As some of you may know, I run SNW. And with SNW, comes Simpedia. Simpedia is a big online Sims encyclopedia with articles, press releases, screenshots, cheats et cetera. It’s also a project that never really ends. Because it consists of the oldest Sims games and the newest Sims games. Also, EA won’t stop making Sims games! That’s okay, we don’t want them to stop or anything :p But it also means that we’ll always have something to add to Simpedia when new products are announced and released.
The reason I’m posting this, is because I’m currently working on Simpedia. Not only because a new expansion pack (Free Time) is being added. But I’m also designing a new Simpedia. Right now it’s very messy, it *needs* some good cleaning. I’m reorganizing the whole thing. And of course I’m adding loads of media. This takes up a lot of time. I figured it would be a good idea to share this information for those of you who are interested in SNW and what happens around it.
You can expect the new Simpedia somewhere at the end of January. Perhaps a little earlier, this kinda depends on factors like the amount of news I have to keep up with and, you know, my personal life. :p
I’m currently working on ChEeTaH’s new blog/theme. I promised to make a new one for him. But until this day, I did not release one for him. That’s because of many reasons:
I have designed many ‘prototypes’, but I considered none of them good enough. I’m very picky and I just didn’t like the previous versions enough to work any further.
ChEeTaH will be using Drupal 6. And he is now waiting for a stable release. I can’t blame him for that.
Despite the fact that I promised this -I think- more than a year ago, I have been extremely busy with many projects and personal life issues. So everything, including his blog, became less important to work on.
Since I have more time now, I have started working on this new design, which I do like. I’ve shown it to a few other people too, they loved it. We expect the stable release of Drupal to appear within a few months, so it’s a good idea to finish up the new design a.s.a.p.
That’s all for now. I won’t show you any screenshot, just yet. For this one, you’ll have to wait until it’s finished.
The following YouTube video is part of the Catherine Tate Christmas Show. Lauren Cooper, the “I’m not bovvered” character dies in this episode. Too bad I really really really liked this character.
In my previous blog post, I told you about Alex, who already started blogging. But more people have started to blog as well! Mogway and Mipas both introduced themselves on their blogs. My mom also blogged, well at least she tried. But she’s really new to all of this. So we can’t blame her for making a little mess of it sometimes :p She’ll learn more along the way And last, but not least, we have Hexer. He has already blogged on his SNWeblog!
I recently blogged about me being busy with the SNWeblogs. Well, they’re finally live! I will, when the team starts using the new blogs, update their old blog urls
For now, everyone has the same theme, personally customized here and there. In a while, I will make more themes for everyone using a SNWeblog. That will be somewhere around 10 themes. Until then, you can enjoy the SNWeblogs like they are now
Alex is the first to start his new blog. So I will hereby include his new blog url: http://alex.simsnetwerk.com Please do pay a visit to his blog! :p
I started working for SNW again! This week the SNWeblogs will go live! For those of you who don’t know what on earth I’m talking about: SNWeblogs are blogs for the (team)members of SNW. Not everyone has a blog, but most of us do. The idea wasn’t new. I had this idea a few years ago. I planned to create a network where our team members, and a few steady members could blog. But I was usually too busy with all sorts of things or I was ill. I worked on the blogs in 2006 and 2007. I really wanted a special SNW theme for the blogs. I lacked time and inspiration though. And that was the main reason for putting things aside. But not anymore. The blogs will go live, even if I have to use a premade theme from another designer for a while. I will design a SNW WP theme when I have more time
The idea for these blogs is, that our team members can blog, without all kinds of restrictions. We’d also like to give our members the opportunity to get to know us better. Who knows, they might want to learn more about us, in a different environment than just Sims. Of course we love all of our Sims products, but talking about something different than Sims can be refreshing sometimes
I really really really liked this character.
And last, but not least, we have Hexer. He has already blogged on his SNWeblog! 
