Some people on the tech support board noticed that there are new features available in preferences: image uploading. Although these are not working yet, it looks like the staff's working on bringing us the ability to upload custom avatars. Finally! :D So on that note, it's time to resurrect the Battlestar Galactica icon set I made earlier this year. They weren't chosen to be included in the TV.com icon choices, but at least now I -- and everyone else who wants -- will be able to use them. There were slots for 20 icons in the original set, but since I experimented with a few extra ones, I'll post them all here. That's why there's so many Baltar icons: he was particularly difficult to make. It's not like I like him so much. ;) Here goes: The peeps on Battlestar Galactica Adama Apollo another Apollo Baltar 1 Baltar 2 Baltar 3 -- no glasses Billy -- R.I.P., Billy. I liked him. Sharon / Boomer / Athena another Sharon Cally Chief Doc Cottle Dualla Felix Gaeta Helo Laura Roslin Starbuck another Starbuck -- this one kinda sucks Saul Tigh Cylons Centurion 1 Centurion 2 Number Six Ships & Objects Cylon raider BSG seal Viper Others Jack Fisk -- He's dead already. Oh well. There's no zip file of all the icons because I don't know where I'd host one. :?

Two great new features on TV.com: polls and -- finally -- person forums! Of course I had to try these out so here's a rather pointless album poll on the Jewel forum. :D Anyone else annoyed by the fact that you can't change your vote? :( There's also a third new feature called pre-show buzz which is basically just a poll if you're gonna watch a future episode. Meh, to me that's not very interesting. Curiously, I've discovered that you can actually vote multiple times if you use different computers or browsers. I hope they fix this soon, otherwise people could manipulate the votes.

Hi! Long time no... erm, write? :) I'm still here. In fact, I do check in on TV.com almost every day to check my queue (mostly empty) or the show boards (surprisingly active) for the shows I edit. But since it's summer, I haven't blogged so much lately. I finally got around updating my banner. :) I changed the background to something more neutral, changed some show pics, and added the two shows that were missing: Big Love and Windfall. I also started a show blog for The L Word where I collected all the rumors and updates about the fourth season of the show. Now I don't need to use the forum for those, so that's a great improvement. Anyone know any great editor blogs? I'd like to see what everyone else is doing but I can't seem to find any shows with blogs. :| What I haven't been able to figure out is do you get a notification (by PM or in updates) when there's a new blog for your tracked shows. Anyone know? What every scifi fan already knows is that the new seasons of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis kick off next week. I'm really, really looking forward to it! What can I say, I'm a TV junkie even in summer. :lol:

I just wrote a long post and tried to use the WYSIWYG editor in Firefox and it just crashed. Thanks a lot, TV.com. :evil: Here's what I wrote -- more or less:

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No, I haven't fallen off the face of the planet. :) I ordered a new computer back in early April and it arrived about a week ago. Pretty soon I discovered that not all was in order. The guys at the computer store had made some pretty serious mistakes. Warning, tech speak ahead. ;)

• They'd installed a wrong motherboard on my computer. Basically the same model comes in two versions, one a regular one and the other a "premium" model. Naturally they'd installed the regular one and charged me for the more expensive premium model.
• They'd forgotten to install the fan speed adjuster for the CPU cooler. Not a big deal but since the cooler came with one and I'd paid for it, I expected them to put it in.
• The cordless desktop keyboard+mouse combo sucked through a straw. The Bluetooth connection was unbelievably weak. The mouse was erratic and laggy. Sometimes when I'd boot up, the computer didn't recognize the keyboard. One time the keyboard asked me for a Bluetooth passkey -- which of course I didn't have. The desktop was fairly pricey so naturally I expected it to perform perfectly. Hindsight 20/20 -- if I'd taken the time to read some reviews, I would've known better to avoid the product.
• The harddrive I bought had a faulty temperature sensor. Apparently, the manufacturer had made a faux-pas and calibrated the sensors so that they show significantly higher temperatures than they should. Again, not a really big deal but I'd like to know when the drive is in a real danger or overheating. They call it "a factory calibration routine anomaly". Ha! :roll:

I complained to the store and they ordered replacement parts, which arrived on Friday. Everything else is running smoothly now expect the replacement harddrive has the exact same temperature sensor mistake! :evil: And the guys at the store hadn't even tested it since -- they claim -- they don't have a testing set-up for it. *Sigh* It would have saved both them and me a lot of trouble. I'll keep sending in the harddrive until they find me a 100% faultless model. And what's really gnawing me is that with all these other problems I haven't even had time to test the graphics card which was the reason the delivery took so bloody long in the first place. OK, enough venting. Happy Mother's Day to everyone who's a mom! :)

Thanks to freaksngeeks and the TV.com graphics design team who whipped up a great banner for Big Love! :D There's been many questions on the boards about requesting or submitting banners for shows that don't yet have one. Someone had managed to get his/her own banner submitted but I think that's rare because TV.com has to be sure that they've got the rights to the pictures. But I can say requesting them works. :) When HBO announced last week that Big Love was getting a second season, I thought that was the perfect opportunity to asks for a banner because the show had a gotten a little recognition. I PM'd freaksngeeks, made a couple of arguments why getting a banner would be great, and provided them with a couple of links where they could find pictures. But I don't know if the last one makes any difference because I think they'd have to contact the networks for permission for the pics anyway. Still, it couldn't hurt. :) Has anyone else gotten a new banner lately?

It might not be the most-watched series on the planet, but here's some good news to those who have been watching HBO's little family drama Big Love: HBO has ordered a second season with the first one still in mid-run. :) There's no word of how many episodes have been ordered but considering what's the norm for HBO shows, I'd say 12 or 13. They start shooting in August this year and the second season is expected to premiere sometime in 2007. Here's the press release. Join the discussion on the Big Love forum! :)

Lots of new stuff today. I know I haven't been communicating lately, sorry for that. Hey, I'd fit right in with the staff. ;) (OK, that was mean.) - I'm still waiting for what the deal is with Windfall. I heard back from -ACL- and it looks like him getting banned was a mistake after all. He's been in contact with missribs and one of the forum mods to see if they can sort it out. So I haven't done much for the guide yet, except fix a couple a cast issues that had resulted in the creation of duplicate guides. Not that there's much information available about the show anyway. Oddly, just today I got a *huge* bout of submissions for that guide, all episode summary changes and all reeked of gaming from miles away. :| And speaking of duplicate guides, it looks like the search engine is *still* not working properly and it hasn't been updated since that one time a few weeks ago. :roll: - The new beta site (which seems to be down again) is looking quite good. :D I can't wait for it to go live but I appreciate the staff having a beta test period for once! I'd rather they fix the bugs first although I'm quite impatient to get to the new stuff. :) I especially liked the new queue button... although I didn't get to see it in "action" since I had no subs in my queue. :cry: :P - I finally got around watching the pilots for both Thief and Heist. I was disappointed in Thief and found it quite dull. I ended up fast-forwarding after half the episode. Heist was a lot better. I like Las Vegas and they sort of had the same feeling. :) I could've considered sticking up with Heist but I hear it's been cancelled already. Michael Ausiello writes two weekly columns on TVGuide.com and he's the guy for all TV related scoop so I guess he knows his stuff. Why do the networks always do this? :? - I made a pile of submissions to get the season finale of The L Word in order. No one had submitted anything so I ended up doing everything myself. *sigh* It's going to be a 9-month wait for Season 4. But I hear the show shoots in the summer so I guess rumors should start trickling in soon. :) - In a non-TV.com related news, I ordered a new computer! :) It's going to cost a small fortune but my current one is several generations old already. - Next weekend is Easter which means only four days of work and a looong weekend. :D And it probably also means that TV.com will fall part on Thursday evening and there's no one to pick up the pieces until Tuesday morning. :P I'm still in two minds about continuing with the stats boxie when the new design goes live. They basically got all your stats right there in the profile so it seems quite redundant. But they don't have how much you've gone up from the previous day. Anyway, here's this week's stats: Stats:

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Rank         :  General Lee    Community Stuff  Level        :  42             Blog Posts  :     40 (+    2)     Percentage   :  72%            Forum Posts :    649 (+    9)  Increase     :  26%            Posts Read  : 137607 (+ 1766)          Submissions                    Reviews  Accepted     :  [color=green]3991[/color]  (+  71)  Shows       :   1  Pending      :     6  (-   2)  Episodes    :   2  Denied       :   [color=red]208[/color]  (+   1)  People      :   1  Total        :  4205  (+  70)  Total       :   4  Success Rate :  94.9% (+ 0.1)    Editorships  Shows        :     10 (+   1)  New: Windfall    People       :      1  Total        :     11 (+   1)

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This just took me by surprise. I discovered that I've suddenly become the editor for Windfall, NBC's new summer drama about a group of friends and acquaintances who win $386 million in lottery. It looks like the previous editor was banned... or it could be another TV.com glitch. I hadn't even realized I had so many points for the show! :)

Happy April Fools, everyone! :) I hope you didn't get duped too much. Did you see the story here on TV.com? It was too obvious but still hilarious. :D Stats:

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Rank         :  General Lee    Community Stuff  Level        :  42             Blog Posts  :     38 (+    1)     Percentage   :  46%            Forum Posts :    640 (+    6)  Increase     :  22%            Posts Read  : 135841 (+ 1201)          Submissions                    Reviews  Accepted     :  [color=green]3920[/color]  (+  48)  Shows       :   1  Pending      :     8  (    -)  Episodes    :   2  Denied       :   [color=red]207[/color]  (    -)  People      :   1  Total        :  4135  (+  48)  Total       :   4  Success Rate :  94.8% (+ 0.1)    Editorships  Shows        :      9    People       :      1  Total        :     10

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Stats:

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Rank         :  General Lee    Community Stuff  Level        :  42             Blog Posts  :     37 (+    1)     Percentage   :  24%            Forum Posts :    634 (+   15)  Increase     :  39%            Posts Read  : 134640 (+ 1180)          Submissions                    Reviews  Accepted     :  [color=green]3872[/color]  (+  72)  Shows       :   1  Pending      :     8  (+   2)  Episodes    :   2  Denied       :   [color=red]207[/color]  (    -)  People      :   1  Total        :  4087  (+  74)  Total       :   4  Success Rate :  94.7% (+ 0.0)    Editorships  Shows        :      9    People       :      1  Total        :     10

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