Oh, [insert self-pitying rant here] my me. Isn't it terrible? But worry not. I forsee a great burst of activity here on DA within the next few eons (read: days). *francis-john will finally get his kiriban, for example.

I've just recently rediscovered that I can actually draw, altough I must say gryphons are really testing me. The feeling of this discovery is both wonderful and exciting and by the cigar buddies that are Odin and Zeus, I intend to channel it!

Coming soon to a website near you.

Episode 65 of the 10th Muse podcast is out. You can get it on iTunes or at the 10th Muse blog. It's a fun three-way chat about games, developing, playing and just gaming in general. What I like about this particular episode though is that they commented on my comment.

The topic starts 28 minutes into the podcast and was "When you play a game that has characters of both genders, do you most often choose the opposite or same gender as yourself?" I left a comment on =Zatransis's poll on the subject and apparently it had some relevance because they even went through pronouncing 'Drekafluga' to read the comment. It felt weirdly nice.

francis-john! ^{(note how the colours in his avatar and the emote go together. nice)}

^{was runner up.}

^{was third.}

The prize for first place will be posted here after it is finished (of course) and only after I have sent it to ~francis-john and gotten his blessing. It is an OC of his and he'll be the one to see it first.

To those who didn't win, thank you very much for taking part. That alone was a sizeable step forwards on this page. If you had anything specific that you wanted me to do, note me and maybe I'll do it anyway when I have the time.

5 muthaflippin digits!

Noun, kiriban (plural kiribian or kiribians)

1. A milestone; an interesting number displayed on a web counter, such as 10000, 22222, etc.; particularly, one selected by the website owner for the purpose of giving a prize to whoever reaches it.

2. A gift or prize given to one who reaches such a milestone.

3. The system of giving gifts to those who reach web count milestones.^source

Approaching 5 digits!

Finally, after a fantastically busy summer, I'm back to being a DA regular. I'm down to 700 unviewed deviations and 300 unread journals. I predict a weekend of browsing.

With my first journal of the fall, let me introduce to those of you who don't know, the wonders of Greasemonkey. The only prerequisite to Greasemonkey revolutionising the way you browse the internet is using Firefox. And if you're not doing that already then, frankly, I'm baffled. So go ahead and install the Greasemonkey add-on and we shall begin your browsing transformation.

The Goodies