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Giving it another go

October 29, 08 //
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Look Behind You

Look Behind You

After Monday, I gave another try doodling on the DS for a my planned novella for NaNo. It helps visualising scenes already in my head.

I still have a bit of trouble painting, after all I haven’t actually painted anything since 2003.

Le gasp! It has been five years! It seems I do have a lot of ground to cover than I initially thought. I realised I forgot my anatomy, my lighting and other such factors that I need to consider.

But then again, I am not going for exhibitions, public shows or awards. I just want to draw. I somehow just regret I stopped and didn’t go back for so long.

That shouldn’t stop me right?

Christmas Project 2008

September 1, 08 //
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Christmas decor

Christmas Decorations by alitaylor.

For those who didn’t know, I send out personal Christmas Cards to anyone who wants to receive one free of charge! And these are not just simple e cards, they are actual tactile Christmas Cards, since not everyone receives them any more. I put a little something each time so it feels special. And since they have to be mailed out, I have to be strict with my schedule this time so the cards arrive safely and not get lost due to the Christmas rush.1

This year, I’m starting as early as this September to ask anyone who wants one.

(more…smiley


  1. Please see previous projects: 2005, 2006, 2007 ↩

Another Long Weekend

November 5, 07 //
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[pfmeter id=1 target=50000 progress=3820]

NaNoWriMo had to be put on hold for a few more days, due to more pressing concerns. But hey, 3820 words for 3 days isn’t bad. But because of this I’ll have to play catch up once this project is done.

I can say that the long weekend has been productive:

  • 3820 words down;
  • Drafted a template for a friend;
  • Initially finished Ossu! Tatakae! Oeundan! and started on the second game (a cracked and fun rhythm game for the Nintendo DS);
  • And I can now wield Joomla!TM((They have it trademarked, so I have to keep the exclamation point and the TM.))
Joomla! logo

Joomla!TM is another open source CMS, like Wordpress. It is supposedly scalable and highly adaptive to the needs of a growing website. And really, I was overwhelmed when I took a peek at the administrator panel.

smiley — I literally had this expression on, despite my lack of sleep.

As I delved in deeper, I realised it was actually easy enough. Once you figure out how to insert content and how the content items management area work with the modules. Boom! I also learned that it’s highly advisable to already have a site architecture as it will make it easier for you to create a template for it. And I also realised it has a lot in common with the ColdFusion-based CMS we use at work. So if I can wield that, I definitely can wield this.

But yeah, to highly customise it to your needs, you have to know basic programming or at least know how to tinker with PHP so you can edit some parts in the components and modules. But hey, that’s what tutorials are for!

I now have an additional skill set! smiley

Next on the to-learn list: Drupal.

And oi, with all this, I learned I still love Wordpress. *hugs WP*

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