What's New

16 The Sun 18 AA

• Much more than a year this time. We have Chris Keeling to thank for this one. He has kindly converted the FrameMaker files that held Outlands since its last publication (1994 AD/4 AA) and created for us a PDF version. Download it from the games or downloads section. Thanks Chris!

6 The Chariot 15 AA

• Well, it has been exactly a year since my last update... Bizarre coincidence? Mayhap. I basically wanted to note to people that as the Tropist Yahoo group is again in its death throws (and not looking like being saved), and me receiving over 100 spam emails a day to the many and various email addresses used on the site, the only email address I will reply to is the webmaster one.
• I hope everyone is well in their lives.
• For anyone who needs a shot of religion: www.epsilonprogram.com

6 The Chariot 14 AA

Webbie Rant

• It has come to my attention that Brightview, the owners of FreeNetName, cancelled access to my Dicordia-Inc domain, but kept the rest of my 'account' alive. So, the emails they sent me regarding questions about why this had happened etc were sent to my discordia address, where as I had no idea it was accessible, no modem to try (hence the reason for losing the account in the first place).
• So, really they did not disable my account, they just stopped access to the 'free' domain name in a bid to make money (all the 'reactivation' options involved money). This money they duly got, but it sticks in the craw.
• My other 'main' email address with Totalise is also under threat - Totalise is owned by Brightview (a company whose frontpage joyfully claims "We have grown rapidly by acquisition " - oh good). They are changing the way you can use the Totalise email service so you have to phone the ISP's number before being able to send email. And the 30 day account time out is also here, too.
• ISPs don't go in for service to the customer unless the customer is paying a large amount of money for the service. Everyone who agrees with this state of affairs is either American or a Capatilist. Or both, I guess. And probably doesn't begrudge it. :-)
• Anyway, what this means is that the 'Freenetname' servers still have the DI site on (as it was upto July 2003) as www.users.freenetname.co.uk/~cokaigne/, and I think everyone should go look at the site there, and download all the downloadable stuff. Remember to press refresh lots, and maybe tell other people about it. This will make a tiny, imperceptible hit on Freenetname's servers, and no-one will notice. But, all-in-all justice will have been served.
• Bastards.

1 The Hierophant 14 AA

• Well, hasn't it been a while. There isn't much new at present, but I thought it was worth mentioning that the website has moved (although the address remains the same), due to the original ISP changing it's rules. You now have to dial in at least once every 30 days. Sounds OK, but one has to pay for that - plus I had lent my modem to someone else as I hardly use it.

  So Spiral gamely suggested hosting the site in the ihobo webspace. Luckily the huge amount of traffic this site generates will only serve to enhance the ihobo page-hit stats.

  Seeing as the site has changed so little, I throw open the doors to everyone to send stuff they would like to see on the site. The address remains the same: webmaster@discordia-inc.co.uk. Of course, I have done this before and received nothing, so I am fully prepared...

  With the demise of the Tropist email group, some Monks handing in their Monkiness, and d8mers becoming rare, maybe parts of this site need removing. Or maybe the whole site needs to go. Let's see if anything but the Guestbook sees any action.

10 The Demon 12 AA

• More photos. In the Rogue's Gallery. Go look now. Oh, and thanks to Iris for supplying them!

2 The Hermit 12 AA

• Well, one day after the last update, you lucky people get a little more. There are now photos of my new little female feline friend, Saffy in the Gallery. Enjoy.

2 The Hermit 12 AA

• It's been a while, but there a few new things to look at. Firstly, there are a few new pictures on the Rogue's Gallery. Secondly, there is a new section in the Gallery called, Do You Know?. This section is an excuse to put up old photos of friends that you have lost touch with, in the small hope that this page will be seen either by them or someone who know them now.

  Of course, there is a very small chance it will happen, plus they might not want to get back in touch with you anyway... Who cares :-).

8 The Lovers 12 AA

• To (hopefully) round off one of your Webbie's shittiest years, my cat, Avatar died. Yup. What a wonderful world we live in. He was only 5, and should have had at least another 5 fun filled years. Go figure. For those of you who knew him, and for those of you who should have, I've put a page of pictures up. Go look.

14 The Magician 12 AA

• Well, there's not been a lot of new stuff recently (i.e. none). Mainly due to horrible things happening to your Webbie. Ho hum.
• But, lo! You will have noticed the front page has changed. This is to help promote the Acting Polyfather's newly e-published book, 'Downtime'. The first book to be e-published by a 'member' of the Cabal... Woo. I think you'll all join me in wishing his Spiralness all the best with this venture. If you want to see what all the palaver is about, go here. If you already know about the book, and just want to purchase it, go here.

10 Death 11 AA

• Presumably you have seen the changes to the front page.
• The long-awaited Saints - On-Line have been added to the site. Ever wanted to know if Elrod of Melvinbone was a Saint already? Head on over to Saints - The Final Frontier, and have a look-see. If you want to see the rest of the Saints and Anti-Saints on-line, type them in and send them to webbie@discordia-inc.co.uk
• Not New anymore, but still quite exciting is our first ever competition. Come and have a go if you think you're weird enough...
• Don't forget (like you could if you tried) that it's Swik 11 this year. Read all about Swik here.

5 The Hangman 11 AA

• We now have a competition! Hurrah. Yes indeedy, win yourself a brand spanking new copy of Shifter. If you don't know what Shifter is, don't worry, you want it anyway. (Oh, OK, it's an RPG based on time travel and debauchery).

4 Temperance 11 AA

• The latest RPG to hit our shores, has urm, well hit. It's cool, it's based on a 70's comic, it's easy to play, it's Micronauts. And best of all, the HTML version is freeeee....

3 Temperance 11 AA

• The Gallery has changed slightly. And there is more stuff there too. The recent acquisition of a digital camera by Discordia Incorporated's parent company has meant a relative explosion of colour on the website. I still haven't received any pictures of the Spiral and Iris melding ceremony, and have no scanner access at present, so watch this space.
• Oh, and send me more stuff to put up.

10 The Lovers 11 AA

• All new, and exciting! Yes it certainly is...
• You really want to know? Oh, ok, well you can now generate your Avatar characters with ease, using Discordia Incoroporated's (patent pending something) Avatar Player Character Generator. Get the setup files now and install the almost-beta version...
• And so as not to break from the norm, I'll do the usual request for feedback etc. You know the address (and if you don't you can probably just click here and make these applications do the work for you...).
• Go on, make your webmaster feel loved...

3 The Magician 11 AA

• The latest sub to the site comes in the form of a rant from Captain Whimsy. Find out why VLARP is broken, here. Come on the rest of you...

1 The Magician 11 AA

• If you've ever looked at the Downloads section, this bit's for you.
  I finally got round to zipping the relevant html files together for some games downloads (i.e. the reason for having the section there...). They unzip (or self-extract) into a common folder, with the relevant stuff in a folder below. I've already explained some of this in a bad way here, so I won't go into it again.

  As usual, petitions for things to appear in the Downloads or any other section (Thanks Cpt Whimsy, your sub will appear shortly), to webbie@discordia-inc.co.uk.

10 The Fool 11 AA

• The all-new, singing and dancing (ahem), straight-into-the-second-decade version of BZDate, cunningly titled BZDate2K, is now available in the Downloads section. Huraah! It has a few bugs fixed, and is now even more FestivalAware^TM. Download yours now, for an all new, cheap rate of free (or: however much it cost you to connect to the internet multyplied by download time). Enjoy.

  By the way, I'll use this space to make a shout out to my programming partner, Count Bob (one), without whom, I wouldn't have re-written the program, made it harder to understand, but ultimately made adding festivals *extremely* easy, which is pretty cool. Cheers mate. I think that's all, thanks for the award, I'll be off back to my table...

9 The Fool 11 AA

• Well, the Golden Apple is winning the contest so far, and knowing I'm not going to get any other responses, I'm going to agree that it looks best on the menu. If I'm overwhelmed with other ideas, I'll be f***ing amazed.

6 The Fool 11 AA

• The Polyfather has, in his special way, 'replied' to the Truth is Out There article by Jehanine (the only article submitted to the website from anyone other than The Polyfather). Oh, I guess you want a link then? Tsk.
• We also have a spanky 'new' logo for Discordia Incorporated. I am now issuing forth a request for opinions on whether the new logo should replace the golden apple above the menu. Email me by clicking here, then actually writing something and then remembering to send it to me. Or, if you can't face the scariness of emailing me (after all, everyone is), go and make your feelings known on the Guestbook. Go on, make a Webmaster happy today...

10 The World 10 AA

• If you didn't notice the new front page, then you are now certified Blind. You have our commiserations...
• Not sure who you are? Or are you only occasionally confused? If so (or whatever) you can now find out who you are (and what it all means) at the all new, singing and dancing Spiral Lobster's Myers-Briggs Personality Testorama. (singing and dancing facilities may not be operational... or indeed apparent at all. Don't worry, they are subliminal (honest)).

7 The Moon 10 AA

• Jehanine has requested I remove the scan of the newspaper article she appeared in. Apologies for those who missed it... What am I saying - why don't you visit more often? Eh? Feel free to petition me, but I can only put it back with her consent...
• I forgot to mention (and doubtless you all noticed anyway...), that we have a spanky newish hit counter on the front page. Right at the bottom - yes, you'll have to scroll way, way down there, past the Web Ring gubbins you never look at... That's right. And it probably takes a little while to load.

  But it just goes to show how much it means to us that you visit. We count every single one of you, and wish we could charge an entrance fee. MWA haha.

2 The Moon 10 AA

• Jehanine has been battling the Manchester City Council. Get an almost exclusive look, here, now! [removed by request - Webbie]

  This article may well move to the d8mer section at a later date, but for now it resides in the Rogue's Gallery.

11 The Tower 10 AA

• Clipped from Life Magazine (you should have received yours at birth), this invaluable coupon (actual value 0.00000052p) will bring new meaning to your life. So why are you still reading this...? Oh you want to know where it is do you? Tsk, no-one makes an effort anymore... [Click Here]

8 The Demon 10 AA

• The Rogues Gallery has (at last) been extended. There is a mission to get all the Monks hung here (in the Gallery sense). So send me pictures of yourselves (or, preferably each other as they're always more embarrassing!).

  By the way, does anyone know if the non-human monks have access to the internet? It seems a shame that they don't get to enjoy this as much as the rest of us (well me at least...).

7 The Hanged Man 10 AA

• Now with JavaScript. Yes, your ever working webmaster has gone to new lengths to make the website more exciting. Well, actually dabbling in JavaScript and trying out stuff on the web site is probably a more accurate description.

  At present the excitement extends only as far as changing the Status Bar on your browser when the mouse is over the menu items to the left. (The Status Bar is the grey bar along the bottom of the screen, above the task bar). I don't think you can turn it off in Netscape Navigator, but if you use Internet Explorer, you can set the Status Bar by clicking on View and then Status Bar. Hopefully your webmaster will extend this wonder as his knowledge increases (but don't count on it ;-)

  As always, email me with anything you would like to see here.

10 The Wheel of Fortune

• The Downloads page now has a download on it. Get your Byzantium Date Converters now!
• Remember that this is a web site for the Tropist Monks of Byzantium, and if there is anything you want to see on these hallowed pages, let me know. I can only say, "You must be joking you sadistic bastard!", so there's really nothing to lose!

3 The Hierophant

• The Sales page is finally there. So you now you all know what to do to buy a Discordia Incorporated product. There are still details that need sorting (like the address to send monies to), but apart from little asides like this (cough), we are ready to be drowned in cash.

9 The High Priestess

• Downtime gets its first airing on the web. The book is written by Spiral Lobster, the highest-selling UK Discordian author and Acting Omni-Benevolent Polyfather of the Virginity in Gold for the entire Discordian Society. So go forth and enjoy this 5 chapter taster.
• The largest d8mer article to date - The Many Worlds Roundabout - hits the digital shelf. I mention this article specifically because it had a huge amount of fiddly footnotes to sort out. Don't let this put you off though! The footnotes are fun, and the text is informative. Go now.

1 The High Priestess

• We are now part of The Ring of Fnords. This means that from the front page, you can gain access to other like (?) minded discordian's web sites. Excited? Of course you are. It will also allow other discordians to come and see us (Welcome!).
• Shifter now has a character sheet to look at. This makes it almost finished. Which is pretty good, all things considered.

4 The Emperor 10 AA

• Sorted out an off-site (but pretty cool looking) guestbook.
• Finally 'finished' an RPG, admittedly it is the shortest, Contract^TM. Basically, you can now have a look at the character sheet. Hurah!

3 The Emperor 10 AA

• d8mer becomes partially digital! Check out the Tropist Monks of Byzantium's official newsletter, or at least the parts we thought were printable...
• There's a photo of Spiral Lobster in the Gallery (renamed from the 'Art & Picture Gallery' to save space)
• Biff arrives in the Games section. It's a table-top battle game with a difference.
• Still a few problems with CSS and Netscape, but mainly minor ones...

4 The Empress 10 AA

• Slight site changes (hopefully invisible!)
• Contract^TM added to Games section
• Some files updated (ie The Swikvent in Stuff)
• Rogue's Gallery added to Art & Pictures Gallery