WOW cards

These are the cards that I made for the sketch challenge and for Kelly's word of the week challenge.
fire-cured: cured over open fires in direct contact with smoke.

The leaf card was my first thought. I burned the edges of the long panel. But then my twisted mind thought of my piggy card. I used some of the buttons that Kelly gave me at the side to go with the little button nose of my piggy.

Blog Sidebar at Bottom

Blog's sidebar appears to be pushed to the bottom sometimes.


This seems to be the problem with my blog where the sidebar is pushed to the bottom. This only happens to different users however, as I used Firefox and viewed it myself and nothing's wrong. When I went to Carmen's site, it appears to be normal! It also happens when you use different internet browsers. So I've been trying to overcome this little layout problem. It seems that there are 3 common causes of this problem.


- Correcting the width of the sidebar.
- Reducing links / pictures.
- Repairing broken codes.


The first problem seems to be out because the width is 274, my Cbox is only 200. However, to be safe, I changed the width of the Cbox to 180. Second might the problem, as sometimes pictures exceed the width, commonly when I link images through Photobucket instead of uploading to Blogger. Broken codes is plausible, but for now I don't see anything. Some say it's because of a comment code which is not closed or opened. I checked my template, but I already knew because this template doesn't support comments! So that's not the case too.


Please report to me or screenshot if you can when you face the problem where the sidebar in my blog appears at the bottom. I will try to fix it.

Apocalypse Now

Did anyone see this earlier this week?

And just how did someone manage to photoshop real life? Well I didn't know this but apparently even Sydney can get dust storms. It's just that kinda week.

On September 23rd 2009, a dust storm 500km wide and 1000km long swept across Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra. Air particle concentration levels reached 15,400 micrograms per cubic metre of air (a normal day would have 20). 75,000 tonnes of dust an hour was blowing of the NSW coast. Anyway, I got an email from Sydney today: "We are moving into spring with strange weather, which includes many sunny days, some quite cold, and a duststorm last Wednesday". Waking up to RED air outside your window and describing it as "strange weather" instead of "apocalypse now" (great film btw) is what i call bravery.

Cubanapolis

Every fall for the past couple of years our cubscouts have attended the fall cubanapolis. The boys decorate boxes and pretend that they are race cars. They run around a track. They have 3 pit stops. After the first lap, they have to FUEL - they drink water from a dixie cup.
After the next lap, they have to have their WINDSHIELDS washed - we spray their goggles with a spray bottle and wipe them off with a paper towel.
After the next lap, they need to get NEW TIRES- the boys have to take their shoes off and put another pair of shoes on.
Then comes the final lap towards the finish line.

Some of the parents go a little overboard buying accessories for the cars, and you can tell that the boys didn't get to touch the cars until the day of the race. What fun is that? Kaleb has had a lot of hands on for his cars. This year he want to make a HUMMER. That is our project for this week. We are getting ready for this Saturday. I hope to have a photo of this years car soon.

This was Kaleb's car last year. It was a Bakugan car per his request!

This was his car the year before. It was actually a big rig truck!

Butterfly Blessings

I don't think I have ever used this color combo, pink, sage, and gray. When I first saw what the colors were, I thought huh???? weird!!!! But after making the card I kinda like how it turned out. It seems that when I step out of my comfort zone, I hesitate at first but like the results.

MotherMark Miss You!!

Today I jumped in to fill some pretty big shoes. I bet they were polka dotted shoes at that. I agreed to hostess the teaparties until Cindy feels like taking them up again. I picked this fall teapot as the inspiration for my fall leaf card. The feedback that I got from the other ladies has been sweet and encouraging.

Embossed Foil

I made this card for the technique lovers challenge. It was to place foil over paper and then emboss. We could add alcohol inks if we wanted. I used orange blue and green inks, fall color combo and I added a punched little spider. I think he is kinda cute for a spider.

Sparse Voxel Octree in CryEngine 3

Slides from the Crytek presentation at CEDEC 2009 reveal that the SVO technology is going to be part of CryEngine3. The difference with id Software’s (Jon Olick) SVO tech seems to be that Crytek rasterizes the SVO, while id uses raycasting.
One thing that made me smile: "GPU rasterized version of SVOs & its realtime content creation only available in CryENGINE 3" is listed as a con. Nice joke Crytek!

Other slides list the pro’s and cons of point based rendering, raytracing and rasterization. http://www.4gamer.net/games/092/G009273/20090903001/



If Crytek continues innovating at this pace, there’s a good chance that CryEngine3 will become the Unreal Engine 3 of the next generation and will attract many licensees.

The Mysterious Case of the Shuffling Pages

Last week I received the printer’s proof of Nyphron Rising. It looked great. I skimmed over it and gave my approval. Then just to be sure, I started reading. This is the fourth time in three weeks I’ve read it so I can’t really see it anymore, it’s like going snow-blind. This final reading was just for peace of mind.

I was very pleased. There is always the word or two I would change. A sentence that sounds suddenly awkward that didn’t before, but nothing awful. Then I came to page 187. There was nothing wrong with page 187, except that it wasn’t 187 it was supposed to be 188. Page 187 was now 189. For no reason I can figure, the pages were shuffled.

Crap. That’s a show stopper. I can’t let the book go out with pages out of order. I can recognize they are mixed because I can recite the novel by now and know what comes next. New readers will be flying along oblivious to the fact that they are being derailed.

I continued to read and the same shuffling of pages occurred in four separate points after that. The book was toast. It has to be reissued and that means delays. On top of this, I already ordered several cases. Not sure if I canceled the order in time. So I expect I will be receiving a hundred expensive doorstops soon.

Now, with just four days left, I am waiting on the next proof to arrive. No idea if it will make it in time for the Oct 1 release, so at this moment I can’t tell you exactly when the book will be available. The good news is everything else was fine. If the pages come in order with this new edition, then I should be able to push it live the next day. I am guessing it will only be a week delay at the most, but right now, all of us—me included—are waiting to see when the Green Book will be out.

[Notice] - Blog's Layout

There seems to be a problem with my blog's layout.

Deric messaged me and told me that my layout has a problem. The sidebar appears to be right at the bottom of all the blog posts, which is extremely ugly. This is a problem faced by Evo as well, and he managed to get it back to normal by using Internet Explorer. It seems that the blog's layout is not compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Safari and possibly other internet browsers.

Due to how this world is full of Firefox users, the blog's layout will be changed sooner or later for readability. Here's what Deric said about the one who created the template! =P


Deric: your layout is an IE fanboy, not compatible with firefox or safari also


Indeed. So for all other blogs, make sure your template is compatible with all internet browsers for good readability. Bad layouts are always an eye sore. I will update the layout once I found a suitable one. Carmen Leong, if you're reading this, your blog's template seems to have the same problem when I was viewing it, probably not compatible with Internet Explorer?

Про бусы и про меня :)

Не очень люблю фотографироваться. Пока сам процесс идет еще ничего, но потом... Я ведь точно знала, что должна была проявиться очаровательная брюнетка с загадочной улыбкой и нежным взором, но на тебя упрямо смотрит всклокоченное существо с деревянной ногой и глаз фанерой заколочен :) Это- Я! Вот и будем знакомы :)
Но это случай особенный, потому как я смастерила бусики. Правда сделала я их ну прям таки скажем не шикарно. Пользовалась вот этим мастер-классом. Но пишется оно красиво, а вот делается... ну в общем делается как делается :)
Я заказала себе пластик fimo soft. Привез мне его друг из самой Праги (Леха и Леся, огромное вам спасибо). Оказывается, тот soft, что продают у нас, совсем не тот, что за бугрищем: там он действительно soft. Поэтому приходилось постоянно бегать до морозилки, так как в руках он страшно деформировался. Кроме того, нужно правильно выбирать толщину нарезки колбаски: если слишком толсто - не выходит рисунок, если тонко - получается месиво. Нужно где-то с полсантиметра толщиной. Перевела я тонну пластики пока получилось хоть что-то вразумительное.
Ах да, я же еще extruder приобрела. Что это такое по МК видно, а на словах - это такой шприц для выдавливания пластика. Лучше брать такой как по ссылке (с резьбой), если конечно не ставите себе цель бицепсы прокачать. Из самОй далекой Америки (Лиза, тебе тоже огромный рахмат) привезли. То есть я всех напрягла ради моего счастья :)
Когда я выпекла бусины, решила их выбросить. Но потом передумала: вдруг в процессе сборки есть еще какие-то подводные камни. Раз уж я перевела столько материала, то уж надо идти до конца. Но в итоге получилась довольно носибельная вещь, если смотреть издалека. Вот издалека и показываю :)



Гы. А вот и фанерный глаз :)
Отдельная БЛАГОДА Илье за хорошо проведенное время на фотосессии и огромное количество отличных снимков.
P.S. Нашла фото, где хоть бусы видать :) Добавляю.

How To Reduce Pimples

Wash, wash, wash! It ain't going away!

Some of us, including myself are having a hard time trying to reduce our pimples on our faces to look good and confident! So here are a few little tips you can take. Take note that some of the tips here may not work for certain individuals, so try and see what's best for you.


Cleansers

These are the good stuff that cleanses your skin to reduce blemishes and stuff. Mainly, cleansers come together as toners and moisturizers as well. The most effective medication against pimples are benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid. You do not have to wash your face with cleansers for 5 times a day. Once or twice a day would suffice. Keep in mind that the oil on your face (sebum) is the cause of the pore blockage, but it also plays an important role in protecting your skin. The more you get rid of it, the more sebum is produced, not good.

Here is a little example of a product from The Body Shop which is nice.

Tea Tree Foaming Cleanser

A decent product which does the job for you. Just squirt out some foam and apply it onto your face. Contains salicylic acid and tea tree oil. You can probably buy it in Malaysia for around RM40.

Acne Balm / Cream
A very well known product for pimples is Oxy and it is widely used because of its strength. I must advice that Oxy is very strong and not everyone could be used to its product. It's main ingredient is benzoyl peroxide and aids pretty well with clearing up your pimples. I recommend Oxy 5 Regular Strength, but use according to your own tolerance. Do not try to apply to much of this as it will really make your skin dry out and sometimes sore.

Oxy 5 Regular Strength

Besides that, you can also try Hazeline Snow, which is a moisturizing cream. It is used more for dry skin and can be used on acne scars. It makes a nice skin care product too. And yes, it is old school, but it's good.

Hazeline Snow Moisturizing Cream

Knowing Food Intolerance / Healthy Lifestyle
Certain people have a kind of food intolerance that causes acne breakout. If you know that certain food causes increased acne breakouts, then try not to consume it too much. Lastly, live a healthy lifestyle by taking your vegetables, exercise and get enough sleep to be able to fight those bacteria badguys!

Go for Skin Care Treatment
Going to these places lets you know the type of your skin and the best ways to overcome your acne problems quickly. It might be costly, but this seems to be one of the quickest and more effective ways of treating acne. They have all the equipment and the right skin care products that work really well. They will teach you how to take good care of your skin.

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Darkness and Light Update

The latest version of Darkness and Light for Warcraft III is out!

New version of Darkness And Light is out!
From the creators, NuevoEvo and RailKill

Long waited Darkness And Light is here, this map is now updated with lot of new features, items and bug fixes. Download is now available!

Main changes
- Added 2 new heroes, Arina and Ireine
- Anti magic system, which allow player to cast anti magic instantly. (This system might remove due to delay when casting)
- Fixed most of the bugs.
- Most of the items are now added, including CRA items.
- New custom hero voice.
- Added Durahan (Creep)
- Balanced hero attack damage and armor.

Download Link

Download via Mediafire

Note: You must have Warcraft III: Frozen Throne installed and patched with at least version 1.24b, else the map will not load. You can get the latest version of patch here.

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