Sunday, 1 August 2010
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
Use the comments here to swap tips about outstanding, little known, and/or underutilized parts of Museblog MuseBlog. (In four years, we’ve accumulated an amazing number of chasms, subterranean passages, sunken cities, and fossiliferous formations.) Be sure to include the URL (Web address) so others can share your finds.
Date: September 1, 2009
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Fan Page / MuseBlog business
Known Muser birthdays this month*:
1 August – MuseBlog (2005), Armada (1996)
2 August – mas0n (1996 – blue, red)
7 August – Koppar
8 August – small but fierce (1998)
10 August – gingerkid (1996)
21 August – Alice (1993), Adeia (1996)
22 August – Mikazuki (1998)
27 August – Nthanda the Laugher (1991), Errata (1996), Kiga (1997), Rainbow*Storm (1997)
28 August – Sunrunner Bramblewood (1993)
29 August – Turquoise (1995), gnash (1996)
30 August – Witchneko (1998)
31 August – Quintessentia (1992), shriya siolashrwa jeffica (1992)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 23 and December 23, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between June 3 and July 3, 1990.
You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in February.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
Amelia was posting on the Fan Page long before MuseBlog existed; by our count, she was the eighth MBer to arrive on the blog itself.
She turneth 18 today (Wednesday, July 28), in celebration whereof, we deem she deserveth the very finest of antediluvian pies on the July birthday thread.
He Who Must Be Mispronounced turns 5,000 days old today (Tuesday, July 27).
For times when someone else’s words are better than yours.
Continued from Quotations, 2010.2.
This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.
MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.
Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.
Continued from version 2010.2.
The fishy one turns 16 years old today (Monday, July 26). That’s four squared, two to the fourth power, or 10000 in binary notation — a pleasing number any way you look at it. Please fling her a few highly symmetrical pies on the July birthday thread.
The MBer formerly known as Fluffylump turns 17 years old today (Thursday, July 22). A round of fluffy, lumpy pies, please, on the July birthday thread.
On this day (July 20) in 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon in the region called Mare Tranquillitatis, the Sea of Tranquility. Read more »
She appeared on the blog slightly more than 16 months ago and turns 13 years old today (Tuesday, July 20).
No dark clouds for this Silver Lining! Just plenty of good wishes and well-flung pies, please, on the July birthday thread!
Already as long as The Divine Comedy, The Lord of the Rings, and all the Harry Potter books put together, and still growing.
Continued from Part 7.
Continued from Dreams, v. 2009.1.
There never was a 2009.2. Apparently one “Dreams” thread a year is all we need.
Expect moderation to be patchy for what remains of the night as GAPAs are either out and about or down for the count, depending upon local conditions.
Description: A general store serving the Academy, MuseBlog, and the greater Musipolitan area.
Location: The village of New Reykjavik, Hyperborea, off the coast of Iceland; with interdimensional connections to the Oasis.
Inventory: Transfinite. Inconceivable. “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it. Trust us. You really don’t.”
The cuddly Beatle and veteran of “Shining Time Station” notches up three score years and ten today (Wednesday, July 7).
Enceladus asked:
“Do they have channels in whatever graphics program you use? And if so, could you explain them? Because, essentially, there’ the one thing (aside from actual scripting) that I need to know to proclaim myself a GIMP wizard.”
Step inside our virtual tent to learn more about channels. Or just enjoy the pictures, if graphics aren’t your thing.
[*Chautauquas began in the 19th century as a sort of summer camp approach to continuing education. The events were often held in big circus-style tents. The name comes from the New York town where the first one took place. We're borrowing the term as a convenient umbrella title for such occasional threads as might be more information oriented than the usual. Though really we simply like the name.]
The latest version of our chess software has an option for bigger boards (with squares 48 pixels wide instead of the usual 32). We’re giving it a try. Let us know how you like it. If the boards are too big now, we can go back to the smaller ones.
(There’s a sample below the fold.)
Read more »
If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi.
Polly Shulman (blogname: Pollyhymnia), young-adult author, friend of MuseBlog, and all-around good egg, has a new book coming out on July 8. It’s called The Grimm Legacy. You can find out more about it through Google or on Polly’s website.
Known MBer birthdays this month:*
July 03 Kokonilly’s birthday (1996 – light blue/lime green)
July 05 shadowfire’s birthday (1996)
July 07 TNÖ’s birthday (1993 – green)
July 09 Lizzie’s birthday (1991)
July 13 Rosebud2’s birthday (1998)
July 15 Birthday of EAP (a.k.a. The Mole)
July 19 Birthday of Fio (a.k.a. La Mort) (1992 – black, silver, and red)
July 20 Silver Lining’s birthday (1997 – lime green and silver)
July 22 IBCF’s birthday (1993)
July 26 Agrrrfishi’s birthday (1994 – sky blue, navy, and bubblegum pink)
July 27 Enceladus’s 5K Day
July 28 Amelia Peabody’s birthday (1992 – charcoal)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between October 23 and November 22, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between January 27 and February 26, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between May 3 and June 2, 1991.
You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in January.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
On June 21, an unfamiliar MBer called Sans Orchestre left a comment on the random thread saying that she* had posted before under different aliases but now wanted to return for a fresh start.
Searching the blog and other sources, we discovered that her history went beyond simple changes in alias. We replied that first she should tell other MBers who she had been. Since then we haven’t heard from her or seen her on the blog, so we’ve decided to post that information here.
The game cromwell vs. Jakob Wonkychair has ended in a victory for cromwell, who now moves up to second place on the MuseBlog Chess Ladder.
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