Category Archives: Spontaneous Bloggery

Posts that appear outside the usual Monday/Thursday slots, just for fun, etc.

A tree made of vectors

Previously, on Ninth Circle … As I mentioned last Friday, I’ve finally seen a tutorial (youtube, long) that helped me find a way to vectorize line drawings that isn’t LiveTrace.  LiveTrace was, to put it charitably, a complete disaster.  Let’s just say that … Continue reading

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Why I use a Coworking space

Get Out Of the Damn House Already About a month ago, I made a connection with the folks over at Hive4a, a local coworking space.  They’ve got reasonable monthly rates (cheaper than going to a coffeeshop!) and a pretty cool … Continue reading

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Stealing from the best

Today’s joke is modified from one I watched a 5-year-old performing a couple days ago.  It’s modified mostly so that I don’t have to record video. :) Why are tyrannosaurs rexes so unhappy? They can’t follow along with “If you’re … Continue reading

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Sneak Preview – the Handbasket

Hope you all are having a lovely Winter Holiday of Choice! I finally got the tree up and decorated on Boxing Day, a couple days later than I really like to have that done. However, I’ve had my tabletop tree … Continue reading

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418 I’m a teapot

A nerd is me! Earlier this week, a friend linked me to the “HTTP status codes as cats” images.  From the SRS CAT (200 OK) to LONGCAT (414 Request-URI too long) to the kitten inside the computer case (500 Internal … Continue reading

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I was a child gamer.

I was a child gamer. Much of the blame (and props) for me being a giant freaking nerd lies squarely on the shoulders of my parents.  My mom is a giant nerd who devours books on everything from Zen Buddhism … Continue reading

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