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Wow, it's an edit a day around here...

, I've a bone to pick with you. Because of you're actions I'm now having to write something I never thought I would.

See, this person who consistently over-estimates my drawing ability, told that this: was Daily Deviation material... and for some God unkown reason agreed with her. Which means I now have go go all mushy and hand out MASSIVE HUGE PROPS AND in thanks.

So, seriously, I'm floored. I truly am. This has more than made up for the somewhat un-entertaining day at work. Thanks again!

I shall endeavor to answer comments and stuff tomorrow, but for now I need to go curl up in a ball and pass out.

EDIT:

OK, I NEED SOME ADVICE.

So my old flat screen CRT finally died, and I'm in the market for a new monitor. I'm currently using ~OldnSlow's work monitor an HP LP2065 which ain't bad. Actually bought a Samsung SyncMaster 204b... that was a mistake. Don't get me wrong, it's a good monitor for things like gaming, watching movies and general computer work... but it isn't really suited to graphic work. Major issue is the colour gradient, particularly it's problems with really dark blues (ie, it considers most of them black).

So, I need recomendations for a new monitor. It should prefereably be LCD ('cause I'm on the computer a lot) and suited to graphic design work. That means minimal (preferably no, so probably not a TN panel) banding, a wide colour range and wide viewing angle (170degrees and up). Should be around 20-21" (to fit in my corner) and preferably a 4:3 aspect ratio, so no widescreens.

I'm currently looking at NEC, Viewsonic and Ezio (if I can work out how to afford it)... possibly Dell, but they don't do a 4:3.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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Hmm, guess I should write something about how Supernova went down. That's our annual geek-out around our joint.

Got up at some ridiculous hour of the morning (I mean, come on, saturday isn't meant to exist before about 9am) and drove to Smash's so as we could catch public transport in. We'd driven Alfetta-chan in the previous year and just about removed her exhaust system in the carpark, decided not to risk it this year.

Got off the train at Brunswick Street station and immediately ran into a crowd of cosplayers, mostly from Bleach and Naruto, well at least we knew we were in the right area. Saw Naruto buying coffee, really should've followed his example, as about 10 minutes later the serious coffee cravings set in. As such the 15 minute walk to the RNA showground was extended by stopping to oogle a couple of the cool homewares shops on the way... and to swear at the management of the ACNM Bar Merlo [link] (ACNM = Australian College of Natural Medicine, funny there should be a coffee shop there) for not opening on a saturday. Looks like a pretty cool joint though, crazy mismatched chairs and Melbourne style communal seating.

First experience of Supernova: the line. It was long, really long. Found a spot behind and who we didn't know at the start but did by the time we got inside. I swear we were standing in that thing for over an hour, but there's some consulation that at least the big group of weirdoes probably provided ample ammusement for the two hungover blokes on the third floor balcony across the street. Also met up with

Once we got inside things were far less exciting. Blew a lot of cash and felt a bit out of place for a lot of the day. A lot of the latter was possibly because Smash and I were in our usual casual clothes rather than something with a TV or anime series printed on it.

Caught up with who had been good enough to organize a lunch so we didn't have to eat crappy, over-priced con food. Rolls, cold meats and salads sure beats the shit out of possibly-shark and chips any day. Cheers much for that mate.

Also ran into at the cosplay, at which point our day was sadly cut short by other matters. In all reality though I think Smash and myself were pretty over it by that point anyway.


Final haul:

- Fate/Stay Night and Haruhi box sets
- Black Madman belt (needed something to stand in for the old Cadets one every so often)
- Max Factory Yuki Nagato figurine
- Porco Rosso and 2 ARIA art books
- Gunsmith Cats manga anthologies 2 & 3


For those of you who went, how was your Supernova experience? Does anyone else sometimes get midly scared at these things?

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