http://blog.14meters.com sport fencing problems attacked with technology. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:07:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Again, its been a while since I've had time to specifically work on the 14m site itself.  But, I wanted to shoot out a quick update on what things are happening and what the plans are. First, as some people probably know already, I've been spending some time trying to help ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/10/things-in-the-queue/ Although I've not posted any good updates to the site lately, I just wanted to make sure to let everyone know that progress is being made.  Journal is closer to done.  Test has been incrementally improved.  And there are other things in the works that are related, but that I ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/08/progress/ I took some time and greatly improved the referee practice test.  There's a lot more flexibility and options available, although random is still truly random. http://blog.14meters.com/2009/06/referee-test-improvements/ Previously, http://test.14meters.com went to the collaborative referee test.  I decided to co-opt it for other purposes.  Now, http://test.14meters.com contains the most up-to-date version of the code that I'm willing to release to the public.  It is most likely full of bugs, but if you want to see where I'm going ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/06/test-sever/ So, I'm in the middle of developing something for fun, but I realize that I want to also release this to the public-at-large.   I'm (slowly) building an online fencing journal applicaiton.  The point of it would to compliment and perhaps eventually replace the standard paper-based fencing journal.   The intent ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/05/14meters-online-fencing-journal/ Now open for business is a simple Collaborative Referee Test. It works like this: it displays a random question. You pick and submit your answer, and it adds your answer in to the answer pool. Then, on the next page, the previous question is re-displayed with a count ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/05/collaborative-referee-test/ So, after taking a look at pageviews and traffic and such, by far, the most popular venture we've done here has been the one post about the fencing shoes (link). Go figure. Even moreso than the main application. So, in the spirit of that, I'm throwing up a simple, ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/03/fencing-shoes-product-blog/ Due to a massive lack of participating going on with the main 14m application and the upkeep/headaches/overhead it requires to keep it running, I've made the decision to take it down.  Too bad, really.  I liked the concept, but the community was unsustainable.  Only approximately 1% of the live traffic ... http://blog.14meters.com/2009/03/a-change-in-direction/ http://wiki.14meters.com Nothing in there just yet, but its open for use with the public.  I've yet to figure out exactly what it should be used for.  I've been contemplating things from documenting common Fencing questions to putting up a draft version of the rulebook with an effort to revamp the system. Thoughts? http://blog.14meters.com/2008/09/wiki-opened/ EDIT: Some of the links below are out of date. In addition, due to the strong response we recieved about this page, we have opened a new website devoted entirely to fencing shoes -- Fencing Shoes. Creative name, no? Well, simple name, simple presentation, but hopefully useful ... http://blog.14meters.com/2008/09/big-list-of-fencing-shoes/