For the past few days, I’ve been working on cleaning up the Mecha Soup server. Moving files, cleaning up old code and adding a Mecha Soup home page that will update with new projects. Long story short, Mecha Soup isn’t just the name of my old webcomic anymore. More on that later. For now, enjoy my new logo.

The past week was spent house sitting for my aunt and uncle. They have a dog and cat that I look after. I also make sure their 47″ television stays nice and used. Every game feels new when you play it on a TV that big.

You may have noticed a couple changes to the blog’s layout. First off is the color change, just to keep things feeling fresh (I’ll probably do this a few times till I find a color that really sticks). Secondly, the blog entry area has been increased by a little over 100 pixels. This is something I’ve wanted to do since I began posting again back in April. When I started posting pictures, I realized the space I had given myself was really small and, compared to other blogs I read, almost microscopic. So with the size increase, there’s more space for entries and it also brings the entire blog to a nice even 750 pixels (I love having OCD about the little things).

That’s about it for now. If you have any comments or criticisms about the new layout (color, size, etc.) don’t hesitate to leave a comment.

Just in case you visited during the last 3 days, the site was down and apparently replaced with some weird search engine page. I contacted my host and they let me know something called a “Zone File” was corrupt or missing. I’m not really sure what that is or why I need it, but it’s fixed now, so regular updates will now continue.

Just finished the Mechasoup Bar. Its got a very simple design and code for easy updating and maintenance. I figured a navigation bar would make it a bit easier to move between my sites. Convenience is the word of the day. I also added a random image generator to the top image. Everything that you see up there is by me (except for the Death Proof one, obviously). I’ll probably update that regularly with new photos and drawings.

Currently I’m working on redesigning the website for an architecture specifications firm called Wil-Spec. The purpose behind their redesign is to clean up the site and make it a bit more professional and organized. More news on that as it happens.

On the TF2 front, I haven’t been working on my maps at all. I’ve been playing fairly frequently with Android over on the TF2 Newbies Only #4 server. 24/7 Dustbowl, Goldrush and Badwater. If you ask me, that’s a good mix of maps. The people who play over there are a great bunch of people, too. If you’d like to join the IP is 208.43.68.33:27015.

My newest obsession is medic. I’m the medic that will heal you when your health is low, not the medic that follows the lead player around. I don’t care how well I score so long as I’m helping the team move forward. I’m trying to not play engineer as much since I just hit 100 hours with him. I’m going to try and play the other classes more frequently.

I watched Me, Myself and Irene for the first time last night. NOT what I was expecting at all. It was awesome though. I especially liked the albino jokes ;P