- Created By James
Blog Closure
I'm not sure if anyone will read this, but I'm just wondering - is anyone interested in taking ownership of this blog? Probably not, but I thought I'd ask just in case.
The reason is that I am planning to close the blog shortly. It isn't playing any role of interest for OtakuBoards, and I don't see a need to keep it open if it isn't serving any real purpose.
Blast from the Past
I found this today and I thought I'd share it with you:
This is part of a draft design that I was working on in 2007 for OtakuBoards. It's kind of strange to think that back then, we would have had to physically build this menu from the ground-up to make it work. Whereas now, with IP Board, it's pretty much in-built by default (for the most part).
Where's OB?
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, we recently closed OB so that we can move it to our shiny new server. That step is now complete and it went very smoothly (thanks to Adam for doing the move and Petie for doing the pre-move upgrade).
The next step is a little more complex and I thought I'd talk about it a bit here.
For those who have been using OB for years, you'll probably be aware that we've been using vBulletin for a very long time. vBulletin is the software that drives our forums.
What normally happens is that we pay an annual fee for a vBulletin license - in other words, we have to renew each year.
For various reasons, we have decided not to renew our vBulletin agreement this year. As a result, we've had to decide on an alternative software to power OB.
We're going to go with IP Board.
Because this is a big software change, it will take us a little while to make sure everything is set up correctly. So at the moment I'm expecting that OB will re-launch early next week.
Initially we won't have all the updated FAQs and things for the new features - it will take us a little time to put those things together. Also it is likely that we will launch with a fairly barebones type of layout, with a view to doing a bigger update shortly after re-launch.
So I hope this sheds a little more light on what we're doing at the moment. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to comment.
So What's Your Favorite Anime?
You know this is going to come up, it always does. The famous or infamous question asking what is your favorite anime! I personally try to hide from the question since it's hard to pick just one when there are lots of shows I really like. So it's hard to narrow it down to just a few.
I do know that I love stuff that makes you laugh like Fumoffu. I also love stuff like Lucky Star and Fruits Basket. Slice of life anime shows are fun for the silly glimpses they give you into everyday life.
And then there are what I consider my guilty pleasure shows, the ones that you know they are so horribly cheesy and silly and yet you love them anyway. Like Wedding Peach, I can't help but giggle and laugh at some of the silly stuff in it.
Anyway, what are your favorite anime shows? Don't hold back! I'm sure you all have a lot that you really enjoy.
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