xiong's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=xiong2003-11-05T06:19:44ZCode of Honor (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/xiong/writeups/Code+of+Honorxionghttp://m.everything2.com/user/xiong2003-11-05T06:19:44Z2003-11-05T06:19:44Z<b><big>My <a href="/title/Personal">Personal</a> <a href="/title/Code">Code</a> of <a href="/title/Honor">Honor</a></big></b><p>
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For let the gods so speed me as I love <br>
The name of honor more than I fear death. <!-- close inline tag into block --></b><p><b><!-- reopen inline tag after block -->
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--<a href="/title/Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>, <i><a href="/title/Julius+Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></i> I.2
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<li>I will be <a href="/title/honest">honest</a> at all times; I will not <a href="/title/lie">lie</a>, <a href="/title/cheat">cheat</a>, or <a href="/title/steal">steal</a>.
<li>I will be <a href="/title/clean">clean</a> in <a href="/title/body">body</a>, <a href="/title/mind">mind</a>, <a href="/title/word">word</a>, <a href="/title/thought">thought</a>, and <a href="/title/deed">deed</a>.
<li>I will <a href="/title/protect">protect</a>, <a href="/title/defend">defend</a>, <a href="/title/support">support</a>, and <a href="/title/serve">serve</a> my <a href="/title/family">family</a> and <a href="/title/friends">friends</a>.
<li>I will be <a href="/title/merciful">merciful</a> to those in need, and offer <a href="/title/help">help</a> when I am <a href="/title/able">able</a>.
<li>I will greet <a href="/title/stranger">stranger</a>s <a href="/title/hospitably">hospitably</a> and <a href="/title/treat">treat</a> them <a href="/title/fair">fair</a>ly.
<li>I will give no <a href="/title/comfort">comfort</a> to those who prove themselves <a href="/title/enemy">enemies</a>.
<li>I will not return <a href="/title/dishonor">dishonor</a> with dishonor.
<li>I wlll not allow an <a href="/title/insult">insult</a> to honor to pass un<a href="/title/challenge">challenge</a>d.
<li>When I am <a href="/title/wrong">wrong</a>, I will <a href="/title/promptly">promptly</a> <a href="/title/admit">admit</a> it, and seek to <a href="/title/remedy">remedy</a> my <a href="/title/error">error</a>. But I will not be <a href="/title/sway">sway</a>ed by <a href="/title/faulty">faulty</a> <a href="/title/appeal">appeal</a>, however <a href="/title/passionate">passionate</a>.
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in "Apocalypse 2003 Iraq"</b><p>
Longtime fans of <a href="/title/Garry+Trudeau">Garry Trudeau</a>'s <a href="/title/comic+strip">comic strip</a> <b><a href="/title/Doonesbury">Doonesbury</a></b> love to hate <b><a href="/title/Uncle+Duke">Uncle Duke</a></b>, a character clearly enough like <a href="/title/gonzo">gonzo</a> <a href="/title/journalist">journalist</a> <a href="/title/Hunter+S.+Thompson">Hunter S. Thompson</a> that the latter has made death threats against Trudeau. We also adore and grieve for <b><a href="/title/Honey">Honey</a></b>, Duke's <a href="/title/Chinese">Chinese</a> <a href="/title/slave">slave</a>, <a href="/title/factotum">factotum</a>, and <a href="/title/doormat">doormat</a>, who first made her appearance when Duke was US <a href="/title/Ambassador">Ambassador</a> to <a href="/title/China">China</a>. <p>
<b><a href="/title/B.+D.">B. D.</a></b>, of course, has been a Doonesbury character from the beginning, when he was <a href="/title/Mike+Doonesbury">Mike's</a> roommate. Indeed, he was the very first character in Trudeau's very first strip (30 Sep 1968) at <a href="/title/Yale">Yale</a>, back when it was called "<a href="/title/Bull+Tales">Bull Tales</a>". He has been a "college football star, Vietnam vet, third-string quarterback for the Rams, Gulf War reservist, (and) California Highway Patrol officer". -- (Slate)<p>
Duke always seems to manage to <a href="/title/carpetbagger">carpetbag</a> his way into any currently newsworthy unstable<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Angband (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/xiong/writeups/Angbandxionghttp://m.everything2.com/user/xiong2003-11-03T15:38:29Z2003-11-03T15:38:29ZNobody has told you about the <b>neat part</b> of Angband: <a href="/title/ASCII+graphics">ASCII graphics</a>!<p>
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For instance, <a href="/title/Carta+font">Carta</a> contains map symbols, like an ideograph of a man on a bicycle, and a little Interstate Highway sign. <a href="/title/Zapf+Dingbats">Zapf Dingbats</a> has a lot of fairly similar basic shapes, such as stars and boxes with drop shadows. <a href="/title/Minion+Ornaments">Minion Ornaments</a> is a pretty small font; it has some of the most traditional ornaments, often found in calligraphy. And I cannot but tip my hat to <a href="/title/Mini+Pics+Art+Jam">Mini Pics Art Jam</a>, with its crazy, <a href="/title/beat">beat</a> "household" objects: a <a href="/title/magnet">magnet</a>, a <a href="/title/sock">sock</a>, a <a href="/title/grandfather+clock">grandfather clock</a>, a <a href="/title/safe">safe</a>, a <a href="/title/key">key</a>, a <a href="/title/skillet">skillet</a>, and several <a href="/title/explosion">explosion</a>s. <p>
Symbol fonts are called <a href="/title/ornaments">ornaments</a>, <a href="/title/decorations">decorations</a>, <a href="/title/dingbats">dingbats</a>, <a href="/title/pi">pi</a>, and <a href="/title/sorts">sorts</a>. The last two terms both refer to the fact that these are unordered, or out of the ordinary.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…November 3, 2003 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/xiong/writeups/November+3%252C+2003xionghttp://m.everything2.com/user/xiong2003-11-03T06:43:19Z2003-11-03T06:43:19Z<ul>
<li> <a href="/title/Cheerios">Cheerios</a> (not real Cheerios, but <a href="/title/generic">generic</a> toasted oat Os with no box, bought from the guy squatting out by the <a href="/title/Muni">Muni</a> station who probably <a href="/title/boost">boost</a>ed them off the line) with <a href="/title/raspberry">raspberry</a> and <a href="/title/blueberry">blueberry</a> <a href="/title/granola">granola</a> and about the last of my <a href="/title/raisins">raisins</a>, and Edensoy Vanilla Extra <a href="/title/soymilk">soymilk</a>. <br>.
<li> The last of the <a href="/title/swiss+cheese">swiss cheese</a>, the last of the <a href="/title/bologna">bologna</a>, on <a href="/title/wheat+bread">wheat bread</a> with <a href="/title/brown+mustard">brown mustard</a>. (x2) <br>.
<li> Fake Cheerios again, granola again, soymilk again. <br>.
<li> At the <a href="/title/Chinese">Chinese</a>/<a href="/title/Thai">Thai</a> place on 7th & Market, frequented by <a href="/title/crazed">crazed</a> <a href="/title/junkies">junkies</a> and <a href="/title/burned-out">burned-out</a> <a href="/title/beggars">beggars</a>: Mystery <a href="/title/chow+mein">chow mein</a>, <a href="/title/lemon+chicken">lemon chicken</a>, <a href="/title/beef+with+broccoli">beef with broccoli</a>, small <a href="/title/Diet+Coke">Diet Coke</a>. <br>.
<li> Natural (<a href="/title/Safeway">Safeway</a> brand) <a href="/title/peanut+butter">peanut butter</a> (smooth), <a href="/title/grape+jelly">grape jelly</a>, on wheat. (x2)<br>.
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Now, it's time to go to <a href="/title/bed">bed</a>. I must go grocery <a href="/title/shopping">shopping</a> tomorrow. <p>
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If you draw -- say, a fish -- in <a href="/title/Adobe+Photoshop">Photoshop</a>, you will essentially be spraying loose <a href="/title/pixel">pixel</a>s into a <a href="/title/window">window</a>. You can do some neat things with that, but if you <a href="/title/scale">scale</a>, <a href="/title/rotate">rotate</a>, or <a href="/title/distort">distort</a> your fish, your results may not be good. The curve -- say, the belly -- may start to look jaggy; it may start to look as if it were built out of little blocks. And if you drew a yellow fish against blue water, Photoshop will make this look good by <a href="/title/anti-aliasing">anti-aliasing</a> -- by drawing some of the pixels along the curve in various shades of green. If you change your mind, and decide the water will be, say, pink, the curve will look all wrong. This is because Photoshop does not know that the belly is a curve, or anything else. Once drawn, the fish and the water are all equally loose pixels. <p>
If you draw the same fish in <a href="/title/Macromedia+Freehand">Freehand</a>, using<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…