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Sorry for the month-long downtime, but I'm happy to report that this site is now being hosted by kamatsu, who is also taking over from rjt hosting the Sphere forums and the Sphere wiki.

The preferred domain of this site is now just tung.spheredev.org, though old links should still work.

My current project is Quipkit (project page and forum thread), an RPG kit for programmers seeking a simple game engine and a flexible editor. It's still in the drawing board phase.

Le sigh:

Asustek Computer will completely phase out its 8.9-inch Eee PC netbooks in 2009 since 10-inch models are becoming the mainstream specification in the market, according to Benson Lin, president of Asustek's Asia-Pacific division.

Of Asustek's 2009 Eee PC shipments, 10-inch models will account for 95%, while the other 5% will be 7-inch models for telecom service operators, Lin said.

Looks like the 901 I have will probably be the last of its kind. Shed a tear, lay a rose and ponder the meaning of the life, death and the universe.

Against all common sense, I've added some more niceties to the site. Here's the low-down:

Shoutbox: See that box on the right? Type stuff in, and it'll show up right away.

Pingback: Got a blog that's got Pingback support? Well, now I do too! You can now post blog entries about my blog entries, and vice versa. When you do that, readers will see a link to your blog response, and can follow it if they want.

Diff for revisions: Revisions were pretty blah in Drupal, until I installed graphical diffs. Now it's possible to see what's changed in pages that have revisions.

Read more hack: The default location for the "read more" link in Drupal is very easy to miss. I've changed it so that it's inline with where the rest of the text would go, so you see it automatically. Awesome.

This spurt of new features is my fault, for going through the project usage stats over at the Drupal website.

Gravatar support has been added to this site. Short for Globally Recognised AVATAR, it lets you use the same avatar in lots of different places. You'll notice it in the form of my avatar next to posts, and your's next to your comments. Just head over to their site, sign up, upload your avatar, and you're set.

I don't know what happens if you have a Gravatar, but don't have an account here. Maybe it still shows yours anyway?