Archive for August, 2007

Corsarius’ Custom Keyboard

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

I know, I know…it’s been almost a month since my last blog post. Too much offline ‘happenings’ and writings. In the meantime:

Corsair Ergonomic Keyboard for Pirates

Arrrr, Dvorak and Colemak layouts, stand aside. This be th’ starboard keyboard fer someone who calls hisself th’ Corsarius.

(Via Ioannus de Verani.)

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Filipina Triumphs in Blog Design Competition

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

tiffany blue ia lucero

Great news (for the Pinoy blogosphere and me as well — go figure). A Filipina has placed Runner-up in the recently concluded Sandbox Designs Competition!

She’s no other than Sophia Lucero, whose Tiffany Blue got the nod of the judges. Congrats, Ia; I hope this provides you with an impetus to create more free blog designs.

Here’s the list of winners, culled from a talented field of 46 entries. Kudos to all of ‘em — great blog designs, guys. Here are my three favorites (aside from Tiffany Blue, of course):

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A Boxful of D&D Geekery

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

click to enlarge: d&d-miniatures-magazines-corsarius

Whatever my friends might tell you, consider me a thrifty person. Most of my freelancing salaries end up in the bank (which then almost always get spent for family/household bills), for I rarely dish out more than 20% of my income on personal ‘luxuries’. If I do splurge, it will be on books, and lots of it.

But of course, there’s always an exception to the rule.

Last Monday, a package literally greeted me at my room/home office’s doorstep. It had arrived from Paizo Publishing in Bellevue, Washington, and inside were about $160 worth of Dungeons & Dragons goodies.

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