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A Much Better Look

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I hope you had a merry time for this year's winter (or summer) solstice and wish you a happy new Gregorian year.

As you might have noticed, I finally put up a new layout. It does retain elements from the previous one (noticeably the platypus on the header), but sees a major improvement in color scheme. There might very well still be quirks here and there, but overall it should work fine.

One problem I have is with the header. It worked fine when I didn't see the Delicious bookmarks while working offline, but not I think it looks too huge. Perhaps I'll scrap the bookmarks altogether and replace them with something else. Or maybe try with only 3 bookmarks?

Anyway. If I haven't blogged in a while, it's simply because there isn't much interesting to say. :D I have quit my job. I received RPG Maker VX, Dexter season 2 on DVD and a PlayStation 2 (!, used, from my brother) for Christmas. The later was really unexpected, but I was very happy.

It has been brought to my attention that the platypus on the header image looks a lot like the Pokémon Psyduck. I assure you this was completely unintentional. Psyduck is, well, a duck, but with hands and whatnot that make him look like a platypus. My brother-in-law, who created this cute platypus, has no interest in Pokémon and merely followed my instructions (a goofy looking platypus). It even has claws and a flat tail!

Paying For Free Things

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Well, first of all, this layout will be going soon, I hope. I'm really tired of looking at it. So when you see the site is under maintenance, you'll know the reason. It seems like I should update my version of Wordpress too, so that will all be done at the same time.

Anyway, on to the main topic of this post. My brother and sister were discussing online games. More particularly, they talked about an online RPG-like game my brother plays. The game is free, but you can get more features if you buy a membership. The same goes for a game I play, DragonFable. You can register for free and play for free too, but there are items and quests that are only available to paying players.

They both agreed that they didn't see a reason to pay for something which you can get for free. There I completely disagree. Like everyone I do enjoy free things. One of the reasons I use OpenOffice and Firefox is because I don't pay for them.

I would gladly contribute money to some projects such as DragonFable (I really have to get around to buy a DragonAmulet there!). Why? Because there are people behind that project. Sure, they have advertising and probably another job. They're however devoting many hours of their time to this project. What's a small 30 something dollars contribution from me compared to all the time and effort that goes behind the creation of a video game?

I enjoy their game, using their creation, and loading their servers with one more person. I certainly don't see that "investment" as being a waste for me.

Musical Puns

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I like when bands have names which you can use to make puns. For example:

- "What are you listening to?"
- "Oh, that? It's Garbage."

Or, upon entering a music shop:

"Hi! I'm looking for Stolen Babies."

I Am Rich!

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

After some posts concerning my lack of money, it is now time to rave about actually having money! Hurray for me!

Money from work is slowly accumulating in my account. I went to open a savings account today. It is not a giganormous super-savings thing, but it will do for me. I don't want to go around hunting for a different bank and whatnot. I even invested some money! Some would say it is stupid to invest money when the economy is going so poorly, but this particular investment is guaranteed, in that, whatever happens, I will never lose money. My investment can stay at its original amount, but it cannot go down.

Anyway, I haven't blogged much lately because there's nothing particularly interesting going in my life. I work, I play with my cat, I play video games...and I want it to be Easter already! I don't care for Lent and Jesus, but it will be the next Doctor Who episode! :D