At Cemetech, we work hard to create an experience that our members can enjoy while they learn, and the look-and-feel of the site is no exception. We feel that our current grey-and-maroon theme, called "Cemetech6", is iconic, and it's not going to change massively in the next few years. We are far too busy to design a new look, let alone overhaul the massive (and growing) codebase that underpins all of the Cemetech features you enjoy. However, we also don't hesitate to listen to member feedback, so when one member suggested that our site header looked stale and old-fashioned, the Cemetech staff sat down and discussed frankly what we could do.

Behold the results of our work. We have replaced the single TI-83+, still my favorite calculator design but seen by many as outdated, with a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition side-by-side with a Casio Prizm. This particular TI-84+SE happens to be property of Cemetech administrator Elfprince13. The "Leading the Way to the Future" motto gained a cleaner, easier-to-read font, while the Cemetech logo itself underwent a significant overhaul. Since I first doodled the logo riding a New York City bus twelve years ago, markers in hand, the logo has stayed conceptually the same. A yellow lightning bolt has always overlaid maroon all-caps text. This newest iteration is the first to use real lightning, decorated with the appropriate glow and shadow, over a thinner and more professional-looking font for the CEMETECH text.

At the same time, various Cemetech features have been quietly overhauled. SourceCoder 2.5 has had a few touchups for ease-of-use, and jsTIfied continues to evolve even in its Release Candidate form. It now has an expanded debugging that includes a disassembly view and a memory pane. We hope you enjoy the new eye candy and functional elements of the site, and our dwindling free time notwithstanding, don't hesitate to share any suggestions or requests.

The old Cemetech site header (top) and new header

I cannot support this. Not only is there a Casio Prizm, but it comes before the 84+SE.

He did it that way so that the Casio is concealed by the logo.

BrandonW, would the order be more important than the percentage of the calc being seen?

Doctor Who aside, it's a bit of a shock for now, but I'm sure I'll come to love it

although, does it alternate between the two difference logos? It seems to do that for me when I refresh the page.... (maybe chrome is to blame for that?)

I can speak to the overhaul; The mobile site is no walk in the park.



Both are uttlery important. We should swap the calculator and the text. So The Casio is on the left, while remaining hidden behind the site name.

Sadly it looks as if the circuit board-ish idea for the Cemetech Logo didn't make it :p

Still looks nice, though.

Sadly, in the end I couldn't make it look less amateur. It's my own failing as a graphics artist.

BrandonW, Elfprince, Comic: I chose the positions at random. I actually first had two copies of the same TI-84+SE side-by-side, with the left one showing its number keys. I decided on this format to stress our diversity,

I'm pretty sure Elf was making light of Brandons gripe, and I was just going along.

I know, I'm playing along too. On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees.

I'd like to be first on that bankroll

You got it. And I haven't forgotten about that other, very longstanding, thing. I'm a mess these days, far too many things juggled.

Understandable, I'll run an idea past you in private.

Steps for fixing:
a) Make the SQL usage better. I'm pretty sure phpBB is not that good to begin with, and we haven't done much to help it out as far as all of the various addons go.
b) Get rid of dem tables, and go to a single template that works with different style sheets (for mobile and desktop).

Love the prizm coming before the TI, even if other members of the community don't <.<


Does the TI have a maroon front or was that photoshopped?

That's legitimately a maroon front cover.

Heh, the Casio PRIZM's color scheme is oddly appropriate for Cemetech's logo too It looks great.

My brothers got it for me for Christmas a couple years ago. I also swapped slide cases with a friend who had a plain 84+, so it's even purtier.

Great! I volunteer you to do all of that in your copious free time. I know I at least need to trim down the search database again, as posting times are rising.

I'll be on it, as soon as I finish FreeBuild, iPaint, and Strategic Conquest