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.)

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):

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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