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Recreating Byaghro in Fiction, An Analysis
The lovely Windsoar, from Jaded Alt, agreed to write about a question that came to my mind when thinking of topics that we could write about and see the various responses that came from thinking of ourselves and how we would analyze and recreate ourselves if we were the basis for a fictional character. At the time of this posting I do not have the direct link to her post, so I will update this post... [Read more]
Secrets: The Beginning
Note: For the index of all posts in this series look here: Table of Contents Two years ago… Synil loved spending time at the falls. The cool, refreshing water flowing over her as she lay on the sun-baked stone was the perfect mixture of temperatures to make her skin tingle. She closed her eyes and listened to the deathly roar of the waterfall; the sounds of nature’s most wondrous element... [Read more]
The Topic of Gender
Windsoar wrote an interesting piece about gender (link) yesterday that I started to comment on, and then realized my comment became much more of a full post quite quickly. I recommend reading the original post and comments, and then coming back to read this one. For those who would rather read a couple of highlights to get an idea of what the discussion explores the first two sections below are an... [Read more]
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Project iHome Part Two, Home Entertainment
The first thing I wanted to accomplish on my endeavor to create the ideal solution for home entertainment and automation was, quite simply, the entertainment aspect. I had an AppleTV (first generation) that had served me well, but I was recognizing a number of things I wanted to do but could not due to limitations of the device itself (the first generation AppleTV was designed as a front-end for iTunes, and required syncing media to the device or streaming it from an iTunes library). While researching various media center alternatives, I ran across two applications that I really thought showed... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Project iHome Part One, The Idea
Many people I have spoken with over the past few years have expressed interest in some of the things I have done surrounding my home theater/home automation setup, so I decided it was time to sit down and write up the concept from original idea (at least as I can recall it) through initial inception and into current iteration. This is part one, wherein I go over the thought processes that guided me in the direction I finally settled on taking. Subsequent parts will delve into why I chose the specific applications I use, as well as some of the neat features that made these choices ideal for my needs... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Saturday, January 29, 2011
General Updates
In no particular order and written in a purely “stream of consciousness” style: Having a couple of weeks between semesters was a much needed break. Full time work and full time school do not mix very well, and I was definitely feeling the burnout from a lack of free time. This coming semester will, hopefully, be a little better (one less class, and I’m accustomed to full time work and school together after this past semester). Writing has been… difficult. I have some topics in mind but cannot seem to commit anything more than a sentence or two to virtual paper. I certainly... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Sunday, January 9, 2011
A Guild Is Born
The General information I would love to see some people come on over and join who are interested in just having fun; whether it is occasional play, simply socialization, leveling an alt, leveling a new main, interested in just running around the world, interested in dungeon crawling, or even potentially interested in some end-game content. We are a small group of people who are more interested in having fun in the game than in choosing any specific course of action. My goal is to see us grow to a large group with the same idea in mind: have fun and, in the course of doing so, be creative. For some... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Sunday, December 12, 2010
An Interesting Idea
There’s something intrinsically interesting in the concept of an all Worgen guild to me. Much like a pack of wolves that run together, the thought of a pack of Worgen running together is compelling from both the role-playing aspect and the sheer appearance (seriously, think of how interesting it would be to see an entire team comprised of Worgen in a battleground). So here’s the idea: I’ll be creating an all-Worgen guild with the launch of Cataclysm. I don’t have a lot of time to play, so the overall design is simply to have fun and be social. If that doesn’t interest... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Saturday, December 4, 2010
So, It Has Been a Bit Quiet Around Here…
… which has been easily apparent by my lack of posting for a while. I was out of town for a couple of weeks in addition to having an inordinately high amount of classwork I needed to take care of, but I wanted to at least post something so that you guys all know I’m still around and haven’t simply abandoned the blog (the rest of the year will probably be a bit quiet too, though I hope to be back to posting on a semi-regular basis again after the holiday season). I really do not have a lot to say at the moment, so instead I’ll share some photos I took while I was out of town... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Still Alive
If your first thought was “Portal” I applaud you, but this time it is just an update on why things have been so quiet around here lately. It seems that full time work and a full time class load do not really lend themselves to enhancing my ability to keep up with Diabolical Minds like I want to. No need to worry, though. I’m not going anywhere. This place will probably be pretty quiet until after the holidays though, just to warn you. So what have I been doing? Really? After I mention full time work and full time school you really want to ask me that? Alright, fine, I’ll... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Thursday, October 7, 2010
Recreating Byaghro in Fiction, An Analysis
The lovely Windsoar, from Jaded Alt, agreed to write about a question that came to my mind when thinking of topics that we could write about and see the various responses that came from thinking of ourselves and how we would analyze and recreate ourselves if we were the basis for a fictional character. At the time of this posting I do not have the direct link to her post, so I will update this post accordingly with the link later today (and if anyone else would like to take this question and post their thoughts please let me know, and I’ll add those links too). The Question: If you were to... [Read more]
Posted by Byaghro on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
