In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
My Ascalon.
There’s a germ of a really great idea here. With melancholic music and greater emphasis on the juxtaposition between pre- and post-Searing Ascalon, you’d have a really moving video.
Jora wallpaper.
None the Wiser had never even heard of the game before he saw the concept art in the PC Gamer Ultimate Guild Wars Guide issue but he was so inspired he decided to create this beautiful 1680×1050 wallpaper.
Nani kore?
What the …? What’s my Necro doing in Japan?
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– Saturday, October 6, 2007
I surf a lot of Japanese sites but unfortunately, I don’t speak or read much Japanese. I can convincingly scream out “I will defeat you for the sake of justice'” in Japanese but sadly, that has little utility if you’re not a Kamen Rider. If it doesn’t have katakana or furigana, I’m pretty much lost.
I did make an attempt at learning the language but got only as far as my third lesson before realising I would have no chance whatsoever of using it everyday life. And when it comes to languages, if you’re not using it, you’re losing it.
Thus, I rely heavily on online translators when I need to figure out something written in Japanese. Admittedly, these translators aren’t perfect but with a little research, it’s possible to get the gist of the message.
Continued…
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– Friday, October 5, 2007
I Want Candy.
A fanvideo set to the Bow Wow Wow version of the song.
Cortana Olivera’s fanart.
Nice.
All-Necro team conquers Tomb of Primeval Kings.
“… it was one of the fastest tombs run i’ve done.”
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– Thursday, October 4, 2007
I’m still working on Fanmode‘s look and feel.
I chose Brian Gardner’s Vertigo theme for the new site and I’m really happy with it. Vertigo looks like it was designed by a pro.
Which, of course, it was.
It’s an understated and elegant theme that functionally, does all the basics well. Reading the text is easy on the eyes and navigating through the site is straightforward.
The theme comes in two versions: two- or three-columns. I chose the three-column flavour because I wanted a separate column to accommodate an ever-lengthening blogroll.
The theme was released under a GPL license so I was free to modify it which I duly did. I altered the header so that the site name was prominent (Gardner thoughtfully provided a blank header file to make it easy to customise it) but otherwise I was quite pleased with it.
Vertigo does have one oddity I’m still trying to figure out, however. The comments box looks like this in Firefox:
But it looks like this in Opera:
That’s something to put on the To Tweak list.
Anyway, Gardner has a few other themes available; some free, some not. Check them out if you’re shopping around for a spiffy new WordPress look.
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– Thursday, October 4, 2007
Guildcast episode 83.
Shane goes over the PC Gamer issue while guildies from Shiro’s Secret Agents discuss GW:EN.
Guild Wars Kira.
“The personal musings of a simple woman from the hills of Ascalon who took up the bow and arrow to defend her nation and ended up saving the world. Three times.”
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– Thursday, October 4, 2007
