Well hello again. Here we are… yet another new look BS. But this one is the best yet. I think anyway. As always it took a bit longer than expected… I expected it to take a weekend… it took four weeks. I should have seen that coming. The crazy thing is that the actual design was done in an evening- I could have had the site up and running, looking like it does right now with virtually no downtime at all. But looks aren’t everything, as they say. And so it’s all the other tiny fiddly wee things that you can’t really see that take up all the time. Plus, I’m a perfectionist. Equals disaster.

But anyway. Here it is now. The design is kind of a reference to ‘70s pulp science fiction and things like that. So yeah okay, new Burning Salad- what’s so good about that? Well, here’s the guided tour…

All of the widgets have been tweaked and fixed… the Dream Generator, the thing that pulls random images from the web and the random web browser. How exciting.

And I’ve created a couple of brand new ones too.

The SFXinator generates random text-based sound effects. I can hear Roy Lichtenstein turning in his grave already.

Bleak Strategies is basically a version of Brian Eno‘s Oblique Strategies. Although, it’s going to evolve beyond that into the idea I’ve got in my head.

I’ve also uploaded a couple of video games I’ve made in the past: Penguin Attack and Catsteroids. Oh, and speaking of video games, all of the online games in the arcade should be working properly again. That is, saving high scores. All of which have been reset. Yes, reset.  And I’m thinking it might be a good idea to reset them every couple of weeks or so.

Emm… what else? Oh yes the webcam is running in real time now. None of that 10 second refresh crap. So now you can watch absolutely nothing happening in my hallway, safe in the knowledge that absolutely nothing is happening at that exact moment in time, not ten seconds ago. Woo.

I’ve also set up a nice new RSS feed for the site. Which isn’t working perfectly yet but will be as soon as I’ve finished writing this and started fixing it. And I’m also considering adding a wiki and maybe even forums to the site. Who knows.

And that’s probably the most exciting stuff that’s changed. Doesn’t sound like much, but there you go.

And then I need to update the gallery with the new drawings and paintings I’ve been making. I’ve been struggling with them for a while now but I’m starting to think that they’re actually getting somewhere. Which is good, or thereabouts.