I was thinking about potentially building a section of makestation with its own mini-forum that would be used for designing plugins and themes for MyBB. It's something that I enjoy, but I can't really build a ton of themes and plugins to build an audience on my own due to time reasons. (It takes a lot of plugins to build an audience haha. )

If you are a PHP programmer or a theme designer and are interested in being a part of a such team, please let me know below and I will get back with you. If we get enough people, I think it could really work out.

I prefer to take a hot shower, as I do not like cold water.

What about you?

I believe I do not snore. What about you?

Do you find snoring annoying?

I finally managed to repair a plugin that will allow us to add special badges below a user's avatar on their posts. (Seems like a simple thing to do, but this is the first time we've actually got it working. )

If you guys have any ideas for special awards and badges, feel free to suggest them here. I'm in the process of designing some badges now, and some awesome features are to come soon.

I'm more of a nonfiction kind of guy personally, but I enjoy writing fictional stories because it gives me an opportunity to think outside the box. More often than not, it's a part of a class.

Do you enjoy writing fictional short stories?

This project is about the creation of a fictional, and yes, Earthlike world with a rewritten history. I hope to get more people collaborating, because I'd love to see this take off. I was thinking we could first do a map of the world, and then fancy it up, decide on plate tectonics and that other stuff, and then start writing history. So if anybody has suggestions for a world map, then feel free to share them here! Also, here's a basemap if you want to contribute: http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussi...1371083022

I think we should do a modern day map, based off of this: http://i.imgur.com/rBrpNut.png, and then decide on the tectonic plates. I think I also have a good map made by our good great and amazing cheeseSC4, and if he wants to share it, he can.

A little backstory: It was inspired by the collaborative world project at Alternate History.net.

Makestation now has a site blog up and running. The goal is to set up our blog here at Makestation as another dimension of the community here, and we will use it to post many site related announcements and happenings. We will also be showcasing some of the best content posted by members here in the site blog as a part of our representation of what we are as a community. Don't forget to nominate for the most epic contributor awards, as the content that is nominated might be showcased in the new blog!

So far, there isn't a whole lot of content up yet, but more will be posted very soon. Our goal is to represent what cannot easily be represented by a forum in our blog, and we do hope to get a lot of traffic directly to our blog. I think it will add a lot to the community here.

Anyway, this is our community blog, so if you guys have any suggestions, questions, or feedback on our new blog, don't hesitate to post them below!

http://makestation.net/blog/index.php

I can type at about 90 words per minute personally. What's your typing speed?

Also, you can take a simple test here: http://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/?lang=en

I found a gallery from national geographic on lightening pictures. I've always been fascinated with lightening and found a love of taking pictures, but of course trying to get a decent picture of lightening is a real pain because cameras are too slow.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.co...00x450.jpg

Anyone else found any good tricks? I want to at least get one good picture in before the summer is over.

Currently, Makestation has been a community that has been aimed at being a hub for creative content of all kinds. However, most of the creative content that has been showcased here has been related to software, technology, graphics, etc...

So, I was wondering what your thoughts were on reorganizing the community board layout to focus a little more on those topics, and to put other kinds of discussion more in the off-topic sections of the forum. I think it will help us to present a more clear picture of what we're about to guests or lurkers in the community, and will also help us to have a more clear direction as a community.

So, what are your thoughts? Be sure to vote in the poll!