tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331756152012-01-21T15:14:34.993-08:00Tips, tricks, hints, stories and photos. Blogging, writing, contests, sites, self development and so on ;)DShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943022509279667344noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33175615.post-15461038577901025122006-11-20T15:19:00.001-08:002006-11-20T15:29:50.888-08:00

I’ve played Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast this year and it hasn’t impressed me. But I’ve noticed some worthwhile stuff there. I’ve liked very much some interiors and some ideas beyond them. Look at this shot.This is a stage of Durlag’s Tower. There are 3 tables: one is for the maters and two are for the servants, I suppose. The master’s table is covered with white table-cloth. And high

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I've looked forward Oblivion. And I've foretasted Gothic 3. Oblivion disappointed me. And now I read first reviews of new Gothic. I can say the only thing: its estimates are notably lower than Oblivion's. I'll better wait for some great patches.

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I've written on cliches and comparisons recently and now I get a nice connection of these things. Here is the article, where cliches are called "dead metaphors". It's pretty nice, eh?

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I loved Flickr the day I saw it. And now I’ve discovered one significant inconvenience. I’ve needed to post 30 photos to my blog at once. So I’ve searched for some “Generate HTML code for all selected pictures” button. Flickr can generate HTML code only for each picture separately, though it’s not so easy.I’ve read Flickr forums and have discovered 3 treads where people discuss this problem. One

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Yes. This happened. Now Performancing for Firefox 1.3 works with Blogger Beta accounts. There's a small problem with categories, but it's not critical. Cheers.Technorati Tags: blogging, blogs, blog, blogging software, blog software, sowtware, blogging client, client, performancing, firefox, beta, blogger, tool, blogging tools, support, work, works powered by performancing firefox

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Yesterday I was interested in various clichés. Today I focus on blog clichés.So we have two types of “cliché” term interpretation. More global is “cliché” like “some overused stuff”. The other is “cliché” like “hackneyed phrase”. The second type directly concerns to blog writing. So it would be great to compose a list. And of course it should be named “The Worlds’ Greatest Cliché List”.The first

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I thought of writing a post about greatest hoaxes but discovered that this theme is widely covered at http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/And so I decided to tell you a little about clichés. Cliché is a trite, hackneyed, stereotype or overused expression. Every life sphere has its own clichés. It’s better to avoid them speaking or writing, didn’t you know? :) By the way I’ve just used one. The phrase “

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Your posts will look better if you use vivid comparisons.Here is a remarkable quote from “The Invisible Man” by Wells:“His feet, save for socks of irregular open-work, were bare, his big toes were broad, and pricked like the ears of a watchful dog.”“Big toes are ears of a watchful dog” is a smart parallel. Kipling wrote in his “Puck of Pook's Hill”:“Then he showed us how to hunt wolves and those

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4. I noticed that about 15% of my bookmarks concerning me in person. Mean sometimes I save links to outstanding discussions where I’ve participated, to sites where I’ve done something. And also I’ve bookmarked my accounts at last.fm, flickr.com, plime.com and so on.So in theory involving people in your blog processes, asking them to do something engaging for your site stimulate visitors to

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Let’s continue bookmarking analysis.2. Everybody likes entertainments but also has a list of interests. For example, I’m interested in web-development, blogging, Internet on the whole, computer role-playing games, roller skating and so about 70% of my bookmarks are quite particularized. Remaining 30% are quite heterogeneous, mixed and casual.Resume: suppose people bookmark something of a

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Someday I’ll write about blog success measurement. And now I just say that one of the best indicators of your blog’s success is a quantity of people who visit your blog typing address in or using bookmarks.So my desire to find out what people usually bookmark is quite natural. I’ll start my research analyzing my own browser bookmarks. Here’re some facts about my 110 Opera bookmarks which may

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1. To write charming texts you need subjects. You can draw ideas from your experience or you can just imagine. Both methods are quite effective. For example Ernest Hemingway wrote “Green Hills of Africa” based on his personal experience which he got hunting in Africa. Jules Verne was a great dreamer, he didn’t travel, but he read books, imagined and improvised.You need some sources of information

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I continue searching for some functioning offline blog editor and have discovered promising Bleezer but haven’t be able to make it connect to Blogger Beta account.It seems strange, that the creators of blogging clients are so inert that until now most of their software has problems with Blogger Beta accounts. But I’ve read one post and have seen the other side. So the reason of this odd situation

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Term “homepage” was popular at the dawn of Internet. Now it’s not so widespread. To my mind nowadays “homepage” is generally equal to “personal blog”. In fact blogging services provide all that is needed for a simple site. And of course you can customize your blog’s template to approach “your personal ideal site format”.I noticed that a lot of small companies actually don’t need a site and simple

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I’m searching for a nice blog writing tool, but I haven’t found it yet. I’ve tried Performancing for Firefox recently, but it has some problems with beta Blogger. Promising MarsEditor is only for Mac OS. And so on.But I discovered online technorati tag maker. It’s quite simple but saves a little time. I’ve a Utopian idea to make fully automated which needs only post’s text as an input.Now meet

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I know the advantages of using AJAX and admit that it’s a very useful feature, but two things about it bother me.1. My favorite browser is unfortunately Opera 7.56u. Well, it can’t handle AJAX at all. So to use blogger.com, worth1000.com, plime.com, mail.google.com I need to change browser. I use Firefox. And you know this changing is quite annoying.You may say that solution is easy, I should use

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There’s a lot of exciting adventure and detective books. But reading some of them, I notice elements which fit RPG adventures nicely. I mean that sometimes described situations can be great quests, heroes can be bright NPCs, and things can be mighty artifacts and so on. I feel that most of cRPGs could be more attractive if script writers read books of that kind. Now I’ll name some “special for

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You can produce content (quite industrial formula) by yourself or borrow it from the others. If you borrow, everything is easy and your blog is full of wonderful works, but sooner or later you’ll have copyright problems. And it’s also immoral. Really.So it’s better to publish your own works. What do we have?* Videos. You don’t need to make much effort to shoot some videos, but getting something

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Choosing what to post in your blog you have two immense ways: “blog as a diary” and “blog as a journalist’s column”. The first way is more natural and following it is quite easy. You write about your current affairs and feelings, describe funny situations, post photos you like. This way implies writing for a narrow circle of acquaintance. You constantly get comments from your friends and comment

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Everybody goes mad. All that stir about Steve Irwin and September 11 tires me. I feel for it but think people don't need so much disclosures and sensations. Let them investigate by themselves. Don't thrust opinion on them.Most of the sites I read are full of shocking detailes and absurd discussions.Here is my image.I've participated in Worth1000 Photoshop contest and the first comment I've

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The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner

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Found a great thread at rpgcodex forums. Advanced gamers post links to different indie cRPG projects. So, CRPGs - post 'em if you find. I hope you'll find something useful.

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Recently I've tried Ultima-like cRPG Teudogar and the Alliance with Rome. Developers assure that their game is just great. Here is the list of features:* large and diverse game worldMeet kings and warriors, noble ladies and slaves, peasants and priestesses, legionaries and barbaric mercenaries. Explore Teutonic villages and farmsteads, royal halls and miserable huts, sacred groves and Roman camps

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Last year I strongly felt lack of new RPGs. I mean old-fashioned well-designed RPGs with thousand strings of dialogs, unexpected plot turns, vivid characters and complicated gameplay. Now it seems RPGs are popular again. All RPG-playing world discuss Oblivion, approaching Gothic 3 and Neverwinter Nights 2. But Oblivion is so far from RPGs, which I mention above. Neverwinter Nights 2 disturbs me

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I wish to learn writing exciting texts, but it’s not so easy. Well, it’s almost impossible. Of course, you’ll reach some level if you write and write and write, but...So what are the ways to progress in your writing style? I’ve two ideas.1. At worth1000.com I found not only Photoshop contests, but also text contests. You need to invent some short witty text on the instructions. It’s a great

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I've already blogging here for about 2 weeks and noticed some drawbacks but these Google new features (especially new template customization system and tags which are for some reason called "labels") made me happy. Really :)

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Often using Photoshop for routine matters I dreamt of making collages (like these). And finally my dream comes true (nice cliché, heh). Yesterday I registered at worth1000.com, read a lot of rules and guidelines and now suppose I know what to do.Photoshop contests for beginners are held constantly and I’ve already participated some. My results, hmm…, I wish they were more prominent. My first

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It seems the quantity of blogs keeps on growing from day to day. It’s excellent. And the same time it’s terrible. The ratio between worthy and worthless blogs changes constantly. Suppose these changes are negative.What are the ways to find some interesting content?One of the most popular ways is visiting aggregating sites (joint blogs, catalogs of blogs) where there’s not so much content but a

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I had my first blog at livejournal.com where tracking replies to your comments, your friends' posts and comments to your posts is easy (you may tune your account and receive e-mails for each comment). When I started blogging at blogger.com I found out that here there's no "replies" to your comment, only comments to your post and there's no any e-mail notifications. So watching some interesting

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Not being a great photographer, I’m keen on taking pictures and have some secrets. One of the main problems of digital photos is noise (visible red and green grain present in the image). Here is example:There are some ways to remove noise. I’d like to tell about Neat Image software. It reduces most high ISO noise, film grain visible in scanned slides and negatives, JPEG artifacts in

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Gorion would be proud, heh ;)

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