How the Penny maps

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

Every now and again a comment is made about how I make my maps. As they are not screen-grabs and aren't part of the EVE Online's mechanics it's not immediately obvious how I do it. The simple answer is that I use a basic Paint application to create each map. ...

Behind the scenes at Tiger Ears

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

Despite making regular references to my notes, I don't really explain what they are, or how I take them. This omission naturally leads to the occasional comment asking what they are, or how I take them. My standard response is to point people in two directions. First, to my anatomy ...

Anatomy of a post

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Some people, mostly corporation chums, have asked how I remember so many details about events in w-space when writing my journal posts. Purely out of self-indulgence, as certainly no one has asked me to do this, I thought I would present the creation of a post, a deconstruction of my ...

Bonus!

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

I heard a rumour that because Weyland-Yutani has been profitable in the last year we employees are due to receive a bonus this month. The bonus is nothing particularly extravagant but it's something, and after so many years of no bonuses at all this new culture, and I hope ...