I didn’t use to be a big fan of red, mostly as I started as a big fan of blue. I think, moreso in the early days of Magic, there was this ingrained hatred of one’s opposing colors, epitomized more by red and blue than many of the other colors. In more recent times, I’ve really come to like red as the counterpoint to blue, that’s why the Izzet guild is my favorite of Ravnica’s guilds, and why Izzet Keyrune and Izzet Signet are the next pair of mosaics.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way
Last weekend, I watched the three original Hobbit/Lord of the Rings movies, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. In particular (as my wife will attest), I verily squealed with glee when my favorite song, “Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way” started. Somehow, even though it’s been quite a few years since I have seen Return of the King, I still knew all the words to this song, and knew precisely when to expect it – It’s amazing what sticks with you.
Mosaic-a-Week: Azorius Keyrune, Azorius Signet
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of Magic’s cycles. I’m also a huge fan of Ravnica – it was the block that I started playing Magic in the second time, and I really liked all the pieces that went into it. Because of this, I decided to double-up on mosaics for this particular cycle of Ravnica goodness and do a mosaic from the new set and a mosaic from the old set – Azorius Keyrune and Azorius Signet.
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Spreadsheets and Databases – Part 2: Warhammer 40K
I’ve been playing Warhammer 40K now for a few years, with my main activity being army building. That may seem a bit lame, but I find myself enjoying collecting, assembling, organizing, and painting an army somewhat more than I do actually playing the game. However, I do find that I have missed our Thanksgiving Apocalypse game, as it used to give me better opportunity to put the “organizing” part to work, which was always a lot of fun for me. When I built my first initial armies, I used spreadsheets, like many others, but, for me, it became very quickly apparent that Warhammer 40K really needs a database if you want a tool to do the heavy lifting for you.
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Sometimes I Get a Good Feeling
This week, work has been extremely busy. But I always find that no matter how busy it is, it always feels good, so I thought I would share:
Don’t be afraid to break out into dance next time you get a good feeling. I promise, I won’t have you tasered and taken to a mental facility. Start writing on the wall, though, and all bets are off.
Mosaic-a-Week: Tolsimir Wolfblood
At Jessa’s request, today’s mosaic is another iconic figure hanging in our household, Tolsimir Wolfblood.
Spreadsheets and Databases – Part 1: EvE Online
Since I started playing EvE Six years ago, I have been a fan of spreadsheets. In fact, I never really gave Excel a second look until I started playing EvE, which, thinking back, is rather crazy in it’s own right. As I’ve gotten more proficient with Excel, and making it do the things that I want it to, I’m starting to bump into some of its limitations, both as an organizational tool and a number-crunching tool. This blog series is about the migration of some of my more complicated spreadsheets to databases, and, as a first look, I thought I would use my EvE Online spreadsheets – the main reason I have become so proficient in Excel in the first place.
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Mosaic-a-Week: Arcanis the Omnipotent
With my new mosaic program done, I decided that it was time to restart my Mosaic-a-Week. Stay tuned each Monday for a new image mosaic of a magic card. To kick it all off, I couldn’t resist doing a card that should be recognizable to anyone who has been in my house – Arcanis the Omnipotent.
WordPress is up!
This year, my New Year’s Resolution was to get WordPress up and running, and replacing PivotX as my primary blogging software. Tada! I did this yesterday, and now I can wash my hands of doing WordPress installations for now. If you want to know why “WordPress installations” is plural, read on…