In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
New Guild Wars wallpaper.
I thought, artistically, it was lacking a certain something so I decided to make a minor but telling modification.
Insane Mode.
A player-created PvE mode for those who find Hard Mode too easy.
Small details.
Little throwaway details found throughout the game. My favourite.
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– Friday, September 21, 2007
Blythification.
Takahito photoshops the strange head of the Blythe doll on photos of women and girls. The results are disquieting. More galleries here.
Alter Saber Alter.
A fanmode by Kuronuko Yamato featuring Revoltech Saber Alter and Dix-Neuf.
Neo Acroyear 1 and 2.
A modern take on the classic Microman villains.
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– Thursday, September 20, 2007
Updated Sep 30 with instructions for adding custom search engines
I began surfing the Net with Netscape Navigator then moved on to Off By One in 2002 and switched to Phoenix the next year. Since then, I’ve been using one form of Firefox or another. I’ve used Internet Explorer, and I still continue to use it to update Windows XP, but it will never be my main browser. I’ve also tried K-Meleon briefly but it wasn’t to my taste.
I tried Opera on my old system and was suitably impressed with it. However, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a creature of habit and I was quite used to Firefox and its conventions. Switching over to a new browser and investigating how to adapt it to fit my tastes and quirks seemed like too much unnecessary work.
But when I thought about it, there wasn’t really a single compelling reason to continue using Firefox. (Sticking it to The Man is not a compelling reason.) Nor was there a single compelling reason not to use Opera. There were actually many good reasons why I should choose Opera over Firefox and I felt I should, at the very least, give Opera a try.
Opera may do things slightly differently but, who knows, perhaps those different ways might prove to be (gasp!) superior.
The browser is a free download and it’s no longer ad-supported. The current version, 9.23, is a 4.6MB download and version 9.5 is coming soon.
I’ll update this entry as I get used to the browser and I hope to eventually update it with tweaks and such.
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– Thursday, September 20, 2007
Cotton Eyed Joe.
A fun music video by Bendek the First using a Swedish remix of a popular American folk song. It will put a +10% Morale Boost on you, I swear.
A sign you may have been playing too long.
“if you could marry one of your heroes …”
A sign you need to stop playing immediately.
“Who do you eat first, and why?”
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– Wednesday, September 19, 2007
I installed Konami’s Diorama Studio software on my new machine and spent a couple of hours downloading all the patches today.
I was pleasantly surprised to find some additions to the software. Aside from adding CG models for the new figures, Konami also added a new background, a new default pose and the rose bouquet accessory seen above. The latter was a gift to celebrate Busou Shinki’s first anniversary.
I spent a little time messing about with Diorama Studio and came up with this.
(Click on the images to see larger versions.)
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– Wednesday, September 19, 2007
