Ok…

So there’s been LOTS of work going on among the Triad lately.

HFO is midway through it’s efforts at re-creating itself.

It’s going to be a new and exciting site, and I personally can’t wait!

And several tweaks have been done here as well.

1) The XML / RSS pages have been updated.

Not only is it easier to navigate but I’m working towards listing the feed in iTUNES.

2) The Vlogs now play inline

So you don’t have to deal with a pop-up window to watch them.

3) And I’ve added the cool little calendar to the right of the page.

The Calendar highlights, in red, each day that there has been a Blog, Vlog, or Podcast.

Click on the red number to see the posts for that day.

All very exciting.

Some classified work has been going on behind the scenes as well, and it will all culminate in the launch of a new theme, and my RSS feed being available in the iTUNES directory.

Some big tasks still need to be done.

The “templating / style” system of Wiba has been a hack ever since I moved the main content to phpbb so I need to fix that before I launch a new theme.

Once done though it will be a big load off my to-do list, and all the old themes will once again be available.

Probably the biggest pain in the neck though is iTUNES.

I don’t have QuickTime Pro and I can’t find away to convert all my Vlogs to QuickTime with the “faststart” functionality without it.

And until I figure this out.. the iTUNES directory listing remains just out of reach.

This is a problem because I find I don’t even want to release a Vlog until I get a solution for this.

Which is slowing the content here. Sorry.

Now I know that most of you will say

“Um… go buy QuickTime Pro.”

To which I reply

“THIRTY DOLLARS?! Good LORD that’s a lot of money.
How about I give you a nickel and you sing me an iTUNE!”

But it looks like I may have to break down and get it.

Though… I’ll likely wait until after the holidays. All my extra cash is going towards presents at the moment.

So hang in there.

Thanks for visiting, and rest assured there IS activity.

Many good things are on the horizon.

+12 Kudos point to Dave for his work on this site, and on the HFO.