I currently have around 700 or so songs. I'm starting to fill up my 8GB micro-SD card.

How many songs do you have on yours?

There has been a lot of discussion about IP.Board 4 on the official developmental blog for IPS services. They haven't release too many details, but generally people are expecting a release in early 2014.

So far, they are saying that a considerable amount of their codebase will be completely rewritten, and they will completely overhaul the entire file structure, plugin system, etc... Personally, I've always liked IP.Board as it is now, but there are evidently a few things that could be done more efficiently, and to hear that they are working to deal with some of those issues in the new version will be nice.

IP.Board has also promised a more modern look with their new software, which will be intersting to see, and the software suite will now be called "social suite." Honestly, I'm not too much of a fan of the new naming and branding, but IP.Board seems to be pretty confident that it will be a good change.

Anyway, so far, IP.Board 4 looks like it will be a very interesting release. What are your thoughts?

Currently, the three main contenders for paid software are vBulliten, IP.Board, and Xenforo. Burning Board seems to have its own user base, but it doesn't really seem to compete well with the other options out there, at least at first glance. vBulletin has gone downhill a bit too ever since the release of VB5, but recent updates seem to be recovering the product a bit.

Personally, if I were to choose to go for paid software, I would probably use either Xenforo or IP.Board. Xenforo seems to be more "progressive" as a forum software solution, but IP board has a reputation for a very complete product designed for professional communities. Of course I'm quite happy with MyBB at the moment as well. MyBB's customization is difficult to match, hands down.

Anyway, as far as paid software is concerned, which is your personal favorite? Be sure to vote in the poll!

Here are some funny videos I've found lurking around. Feel free to share some of your own findings in this thread as well.

The "mediocre love song" (as I'm calling it)

You should install this:
http://mods.mybb.com/view/default-avatar
This way people won't be using the bad-looking default mybb avatar.

What are some things you can do well now that you weren't able to do three years ago?

For me, programming PHP, JS, and HTML/CSS is all something I have learned in the past 18 months. Three years ago I was still doing C++/Python.

Personally, I'm one to love just about any kind of forum that isn't in an overcrowded niche. I've started to really love a few new communities lately, and as long as they have a unique character and feel as a community, I enjoy them.

What is your favorite forum genre?

I am pleased to announce that today, Makestation is now five months old. We also recently hit 100 members and 5,000 posts, making today a good day to release our very first community newsletter.

I play Minecraft. I just started a new single player world, and also play multiplayer, both survival and creative.

In my new CSP (creative single-player) world I decided I was going to build a castle first. It didn't take me long to find a hill in a forest which I would build it on. I immediately named it Castle Hill, and the finished building would be named Hill Castle.



After clearing the hill and starting the foundation...



Then the foundation was completed and I started on the ground floor walls...



And soon most of the walls were completed.



I decided to do a few more upstairs rooms before putting the roof on.





I decided on just doing some simple stairs at the entrance..



And the finished building viewed from a distance.

So I wrote down a number between -2 and 87 today, and I have that stored somewhere so that I will remember it. The first person who guesses this number correctly will be awarded $100 station cash.

I will tell you if the number is lower or higher on each guess. Obviously, only one guess at a time.

EDIT: Turns out station cash isn't appearing on the postbit. I'll fix that soon. It's related to the MyBB update to 1.6.11.