From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Hasta la Vista

February 22, 2008

En inglés, "Until we meet again."
Tomorrow morning, Mrs. Kestrel and I fly to Los Angeles, and on Sunday board a ship for a 7-day cruise along the Mexican Riviera. The occasion is my mother-in-law’s 20th birthday (she was born on Feb. 29). Joining us will be my wife’s brother and his wife, as well [...]

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Sig Update – Final Version

February 20, 2008

As I mentioned the other day, Bansidhe made a fantabulous couple of graphic signatures for me. The final version, which I’m about to install at Blog Azeroth, looks like this:

Incidentally, Ban discusses the evolution of my sig on her site.
 

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I LOL’d

February 20, 2008

Pellegri is an affliction ‘lock who writes at /emofire. Head over there right now and read this joke. I cracked up! Definitely safe for work, and is a great pally joke.
Now that your laugh muscles are loosened up, head over to Two and A Half Orcs to get some side-splitting tips on how to manage [...]

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Post Ratings by Outbrain

February 19, 2008

Following the suggestion of The Game Dame and the endorsement by Bruthah at Disciple of the Light, I’ve installed the Outbrain Post Ratings plugin for WordPress.
Right now, it’s a trial run: I would like your input on whether or not you find it worthwhile, or even worth your time to rate my posts. So we’re [...]

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We Can Haz Signaturez!

February 18, 2008

With tons and tons of thanks to Bansidhe for the following:
 
 

 

 
Now I just need to figure out where, when and how to display them.
Thanks again, Ban! 

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What Is So Hard About BG Strategy?

February 18, 2008

Battlegrounds…BGs…"Horde always wins"…"Allies always win"

If you live on a PvE server (as I do), chances are BGs are your first introduction to organized PvP in World of Warcraft. Oh sure, I did the occasional defense of Ashenvale when the Horde would stream in from the Barrens, laying waste to Astranaar and Auberdine, occasionally hopping a [...]

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So Many Blogs, So Little Time

February 15, 2008

Between Blog Azeroth and EntreCard, my Google Reader (and subsequently, my blogroll) is exploding! Note to self: If you’re going to post these updates, do it weekly! So without further ado, here are several more blogs I’m trying desperately to keep up with. I hope you find at least a nugget or two among them.
 

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We Get Letters!

February 14, 2008

This morning, I was reading TJ’s blog, and commented on a recent article. Part of my comment was, "I just wish readers would email me asking my advice on something, so I could brag about getting email from a reader."
So imagine my joy and surprise to get the following e-mail later this morning:
From: Ratshag
To: Kestrel
Subject: [...]

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How Cool is THIS?

February 13, 2008

This is Blogger’s new ID chooser for comments.
I love it!
 
 
 
If you’re using Blogger, and the above is not the default for comments, I implore you to switch! And if you can do it with the captcha image, that’s cool too. Finally, Blogger has it right again!
Thank you thank you thank you!! 
 

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PvP Class Tips at A Dwarf Priest

February 12, 2008

I don’t know how many of you read A Dwarf Priest, but I’m guessing more of you should, and more of you will, especially if you engage in PvP.
She’s just posted an article entitled Priest PvP Tips vs Other Classes, and it is a MUST READ, even if you aren’t a Priest. While she gives [...]

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