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.
Continue reading Mosaic-a-Week: Azorius Keyrune, Azorius Signet
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.
Continue reading Spreadsheets and Databases – Part 2: Warhammer 40K
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.
At Jessa’s request, today’s mosaic is another iconic figure hanging in our household, Tolsimir Wolfblood.
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.
Continue reading Spreadsheets and Databases – Part 1: EvE Online
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.
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…
I’ve been a little lax in my blogging lately, as I have been exploring the recent WordPress release 3.5. I’ve been considering some future directions for my blog, and I think they may be served better by WordPress’s feature set. That’s not to say that PivotX hasn’t been great while I have been using it, but I’m at least going to give it a shot and see what happens. Stay tuned for more news.
The Kodiak is one of my favorite Khador ‘Jacks, and I’ve always been a bit bummed that I only had one. Sure, I could always buy another, but I recently decided to take a different tack, and bought the bits required to magnetize them to my existing heavy warjack frames. As a bonus, I also finally finished the magnetization of the Decimator/Demolisher/Spriggan kit – pictures after the jump.
This week, I didn’t really feel like writing, as I have been busy with other endeavors. Specifically, I spent a fair amount of time doing family stuff over Thanksgiving week, but also watching the New Eden Open (my version of watching football), as the final weekend looms ahead. I’ve also been considering reactivating my EVE Online account, as internet spaceships always have a draw for me.