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I have never been very good at writing diaries and such, but you can find my journal at The Blud Bank. When I have something to say, personally, that does not fit in any of the other forums or on a wiki page, that is where I will say it.
Bludwyng after one too many Monsters

So who is Bludwyng?
Princess Purbella Purrbutt
Bludwyng is one of my newer alts, an Arasai Defiler that I originally started on Test to document Game Update #35, which introduced Neriak and the Arasai. Document? Yes, for I have had many names and one of them is... (drum roll, please)... Florence Sopher of EQ2i. From September of 2006 to September of 2007 I was the template programmer and primary site designer at EQ2i, helping to build it from a minor, if well thought-of, fansite to one of the top EverQuest II fansites out there.
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Breakfast of Champions
When Allakhazam asked me to join the team here and take command of the new EQ2 Wikibase, I decided to create a new personae to keep my hobby editing separate from my new job, but since starting here the work to be done has totally consumed my time, and with the BETA for Rise of Kunark, I have decided I cannot do both jobs. I have placed Florence on inactive admin status at EQ2i. I see no reason that Allakhazam's and EQ2i cannot be friends, or at least friendly. At EQ2i we have long borrowed from Allakhazam's (among other sites) and I was the one that created the credit templates to give proper credit to the sites we borrowed from. I was also the one that built the "other resources" box, which gives a link from almost every page at EQ2i to the matching page at Allakhazam's and other resources, such as LootDB.

Here, I have borrowed much from my work at EQ2i, and have made a credit template for here that gives them credit for what I take (since I wrote so much of it anyway...). Both sites wiki's are published under the GFDL which very clearly allows for this.

I choose to remain Bludwyng here, but there shall be no secret identities. Allakhazam's deserves my full and complete attention, and they have it.

"Fear my evil cuteness!"
Bludwyng, Zam Network Sr. Wikibase Admin

Fan Faire 2009

Brasse and Bludwyng
Brasse and Bludwyng
Well, my brand new cam/camcorder, a Sanyo CG10, got stolen Friday along with all the pics and video I had taken, but at least I got this one pic (thanks, Spyderbite!)

Stroke

Thursday, Jan. 15th, I had a stroke. It was a TIA (Transient Ischemia Attack, or mini-stroke). I am ok, and have recovered what I would call 99% "normal" functionality. It went untreated for 7 days as none of us realized what had happened, I just seemed to get drunk (slight imbalance, slurred speech). Don't let this happen to you!!! Know the signs!!!

  • slurred speech
  • difficulty standing
  • muscle weakness on one side of the body
  • loss of consciousness (this did not happen to me)
Risk-factors
  • high blood pressure
  • high cholesterol
  • diabetes
  • smoking

Update: It is now late-March and I am feeling much better. Except for getting tired real easy if I overdo it, I seem to be 100% recovered. My typing is about 98% back to normal, I just have a tendency to under-press keys with my left hand. Afternoon naps are still a good thing, but I do not feel I have to take one like I did shortly after the event. I am still on a bunch of medications but my last visit to the doctor shows my numbers improving dramatically. My LDL and HDL are good, my sugar is well maintained now, and my blood pressure is still borderline high but on a good day it is within acceptable limits.

Preferred Browser

I use the Firefox browser from Mozilla, exclusively, unless I simply need to check compatibility with "one of those other browsers". Now, you can certainly use whatever browser makes you happy, but considering that IE continues to ignore the industry standards, creating new issues with every update while lagging years behind almost all the other browsers in compatibility with the standards, don't you think that ANY browser other than IE would have to be an improvement?

Fear My Hardware
the dual-screen monster!
So, you have of course heard about my new gaming PC that Berek designed for me. The basic parts were all ordered from NewEgg and the extras were purchased locally at Fry's. Well, here are the juicy details!
  • COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 Case
  • Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard
  • Intel Core 2 Duo Q9450 Quad-Core CPU
  • ATI Radeon 5870 512MB GPU
  • 8GB DDR2 RAM (Corsair PC2 6400)
  • WD Caviar 640GB SATA HD (3.0Gb/s)
  • PC Power and Cooling S75QB 750W Power Supply
  • Optiquest (made by Viewsonic) 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel Monitor
  • Acer 22" AL2216Wbd Widescreen Flat-Panel Monitor
  • Z-Board Merc Stealth lighted gaming keyboard
  • Logitech M-BJ58 Optical Wheel Mouse
  • Cyberpower 850AVR UPS
  • Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Total Cost: About $2500

Library

Now Reading
 Princess of Wands
by John Ringo
For A Few Demons More (The Hollows, Book 5)
by Kim Harrison
Just a few faves, and what I am reading now.
 The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Illuminatus! Trilogy
by Robert Anton Wilson

Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins

Toons

Aion

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