A small "clin d'oeil" to Iconoclass: I once told her about a dream that I had made, with a die with 60 sides and she replied: "Wow, a bucky ball!" and then she explained what it was.
Well, they made it! A functional 60 sides die:

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Things have changed a bit on Live Journal since I was gone. I just discovered the popularity features. I've got the "social capital" of a unicorn! I guess that makes me very special
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Although it's not quite useful, I find steampunk design really badass:


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Yesterday I was watching a program in sign language with some of the residents when I colleague came in. She watched it with us for a while, and said that it must be a really cool language to learn. I agreed.

And then, she added: “But I think that Braille must be really hard to talk”. It took me at least two seconds to realize that she was dead ( Read more... )

Nothing really new there, and some of you might have seen it already, but for those who didn't, I wanted to share again the Dog Diary versus Cat Diary. I find it hilarious :-)

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 Boredom is a hidden gift full of treasures... 

Nobody knows I'm a spy. It's because I'm a good one. On almost each game I play/played, I ended up playing a spy. It's fun, you get to use cryptography goodies, and conspire with other players in the same position.

This evening, thanks to someone whose name I won't reveal in order not to blow her cover, I discovered the personality test of the CIA. ( Read more... )

I just:

1) purchased the core book of Ars Magica 5th edition although I already have the 2nd and the 3rd editions in various languages and that I had told myself that I wouldn't need more than the 24 Ars Magica books I already have

and

2) joined a forum to play an Ars Magica saga online

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bad, bad Astramance...