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• Posted By Alfred-o

  Jun 28 2008 10:20 pm

  Change and a Reboot.

  So if you read the strip from Thursday, you probably are wondering if we'll ever update properly and on time. The answer is yes, we will update properly and on time. We will have two updates a week. One of them will be drawn by Dan, one of them will be poorly drawn by me. That said, we will update every Monday and Thursday. On Monday, we'll have the strip drawn by Dan, and Thursday we'll have the strip drawn by me. That will change as Dan's drawing skills improve. Once he is able to draw strips more efficiently, he will produce them more often. Probably we'll go up to three updates a week. Dan's two updates will be on Monday and Friday, and I'll have mine on Wednesday. If you're wondering about our credibility to actually update when we say so, we will, because we are producing strips a week ahead of time. We've got the next four strips by Dan and I ready, so we can say we're not gonna miss an update for the next two weeks.
  
  Next thing I wanted to talk about is the comic comment system. We got attacked by bots once, so the comments are now moderated. When there is a new comment, we get notified via email and we have to approve the comment. As the site grows, this system will be hard to keep track of. We got two options, we could turn off the moderation, or integrate the comments with the forum.
  
  If we integrate the comments with the forum, everytime a new comic is uploaded, a new thread will be automatically created in the forum, and the posts made in there will be shown on the page with the comic. This requires you to have a forum account to make a comment.
  
  I'm not too sure on which system to use. I would like some feedback from those who are actually visiting SWIDT. Leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think.
  
  -Ultimate Alfred

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• Posted By Alfred-o

  May 22 2008 4:15 pm

  Datatron

  So Ladytron is currently touring with Datarock right now, and they showed up to my city. For me, it was a dream come true, because I'm a huge Datarock fan. I know their band history pretty well (I think) and I enjoy Fredrik Saroea's old stuff from 2001, (mainly because of Le Theme De Transformers). Because Datarock is from Norway, they don't tour North America often, and I've been waiting to see them live for years.
  
  Of course, most of the people went to see Ladytron, as they are more well known than Datarock (except in my world, where I only learned about Ladytron because of this tour). To prepare for the show I bought Witching Hour so I could enjoy them.
  
  Now onto the review:
  
  Datarock started the show, and they were awesome. They were very energetic, hillarious and they interacted with the crowd. Even though most people didn't know who they were, they're fortunate enough to enjoy the energy that Datarock provided. It's a shame Datarock's album, Datarock Datarock, is nothing like seeing them live.
  
  Ladytron was a disappointment. When I go to a live show, I expect to hear something different, not the same crap they produce in studio. They might as well have lip synced. Although they played very loudly, I would say they were more quiet when compared to Datarock. They didn't interact with the crowd much, and weren't as energetic... but then Ladytron is sort of gothic and their music isn't that energetic. I won't deny that more people there enjoyed Ladytron more than Datarock. I also won't deny that I enjoyed their light show.
  
  After all of this, I learned a valuable lesson. Saying "What's a Ladytron?" when Ladytron comes out on stage is a good way to get someone to punch you in the face. Of course, the punch doesn't hurt if you're a man. Or if you been drinking too much Tequila.
  
  -Ultimate Alfred

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