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  1. Kevin

    Announcements Awalkerbit.me Community Merged With Cool Sci-fi!

    Today we have merged our sister site, A Walker Bit Me (AWBM), into Cool Sci-Fi. AWBM started life as a fan forum for the AMC TV series The Walking Dead and eventually morphed into a general horror forum. After more than a year of effort into AWBM it was apparent that the two genre forums, one...
  2. Alien Soup

    Announcements Alien Soup alerts now available with Pushover!

    Last year we rebooted Alien Soup with all new software. One of the big advantages we gained was that our site theme is now responsive on mobile devices like iPads and smart phones (most of the staff are Android fans but we do our best to accommodate iPhone users as well) without having to use a...
  3. Kevin

    Announcements Forum Changes

    We are re-organizing the forums a bit, trying to see what works, what doesn't. There will likely be more tweaks as we go along. If you have any suggestions or notice anything weird please let us know!
  4. AWalkerBit.Me

    Announcements The Walking Dead midseason 4 return contest!

    To celebrate the return of The Walking Dead season 4 we have are having a mini contest! :woot: There are two prizes that will be awarded. :cool: $25 Amazon Gift Card! :wideeyed: A $25 USD Amazon.com gift card will be rewarded to the person who has the most on-topic posts for a week...
  5. Kevin

    Announcements New Multi-Quote feature!

    One more new feature at AWBM to talk about and that is the multi-quote feature! Previously if you wanted to reply to several different people in a conversation you would have to click the 'reply' button & respond one at time or manually copy & paste what you wanted to quote. Now you can...
  6. Kevin

    Announcements How to use the AWBM Spoiler button tag!

    The 'spoiler' tag is back at AWBM! :cool: You have two different ways of creating a spoiler button tag, either with a title or without. Here are examples of the spoiler button tag with & without a title... ... results in the following buttons! You can either manually type in the...
  7. Kevin

    Announcements NBC Videos Now Embeddable

    You can now embed NBC videos directly here at AWBM! :cool: From shows like Saturday Night Live to Jimmy Fallon and any number of their drams & comedy shows, there is a ton of entertaining videos. To embed videos you have three ways of doing it. You can either... Click on the little movie...
  8. Kevin

    Announcements AMC Videos Now Embeddable

    Recently while checking out the The Walking Dead season 4 mid-season trailer I noticed that the videos AMC posted to sites like YouTube & other video sites were slightly different from the videos that they posted to their own AMCTV.com site. When viewing videos on their site they allow you get...
  9. AWalkerBit.Me

    Zombie Outbreak Response Team Decal

    When the zombie apocalypse happens people will be looking for help. Identify yourself as a member of the Zombie Outbreak Response Team with this white vinyl decal sticker that is perfect for placing on your car or truck window! These are huge 5" decals that will be easily visible to the...
  10. Kevin

    Announcements New Smilies!

    Keeping with the zombie & horror theme of AWBM, check out our new smilies! Thanks to @Shelley for making these available. :cool: Be sure to click on the smiley image in the editor to check out our other smilies as wel! ;) :zmad: = :zmad: :zcool: = :zcool: :zo_O: = :zo_O: :zspeechless: =...
  11. Kevin

    Announcements A Walker Bit Me (a Walking Dead community)

    Lately I've been really been getting into the world of The Walking Dead, so much so that... well, any of you old enough to remember the old Remington commercials? Remington was a big name in electric shavers and back in the 1980s the owner appeared in a series of commercials saying that, to...
  12. AWalkerBit.Me

    Announcements AWBM Mini-Contest #1: What is Rick's Patrol Car Number?

    As part of the new crew taking care of AWBM they will be holding little 'mini-contests' for the AWBM survivors! The mini-contests have no set schedule, topics or prize limits. They can be be held anytime for anything so be sure keep an eye out for them. ;) Mini-Contest #1: Before the...
  13. AWalkerBit.Me

    Announcements Maintenance - May 21, 2013

    Please be aware that we will be doing some maintenance during the late evening of Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Nothing major, just some software updates. No downtime is expected but you may see some irregular items while the updates are in progress. As a rule of thumb times & dates referenced by...
  14. AWalkerBit.Me

    Announcements Walkers Broke Into The AWBM HQ!

    The web server that hosts AWalkerBit.Me was secured in a remote location in a former office complex in the South US. Sheldon bunkered down and was able to keep the site up & running to allow the pockets of survivors to keep in touch with each other. Last week we lost contact with him! A...
  15. Kevin

    Announcements Early Cool Sci-Fi Conversations Restored

    Yesterday I came across an backup of the site that pre-dated the Great Crash of '07! The backup was from late 2005 which means that we are still missing a gap of time between then & the Great Crash. The good part though is it also means that all of those very early discussions on Cool Sci-Fi...
  16. Sheldon

    Announcements Welcome back!

    It has been a bit, but we are back, and ready to once again go at it. Quite a bit has changed since your last update, and there are some new things coming this way. I look forward to seeing you all back browsing and enjoying AWalkerBit.me once again! -Sheldon
  17. Alien Soup

    Announcements Azhria Lilu has joined the Cool Sci-Fi team!

    Azhria Lilu has joined the Cool Sci-Fi team as a new moderator! :cool: Azhria is an avid book reader that enjoys a wide variety of different genres. In addition, she is also skilled at working with forum designs and has years of experience in various forum communities. Be sure to ask her...
  18. Alien Soup

    Announcements Cool Sci-Fi Forums Reboot!

    Sometime in the next few days when you visit Cool Sci-Fi you will be greeted by an entirely different forum! :eek: We have been on our current software platform, vBulletin, for quite a number of years now and the time has come for a change. After a lot of thought on the subject we are...
  19. AWalkerBit.Me

    Announcements Introducing our new Co-Owner....

    We would like to announce we have finally added another passionate Walking Dead fan to the site. Azhria Lilu She is very experienced in forums, loves the show, and is on the same mindset we are as far as bringing the best possible experience from a fansite you can have. I have viewed her work...
  20. Sheldon

    Announcements Congrats to our New Year's Eve Marathon Winner!

    We had 12 awesome participants last night, and I just finished adding everyone to the list at random.org and running the results. I personally like to thank: Jennifer Daviddd13 Nymph Shelley MichonneAndreaMaggie SapphireCrystle HUZSKI1ER iCollectGhosts HappyBlueInk grimesdixon Norman's Cat...
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