I’m somewhat against the whole idea of having to put together a list like this for a couple of reasons; the first being that I don’t believe I’m that difficult to shop for, and secondly, I believe I’m worth having someone spend the 10 minutes it would take to actually think about what I might like.  I’m not that complicated and definitely not that hard to get to know, given a little time.

Yeah, I suppose that could be taken as a little cutting, but if you actually stop to think about what the whole Christmas gift-giving concept is about, you might begin to see my point.

Also, before I delve into a list proper, you should know that I have no prejudice or aversion to you finding ways to save money when shopping for my gift.  Times are hard and finances are strained to the max for many people, so if you’re into buying on eBay, DealsDirect, or any discount store to save a buck, by all means feel free to do so.  Don’t feel as though you *have* to spend big on my account.  And hey, if you think you can make, build, or engineer a gift with your own two hands and save spending money altogether, go right ahead.  Whichever way you choose to come by a gift, I will nevertheless be thankful and appreciative.

So, here you go, lucky SS.  Pick and choose as you will. 

Some you may know that I’m beginning to acquire parts and pieces to put together to build a killer PC I can use at home.  It’s been a while since I’ve had a “real” PC I can use without it overheating after a half-hour’s use, or blue screen to death, so I thought it about time.  With that in mind I give you the list of some of the components I will need to build it.

• CPU: Intel QuadCore Quad Q6600
• Motherboard: eVGA 132-YW-E178-A1
• Memory: Corsair Micro QUAD2x4096-8500C5DF 4GB Kit
• Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD4870X2
  
• Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
  
• Hard Disk: 2 x Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint 500GB
  
• Case: Antec P182 Performance One
• Power Supply: Zalman ZM850W
  
• OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
• Additional: USB Hub (with as many ports as possible… )

Other things I might enjoy or find useful would be the following:

• Gift voucher
  This could cover anything from clothing to DVDs.  Less personal and thoughtful but more versatile, I suppose.
• Bike riding gear -or vouchers.
  Jerseys (tops), nicks (shorts), jackets, etc.  For when I’m riding to work.
• PC or Wii Games
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • Command & Conquer:  Red Alert 3 (PC)
  • Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare or World at War (PC)
  • Dead Space (PC)
  • Mirror’s Edge (PC)
  • World of Goo (Wii)
  • de Blob (Wii)
  • Rock Band (Wii)
  • etc, etc…
• Nice summertime, light jackets, tops, etc
• A nice watch.
• Air purifier/ionizer… (sick of dust and crap… )
• Car stuff :-“

That’s about all I can think of right now.
Please remember that you’re by no means restricted to acquire any of the items on this list.  If you can think of something I might like that I haven’t put on there, get it.

If after all this you still have difficulty finding something just remember, I’m a technology geek; I enjoy riding my mountain bike; I enjoy gaming; I love clothing and if all else fails, I drink beer (blonde… less carbs ).

Hope that helps.

If I think of other things, I’ll add them on here.

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It’s been a while since I last posted on here, hasn’t it?

Well, I got somewhat discouraged at WordPress and some other stuff and the headaches it was giving me affected my creativity but I think I’ve managed to get that all worked out now.  In addition, my sister’s family came to stay with us for a while so the house was a somewhat busy (and noisy!) there for a while.    My younger brother also graced us with his presence, so it was somewhat of a family get-together.

And on top of that, I’ve been working on some icons for the 2008 GUI Championships.

Shutter Reloaded Headaches

Basically, what was happening was that the way I was using the Shutter Reloaded plugin for WordPress to display image previews on one of my posts was causing some major drama and the post just wouldn’t save after a certain number of either characters or perhaps images were shown in the post.  So I had to troubleshoot for a while, but I think I finally resolved it with a little help (yup, you guessed it.. Steph saves the day again ). 

It seems that what I was doing was adding way too many characters or something and it made the post choke or some such so it wouldn’t even save.  Once I’d cleaned out the superfluous code however, things got a little better and I was able to continue with the post, which coincidentally, needs only a final proofread and I’ll be able to post it. 

The Gonzalez family visit

My sister Carol and her husband, their son and newest daughter flew from Mt. Isa in Queensland to grace us with their presence.  During their visit, they lodged in our humble abode and managed to displace me from my usually quiet study, in which I would normally be found up until midnight on most nights… except while they were here. 

Anyways, I got to meet my newest niece and see my youngest nephew also.  Lily (aka. Lily-Bean) was cute, (mostly) quiet and smiley little thing.  She has a habit of breaking out in a huge but cute toothless grin at the slightest provocation.

We pretty much all took advantage of their company while they were here, though “some” (no names given ) managed to monopolize their time more than others.

Lil’ bro also visits

Juan also stopped by for a visit.  He stayed at dad’s and was pretty much visible around town and at our various family functions. He’s a bit dorky but it’s always good to have him around.

Got you that time, didn’t I, Juan? 

Icons for the GUI Championships

Aside from all that, I’ve been working on an icon package which I will submit to compete in the 2008 GUI Championships.

The bi-annual event, “is an inter-website contest in which top graphic designers from around the world compete for $15,000 in cash and prizes.”

So I’ve been hard at work coming up with nice looking-concepts for each icon and getting them drawn and endlessly tweaking them in order to bring them to life so you can enjoy them on your desktops with a little help from IconPackager.

So here’s a small taste of what’s in store.  Bear in mind that these are only small previews of individual icons.

Site Update

After all the drama with the posts, I also finally managed to get the site updated to the latest version of WordPress.  The process was a bit involved and time-consuming but it all seems to have gone off without a hitch and as a bonus I have a complete backup of my site just in case something awful should happen. 

So that’s about all for now.  Keep an eye out for part 1 of the logo tutorial mentioned earlier coming out sometime tomorrow (finally!  I know, i know… )

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