Character Updates

A lot has happened in game with all my characters. Lots of raiding (mostly with Dina, but played cleric for a Spirits of the Lost raid), lots of progress on all fronts, many heritages done, moved, even got a new hat. Might as well go through this by character! And since I’m leading this off … Read more

Timed Tradeskill Writs

SOE yesterday patched in timed (and untimed) tradeskill writs. You ask for a work order and select a difficulty – from easy to difficult in the tier you most recently completed, or a difficult work order in your current tier. My two main crafters – Dina, a 40 tailor; and Dorah, a 51 jeweler; level … Read more

Stuff I Did at Work Today: Inkscape Edition

Today I came in intent on rewriting my internal web apps so they didn’t use frames. See, I’ve been migrating people from the custom Visual BASIC apps to the web-based equivalents I’ve been writing, and they’ve been such a success people are starting to print them out. And sometimes they get the report, and sometimes … Read more

Battlestar Galactica Webisodes

I’ve been in and out of the SciFi Channel’s website for the past couple of weeks working on my Who Wants to be a Superhero article; I’m surprised I didn’t see that Battlestar Galactica would be showing little “webisodes” leading up to the beginning of the third season on October 6th. The first one, posted … Read more

Who Wants to be a Superhero?

What can I really say about WWtbaSH? It’s a pleasure, a really guilty one, but I’m wallowing in it. I’m not a big reality show fan; this is the first one I have ever watched start to finish. And it was obvious from the start that the show was at least partly scripted. The transformation … Read more