tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:07:32 +0000WorkrugameTechnologyEione LorebinderMasaraWeb 2.0censorshipArtifice LorebinderSocial NetworkingReal IDwhere creative ramblings meet mutinous mutteringshttp://www.dementedkitty.net/noreply@blogger.com (Kim)Blogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-3434704706496403966Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:51:00 +00002010-11-17T12:02:39.870+11:00I don't often read children's easies, that is large books with lots of pictures and very little words. This one was recommended to my be our Children's Librarian and after reading it I can see why. Recommended for: Any current lover of technology or books, funny enough to be appealing to all ages. Everyone in my workplace knows I'm a computer geek and that I hardly devote myself to the reading http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/UEv2N0czfcU/review-its-book-by-lane-smith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/UEv2N0czfcU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/11/review-its-book-by-lane-smith.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1183562419980788794Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:16:00 +00002010-10-08T11:17:28.474+11:00rugame10/8 08:45:42.245 Xanthippe has come online. 10/8 08:46:02.821 Franticread: and our speaker is now online which is great 10/8 08:46:12.821 Xanthippe: Gah! I'm here! Me voici! 10/8 08:46:30.335 Xanthippe: Sorry I'm so late, and ... in Stormwind. :( 10/8 08:46:31.120 Franticread: Hello Xanthippe 10/8 08:46:42.540 Villapapyri says: Quick test! 10/8 08:46:42.928 Miryl: lol, hiya 10/8 08:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/OUIBhWoa7UY/craig-anderson-where-is-library-talk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/OUIBhWoa7UY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/10/craig-anderson-where-is-library-talk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-4549397375839405236Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:45:00 +00002010-09-27T13:45:06.895+10:00After a day and a half of struggling to get in to play my Collector's Edition copy of FF14 I've finally managed to get online and play. Please read the whole review it gets better at the end! Issues with getting online: 14 hours to only manage half of a 400mb patch, did some reading and found that you can download patches using uTorrent. Downloaded entire 400mb patch in 40 minutes. Signing up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/dvZIy_v0Tzg/final-fantasy-xiv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/dvZIy_v0Tzg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/09/final-fantasy-xiv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-8394452706553464299Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:12:00 +00002010-09-10T10:14:06.127+10:00rugame9/10 08:55:51.917 Franticread: Hi Masquirade 9/10 08:55:52.356 Hiemal: Hello Masq 9/10 08:55:59.816 Masquirade: Greetings! 9/10 08:56:32.188 Franticread: Sounds good Heimal 9/10 08:56:32.390 Stefwynn: is it rude to ask why Sockmongers minion seems to be on fire? 9/10 08:56:45.796 Hiemal: felfire... comes with the costume, eh? 9/10 08:56:49.853 Masquirade: Probably annoyed him on a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/ApBVEFoE-lU/shawn-mccann-where-is-library-seminar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/ApBVEFoE-lU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/09/shawn-mccann-where-is-library-seminar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-7506178379105265088Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:00 +00002010-09-09T09:47:15.354+10:00rugameWe will be having another talk tomorrow on Saurfang realm on the US version of World of Warcraft. So if you have an account and feel like coming along be at the Ironforge Library at 9am server time to listen/read to Shaun McCann, Digital Projects Librarian at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, talk about his experiences with games in University Libraries. For details about further http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/PDIdwj1rhTw/r-u-game-talk-10th-sept-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/PDIdwj1rhTw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/09/r-u-game-talk-10th-sept-2010.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1498153362200632629Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:11:00 +00002010-09-08T16:26:34.246+10:00I'm currently exhausted and annoyed. When I get overly tired I feel ill and my head spins, rather than subject myself to the hour long drive to work I called in sick assuming I could see the registered Nurse or Doctor at the local clinic today. Promptly slept through til 11am. Upon visiting the local clinic I am informed that I can't get in to see the doctor without a pre-booked appointment, whenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/bOAgdH7dIw0/exhausted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/bOAgdH7dIw0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/08/exhausted.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-7740242187886679638Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +00002010-08-03T19:26:42.219+10:00Dear Tony Abbott, Hi, I'm here to talk to you today about your attempt to appeal to the "family" vote crowd. While I understand that better conditions for parental leave I would like to bring up the following points. How are you going to compensate the following people for the taxes that go towards something they will never use or currently can't due to the state of laws in Australia. People http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/kjaFO5nQOaQ/dear-tony-abbott.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/kjaFO5nQOaQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/08/dear-tony-abbott.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-569988787211458196Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:48:00 +00002010-08-03T16:48:09.119+10:00This is me testing out the new iPad we bought at work, so far so good. The typing isn't that intuitive after using the iPhone so it might take some getting used to. Even so I can easily see myself falling in love with this device and now I really want one. The reason why I am finding this so hard to type with is the acrylic nails I have. On a conventional keyboard this is not a problem as they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/GT5aeYP_B9Y/ipad-first-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/GT5aeYP_B9Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/08/ipad-first-test.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1899024324916865387Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:45:00 +00002010-08-01T12:45:14.927+10:00I have finally finished cleaning up the WoW RU Game Seminar Transcript. If you wish to see the now wholly legible lot have a look here.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/IsOyUOnRse0/overdue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/IsOyUOnRse0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/08/overdue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-779298351006489426Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:45:00 +00002010-08-01T10:45:08.825+10:00After reading up on what I needed to do in order to upgrade my iPhone to iOS4 I was a bit disappointed at the lack of direction in iTunes. Frequently being told that I had data that was no backed up, apps that had already been paid for that might disappear and a partridge in a pear tree I eventually got it to work. This was after I said screw it I can put everything back on there when it wipes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/FP2Sg27oYRo/ios4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/FP2Sg27oYRo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/08/ios4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-3753178010552047931Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:43:00 +00002010-09-09T09:39:43.443+10:00rugameWil Wheaton said: Narrative video games aren't going to replace television and movies any more than television and movies replaced books, but as technology continues to advance, and games become even more cinematic and interactive, the battle won't be only for the consumer; it will also be for the creator. People who went to school 20 years ago to learn how to make movies are now going to school http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/Whwqbzvk8to/r-u-game-seminar-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/Whwqbzvk8to" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/r-u-game-seminar-2010.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-4574610526636858260Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +00002010-07-27T00:00:50.344+10:00Dementedkitty.net domain is currently in the process of being moved to a new server. So basically if you can't see this page it's because of the small swapover period between the last DNS server and the next one. My email addresses are also in the process of being recreated so if you happen to send something through to any of them (not that it's likely) it won't arrive until the new mailboxes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/rwyyxNiTihw/dknet-potential-downtime-period.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/rwyyxNiTihw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/dknet-potential-downtime-period.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-4728434630969042985Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:43:00 +00002010-07-24T19:43:17.277+10:00In response to my last post about the upcoming Federal Election I would like to point out this post on why The Government and The Interwebs will always be diametrically opposed. So what’s a geeked up voter to do? There’s the Greens, of course, who oppose the filter but support the NBN roll out. But They Are Never Going To Be In Government. There’s the Opposition, who will scrap the NBN but not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/p1njjlxXh_g/politices-interwebs-and-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/p1njjlxXh_g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/politices-interwebs-and-everything.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-8874063356821012832Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:54:00 +00002010-07-21T19:39:44.656+10:00This post was inspired by CatyJ. Update: Liberals have stated they will throw out the NBN as soon as they got power, this will undo and even reverse to some extent the good done so far. We don't need to be stuck 10 years infostructurally behind the rest of the western world. Seeing as my car has been in the shop getting repaired from a run-in-with-a-roo, I've had access to the spare car which http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/tv76jc1UvOE/federal-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/tv76jc1UvOE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/federal-election.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-7454606754313771089Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:07:00 +00002010-07-13T21:11:58.161+10:00I'm working on a few things at the moment. Writing my entry for the Annual Blizzard Writing Competition, distilling all the information I gained at R U Game 2010 into legible posts, that includes reworking the ingame transcript, and last but not least providing screenshots of the World of Warcraft Cataclysm Beta. Edit: I've now gotten my photostream to work. Some images contain spoilers, refrainhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/25tZgBm5Pag/update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/25tZgBm5Pag" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-7418159731382644753Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:34:00 +00002010-07-11T11:34:59.607+10:00Real IDFor those of you who don't know RealID real names on the forums have been dropped. This post was linked to me by a friend, I'd love to be able to credit the original poster but I don't know it's source. It sums up with wonderful detail and example why RealID on the forums is such a bad idea. I don't play WoW at the moment. I played off and on (mostly on) for the first five years of the game, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/sXpd48-BNP0/real-id-iii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/sXpd48-BNP0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/real-id-iii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1690119120370345609Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:01:00 +00002010-07-08T14:49:34.879+10:00Real IDAs a follow up to last nights post I thought I should clarify some points that are causing confusion within the community. The original thread is now over 1500 pages long, soon to hit 1600. At 20 posts a page this means there are over 31,000 posts on that thread alone, not counting the ones for other regions and/or languages. Users whom have been watching the thread avidly are reporting sudden http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/gmDUceM3nW0/real-id-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/gmDUceM3nW0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/real-id-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-179352253441548001Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:49:00 +00002010-07-11T11:35:37.178+10:00Real IDYou've got to wonder at the smart idea which has now spawned a 900+ 1000+ page thread on the US forums alone. At 20 posts a page that's more than 20,000 posts protesting this change. Other regional based official forum threads are also being hammered with replies. This has lead to the temporary inability to place a post to the forums in some cases. The majority of posts, cause seriously who's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/x6YuofzMyS4/activision-blizzard-take-social.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/x6YuofzMyS4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/activision-blizzard-take-social.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-8991404410991637426Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:18:00 +00002010-09-09T09:39:17.640+10:00rugameSorry the transcript took so long. I sat down tonight to edit it and found this wonderfully nifty feature in OpenOfficer.org Writer that can select a specified string of text or specific word and replace it with blank spaces or another word. A lot of the transcript was affected by a bug peculiar to the particular World of Warcraft addon I used to automatically capture text. This caused a lot of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/hJJTIbkOlwU/r-u-game-2010-world-of-warcraft-seminar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/hJJTIbkOlwU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/07/r-u-game-2010-world-of-warcraft-seminar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-6490235966434988083Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:10:00 +00002010-06-29T19:10:27.949+10:00Electronic Frontiers Australia has created a lovely little video to show Mum why she should be against the Mandatory Australian Internet Filter. Time to Tell Mum It's a great breakdown for anyone not all up with the technology bent and I highly recommend that anyone interested in finding out more to watch the video.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/CccmbB8peOQ/its-time-to-tell-mum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/CccmbB8peOQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/06/its-time-to-tell-mum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1648078159981816525Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:56:00 +00002010-06-17T16:56:33.251+10:00MasaraEione LorebinderArtifice LorebinderQuel'delar called to her. It's insidious whisperings invaded her dreams, urging her to Icecrown and their inevitable showdown. Some nights were worse than others, she would wake in a cold sweat feeling the urge to rise, dress and go. She wished she had never found the cursed thing, not been tempted by it's fascinating history. Lord Kalecgos had tried to warn her when she had petitioned Consort http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/yyTCqXntXH0/sword.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/yyTCqXntXH0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/06/sword.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-8559102575672590074Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:28:00 +00002010-06-14T11:35:59.690+10:00censorshipOnce again the dictates of society are causing women to question their body and how appropriate it is for their "bits" to remain unchanged. I will warn you straight off that the discussion contained within this page is not for the faint of heart. It's bad enough women are pressured to be thin, tanned and blonde. Yes I'm over-generalising but when it comes right down to it why should we feel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/lD43zMKMhWc/theyre-at-it-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/lD43zMKMhWc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/06/theyre-at-it-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-7812385856744020568Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:55:00 +00002010-06-08T14:55:42.557+10:00You might see things getting moved around. I'm trying to make the blog more friendly and accessible. For those of you here because of Learning PLNSW 2.1 I'm in the process of sorting out all my Learning 2.1 and 2.0 posts with the tag link Web 2.0 for ease of use. Some of you might also notice the addition of some pages listed under Characters, these related to my Role Play characters in World ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/ZZ2IMgh5NMU/ease-of-use.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/ZZ2IMgh5NMU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/06/ease-of-use.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-1815205371458529441Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:19:00 +00002010-06-05T17:19:30.345+10:00Eione LorebinderEione watched from her hiding place, eager to catch a glimpse of the strange creatures again through the the fading light. She didn't understand what the dwarf herding them was saying, or why he felt they needed to be whipped so. She saw the gleam of animal intelligence in their eyes and knew that his cruel behaviour was unnecessary to gain their compliance. Shifting to ease muscles tired of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/qwahmGPFioE/ram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/qwahmGPFioE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/06/ram.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336474699386602002.post-3557933102531695443Tue, 25 May 2010 10:40:00 +00002010-06-08T23:30:53.539+10:00I've been collecting bits and pieces of art for a number of years now. This is mostly due to my former addiction to deviantart. Over the years I've purchased a number of comissioned works through the wonderful artists there, most of them of my "alter ego" of sorts the character Variel. Variel is now heavily influenced by the online game World of Warcraft but I felt it was time to share some of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DementedKitty/~3/_T9Q-JE62u8/art-commission-weakness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DementedKitty/~4/_T9Q-JE62u8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dementedkitty.net/2010/05/art-commission-weakness.html