Found this link sitting in my inbox this evening: El Mundo Del Spectrum. It's a Spanish page, tho' it appears to be hosted in Germany. Go figure.
Amongst things such as music, news, various downloads, you can find on the main page a vote-form, allowing you to nominate your favourite emulator. But, there's no sign of my fave, RealSpectrum, natch! Well, best go put in a vote for "other", then.

Scenergy reports that unused articles intended to be in Born Dead are now to be used in the 'zine Adventurer instead. The articles will appear in #12.
Also over there is a post with some news on the status of 4D demogroup. I'll not report on the post here, apart from to say that there's a photo of a very phallus-like object (albeit a mutated one). I found it amusing, but then I'm childish.

I bet you all went-a-quiver when you saw the word Naked in the headline. But alas, it's not Anna Kournikova starkers (tho' if you ask nicely...). It is in fact some pics of dismembered MB02. I'm sure this'll interest a whole bunch of you techie-types, and a few of us software people, too no doubt. You can find the pics posted on Raww Arse Archive, by the lovely LaesQ.
Now, about those Kournikova pics...

Finally, after what seems like decades of waiting, there's been an update over on WOS. Yeah, the archive has been shuffled. This new update features over 600 new items moved into the main archive, but... where's the demos??? Well, maybe we'll see them in the next update, as there's still about 7 months-worth of files in the incoming directory.

Read over on Scenergy that Light Future Group have disbanded. To quote from the post: "Everyone who had any ratio to this label, can count themselves free."
This happened on November 5th, and so far it's kinda unsure as to the (light?) future of the members. From what I can make out, the Insanity 'zine will go on an issue in some form or another. But I could be wrong. Damned translation engine.
If you want to check the LFG site, you can pop over to www.tmr.narod.ru

Blah's are good. So here's another:

• There's been a small update over on the SEMulator site. Not a new release, but a status update. The GFX routine has been speeded up, and various new features added.
• Burial Graphics Editor has had a real update, bringing the version number to a lovely v2.40. You can download this new version over at Scenergy.
• Also in the downloads section there is another GFX editor, this time from Prog Master/SMCG. The translation from Russian failed me this time, resulting in "possibility to draw ???????". I've queued it up.
• Prog Master also uploaded a his new newspaper, Du Hast. Go check it out (again over at Scenergy).
• More mags are there too, in the form of RIP. I'll leave you to work out the details, hehe. And also there's a new issue of Deja Vu from BDA
• After my note that the new version of AY Emulator was released, there's a new beta out. v2.0b2 looks like it fixes mainly the problem I mentioned with the new interface. There's also been some layout changes.
• There's another photoreport out for CC000, this one from Virtual Brothers. It's in Russian (shock!!!), but the rest of us can at least look at some new pics from the party.
• I've started monitoring the Spectrum section of Scenet, a "global demoscene" page, written in (hurrah!!!) English. I've added a link, and when I can get my arse in gear, I'll sort out a button for that and other sites.
• Another thing I found on Scenergy was mention of a new 'zine published by Perspective group. The first issue is dedicated to the humble Spectrum. And UnBEL!EVER^x7m has kindly reviewed it. Nice.

That's a sizeable chunk gone. Much of this news was grabbed from Scenergy.

Okay, you'll have noticed that throughout today's update there's been no mention of Scenergy. The site isn't down. There's been no falling out. Everything's as it should be. But...
Scenergy has a huge number of posts there, and I need to recover from my holiday. So, I'm gonna end tonight, and go through the rest of the news I have tomorrow night. I think that's sensible. But for now, I'll sleep.

Sergey Bulba has released a new beta of his superb AY Emulator. New in this release are track titles shown for .ASC and .STP files, support for EPSG files, hot-keys, and some new player frequency stuff. Also added is a new interface. But, while it looks very nice, it sadly breaks the ability to associate AY files with the emulator. I'm sure it's a simple fix, and this is only a beta. Worth grabbing all the same.

Well, I am back, in a much whiter form than you'd expect after a week sunning it in the Canary Islands. But what can you expect from spending half the time drinking, and the other half recovering!?!? Obviously there's been a whole heap o' news during the past week. In fact, due to working on "another project" before I left, there's been a whole heap o' news since the beginning of November that I've yet to report on. So, to whittle down the list, here's some doobries for ya, in no particular order:

• Chaosite has had a bit of a re-design, but only a slight alteration to the front-page. Still seems quiet as a fart in a vacuum.
• Pop over to Gas13, the site of, ehm... Gas13. Here you can find his entry into the Final Shoque competition. Check it out, it's rather good.
• Spotted on WOS that a new version of BMP2SCR has been released, bringing it up to a nice round... v1.60. I've added the program to my download queue, so I'm not sure as yet what the changes are.
• Raver has been delaying the release of the Phat0 results even more, and now the blame has fallen to Relict. Hehe. Very sloped shoulders <g>
• Sinclair Hotline will soon be updated with a new English version. This site has a wealth of information on it, so I'm sure looking forward to checking it when I can actually read it!!! For now, tho', you can read some of the English translation over on X-Agon's board.
• LaesQ has announced over on RAA that the 'zine Subliminal Extacy has been put on hold. Basically this is due to people not contributing articles. Ahem. So go forth and write creative texts, or the mag may never see the light of day. Definately a bad thing.
• A note from Savatage informed me of a redesign and slight URL-change of his site, ZXS GFX. This site is an archive of Spectrum GFX from the various demoparty's that have been held. Nice design, too.
• Remember a while back I mentioned a place you could get information on the Sprinter? Well muchos gracias to DB for pointing me to this English translation of the FAQ. It's held on the main Peters webpage.
• ZXBN now has a message-forum. The only messages there right now are in Russian (unless my eyesight is going), but it should be worth checking out.
• Had a couple URL additions too. First up is demogroup ESA, where you can find a history of the group, plus the obligatory downloads of all their productions. And also I've added Namco's page to the demoscene people-list. Okay, I know it's not entirely Spectrum related, but it is Namco, so I'll slot it in.

Well, that's a fair amount out of the way. Onto the next bits.

Well, as you'll have noticed, everything's been a bit quiet of late. Well, that's not entirely true, but I've been kinda busy, so there tends to be gaps between posts of a few days. And now it's about to get a little worse.
I'm off on holiday for a week. I'll be consuming vast amounts of beer, and will be outta reach of any computers for the whole time. But you can look on this as a good thing, as when I get back I'll have a heap o'news to write about (loads is going to happen during the week, I'm sure... I've already got a couple things ready to report on, but I have to get some sleeeeeep).
Anyway, while I'm away I recommend checking into these sites:

• RAA : I have it on good authority that there'll be some important news posted here while I'm gone, so keep an eye on this one.
• Demotopia : Your source for demos. Go make use of your bandwidth, and download!!!
• Chaosite : Seems to be rather quiet for now, but this site can surprise with some scoops.
• Scenergy : a rival? or a companion? Either way, this is a top news site, albeit mainly in Russian.
• X-Agon's page : Home of "The Board".

Of course, look down the list on the right and you'll find a load of other places for news. But the ones above are the juiciest, eh?!?
Have a good week. Back soon.