I’ve been noticing some lag in the forum. It turns out to have been the theme I was using, which I have using since I first started the site. Obviously some of the code is not as refined as it should be; I went through and started a new theme from scratch. Hopefully the forums look a bit cleaner (although much the same) and run much faster. Let me know if you find anything that looks out of place to you.
The names get weirder every time. I still remember when I first went there and my dad (misinterpreting the name) called it just Marine World. I later learned it was Marine World Africa USA, which made no sense to me at all. It’s like naming something Lava World Antarctica Greenland. How could you have a marine, oceanic world and a continent, a land mass called Africa, in a country, USA, at the same time? Every part of the name is a different location… I guess it makes the name unique though.
They later named it to Six Flags Marine World - which was fine. The name didn’t sound as awkward to say; most people I knew just called it, and still only call it, Marine World. Now they rename it to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Why? Apparently, it’s supposed to reflect the animal sections and thrill rides of the park as well. The park did not change much at all, however. Looking through the map, it looks very different from the park I remember last year, but upon closer inspection, what they really did was give everything a more cartoonish look (only on the map though fortunately).
Instead of renaming the park, Six Flags should focus more on actually improving it. It seems more or less the park is just getting ready to shut down. Six Flags Marine World actually spend the first 4 years of the millenium without any killer whales at all. The water raft ride was rarely open. The ‘DinoSphere’ 3D theater ride somehow went from escaping dinosaurs on a volcanic island, to rescuing dinosaurs, to somehow riding inside the head of a warrior, and finally to not being 3D at all (they ditched the glasses) and being a Stargate ride. One of the few rides I actually like, Starfish, they took out. They tried to add a new coaster, Zonga, but the ride was almost always closed and was shutdown after a mere 2 years. Vertical Velocity is no longer vertical, but actually shorter by 30 feet.
Instead, they go off and install a ton of kiddie areas. The first one was fine - it more or less rethemed a section of the park. They seem to be running out of ideas however, as they later plopped a rotating orca ride right amongst Roar, the go-karts, and V2. Next they get Tava’s Jungleland, which doesn’t even have a jungle by the way, and now they’re building a Thomas town.
They had me fooled for a bit when they renamed it to Discovery Kingdom; I actually thought they had something new. But it’s still just Marine World (with a lot more little kid rides than there used to be 
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I finally taught myself enough Java to make something useful (to me anyways). Have not done any real programming in ages - this really took alot more effort than it should have, but here they are:
I use these two programs primarily to rename photos and videos I take on camera. The EXIF Renamer renames your photo based on the date it was taken. The File Renamer uses the Last Modified Date (for videos and other files which lack EXIF data). These programs have helped me rename over 15000 files; I hope others find some use of it as well.
Well I’m back from my summer school program. Unfortunately, I can’t say I learned enough Java to actually do anything with it; quite the opposite - I learned nothing at all. You can take a look at some of the links in Java Resources such as Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours - stop at about half way through - and that’s as far we ever got. Not even anything on a graphical user interface (meaning the program is only text).
In any case, due to a number of projects I’m involved with, I may or may not update the site at all within the following month or so. I’ve also more or less given up on the gaming section a bit. Too much effort put into it without anything given back. This means WiB is probably discontinued and Age of Mythology/Empires III will not be seeing me again. The ”Age of” games in particular seem to have a community which is constant “rebirth” in that previous findings in the game are forgotten and refounded over and over again. I’ll probably be available for contact, but do not expect any changes or new highlights. Site is officially on standstill for now…
At the request of a friend, I’m working on some code that should cause a gallery to “hide” the photo files it shows you. You can view photos but not copy or download them (not from the site anyways). For testing, I’ve applied it to my own gallery. Over the next few days, I will tweak and hopefully improve the code further.
Please let me know if you find any breaches and are able to copy/download photos. 
Of course, it’s not going to prevent indirect copying (recording the screen and cropping) but you won’t get the full original files that way.