Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with significant sadness that I must report, Gabriel (Fopsworth) Markley (who plays Linus on the Malex Minute) is leaving not only the show, but our whole team.

I would like to say that the separation is a cordial one, but that would be a lie.

In recent weeks, he grew increasingly irritated for no apparent reason, and would frequently accuse me of the most outrageous misdeeds. His attacks continued to grow increasingly personal, and despite Peter's and my best efforts, he finally went so far as to leave the team completely.

Since we were all partners in the endeavor, we were forced to buy out Fopsworth's share, leaving some doubt as to how we will be able to pay the bills for the next six months.

The stress from this whole ordeal has taken a massive toll on those of us still with the team. I have developed an acute non-trivial respiratory infarction, and overnight Peter simply shed some of his trademark fluffy golden hair.

We're not sure it will ever grow back.

I don't want to spread negative rumors about Gabriel, as he is still our brother and we still love him, despite the irreversible harm he has done to us and our endeavors. Just please don't be surprised at Linus's sudden and permanent absence from future Malex Minute episodes.

Assuming we can afford to produce any more...

ttyl

--Alex (Malex) Markley

I apologize everyone, but the splicky mission is delayed this week. Things have been so crazy with the Malex Minute Party, I haven't even gotten a chance to catch up on the forums here in many days... But I'm trying not to sacrifice any quality in rushing Splicky Mission 01x20, so hopefully when I do finish it it'll be good.

Hey everybody! I'm pleased to announce that, in celebration of the Malex Minute's second birthday, we're throwing a massive Third Year Kickoff party, and you're invited!

UPDATE! Be sure to print out copies of the PDF flier and pass them out to all your friends!

When:

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

5PM-8PM Eastern Time

Mark your calendars now!

Where:

Smoothie Brews

7256 Hazelton-Etna Road

Pataskala, Ohio 43062

Located between Main and Broad on Route 310.

Google Maps Link

Questions/RSVP:

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions. And while it's not really necessary, emailing me and telling me that you're planning on coming will help me get a rough idea of how many people to expect.

Who should come:

EVERYONE! If you like the Malex Minute, you need to come, and you need to bring all of your friends. (This is a party for all ages, and families are explicitly encouraged to come.) If you like the Malex Minute, you'll have a great time.

What's in it for me?

There will be free CDs and stickers, games, music, Snuffy's birthday cake, free pizza (while supplies last), and discounts on various smoothies and coffees. Also, see below for something so special it deserves its own paragraph! If you're not there to see it, you will kick yourself forever.

UPDATED! See below...

Things are afoot! If you ever use MalexMedia.Net™ or its associated services, this news post applies to you!

I've mentioned before that I'm currently working on a number of major new changes to MalexMedia.Net.™ These changes will ultimately alter the overall look, feel, organization, and capabilities of the web site.

Even with all the major overhauling I'm doing, I really only have two overarching goals: 1) Make MalexMedia.Net™ and all associated services easier to use. 2) Increase the capabilities of the Malex Media Network's™ media distribution services for our Client Services as well as our own internal projects. (This goal has two main subgoals: Add Features and Improve Scalability.)

At this point, I need everyone who uses this site to come up with a wishlist of things they want to see. The more people mention something, the more likely I am to actually work on it.

Tornadoes have been sighted all over Licking and Franklin counties. So... game night is canceled for tonight. (2007/08/25)

Hope the office building doesn't come down!

ttyl

--Alex

UPDATE - Looking to reschedule game night for next Saturday. That's Saturday, September 1st.

UPDATE - The warning continues to be extended. It's currently out 'till 6:30, but it might be extended again. Meh...

We have installed the new emoticons:

There they are! Malex discussed in his blog how we're going to move to a new system, and this is a step toward that! So the emoticons will hopefully fit even better with the rest of the site's look & feel when we move everything else!

What do you guys think? Do you like them as much as the old ones? Do they look ill or anything? Can you see them well?

Update 2007/07/26: The upgrade and associated downtime which is described in this article has been successfully completed. See / use the comment thread on this article for details / to report problems.

NOTICE: As of 2007/09/08 the information in this post is no longer valid. Please see this comment for more details.

Okay. I'm going to try to get this done as early tomorrow as possible, and I'm going to see about prioritizing getting ahead with Splicky Missions in the near future (so this won't happen anymore). But it's actually not too terribly late right now, so if I hurry up and get to bed, things can probably go smoothly! Who knows - I might even get the mission up before anyone even comes to look for it!

I'm sorry, everyone... The splicky mission will be delayed. But I should be able to get it in at an even more resonable time tomorrow than I have in past delayed-splicky-mission-Mondays. The reason for this has to do with the season change, I think. (And in accordance with our conversation in the chatbox ealier, Christoph Jenkins, it was not exactly because I was slacking off... )