

If you have ever been to this site before, you most likely have seen the “cool lil´pic” to the left, in the sidebar. As the sentence said, the pictures there were… little, so clicking on them had no effect. Well, from now on not only can you click on the picture, but I encourage you to do so! Every week I´ll be adding a new flash game playable within the site, which can either be accesed from www.envelooponline.com/nan/games, or directly (and more conveniently, I believe) from said space in the sidebar.

This said, I thought on keeping the lil´ pictures along with the games´ pictures in the sidebar, but I thought I risked cluttering the area too much. Anyway, if you would like to see the little pics too, just let me now. I hope that you enjoy this new feature, brought you by nan! MwaHahahahaha!! (another step in the making of a media empire, Pinky!!)

Update 01.07.06 As part of the site´s latest (still ongoing) updates, I removed entirely the “little image” from the sidebar, since now games can be accessed from the main navigation menu. More important, I changed the way the games´pages are made (now they´re part of /nan and I can create them within wordpress), so it is much easier for me to add new games.

http://www.glest.org/

Since rc3 and rc4 were released very close to each other, I´ll include here both versions´ features:

rc3:

- Final icons for the new units (you will not be able to see that until the data rc3 is uploaded, which should be soon).

- Shared vision for allies: This has a very nice side effect, CPU controlled factions will support each other, this will not always happen though, only when they have enough soldiers on their bases.

- Now you can play in every start location even with 2 or 3 factions in 4 player maps.

- Improved results screen, now it has a score and the team of each faction.

rc4:

This version includes increased projectile accuracy, ranged units now hit moving slow or close enemy units.

Don´t forget to share your thoughts on Glest in the Forum

For a few months after I started this site, I kept the original partial feed. However, I didn´t like the way the articles were displayed (especially the links in the beginning), so last month I decided to change to “titles only” mode while at the same time I made use of the feedburner plugin so that all the feeds were centralized and I could effectively control their look. Finally, this month I will test the “full feed” option, so you will get the full articles in your aggregator -or by email, in case you subscribe via feedblitz (scroll down a bit and you will see the subscription form in the left, just over my face ). After some time (one or two months for instance) I will decide whether or not to keep the full RSS or go back to partial or “titles only” mode. Quick update: After Tete´s comment, I have made available the three versions (Full, Summaries, and Headlines), so that you can choose which one you like. They are located at the top of the sidebar, just beside “home”. Default is Full, and email subscribers will receive the full articles too.

Since the purpose of RSS is to make the reader´s life easier, I would like, if possible, to know your opinion about this issue. Are the titles enough? Would you like to receive part of the articles and then decide whether to go for the full article? Or do you prefer to have all the content at hand? I´m not much biased towards one option or another (well, I would turn off “full feed” in case someone blatantly stole the content, or if the bandwith usage increased so much that I couldn´t afford it, which I don´t think will happen), so I count on you to tell me what you want.

ps. I´m assuming everyone knows what a feed is, when actually I didn´t know much about them not so long ago. As always, wikipedia comes to the rescue.

ps2. Two views on the matter from Scobleizer and Pirillo. The latter is almost one year old, but still makes a nice counterpoint.

I am pleased to announce that from tomorrow on this site will feature articles written by authoress Ana Martínez Pedrosa. Here is a little about her:

Ana holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has written articles for many journals and publications, and is currently working for the spanish ABC newspaper.

Look forward to Ana´s articles, starting with “The Garden of Eden”.

http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/40930/

My favourite superhero is Spiderman. I love robots. I make compositions out of weird sounds. If I had the chance (and knew the language), I would move to Japan without hesitation. I was born in 1978.

With these facts in mind, I´m sure that you will understand why I almost cried with joy when I discovered the video linked above.

Arigatou gozaimasu, Mari Kanasawa!

This little thing that I present today is an origami brooch I “invented” a few days ago. I started from a hexagonal piece of paper, with the intention of folding a tessellation (that is, when you fold the paper so that it creates a seamless repetition of shapes). While working on it I decided to Read the rest of this article »

When I checked the tagcloud for this site a few moments ago, I found something really strange… I took a screen capture, which was a good idea: when I reloaded the screen, everything was like always again… you may see the image for yourself; the only interpretation I can make is that, somehow, the computer displayed some tags from my own mind!… or heart