Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast has its charm

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 life also sits in the chairs while the servants use benches. I can imagine how people ate at that dining-hall. It’s not just some furniture in the room but it’s a little history.

Eh, well. Here is a shot of quite funny cues collision.

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Gothic 3 news disturb me

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.

Cliches are "dead metaphors"

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?

Flickr warning

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 remarkable fact is that 22 month ago Flickr team member promised something about it. And still now there’s no progress here. It’s a pity.



I hate routine like everybody hates it and I haven’t been able to master myself. Finally I’ve registered at Photobucket and have got what I needed easily.



Resume: if you deal with large amounts of pictures and need different batch processing issues you’d better to use Photobucket than Flickr.



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Performancing for Firefox Blogger Beta support

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.



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Blog clichés

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 contributions would be:



“This is absolutely uninteresting post. Don’t read it.” Fantastic, but it’s always true.



“Cool stuff”. In this way people name their sites’ or blogs’ link sections.



“Must see” made a good showing and remains popular nowadays. Don’t miss it. Use it in every review in this way: “…and special effects are so great! And orcs are so realistic! MUST SEE!!!” And its pair “must die” was popular before blogging boom occurred. Hope this phrase will rise again.



At http://mw.cracked.com/2005/07/blog_cliche_roundup.php there’s a worthy blog cliché roundup. MUST SEE!!!



Here is some more COOL STUFF: http://tireddad2.blogspot.com/2006/08/top-ten-appalling-blog-cliches.html





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Cliches

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 “life sphere” sounds pretty but is so trite.

Suppose that most often we come across clichés on the news. Here are some groaners with comments from http://www.newswriting.com/groaners.htm

Slain – Dragons are slain. People are killed.

Hospitalized – Bathrooms get sanitized. Shirts get Martinized. People do not get hospitalized. They’re in the hospital.

Area Residents - “Shhh, Tommy, don’t play the drums so loud, you’ll wake the area residents!” Normal people don’t refer to their neighbors this way. Why should we?

Blog http://tommangan.net/banned/ is devoted to groaners too and it is remarkable for its epigraph:

“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.”
George Orwell

Movie clichés are the objects of ridicule for a long time. For example, no matter how dead you think you've killed a bad guy, he can still get up at least 3 more times. You can find villains, cars, alcohol, wars, asteroids, aliens and other movie stereotypes at http://www.moviecliches.com/

Phrases “someone once said... [followed by an obscure quotation]”, ”24/7”, “...just doing my job” are common life clichés. See some more at http://hypocrisytoday.com/cliches.html

Worth1000.com photoshop contests also have some overused entries: Britney Spears, George Bush, Statue of Liberty, Star Wars and terrorist references. Read FAQ section http://www.worth1000.com/faq.asp#3 for more information. I'd add Lord of the Rings references to this list.

It’s not hard to find collections of different areas clichés (try to search Google “RPG clichés” or “music videos clichés”).

Finally one more time: filter your speech and texts, don’t use hackneyed expressions and your image will be more attractive :)

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