The video Eric Shepherd presented at this year’s roast of Geoff Weiss was not completed in time for the roast, and a shortened version was presented. The finished version is now available for download.You can check out a 320×240 version (11.2 MB) or the massive 720×480 version (475 MB). Both versions are in MPEG-4 format and require QuickTime 6..

The primary server at Syndicomm, which hosts among other things A2Central.com, Syndicomm Online, and the KFest web site, was brought down on Friday morning by a silly mistake, which unfortunately could not be corrected until Syndicomm owner and operator Eric Shepherd returned home from KansasFest on Monday afternoon. We apologize for our down time, and will be bringing various KansasFest-related news stories to you over the next couple of days..

We have switched to Google as our search engine for A2Central.com. This should result in more thorough searches of our site. Just click the Search button at the top of any page on A2Central.com!.

There is now an RSS feed of A2Central.com’s news available for those of you who aren’t Mac-heads or for some reason don’t like MacReporter. Feed this into your RSS type client program http://myrss.com/f/a/2/a2central8ye17w0.rss and enjoy!.

We have created a plugin for the popular Mac OS X “dockling” called MacReporter. MacReporter sits in the user’s dock and periodically checks their favorite web sites for new news, making them available in a popup menu for quick and easy access. Now you can be notified by your Macintosh as soon as news strikes! Download the plugin now, unstuff it, and copy it to your ~/Library/Application Support/MacReporter/Plugins folder!.

A2Central.com editor Eric Shepherd spent three weeks planning and designing the perfect April Fools’ Day prank for the A2Central.com, Juiced.GS, and Syndicomm web sites, as well as the New York subway system and the Eiffel Tower, but canceled the plans moments before deployment after remembering the complaints he got after last year’s article claiming that Syndicomm had bought GS/OS from Apple Computer.

“It’s just not worth the trouble,” Shepherd said. “It’s too bad, too, because I had already bought 24,000 gallons of sky blue paint. I’m not going to be able to recoup that selling it all on eBay.” He paused briefly to tuck a bottle of Chanel No. 5 and a box of white lab rats under the sofa before adding, “Humorless goobers have ruined another American tradition.”.

Ken Gagne has updated his feature article on Apple II CD-ROMs. You can check out the latest information here..

We have launched our new Newbie Zone, a section of our web site just for new Apple II owners. While it’s a little sparse right now, it will evenually include links to information on setting up your Apple II and how to use it. Right now, the Newbie Zone contains a link to download our $2 system software disk order form..

We hope you like our new site design! While it’s similar to our old design, we’ve made changes that will make it a lot easier for us to maintain and add content to A2Central.com, so that hopefully in the future we’ll stay even more up-to-date with the latest news and helpful hints for all Apple II users..

The newly-revised site is, as you’ve probably noticed, still a work in progress. However, the adjustments we’ve made will allow our content to be brought back up to speed in a hurry..

Syndicomm announced today that their new online store is open for business. With a new secure server and an easy-to use shopping cart, this replaces the old, hard to use online store. Support for user reviews, accurate computation of shipping (including international shipping) and direct support for accepting credit cards online securely is all provided. Check it out at http://store.syndicomm.com! .