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More testing... this time "with quotes" -- yes, we're still looking to see if SmartyPants is working. Doesn't look like it is, gnats.
Test entry -- let's see if SmartyPants is working... well, I guess we'll know in a moment.
Well, it's the done thing, isn't it?
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Think we've been quiet? We prefer to think of it as building a bit of suspense. Imagine ominous music playing in the background.
Big announcements coming soon. Perhaps there are subtle hints nearby...
Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you. I'm about to head to North Wales to see a 101 year-old, then mid Wales to see my nieces and nephew at a random campsite somewhere. I'll be back towards the end of next week, at which point I'll resume posting films. There are lots to get through, and you'll love them. Really, you will.
In the meantime, somebody from Norway sent us a very interesting email, which was promptly eaten by a mail server move. If you happen to see this, could you get in touch again, please? jonathan[at]planet-scicast.org.uk.
Think it's been quiet over in SciCast-ville? Not so! We may have been all serene on the surface, but behind the scenes we've been trashing our way frantically through more films than ever before. More films, and later, too -- you lot don't half like leaving it until the last minute, huh?
However, our labours are starting to bear fruit. Judging for the Awards is underway, and over on the main site you'll see... dun-dun-durrrrr!
New films!
Oh yes indeed, a little flurry of them. Stay tuned for more through the week. Actually, there are enough that they'll burst through this week and into the month beyond.
The submission deadline for SciCast 2010 is: TOMORROW!
Wait -- for many schools that's right at the end of the Easter holidays, and hence about the worst possible date we could have picked. Can we be serious? Well, no, not really.
We checked and re-checked when picking the date, double-checked and checked again, and still Easter has ended up leaping out of nowhere and ambushing us. Sorry about that. However, we've always been a little... flexible about our deadlines.
If you want to enter but can't quite do it in time, go to the submission page and start the process, then upload your film and post us the paperwork as soon as you can.
So long as everything arrives next week you should be fine -- the week after may be pushing things too far, but if there are particular circumstances you can't avoid then drop us a line and we'll do our very best to accommodate you.
Just a quick notice: comments are working again at the main SciCast site. Sorry about the extended problems.
We're aware of problems with comments on the films -- you can submit comments, but they're not showing up in the moderation system, so we've no way of making them visible. It's possible that comments are simply getting lost.
Our colleagues at EngineeringUK are aware of the issue, and are working to solve it. In the meantime, our apologies.
[update Wednesday 3rd March: sorry, no change to the site so far, and we don't have an estimated fix date. We'll keep you posted.]
Notice anything different?
That's right -- no longer do you have to strain to read white text and near-invisible red links on a black background. We've finally rebuilt this blog so it's more in keeping with the rest of the SciCast site. In fact, it's even more up-to-date than the main site is, and we have all sorts of plans for things we could do with this new layout.
There will doubtless be a few niggles and problems as we work things out. We're reasonably confident that this design isn't more broken than the previous one, but if you spot anything that's gone haywire, please leave a comment here or drop us a line by email.
Internet Explorer 6
OK, so things are a little funkier than we'd intended in IE6. Sorry about that. IE6 has been past its use-by date for years, so if you can, install Firefox, Chrome or IE8. They're all much faster and more secure browsers anyway.
If you're on a managed network and can't update your browser, you have our sympathies. The site does still work, though, so you're not missing much. Please note that we're not alone in phasing out support for IE6; YouTube is about to do the same. If they can't justify the engineering resources to support a buggy nine year-old browser, SciCast certainly can't!
[update: we're receiving word that things are a little funky in IE7 as well. That's hard for me to test, but I'll see if I can get it sorted.]
