What we presently work on...


  Monday, August 9, 2010


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 8:55 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.5.8.


  Saturday, June 5, 2010


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 12:59 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.5.6.


  Tuesday, May 25, 2010


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 8:55 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.27.


  Saturday, May 8, 2010


Poetry and Stories Update - xx:xx PM - Tempest

You can now leave comments on all poems and stories displayed in the Artistic Sections. At the bottom of each peom/story, there is a link to the Message Board with a copy of the said poem/story. You don't need to register but it's preferable to do so (you will have to answer a simple riddle and the answer are provided in the General forum).


  Wednesday, April 28, 2010


New Review: Dragon Tales - 9:05 PM - Tempest

I have added another review to the list: Dragon Tales (1999). It's a rather well known kid's show. In term of story, it follow a rather simple pattern. Not necessarily a bad thing considering that the serie target an audience from 3 to 6 of age.


  Monday, April 19, 2010


Update Review: Xcalibur - 4:28 PM - Tempest

I have updated the Xcalibur review since I got tired of waiting for the DVD to be released in NTSC format and decided to buy a PAL version from a UK store. There are much better snapshots (DVD), the review is now about the complete story instead of 2 episodes. I also added a 2 min avi excerpt of the show (somethign I will do for movies and show that doesn't have an official trailer.

Note that there was a directory name change from ../Digital_and_Analog_Dragons/Xcalibur_TVA/ to ../Digital_and_Analog_Dragons/Xcalibur/. Both links are still working for now, but the former is the old version and will eventually be deleted so updating your links may not be such a bad idea.


  Tuesday, April 13, 2010


Update Review: The Flight of Dragons - 10:08 PM - Tempest

Warner Bros has finally released The Flight of Dragons on DVD a few months ago. It's not a remastered version but I have updated the intro video and updated the snapshots to better represent this old but still very good movie.


  Sunday, April 4, 2010


New Review: How to Train Your Dragon - 10:02 PM - Tempest

Dreamwork has produced a new animation about dragon: How to Train Your Dragon (2010). It's an interresting movie and you can read my review and look at some preliminary snapshots in the Dragons of the Analog and Digital World section.

I have also fixed some other things around the website; many things too minor to mention them here.


  Monday, March 8, 2010


Half-Dragon's Handbook v1.6.1 released - 11:41 AM - Tempest

Version 1.6.1 is pretty much the final version. What remains to be done is to add more images and do some corrections here and there since I really don't see what else I can write about this race.

Note that the handbook is still done for 2nd edition. At this moment, I don't plan to adapt it to D&D 3.5, 4.0 or whatever edition people are playing these days since I only have a superficial knowledge on how to play these editions... But if you are interested in doing so, just contact me.


  Friday, February 5, 2010


Half-Dragon's Handbook v1.6.0 released - 11:52 PM - Tempest

It's a little something I worked on over a long time and I'm starting to be rather proud of the result. It's ad&d second edition but it doesn't matter, it's something I wanted to do. Feel free to take a look at it: The Complete Half-Dragon's Handbook v1.6.0.


  Wednesday, February 3, 2010


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 5:37 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.26.


  Thursday, January 21, 2010


Fixes some minor issue on the Message Board - 10:09 AM - Tempest

Updated the main theme on the Message board that suffered some incompatibilities problems since the board was updated to v3.0.6. To sum up, I fixed Q&A captcha and the inability to vote in poll. The message board now use riddles to register and post anonymously (a better way to keep spambot off the board). The answers are provided in a thread at the top of the general forum.


  Tuesday, January 5, 2010


Update Role Playing Section - 1:10 AM - Tempest

I have finally added the other dragons type not part of the Council of Wyrms boxed set. I made pdf for character sheets, dragon spells, magical items, etc. I also updated other pdf from v1.3 to v1.4 (for better compatibility).


  Thuesday, October 6, 2009


New Review: DragonLance - Dragons of Autumn Twilight - 9:05 PM - Tempest

I have added another review to the list: DragonLance - Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008). Not a particularly good or particularly bad movie, it has some interesting parts but flaws as well. It's worth watching if like fantasyand don't mind that the image/CGI quality isn't really good by today's standards.


  Sunday, May 31, 2009


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 11:22 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.24.


  Saturday, April 4, 2009


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 11:00 AM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.22.


  Wednesday, March 4, 2009


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 9:47 AM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.21.


  Saturday, February 14, 2009


Re: Forum conversion to phpBB v3 - 10:12 AM - Tempest

A few things still need to be fixed and set up properly but the new board is now functional.

On the unexpected side, the conversion took longer than I thought; an hours offline data crunching and several hours to recreate the database on the server (I was allowed 75,000 queries per hours and I had to jam 650,000 of them, the whole thing was painfully slow (was done overnight)).

Also, I think 4-5 posts got trapped on the old board so I have manually reposted them. So in the end, everything seems to work quite well so everyone is encouraged to take a look at the new control panel and at the other themes available.


  Wednesday, February 11, 2009


Forum conversion to phpBB v3 - 1:09 PM - Tempest

Please note that I will probably move this board to phpBB v3 in the next few days.

I will have to make an offline conversion of the current database, fix the inadequate captcha (there is no point to upgrade if it's just to be flooded by spammers) and modify a few other things as well.

What to expect:
- Usernames and passwords will remain the same - No post will be deleted - The board design will (probably) be (a lot) different - The board may or may not go offline for several hours, maybe up to a day if I screw things up badly.


  Wednesday, February 4, 2009


Update picture gallery script in the Artistic Section - 6:27 PM - Tempest

I have updated the coppermine picture gallery script to v1.4.20.


  Monday, January 12, 2009


New Review: Dragon Wars: D-War - 11:56 PM - Tempest

What would happen if you asked elementary school children to make a movie script? Well, 75 million dollars later, you may end up with something resembling to Dragon Wars: D-War (2007). This movie is quite entertaining, especially the battle scenes (which would have explain rather well the beginning of another movie: Reign of Fire). Worth watching despite of the presence of some plot issues.

Enjoy.


  Tuesday, January 6, 2009


New Reviews: The Pagemaster & Dragon Fighter - 11:05 PM - Tempest

I have added two new review to the Digital and Analog Dragons Section: The Pagemaster (1994) and Dragon Fighter (2003). The Pagemaster is an old movie I saw many years ago. It's not bad; the dragon in it is well done and looks credible. As for Dragon Fighter, it's a B movie inspired from Jurassic Park but with a dragon instead of killer raptors. The movie is low budget so it's only worth watching if you have an hour and half to kill.

Enjoy.




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