http://www.game-mistress.com ... the sordid details of my gaming life ... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/07/11/staring-contest-rules/ "But a private collector carried an original version to Argentina in 1928, where it has stayed, Felix-Didier said. " clipped from www.cbsnews.comLost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/07/05/original-metropolis-found-after-80-years/ I like this one. People say \'once in a blue moon, and usually mean \'almost never\', but at least this way, you can see when they happen! clipped from www.obliquity.com\nThe average interval between Full Moons is about 29.5 days, whilst the\nlength of an average month is roughly 30.5 days. ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/30/once-in-a-blue-moon/ All right, craigslist has weird posts all the time, but this really caught my eye. clipped from www.craigslist.orgi have come into the possession of my great grandfathers life work, among being a decorated aeronautical engineer it would appear he dabbled in the lesser accepted sciences. i have almost ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/30/wanted-pre-1965-paper-money/ http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/18/ah-modem-troubleshooting/ The sight of someone scrolling through hundreds of email messages trying to find a specific one is like fingers on a chalkboard for me. With a few tricks, you can use Gmail to find the exact message you're looking for, without all the scrolling.If you don't get a ton of ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/16/searching-gmail-how-to-find-any-message/ All right. I've been on the web a long time. I've seen lots of spam. Usenet spam, email spam, popup spam, even blog comment spam (and boy do I have to keep an eye on that one). But the latest round of BS I'm fighting is really aggravating me. I'm talking ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/13/wiki-spam/ Emergency preparedness planning is essential to keeping yourself and your family healthy in an emergency situation. If we learned anything from New Orleans it's that the government and agencies can not be relied on when a true disaster happens.As far as gaming goes, I think every character of mine ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/06/suggested-items-for-a-go-bag/ more cat pictures I'm applying for a new tech-support supervisor position. Wish me luck. http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/05/tech-support-cat/ Ah, the joys of a new edition of D&D. I now have to convert all my work on my campaign world into yet another new system. The crew voted to try 4e for the game since we'd all gotten early copies of the rules. I'm trying for a 'lower-drama' version of ... http://www.game-mistress.com/2008/06/03/4e-new-campaign-world-conversion/