Below is a flowchart I made for determining if it'd be wise to forge a committed relationship with a girl I -- hypothetically -- am dating for some extended amount of time. This entry essentially gives nothing back in terms of pushing humanity forward. In fact, it probably takes a giant leap backwards and will likely come back to haunt me in future relationships. Despite that, I'm going to share it anyways.
Enjoy...
Girlfriend Test #1 -
Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts
August 12, 2009
June 21, 2009
The Wasted Space Design Overhaul
Ask me why I've decided to implement a design overhaul of this site after a six-month-and-twenty-day absence and you'll likely get a long-ish response that's not really worth the air that was expended on it. The short explanation is that I've been wanting to rework some of the things on this blog for at least a year but have either been too lazy or consumed with more interesting things to do (this explanation not being one of them).
There has been a noticeable gap in my writing lately that didn't quite fit on either my main personal site or through my reporting/commentary for Geeks of Doom. The stuff that doesn't fit isn't going to win me any awards or instill a sense of journalistic integrity into my career (eek I fucking called it a career) but those are the most fun to do. The posts about mixing political WoWing & PedoGnomes and the extremely random beratement of a cultural happening... those are the ones I'm the most proud of.
Below are screen shots of both the old and new designs. I'm not exactly happy with the sidebar but it's 2:30 a.m. and the only thing I have to show for writing-wise is this boring ass post and no desire to tweak them anymore. But this is the basic gist... ew6yr3xb9q
Old & New...
October 10, 2008
October 2, 2008
World of Politicraft's New Expansion
A while back you may recall a post about a fundamental change to the way I view government in this country. It happened when the U.S. Department of Intelligence wised the hell up and realized the huge hotbed of criminal activity that calls itself World of Warcraft. Well, after that day everything just became much clearer mostly because I sort of can't tell the difference between the two worlds.
Game reality and the governmental double standard are essentially all jumbled up. Recently it's been really hard to distinguish between them.
I'll try to explain...
With online role playing games, once you hit the top level for your character, interest typically trails off. And true to form I got bored and needed a break from World of Politicraft. It's like, I watched the primaries and after all that excitement, after all the glory...it was just pretty much...meh. This feeling will likely continue until November when a new expansion is released. It's called Wrath of the McCain Campaign and its totally awesome!
See, it's about how this king-demon-old-dude casts darkness across the land because he doesn't know how to use the Internet. Eventually he goes on to create a race of undead patriots who eat lots of hotdogs because nothing else is available. (I'm SO FRIGGIN` PUMPPED!)
Check out this screen shot from the beta tester: (click for larger image)
Yeah, sort of lack luster but don't judge before I explain what's going on. First of all you'll notice that no one else is around in this shot. That's no big deal, I've been assured that other people still exist in WoP. That's good because I have way too much invested into this Country to just up and start a new one where I know nothing at all.
Next you'll notice that McCain doesn't really have a huge chunk of change in his bag. Again not to worry. He's got that covered on two fronts: His smokin` hot mistress is a level 80 CEO-Plastic Warlock and totally hooks him up with gold whenever he needs to go play the slots or feast on human flesh (not hotdogs though). Also, since other people in the game won't have the luxury of a plastic sugar momma, someone from McCain's guild was nice enough to put together a few lists where you can buy more money for next to nothing.
China FTW!
Yeah, I KNOW. Like I thought they were making it up too, but then I checked and it turns out Asians spend their entire lives farming for "cheaper" money so I can buy it for $9.99. The fundamentals of our economy are strong indeed!
Proof:
But then I started getting nervous. I mean, this game is going to be F@&*%#@ AWESOME so naturally it'll attract plenty of new comers that will no doubt annoy the shit out of me. Nothing is more annoying than having to rez in the middle of a raid against the Undead-former middle class Americans. You might consider banning the game entirely, too, unless they make the gameplay insanely difficult for new people so the can't get ahead at all unless they devote, like, their entire lives to working at it. You don't even have to tell them what you're doing. Just use half-truths and refuse to discuss anything when it looks like you might lose. Also, you could really sell the point if you hired on a nooblet to appear in public with you:
- TechGOnzo
Game reality and the governmental double standard are essentially all jumbled up. Recently it's been really hard to distinguish between them.
I'll try to explain...
With online role playing games, once you hit the top level for your character, interest typically trails off. And true to form I got bored and needed a break from World of Politicraft. It's like, I watched the primaries and after all that excitement, after all the glory...it was just pretty much...meh. This feeling will likely continue until November when a new expansion is released. It's called Wrath of the McCain Campaign and its totally awesome!
See, it's about how this king-demon-old-dude casts darkness across the land because he doesn't know how to use the Internet. Eventually he goes on to create a race of undead patriots who eat lots of hotdogs because nothing else is available. (I'm SO FRIGGIN` PUMPPED!)
Check out this screen shot from the beta tester: (click for larger image)
Yeah, sort of lack luster but don't judge before I explain what's going on. First of all you'll notice that no one else is around in this shot. That's no big deal, I've been assured that other people still exist in WoP. That's good because I have way too much invested into this Country to just up and start a new one where I know nothing at all.Next you'll notice that McCain doesn't really have a huge chunk of change in his bag. Again not to worry. He's got that covered on two fronts: His smokin` hot mistress is a level 80 CEO-Plastic Warlock and totally hooks him up with gold whenever he needs to go play the slots or feast on human flesh (not hotdogs though). Also, since other people in the game won't have the luxury of a plastic sugar momma, someone from McCain's guild was nice enough to put together a few lists where you can buy more money for next to nothing.
China FTW!
Yeah, I KNOW. Like I thought they were making it up too, but then I checked and it turns out Asians spend their entire lives farming for "cheaper" money so I can buy it for $9.99. The fundamentals of our economy are strong indeed!
Proof:
But then I started getting nervous. I mean, this game is going to be F@&*%#@ AWESOME so naturally it'll attract plenty of new comers that will no doubt annoy the shit out of me. Nothing is more annoying than having to rez in the middle of a raid against the Undead-former middle class Americans. You might consider banning the game entirely, too, unless they make the gameplay insanely difficult for new people so the can't get ahead at all unless they devote, like, their entire lives to working at it. You don't even have to tell them what you're doing. Just use half-truths and refuse to discuss anything when it looks like you might lose. Also, you could really sell the point if you hired on a nooblet to appear in public with you:
- TechGOnzo
June 29, 2008
Get Down with the Clown - Twitter
Not content with the slew of Twitter service denials I was getting, I began feeling large bouts of pure unadulterated hatred of all things blue, orange and Whale-like. (Un-affectionately dubbed the Fail Whale.) I decided it was time for twitter to at least put up a new version of their downtime page...
Via Stephanie Gurne:
Original Art Here:
-TechGOnzo
Via Stephanie Gurne:
Original Art Here:
-TechGOnzo
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