Tipa: Karma Whore

I was browsing through Slashdot’s FAQ, and discovered that, far from just being a boring list of hows, whys and wherefores, it was actually a set of rules for a Slashdot metagame. This game is based entirely on improving your karma – which is, in short, the likelihood that articles and comments you write will … Read more

Crafting in EQ2

Took me hours to make that Iron Chainmail armor for Nashuya after she became capable of wearing chain. With previous characters, I have just bought vendor armor until I could fill in spots with quest or dropped armor – but since Dina could make it, and I had Etha to make the stacks and stacks … Read more

EverQuest II

Ventrilo is a nice thing to have around. Chatting is a lot easier when you don’t have to type everything you’re saying. And last night, the subject of EQ2 came up… with more than a couple of people saying they wanted to try it again, to see how the new changes were working out. I … Read more

Firefox saves the day

The Warehouse manager tried to print out a tracking sheet, but IE bluescreened on him. I’d seen this on another computer… It worked fine in IE on my computer, and in Firefox, which got me thinking… I installed Firefox on his computer, and it worked fine. Now, I don’t know why IE crashes, and Firefox … Read more

A Seer, a Sage and a Champion walk into a bar…

Someone posted a long description of a guild he was starting, that separated the classes into three categories, Seers, Sages and Champions. Then he followed it up with a next post which said, simply, “A Seer, a Sage, and a Champion walk into a bar….” Dunno. Sounded like a challenge to me! So I wrote … Read more