There’s an ancient Roman glass d20 up for auction on Christie’s. It’s 2 1/16 in. wide and from the 2nd century, A.D.. That is so frikkin’ awesome.
Unfortunately, any desire I might have to acquire it vanishes when I see what they estimate it’ll sell for: $4,000 to $6,000.
Found via HeadGames Podcast
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : novelties
[1]
You may already know about this, since you’re a clever, web-savvy person, but Google has released the Windows beta of a brand-new web browser called Chrome. (Sadly for Mac users like myself, it’s Windows-only right now.)
I found that the easiest way to learn about Chrome’s features from a user perspective was to watch the short tutorial movies, while the comic about why they made Chrome by Scott McCloud provided all the geeky behind-the-scenes info I wanted.
The features I found most intriguing were that each tab is its own process, so one tab can’t crash the entire browser; they incorporated Google’s “one box for everything” approach for the address bar box, and the creation of a home page that starts with snapshots of your most-visited web pages. Oh, and they re-wrote the entire thing so its (supposedly) super-fast and made it open source. I’m cautiously optimistic.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: technology : novelties
I’m a huge fan of Moleskine’s slim, soft-cover, week-per-page, yearly planners. This year, I thought to order one too late and missed out, so Sharon converted a slim unlined Moleskine to a 4-month planner for me. I like it well enough. In fact, I think I like it more than the other format.
Now I’ve stumbled across Pocket Mod. It seems pretty neato, and it’s free. I may start using this when my 4-month planner runs out. If you’re a fan of paper-based pocket organizers, check out their nifty flash-based organizer layout interface. I suspect you’ll be amused.
Courtesy of Bluesea at the Board Game Designers’ Forum.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties
I’ve done the best searching I know how to do, and now I’m turning to you for help.
Many moons ago, I owned a game store. We carried the Over The Edge RPG in the store. Over The Edge is a game of conspiracies within conspiracies, all struggling for supremacy on a little island. It’s surreal and has a wicked sense of humor. We also carried its companion CCG, On The Edge. On The Edge was very true to the game and pretty fun to play. One of the coolest things about it were certain rare cards called Secrets. Aside from having cool in-game abilities, they also had great flavor text. The flavor text for the secrets revealed really nifty stuff about the true nature of that faction’s presence on the island.
Here’s where you come in. If you know the text for one or more On The Edge secrets, please leave a comment with the name of the secret and its flavor text. Thank you!
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : novelties
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December Game of the Month:
There’s an ancient Roman glass d20 up for auction on Christie’s. It’s 2 1/16 in. wide and from the 2nd century, A.D.. That is so frikkin’ awesome.
Unfortunately, any desire I might have to acquire it vanishes when I see what they estimate it’ll sell for: $4,000 to $6,000.
Found via HeadGames Podcast
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : novelties
[1]
You may already know about this, since you’re a clever, web-savvy person, but Google has released the Windows beta of a brand-new web browser called Chrome. (Sadly for Mac users like myself, it’s Windows-only right now.)
I found that the easiest way to learn about Chrome’s features from a user perspective was to watch the short tutorial movies, while the comic about why they made Chrome by Scott McCloud provided all the geeky behind-the-scenes info I wanted.
The features I found most intriguing were that each tab is its own process, so one tab can’t crash the entire browser; they incorporated Google’s “one box for everything” approach for the address bar box, and the creation of a home page that starts with snapshots of your most-visited web pages. Oh, and they re-wrote the entire thing so its (supposedly) super-fast and made it open source. I’m cautiously optimistic.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: technology : novelties
I’m a huge fan of Moleskine’s slim, soft-cover, week-per-page, yearly planners. This year, I thought to order one too late and missed out, so Sharon converted a slim unlined Moleskine to a 4-month planner for me. I like it well enough. In fact, I think I like it more than the other format.
Now I’ve stumbled across Pocket Mod. It seems pretty neato, and it’s free. I may start using this when my 4-month planner runs out. If you’re a fan of paper-based pocket organizers, check out their nifty flash-based organizer layout interface. I suspect you’ll be amused.
Courtesy of Bluesea at the Board Game Designers’ Forum.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties
I’ve done the best searching I know how to do, and now I’m turning to you for help.
Many moons ago, I owned a game store. We carried the Over The Edge RPG in the store. Over The Edge is a game of conspiracies within conspiracies, all struggling for supremacy on a little island. It’s surreal and has a wicked sense of humor. We also carried its companion CCG, On The Edge. On The Edge was very true to the game and pretty fun to play. One of the coolest things about it were certain rare cards called Secrets. Aside from having cool in-game abilities, they also had great flavor text. The flavor text for the secrets revealed really nifty stuff about the true nature of that faction’s presence on the island.
Here’s where you come in. If you know the text for one or more On The Edge secrets, please leave a comment with the name of the secret and its flavor text. Thank you!
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : novelties
[5]
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