One of our favorite writers is up for a big honor — a knighthood for his services to literature. We hope that this will help bring attention to his fight against dementia, both public and personal.
Thanks for signing Small Gods for me and the best of luck!
Today, I proudly present a new discovery from the World Wide Web. Even though it does not seem new to most of you, it’s a large enough to post on Geek Corner. Everyone knows what Guitar Hero is, right? Now there is a similar thing out there for all you “I-want-to-learn-how-to-play-pianoists”: Synthesia. The Dude and The Dudette both agree upon it’s awesomeness!
Check out this video (and don’t forget to visit their webpage, too!):
Indeed, to all faithful followers out there the below image might not seem much at a first glance. But look closely – can you see it? No? Take a look at the price. We know, it’s scandalous (but ironically, we just can’t stop giggling about it)! The Swedish moms-system can truly mess things up sometimes… or wait, maybe something supernatural is going on here? We shiver in our shoes, and hope The Pope won’t see this…
Part One: Gathering the Data and Producing Blueprints
The first thing you need to do is to do your homework. It’s critical that you get the facts right before you start commiting time and plastics to a ship that might otherwise turn out wrong.
Since War at Sea uses miniatures that are made to scale and are in general quite good and correct (except Zara which is a Pola *cough* ) it is imperative that you start out with finding the correct dimensions and preferably some plans for your project.
So, in the never-ending public debate about whether MAC’s are better computers than PC’s (or the other way around), we’ve found a very cute video illustrating the ‘battle of preferences’ quite well. Enjoy.
This is it. We are going public. Up until now, geeks have been forced to hide in closets, in sweaty rooms with fruitful smells of… highly… intense… odors, in dungeons far far away in Fantasyland, in the cellars of their families… WE SHALL HIDE NO MORE!
(Be warned. This is not a test. For those who are about to Geek, we salute you!)