Introducing… Mikan!
What I re-learned today:
– 4-step of making cartoon bubbles
– dummy-DoF lens blur
– how to get them kittehs to stay put
Obviously, the last was the hardest part.
August 29, 2007
Meow-osophy Over Tea
August 29, 2007
The Flickr Affair
I’m so fed up with Flickr‘s *free account* limits. Grrr. I was one of the early adopters — though not much of a community-builder myself, I never passed up the chance to rec’ their awesome service and the *unlimited* storage to friends and family. Then came along the spider called Yahoo!.
I quited Yahoo! Photos and escaped to the then-new Flickr for a reason, you know.
Yes, I’m still mentioning Flickr as the best site for photo hosting and sharing to newbies, because, admit it, for a normal user who wants to share an album or two, they still are. For an armature photographer, blogging crafter, aspiring technology-blogger and self-proclaimed Internet junkie, this “most-recent 200-photo limit” is ridiculous. Basically, my older photos are being kept as hostages until I pay 25 bucks a year? No, no, my photos are still out there somewhere, suspended in the free-account realm. But I. Just. Can’t. See. Them. Nuh-uh, no access from any third-party services (which are what keep Flickr so darn attractive to me). I guess I can only hope that some other unlimited photo-comm-services published their APIs and get picked up by developers. *hint*Picasa Web Album*hint*
Why Yahoo!? Why, Flickr, why?
My growing list of Pro-Cons
| ————– Flickr ————— (+) Direct upload with FlickrUploadr & Picasa plugin (-) incorrect char-set for Thai comments when uploaded from Picasa (+) On-photo notes (+) Nested comments (+) Lots of third-party services |
—————Picasa————— (+) Direct upload from Picasa Desktop (PD) (+) Thai comments okay (-) Only photo’s caption, no title, no note (-) Flat comments (-) Box-y interface (+) Geotag from PD with Google Earth (with .kml export), but.. |
Note: When I say “no <something>” or “can’t <do something>”, what I really mean is that “… not without (re)searching/installing some other softwares/modifying some scripts”
August 25, 2007
Mikan’s Ears and Random Musings
Mini-croissants for brunch.
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Interestingly, a lot of astronomy-related newsflashes begin with
“Astronomers are surprised by…”
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Gou’s sibling just grows two ears to-day. Some of you will be tempted to call him a certain member of the canine family. I know it.
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I told Gim about Mikan looking like a *coughs*fox*coughs*. His respond?
“hmm… yeah, that’s perfect”
Now, what is that supposed to mean?!
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I’m thinking about getting a tarot deck, which means that I have to wade my way through tomes/pdfs/docs/webpages on tarot reading again. The decks I have my eyes on are Robin Wood and Duerer, both follow Rider-Waite to some degree, the latter with tongue-in-cheek allegories.
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| What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Social Nerd
You’re interested in things such as politics, psychology, child care, and peace. I wouldn’t go so far as to call you a hippie, but some of you may be tree-huggers. You’re the type of people who are interested in bettering the world. You’re possible the least nerdy of them all; unless you participate in other activities that paled your nerdiness compared to your involvement in social activities. Whatever the case, we could still use more of you around. ^_^ |
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| Science/Math Nerd |
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| Anime Nerd |
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| Gamer/Computer Nerd |
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| Literature Nerd |
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| Artistic Nerd |
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| Musician |
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| Drama Nerd |
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| What Be Your Nerd Type? Quizzes for MySpace |
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LOL. The text is completely off the mark! But the bar-things are pretty accurate, I guess.
August 17, 2007
Edward Elric – FMA paper model #2
I’ve been meaning to create an Elric-family reunion, but then the laziness and other things (a jar, OCs, wonders, etc.) got in the way. But since I promised someone to make the reunion possible by the end of this week (*looks at the calendar*, whew~), here goes…
Elric brother the elder, Ed-kun!
Behind the scene
Funny thing is, he’s nearly twice as tall as Al-kun. That’s probably why he’s smirking so much.
I couldn’t stand His sheer Smugness so I flicked him off the table. Twice.
Al-kun’s for cooing and snuggling. Ed-kun’s for target-practicing when I want to wring someone’s neck.
Go and grab your own chibi Ed.
See what he’s supposed to look like here.
ตั้งใจจะทำ Edward ไว้ให้ Al-kun นานแล้วล่ะ แต่…
ง่า…
ขอมาพิมพ์ใหม่วันหลังนะ -“-
August 14, 2007
Bear with Whiskers
Warning: Knitting yourself a sweater can cause backache and sprained wrists.
Because someone (most.. well, everyone) kept saying that I looked like a bear, or at least had a bear father, Som decided to give me a totally-uncalled-for facelift.
Now I look like a bear with whiskers!
Today update: I’m making a friend, literally.
Picture taken at our reunion. One big happy family.
erm… perhaps I do have a bear adopted dad after all.
