Crafty Cat » Geekery http://clair.craftyneko.com because all work and no play makes Clair a bored cat Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My first crochet hat http://clair.craftyneko.com/2010/04/08/my-first-crochet-hat/ http://clair.craftyneko.com/2010/04/08/my-first-crochet-hat/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:48:40 +0000 clair http://clair.craftyneko.com/2010/04/08/my-first-crochet-hat/ It is attempt 1.5 because the first one failed due to the lack of available yarn. My fault for not buying enough ~_~ Anyway, I ended up making a different hat instead of the one in the pattern because I think I screwed up how a series of steps was supposed to be like.

the hat - a work in progress picture

the hat – a work in progress picture

top view of the hat (when worn)

top view of the hat (when worn)

top view of the hat (upclose)

top view of the hat (upclose)

side view of the hat

side view of the hat

me wearing my own hat

me wearing my own hat

So despite me screwing up with the instructions — that or my stitches are that bad — it turned out ok, as far as I am concerned as it’s something I could wear anyway. :D My first project! Yay!

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So I got myself something to drink and then started checking out the cards while waiting for him. Talecraft basically has the following types of cards:

Talecraft cards

  • genres – the type of story you’re supposed to be telling; examples: romance, sci-fi
  • archetypes – the characters in your story; examples: reluctant hero, siren
  • key – key things needed in your story.
    • keywords – could be anything like objects, places; examples: church, lock of hair
    • plotlines – certain twists in the story; examples: revenge, pursuit
    • pick – you need to follow what it says in the card. it would usually tell you to pick another card type
    • swap – you need to follow what it says in the card. would usually mean swapping out one of your cards of a particular type with a new one from the deck.

Each player has to get 1 genre card, 2 archetype cards of which one will be the protagonist and the other the antagonist, and 6 key cards. Now if a player gets pick or swap cards among the key cards, then the player must do as the card says.

JM's turn at talecraft

I started writing a story when JM showed up and we decided to play the cards. It was interesting really, because there was a time when I got 3 pick cards which all said pick archetype card. I ended up with a story of 5 characters! We ended up telling several stories and it was interesting to hear JM make thrillers and mystery stories. He seems to have something in his head right away. As for me, I am terrible at making horror and thrillers. There were moments when JM suggested to me how I could improve my stories. Once he even suggested I ship the twin brothers instead of making them rivals because that is an even more forbidden love than one of the twins marrying the daughter of their employer! Haha! I like JM’s historical fiction set in the time of Lapu-lapu with Pintados and all. And this is one of the times I wish I recorded our stories. XD Oh well, maybe another session?

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Combine CSS and the width attribute of the tag.

Example from the webpage:

<select NAME="foo" WIDTH="300" STYLE="width: 300px">
<option>one
<option>two
<option>three
</select>

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When you love someone, you take the good with the bad. Though there might be funkiness like that thing about Evolution as a dependency (which I think is sucky, btw) and that there really are so many *buntu varieties out there, I love using Ubuntu and I haven’t changed distros yet.

I also love the fact that Ubuntu’s name is, well, Ubuntu. Which means humanity in African. And it reminds me that Linux is made by people for people. People who want to make their choices and let others know about the choices they could make, especially when it comes to software freedom.

I might not show up high on the radar of tech bloggers who use Linux and love it and I don’t really have that much community participation these days but still, I try to spread the Ubuntu love whenever I can. Because it’s just so great, if you ask me :D

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  • I don’t have to resize the windows in Openbox when I am moving them from one screen to another on extended monitor setup.
  • There’s apt as a package manager so most of the software I need is downloadable right away — well, as long as the internet access wherever I am is fairly good.
  • I could try recovering data with a Linux live CD!
  • If so needed, Linux has fantastic distros to choose from. It could have all the apps you need and even more.
  • Linux comes in free dvds, cds and downloads:D And I could just keep sharing them.
  • I can choose to switch to another Linux distro and not have much trouble adjusting to it.
  • We can has penguin mascot! XD
  • There are some great deals in terms of UMPCs now. And they run Linux ;)

    • I might just be biased but, srsly, I still think that Linux is one of the coolest things I’ve encountered in my life. Along with Pinky:St dolls, poi, Japanese fashion and cooking. :D

    ]]>     http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/08/07/because-using-linux-is-so-cool/feed/ 0     Rie at Sun Tech Days http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/06/18/rie-at-sun-tech-days/ http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/06/18/rie-at-sun-tech-days/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:31:02 +0000 clair http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/06/18/rie-at-sun-tech-days/ Rie poses with Duke

    Who said Pinky Street dolls are just about being cute? :P Rie was with me the whole day today and she will still be with me tomorrow when I listen to sessions on Web 2.0 technologies.

    ]]>     http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/06/18/rie-at-sun-tech-days/feed/ 0     Stuff I still need for this blog (and another two, actually) http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/10/stuff-i-still-need-for-this-blog-and-another-two-actually/ http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/10/stuff-i-still-need-for-this-blog-and-another-two-actually/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:04:35 +0000 clair http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/10/stuff-i-still-need-for-this-blog-and-another-two-actually/ I want to make a custom layout, or tweak an existing one so it’s more personal. I like this cat though. Anyway, I have a list of things to look into:

    • Images of cats
    • Drawings of people in chibi mode
    • Recover my Flickr password
    • Look at multiauthor plugins
    • Check out Comicpress
    • Check out nice color palettes for the layout
    • Decide if a bliki/wikiblog is better for multiauthor stuff or not
    • Check out how to make avatars for users of the blog. Something LJ user icons.

    If you have any suggestions, it would help me out a lot. :) Or if you want to make me a custom layout, that will be terrific too! Hehehe. *peace!*

    ]]>     http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/10/stuff-i-still-need-for-this-blog-and-another-two-actually/feed/ 0     Yay! I has the subdomain working properly http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/07/yay-i-has-the-subdomain-working-properly/ http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/07/yay-i-has-the-subdomain-working-properly/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:14:37 +0000 clair http://clair.craftyneko.com/2008/03/07/yay-i-has-the-subdomain-working-properly/ Thanks to Rjene, I was able to make this subdomain thing work. I already forgot how to tweak Wordpress… :( And it’s been quite a while. Anyhow, I needed to give Wordpress its own directory and still have its index page as the index in the directory of the subdomain.

    So yeah, this is my new home :D

    I guess that I’d be checking out various things now that I have my own space and domain. :D Maybe more crafting from me hehehe ;) We’ll see. I really hope to post a whole lot more stuff than before. Next step is a new layout. Maybe some time during the summer you will see a different layout for my blog.

    Another thing is that I need to read up on splitting up the feed by category so that if I post a blog entry with the tag “work” it will be aggregated into the company’s planet/rss aggregator. I’d love to work on these this weekend!

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