Jolt Country

Greetings All,

On a whim, after finding my copy of Jolt Country comics tucked away in a box, I googled 'the great online empire'.

Much to my surprise, I found joltcountry.com, and WHOIS confirmed my hope that it was registerd to Robb (RobB).

I'm glad that JC, the icon of the Western NY computing scene has returned, and I hope that you all are doing well.

For those that remember -

Bk

This isn't the one and only 'Black Knight' by any chance, is it? How've you been, man? The last I recall you were in the service (the Marines if I remember right) and you were kicking some righteous ass for great justice. I moved to Colorado four years ago where I now work as a programmer for the company that used to -- badly -- be Cyrix.

Where are you located these days?

Yes, indeed this is 'Black Knight' - though I retired that handle long ago. I have now adpoted the name Thaumatergist (no, it's not a reference to White Wolf).

Currently, I'm in SLC, Utah, working for Certiport Inc as a Network Engineer though I'm moonlight as an Internal Applications Developer for same company. I moved here to support my family after the .bomb crippled the market here and my father lost his job. However, all Ais well.

Working for the company fomerly known as Cyrix can't be all bad - it's a paycheck right?

Really - I'm glad to see JC still running, and I'm glad that it still gives tribute to Zork. However, I miss the logoff display...

J.

That's really solid, man. I'm glad things are working out for you. I was looking at Salt Lake City in some degree of depth when I was trying to find my current job and it seemed like a solid place to raise a family. (As opposed to the liver-crippling college town I am currently in, which I guess is a good enough town to drunkenly and sloppily create a family, I suppose.)

I hear you on the logoff thing, actually. I don't know how to recreate that, outside of a pop-up window that appears on exit that says something to the effect of "Whatta wimp." I do mean to get the quotes that appeared after the mailbox line randomly appearing on the main site, though. (I mostly just need to find some HTML and/or Javascript lines that will plop it up there.)

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I hear you on the logoff thing, actually. I don't know how to recreate that, outside of a pop-up window that appears on exit that says something to the effect of "Whatta wimp." I do mean to get the quotes that appeared after the mailbox line randomly appearing on the main site, though. (I mostly just need to find some HTML and/or Javascript lines that will plop it up there.)

Well - you could just create a table in the (I'm assuming your using MySQL with phpBB) MySQL DB, populate it with a variety of 'Whatta Wimp!' texts, and read those into ecordSet objects via ADODB and output the text with a javascript ONCLOSE function into a pop-up...

That'd be where I'd start...

J.

Anonymous wrote: I miss the logoff display...

I miss Da Kings Chamber, I'm still convinced there was more to it than the riddle and gieger counter etc... and WHERE are the 'Many Deaths of Jolt Country'?

-LG

loafergirl wrote: I miss Da Kings Chamber

Yeah.. I hear that from many women. ;)

I will re-up the "Many Deaths of Jolt Country" soon. I still have it; I burned it on a CD so that when I experience my annual hard drive death it would not be affected.

I was working on an essay for the interactive fiction book that will be coming out, and it ended up taking me like 12 hours from start to finish. It was the first "report"-style thing that I have done since I completed Technical Writing at MCC in 1998 or so. Although I hadn't used quotes from a Justice League graphic novel to illustrate any points for Technical Writing.

With that in mind, I can turn attention back to releasing the fixed version of Hammurabi (as mentioned in the Hugo base), adding the scenes Ben gave me to his video game, finishing up the game that you and Kingsman are in, and getting some actual "features" up on the site. (The link to the "features" on the main JC page currently isn't active.)

CNN had decided indeed to support us, and I'd like to show them that they did the right thing.

Da King wrote:

loafergirl wrote: I miss Da Kings Chamber

Yeah.. I hear that from many women. ;)

We can talk about your love-life here, right? I meant to say, DAK -- good for you. Your current smoochie is by far the cutest girl I have seen you with. It really makes me proud to know that one of my oldest and dearest friends gets to engage in Reverse-Dante's Seven Levels of Ecstasy with a hottie these days.

Make sure that you don't mess this one up. (But not if it involves not getting a parrot. You getting a parrot would be the coolest pet decision of all-time. Much like how Aaron said, "You only get one chance at life -- I wanted a city bus, so I bought a city bus," I hope you realize the same thing when it comes to getting a Polly there.)

And besides that we can call you Da Pirate King
Or Barnacle, whichever you prefer...

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: DAK -- good for you. Your current smoochie is by far the cutest girl I have seen you with.

Didn't one buy him a Dell and a Dreamcast (or a PSX, can't remember)??

Can't beat that.

I would just like to add that Blue bought me my last paid for game, Rallisport, when I definitely needed it.
Finally got the "ultra-pro" levels unlocked. Can't do SHIT in em though. Still love the game. (although the bump-mapped roads will lose their charm as more games come out with that, like MotoGP)

Black Knight wrote:Yes, indeed this is 'Black Knight' - though I retired that handle long ago. I have now adpoted the name Thaumatergist (no, it's not a reference to White Wolf).

Sellout. You should never change your handle.. I mean, "Jack Straw" isn't the best and I probably should have changed it the moment I found out the prime minister of England is named that.. but it's a hell of a lot better than "Ice Cream Jonsey" or "Jethro Q. Walrustitty".

Anyway, bigups to the Black Knight himself!

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: We can talk about your love-life here, right? I meant to say, DAK -- good for you.

Hey, thanks man. FWIW, she propped you up big time after meeting you last week. Said there was just something that she couldnt quite pinpoint that she really liked about you. For my sake, its probably a good thing you live a good 2000 miles away. ;)

Make sure that you don't mess this one up. (But not if it involves not getting a parrot. You getting a parrot would be the coolest pet decision of all-time. Much like how Aaron said, "You only get one chance at life -- I wanted a city bus, so I bought a city bus," I hope you realize the same thing when it comes to getting a Polly there.)

Yeah, the whole parrot idea has toned back a bit. I just haven't read many good things about them. LOTS of maintenance, attention, etc. I already have a girl and dog who tax my resources... a parrot might put me over the edge. But I'm not ruling it out yet!

Jack Straw wrote:

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: DAK -- good for you. Your current smoochie is by far the cutest girl I have seen you with.

Didn't one buy him a Dell and a Dreamcast (or a PSX, can't remember)??

Can't beat that.

Yeah, she spent (inherited) cash out the wazoo. But she's got some serious head problems. This one doesnt have the $$, but is a lot more level-headed.

If you don't want to dilio with a parrot, I'd suggest...
A CHINCHILLA!
You can house-train it, and it'll be ludicrously cuddly & great forever.
Really, forever. The things live, like, 35 years, no joke. You can grow old together.

Chinchillas rule. What about a nice pet rock though? One you can use to brain the other pets/girlfriends when they get out of hand =) I'd suggest a platupus, but they're venemous.

-LG

Da King wrote:Hey, thanks man. FWIW, she propped you up big time after meeting you last week. Said there was just something that she couldnt quite pinpoint that she really liked about you. For my sake, its probably a good thing you live a good 2000 miles away. ;)

Well, cool. It's good when your girl gets along well with your friends, and I am happy to pump it up. My only PROTIP for others it to ensure that before handling a frisbee that the dog has whizzed on, ensure the frisbee has been adequately hosed-off by the dog's owner. Chucking it around otherwise would have probably resulted in quite a different reaction.

Da King wrote:
Hey, thanks man. FWIW, she propped you up big time after meeting you last week. Said there was just something that she couldnt quite pinpoint that she really liked about you.

It must have been that studly hockey jersey he was wearing. I'm sure it dampened the undergarments of many a patron at Damon's that night.