Shady Url

I try to keep all of my posts relevant to EvE because there is already enough random content on the internet but I wanted to share something with you that my brother showed me over the weekend.

ShadyUrl is a site similar to tinyurl except that it makes your links, uh, shady.

For instance:

http://www.shadyurl.com/

is now

http://5z8.info/top-ten-vietnam-massacres_l6a1i_autoinstall

It can make for fun with those obsessive co-workers!

My evespace

So, it seems to be becoming a theme for eve bloggers to post some images of their 'workspaces'.

I suppose I should share my own since I happen to have a wonderful wife who allows me to have a whole section of the house for my junk.












A pair of XPS Dell's which I am addicted to. A Dell laptop I use for my work while I mine on the side (plus EvEmon :). And an IBM R31 from back in the day which is perfect for vent/teamspeak and jammin' on Zune. Oh, and my puppy; a white German sheppard named Tundra (my Christmas present).

Tyrannis

Tyrannis has been announced and I plan to save my commenting until more details are released.  Currently the details are pretty sparse, with the main point being that planets will soon play a role in industry in some way.  From what I gather reading the Dev Blog the proccess will not be like moon mining.  It appears that you will be able to install "stuff" on the planet that will make "stuff" for you.  You will also have to maintain this "stuff" making equipment.  I'm not sure if it will be tied to sov. or if it will will be a 0.0/losec only change at this point. 

In a way this sounds really boring, and in a way I'm a bit excited about it.  I'm not quite sure yet.  I would love to be able to "claim" my own planet is some random losec hideaway, or even more so in a WH.  However it remains to be seen just how this will work so I do not know if these are possibilites.

I'm sure more details and discussions are soon to come, so I will be keeping my ear to the ground until then.

Get the Details Here

A Reimagining?

This week I have had some time to play around with blogger as well as actually sit down with a little spare time. Both have been very nice. I am working on an update to the blog that I am very happy with so far.

As I have added to the blog so far it has gotten a bit ugly and I have not really taken the time to keep the 'makeup' fresh, so to speak. Stay tuned for the update this weekend and please excuse me if it looks like a junk heap while I switch over.


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Aurelius Federation Launches New Website

We just rolled out our new corporate website over at Aurelius Federation.  I ending up choosing to use blogger with HTML editing instead of a traditional website.  The main reason for this was the price, but I also wanted to allow all of the corporate directors the option of being contributors/admins which is exceptionally easy with blogger.  All I have to do is send them an email via the permissions tab and they can setup a gmail (or use their current one) to manage the site.

By working with the HTML and not using a standard theme I was able to make it look MUCH more like a true website which I am very happy with so far.

If you or your corp/alliance would like something similar I would like to practice a bit more so please contact me, I am sure I can come up with a fair isk price.  If this is something that appeals to you email me at evemeatay@yahoo.com or evemail "Meatay" in game.

Shaping the EvE Blog Pack

CraxyKinux is shaking things up quite a bit on the Blog Pack.  He's cutting the list to a more managable number and removing some of the participants that have drifted off of the grid.  He is also asking for your input in the old members to keep and the new members to add: Evolution of the Eve Blog Pack

Take some time to drop a comment on your favorite bloggers and give me a little push if you don't mind :) (j/k on that part, make up your on minds, but if you do like the blog pack please take some time to help shape it)

How Deep Are Your Safes?

If you have ever been looking to make some REALLY deep safe spots then you should head over to the Weekend Warrior to find the Goonswarm guide to making those extremely deep safes.

I think the discussion of actual mechanics found within is pretty interesting.