geNorNics

Press Note Archives

01-Sep-97 to 30-Apr-98

30-Apr-98
- Posted Lesson 1: An Introduction to Norn Genetics.
- Annotated the ID numbers on the CellList page with the appropriate words.
- Added links to Frimlin's Kiwi Creatures and the Creatures Development Site (including John Booth's brain utilities).
07-Apr-98
- Added 'Lessons' section - new menu button, new section on index, etc. even though I've not completed the first three lessons yet.
- Posted Lesson 2: "Ten! Two! Sixteen! Hike!" - a primer on decimal, binary, and hexadecimal numbering, and then some.
- Revised navigation links at the bottom of every page, to include a direct link to the FAQ, as well as the new Lessons section.
- Added a new counter to the Welcome page - we'll see how this one does.
24-Mar-98
- Added a new question to the FAQ.
- Added a screenshot for the 'moniker' question on the FAQ.
- Added links on the Documents page to my 'Gene Bytes' file, which lists all the (unmutated) byte sequences for every gene. Available in text and rich text formats.
16-Mar-98
- Finally added a Frequently Asked Questions document!
- Created a "How Creatures Works" document from two sections of the Genetics Kit Help File.
- Added Monika Huebner's "Gaia" gene to the Mutations.
- Corrected a few typos on various pages.
12-Feb-98
- Removed the counter from the welcome page. Although the stats were nice to have, and provided me with some useful insight into my audience, Siteflow has become increasingly unstable. The counter was just mucking up the works too much.
- Revised the text of the welcome page. Somewhere along the line some of it was lost, probably during a bad upload.
- Removed the survey questionnaire and finalized the results, which will now be listed in the Documents section. Total study period was eight weeks, with 64 respondents.
- Removed the link to Strange Genes, as I believe all the information there is now available at other, active sites.
28-Jan-98
- Updated Survey Results page (now have 52 responses).
- Added 'Norn.GNO File' (the notes from the norn.gno file) to Documents page.
- Moved all the geNorNics documents under their own header on the Documents page.
12-Jan-98
- Updated Survey Results page. I'll probably only do this again when I have collected a large batch of new responses.
- Added new award (from The Creatures Award Site - Paco Gonzalez, Alexander Laemmle, Rob Sedgebeer, and Daniel Smallman) to Welcome page.
09-Jan-98
- Added Survey Results page.
- Added new award (from Kinnison - Daniel Silverstone) to Welcome page.
05-Jan-98
- Clarified Lobe ID numbering on Lobes and Brainmap (and added a note to Errata).
- Links page:
  - Added Genetics Utilities section.
  - Removed Breeders section.
  - Marked Sparrow's Creatures Page as no longer being updated.
- Added the 'Bacchus' gene to Mutations.
- Minor edits (housecleaning) on Poses.
19-Dec-97
- Added a User Survey page.
- Lobes severely updated, with Genetics Kit information.
- Minor edit to LOA-r.
18-Dec-97
- Added animated Wizard graphic to Welcome page.
- Moved The List alternative formats to my ftp directory.
- Added Frames link to top of Welcome page.
17-Dec-97
- Added the Cell List (lobe/cell pairs) - linked off Stimuli, Instincts, Documents, and the Site Index.
- Minor edits to some pages to bring them in line with the Genetics Kit.
14-Dec-97
- Updated The List (all formats) to include Variant genes.
13-Dec-97
- Additional information added to Emitter, Stimuli, Poses, and Gaits.
12-Dec-97
- Life Kit #1 updates:
  - Receptors - two new genes.
  - Emitters - one new gene.
  - Reactions - three new genes. Also updated Formulae page.
  - Stimuli - one new gene.
  - Appearance - added sprite type #s for Forest and Ron norns.
  - Instincts - thirteen new genes.
  - Added footnotes to distinguish between variant genes.
  - ChemList updated to include Activate, Turnase, Collapsase.
  - Coming soon - a list of altered genes in the variants (not just new genes).
- Additional clarifications to Receptors, Emitters, Stimuli, Instincts.
- Minor edits to the general Subtypes page.
- In progress - adding all 20 new genes to The List (all formats).
11-Dec-97
- I went ahead and added the Locus of Attachment subpages for Receptors and Emitters. (I'm still working on a javascript that will allow me to place 'smart' drop-down menus directly on the Receptor and Emitter pages.)
- More formatting edits to the Stimuli, Receptor, and Emitter pages.
- Removed The Flipside link until I can locate it again, if it still exists.
09-Dec-97
- Ok, Ok, the new design has its downside - the color scheme may not work well in low-resolution, and the javascript messes up some browsers. I've fixed the JS, I believe, so that everything will work even if you've got it turned off in your browser. The color scheme may fluctuate a bit over the next few days as I fiddle with it ;-).
- Added some forms elements to The Header, Receptor, and Emitter pages to emphasize some points graphically. More to come.
07-Dec-97
- geNorNics gets a major facelift!!
- Added frames - now with navigational buttons on the right. There are two menus - the main menu and the subtype menu (which launches from the 'subtypes' button on the main menu). Includes a few javascript nifties for Netscape users.
- New logo, background and color scheme.
- Revised front page into 'Welcome' page and added more information.
- Added 'Site Index' page.
- Minor edits to formatting of the footers (text links, address).
02-Dec-97
- Instincts - added additional information to the lobe and cell (formerly listed as 'word') descriptions.
- Mutations - added Saturn gene.
- Appearance - very minor edit to add the "type" designation to the listing of the appearance possibilities.
- Misc. Subtypes - added links to the ChemList wherever there was a link to the chemicals.txt file (from The Norn Underground).
- Formulae - edited to list geddonase in place of 'E7' in two PM reactions.
- ChemList - geddonase was in the wrong place.
16-Nov-97
- Added Documents page.
  - Added Chemicals List document - numbers and half-lives.
  - Added Hex/ASCII Character set document.
  - Moved document links from Links page.
  - Added new link to bottom of each page.
- Links page - removed some sites, changed URLs for others.
04-Nov-97
- Added additional information derived from Appendix B of "Creatures Official Strategies and Secrets" to a number of subtype pages:
  - Lobes - began to divide things into the six sections of the lobe genes. Not quite done yet.
  - Receptors - corrected some errors regarding threshold etc., added new bit on output.
  - Emitters - added threshold/gain/smpl rate/emitter type information.
  - Stimulus - added stimulus/significance/sensory input/intensity/features information.
  - Instinct - clarifications, primarily.
- Finalized the description of the 'mutability' bits on the Header page, and revised many subtype pages accordingly.
- Added a new question to the Gait page.
23-Oct-97
- Revised the Header page so that the bits of the 'sex dependence/mutability' byte are correctly numbered now, thanks to a reminder from Lummox JR. :-)
- Minor text edits to the Subtype page section on the 'hex offset.'
21-Oct-97
- Added information on the newly defined 'sex dependence/mutability' byte on the Header page.
- Adjusted the Subtype pages to reflect this new interpretation of header information.
- Added a note to the Errata page about this major change.
19-Oct-97
- Home page - Added direct links to the various formats of 'The List.'
- Links page
  - Added links to the new biochemistry and poses files from the Norn Underground reference library.
  - Added direct link to the Nuclear Chamber section of the Norn Underground.
- Mutations page created - not much there yet.
  - Added new link to the footer of each page.
  - Moved the "Immortality" mutations from the Formulae page to this new page.
- Subtype page created, which describes the various sections of the subtype pages (not quite a 'how to use the pages' page, but close).
- Instincts - New information provided by Lummox JR.
- Half-Lives - New information provided by Jeff Krase.
- Poses - New information provided by Lummox JR and Jeff Krase.
01-Oct-97
- geNorNics receives October "Cool Creatures Page" Honorable Mention from Ancallon!
- Added Cool Creatures Page image and link to Homepage.
- Added copyright information to one article on the Links page.
29-Sep-97
- Added Formulae page with listing of reaction equations.
- Moved known reaction mutations to Formulae page.
- Added additional sublistings to Homepage table of contents.
- Corrected a typo on the Appearances page.
- Removed Shee and Ettin references on Genus page.
18-Sep-97
- Corrected a typo on the Brainmap table, pointed out by cjk@flash.net
17-Sep-97
- "Strange Genes is hot on the trail of the infamous 'Homer Gene' proposed by Gargoyle Prince Balefire, this gene increases a norn's instinct to eat by a factor of 128, though this may be a *little* too strong, so Strange Genes is looking for people who would adoptHomer and watch him carefully, see if he eats to much or perfectly or even normally."
- Added locus ID information etc. to Receptor and Emitter pages.
- Added word category/word information to Instinct page.
- Added chemical/amount information to Stimulus page.
- Added (xx,yy) positioning information to Lobes page.
- Added Brainmap page off of Lobes page.
- Added link to macros.html document on Links page.
08-Sep-97
- Updated The Header page to remove the 'six vs. seven character' discussion, as the Reaction gene discoveries effectively resolve that issue. This also required a minor edit to the Gaits page, which had included similar comments.
- Finally updated the MS Excel version of The List - altered gene subtype #'s from decimal to hex, added the extra purple mountain genes, updated the rest of the Reaction descriptions.
- Added 'Breeders' section to Links page.
- Troignipen@aol.com found a typo on the Lobes page - Thanks, Zim!
07-Sep-97
- Finished the Reaction page - the gene is completely decoded, I believe.
- Edited The List (html, word, text, rtf) to update Reaction descriptions.
- Added four Purple Mountain Norn genes (321-324) to The List (html/word/text/rtf) and to the Reaction page.
- Converted gene subtype #'s in word/text/rtf versions of The List from decimal to hex.
04-Sep-97
- Finished the first version of the Receptor page.
- Added text-only version of The List.
02-Sep-97
- Corrected classification of gene #89 on The List (from Reaction to Receptor).
- Renamed The List alternative file formats so that Win 3.x users can download.
- Converted gene subtype #'s in the HTML version of The List from decimal to hex.
- Finished the first version of the Stimuli page.
- Added new 'poses' note contributed by Lummox JR.
- Minor edits to other pages to improve consistency.
01-Sep-97
- geNorNics is launched!!
- If you have any discoveries to add, news you've uncovered, questions or problems with this site, drop me a line :-)

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