New Theme, New Structure

You may have noticed a change in the way that FanaticSpace is structured. I finally got tired of trying to build a decent layout and bought one that I could tweak. I decided to use the magazine version of the Revolution theme for a couple of reasons.

My priorities were multiple layout options and site wide consistency.  I even toyed with the idea of switching to a CMS like Drupal that could handle blogs, forums and any kind of page I might need. Another advantage of a CMS would be integration of everything into one account. In the end I decided against the all in one solution. While it does handle everything, it doesn’t handle it in the way that I want.

I decided that I would use the tools I’m familiar with. Now that I have a theme that I like, I can get back to work on content and community building.

Anime Fans Online Movie Casting Game

You might know that I also write an anime blog for 451 Press called Anime Fans Online. I thought I’d let you know that I’m starting a game up over there. If it works ok, I might bring the idea over to FanaticSpace too.

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Six Kills Humans, Saves Animals

Tricia Helfer Helping Animals

Renee from PETA was kind enough to drop me a note and let me know that Tricia Helfer will be appearing in a new ad campaign. You might know her as Six, the sexy Cylon bombshell from Battlestar Galactica.

I think this is one of the better PETA ads I’ve seen, and I’m including the ones with naked boobs. Now, if only there were a way to combine the two…