I must admit something - I've been very bad and skipped the gym for 3 weeks! I wasn't sitting idle, of course, but the change in the season and all the recent gardenwork left me with little inclination to continue. Now that I've started going again, though, my energy levels have perked up and I'm feeling slightly prowly all the time again. I seem to have lost a little strength and endurance, but I'm hoping to make it back in a couple of weeks. I'm definately not gonna have a sixpack for EF, but...

To those of you who haven't been keeping an eye on my blogs, I hope you like the new feature currently in beta and visible to Premium Subscribers.

A simple idea really, the buddy activity box displays a quick list of content that has been made available since your last visit. It currently informs you:

• Every time a user 'favorites' an image in your gallery.
• Every time a buddy/friend adds a blog.
• Every time someone comments in one of your blog entries.
• Every time a

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Ok, progress is coming along quite quickly now! I've written the main classes for accessing the database and even got the 'recent additions' box working a treat. Now I just have to write the pages that process the information & show the data and we'll be sorted!

I think I might bite the bullet and actually write the 'new images' page first. Wish me luck! I'm hoping to have all this content out into public beta in the next few weeks.

PS. If you want a look at...

For my next Biorust-related project I am hoping to develop a 'recent additions' box. This will fit in at the top of the screen and function much like the one in Deviantart. This will be distinct from the one in the current 'sidebar' in that it will only show things that relate to YOU (or your friends as approproate). Stuff like:

• A listing of all new comments on your gallery submissions since your last visit.
• New blog entries by your friends
• New Images submitted to the gallery

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Sorry guys, but it appears that I will be unable to offer automatic PDF downloads after all. I tried several free server-side scripts, all of which have one fatal flaw - they don't 'float' content & images. This may seem a minor problem, but nearly all our tutorials have images in the middle of text, and the result of this when its uploaded to the PDF scripts is HORRID! There are, of course, commercial scripts that don't have this flaw... but the cheapest is £1500!!!!

If you still...