To all past participants:

If you are still offering your Halloween treat on your website, you can request that a link be added to your entry in the yearbook(s). Simply email me with the link that you want added.

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The site has been updated with the new information for 2010. You can sign up to join next year’s Neighborhood, download the new Flash banner, or browse through the 2009 yearbook.

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If you’re a big Haunted Mansion fan, you probably like the song “Grim Grinning Ghosts.” Let’s face it, you know the song by heart, and you’re constantly thumbing through the Internet for various versions performed by different artists. I have a collection of my own.

On Friday, the band Windows to Sky will be releasing a “Haunted Mansion video, CD, and mp3.” I first heard the band’s rendition of the Haunted Mansion score on episode #46 of Mousetalgia, and I fell in love with it. I also found a performance on YouTube where they played a portion live. According to the Mousetalgia episode, Windows to Sky performs the entire attraction soundtrack! If that’s what’s getting released this Friday, I’ll be one of the first to buy!

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Well, I’ve found a webring program, and I’ve done some experimenting. It seems to be working beautifully aside from some minor installation issues.

At first glance, the navigation works without a hitch, and I was tempted to implement it right away. But, with all of the glitches finally worked out for this year, I decided not to tempt fate. Plus, some additional testing would be nice.

Unfortunately, to use the software, I’d have to upgrade the Doorless Chambers’ hosting package, which costs $2 more per month. Pennies add up, and being nickled & dimed to death isn’t fun. But, if an extra $24 per year will relieve me of the start-up headaches (this year was worse than last year) and make everything run smoother, I’m all for it.

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With the rough start of both years, I’ve come to the conclusion that steps need to be taken to ensure smoother launches.

When participants do not have their websites ready, they have to be skipped. That involves contacting everyone and hoping that they all change their navigation links so that bad (I use that term loosely) websites are skipped.

Since the Doorless Chambers event is basically a webring, I will be looking into new software for next year. I should be able to immediately circumvent any misdemeanor websites and reinstate them at will. That will make a much smoother launch, minimizing dead/bad links.

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Would you like to see something twisted this Halloween? How about some nightmarish Disney heroine artwork by Jeffrey Thomas?

These pieces remain faithful to the characters while deforming them to be beautifully gruesome. I particularly like the rag doll appearance of Megara. And, best of all, you can download the full-size images for free. I think they’d make great Halloween cards!

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Oh, what an excellent website! Countdown to Halloween compiles a list of websites that celebrate Halloween all month long. Many of them are blogs, and some will have a daily post, but they’ll all have changing content.

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