F.O.R.G.E.ry

Regular readers of Mini Nerd may notice some new functionality in the navbar to the right.

Or maybe they won't see it at all, because it's not working.

In the latter case, the reason for the error is the URL you're using to link to Mini Nerd. From here on, please consider the address "www.stephenreese.com/blog" retired and out of service. The new URL is "www.mininerd.com". That's the one you need to type into your address bar for the site to work.

Right then. The first of the new functionalities is something called F.O.R.G.E. (Fantasy Object Random Generator, Eh?). It's the product of Dave's code and my words (plus some from Helms and Trueman - everyone else is welcome to suggest more). Also several hours of frustration and revision as Dave (primarily) and I labored to get the thing working. All you have to do is click the blue "I Dub Thee:" text and you'll receive a randomized silly-sounding fantasy weapon. With our current database of words, over a hundred million combinations are possible. Aww jazzy!

And hey - if F.O.R.G.E. is only amusing to that group of us who grew up together, or those nerds (mini or otherwise) who've played a Dungeons & Dragons campaign at some point in their lives, so be it. Everyone else can safely ignore the extreme geekery and perhaps make use of the new sections and links in the navbar, if they wish - these should make it easier to browse through the content stockpiled on the site so far.

Once again, regular readers: PLEASE change your Mini Nerd URL to "www.mininerd.com" and only use this address to reach the site from now on.

(Thanks to Lisa for the catch.)

Cheers,
Reese