Crimson Crux

I’ll be out the whole day (and possibly tomorrow, Christmas day), so I’ll take this opportunity to greet the blogosphere and the few chaps who find the time to drop by this blog — have a Merry Christmas! For the believers, don’t forget the true essence of this day, that is, the birth of Jesus Christ.

As for the nonbelievers, well, let’s proceed to the slightly materialistic subject of this post — my personal Xmas (and New Year’s) wishlist. Without further ado:

• MacBook Pro
• Red iPod Nano
• Successful launch of 3 more sites of mine

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A week after overhauling the design of this blog, I’m raising the curtains on my latest web project — Aircraft Models Crux, the place where I document my newfound addiction passion for miniature model aircraft.

As a child, I’ve always been intrigued by how airplanes work, how their sleek bodies slice through the winds, how they soar above the grudgery of the human mess below. Yep, the kid who’s afraid of heights is actually amazed by these cloud-conquerors.

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I’ve said goodbye to the ol’ reliable Kubrick Wordpress theme, and embraced this sleek-looking Jim Feist theme. I didn’t want a total overhaul of the blog — I wanted to stick to a simple layout that’s still based on red-and-white.

One of my priorities was to pick a theme that can easily accomodate Google Adsense advertisements. The Jim Feist WP theme was a good choice, though we (see below) still had to tweak the width of the main entries column and the sidebar.

I’d like to extend my deep gratitude to Ia for helping me with my CSS troubles; she’s also the one who customized the new blog header. If you have the time, drop by her post on Gravatar’s outage and suckage, you’ll enjoy it.

For months I’ve been savoring the thought of penning down new poems and fiction for my literary blog on a moleskine. Yesterday, the package I ordered from Moleskine Philippines finally arrived, much to my delight.

For the uninitiated:

Moleskine is the legendary notebook, used by European artists and thinkers for the past two centuries, from Van Gogh to Picasso, from Ernest Hemingway to Bruce Chatwin.

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As if I’m not already swamped by my existing blogs and sites (see Corsarify, the web page not the laptop), I’ve joined a new groupblog — K33G, where geeks discuss anything from the arts and philosophy to science and math. Well, at least that’s the plan!

This sums it up better:

geek perspectives inverted. ranting, raving, and rambling on a plethora of geeky topics.

I’ll admit that I still don’t know some of the people in K33G, but having Mia, Ia, and Garro there assures me that I am in good company. Anyway, do drop by K33G @ keeg.likhain.net if you have the time!

“K33G” sounds cool, doesn’t it? It better be…I suggested it to the group, hehe. Not bragging, just happy. Um.

I count Blizzard Entertainment as one of my favorite game publishers. I’ve spent countless of hours playing the games of their three main franchises — Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft — not to mention poring over hundreds of pages of fan fiction and game manuals.

That is why when Blizzard announced that they were having the 1st Annual Blizzard Art Contest, I was thrilled — not because I wanted to join (me? an artist? mwehehe), but because I couldn’t wait to see the winning works.

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