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You might be asking yourself, "Why should I vote for Mudds on Steam?" when you may already have Mutant Mudds on your 3DS, or you're waiting for the 20 new Grannie levels to land on the eShop (which is totally going to happen btw, as a free update). You may also be thinking to yourself, "Erp, I don't want to play Mutant Mudds on Steam or even the PC for that matter!"
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You might be asking yourself, "Why should I vote for Mudds on Steam?" when you may already have Mutant Mudds on your 3DS, or you're waiting for the 20 new Grannie levels to land on the eShop (which is totally going to happen btw, as a free update). You may also be thinking to yourself, "Erp, I don't want to play Mutant Mudds on Steam or even the PC for that matter!"
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With Dementium 2 apparently being ported to PC will we see that on Steam as well? Or be allowed to vote on it for such?ReplyDelete
Oh and I definitely voted for it. I actually just got a 3DS XL Jools and will be getting MM from the eShop shortly. :D
"I get the impression that we're in need of about 100,000 total 'thumbs up' votes to reach the goal on Greenlight – so we only have about 98,000 positive votes to go…"ReplyDelete
Yea, I voted for it day one, and came to the same conclusion...though I hope they have some other factors involved in the calculation. If so, that's very crazy for indie games. Many don't seem to get popular right away, and take a while to build up.
Anyway, I'll be making my decision today on it!
Jools, do you happen to know how Steam Greenlight works in terms of the number of upvotes needed to get a game published?ReplyDelete
Good news, can't wait for the update! With that said I do like the attitude of showing support for steam meaning further potential support for the eShop. A way to share experiences while supporting the platforms those experiences are on.ReplyDelete
A positive far cry from Ubisoft's lame early Wii generation talk of using funds earned from casual Wii software to fund development of new games on other platforms. Talk about a kick in the teeth.
Voted the first day!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM
I was wondering whether or not you would actually bone your early adopters with the update.ReplyDelete
I was seriously upset when the news of these levels came along for steam but it was quiet for the 3DS.
I'll go ahead and give you a thumbs up on green light as a result of this news. All of my buddies with the game are also huge on steam, so that's about 5 votes.
I STILL DON'T LIKE YOU THOUGH, JOOLS. But damn if I don't like mudds.
It's very nice of you that 3DS people like me, who obviously already have the game, get the update 4 free and I greenlighted Mutant Mudds on STeam. Just don't leave us 3DS people behind u hear me? ^^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Seeing how I would like to see more Renegade Kid games on PC, that's not very encouraging — or motivating for me to evangelize this campaign — really.ReplyDelete
I think it's kind of insane that Valve didn't accept it at once, perhaps Greenlight is causing fewer games to get accepted outright — that would be a poisoned gift.
Your impression is wrong btw; current goals are nigh meaningless, and absolute numbers will probably not be the sole factor in the end regardless. In fact just getting noticed is positive...
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2012 at 6:05 PM
I voted right away. Also I doubt you need all that many votes. What I assume is that they set the amount as high as they dared, so no game actually reaches it easily, or at all. If they did set it lower and they ended up with all games getting greenlit, it'd be a complete failure.ReplyDelete
As it is now, I heard they look at the achieved numbers each game achieved, compared to other games. So it's not about get 100k and get greenlit or not, but get 100k and it's a no brainer, but if you get more votes than other games, or in a short amount of time, then they look at those titles more closely, instead of sending the "no good fit" for steam mail.
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for making the extra levels free for 3DS users! I'm also going to get Mutant Mudds on PC so I can play on my big screen, as well as support a great indie developer!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I voted immediately for your game, but I won't buy it.ReplyDelete
Port it for mac and linux: you'll get my money and gratitude =D
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM
100,000!? That's a pretty steep number! :OReplyDelete
I don't understand. You guys have been able to get your games approved by Nintendo, which is known for being fairly restrictive with what it allows on its platforms.ReplyDelete
And yet, you're having trouble getting your game approved for release on Steam?
If getting approval from Valve is more or even as difficult than getting approval from Nintendo, something is very wrong with this Greenlight system.
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM
I wish you guys good luck with Greenlight.ReplyDelete
Already voted for the game day one. It is a lot of fun on the 3DS and deserves to be on Steam.
Im looking forward to the new stages, getting them for free is awesome :)
As soon as I can get my bloody login working, I'm voting! I recently boughts Mudds from GOG and it's as cool as I'd expected.ReplyDelete
So thanks for putting together a PC port Jools. If your PC sales are good for Mudds, please consider us PC guys with your future (and maybe even past) games ;)
[...]As soon as I can get my bloody login working, I'm voting! I recently boughts Mudds from GOG and it's as cool as I'd expected.[...]ReplyDelete
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- Mississippi State's Rick Stansbury announced his retirement after 14 years in Starkville. Stansbury will continue to work at MSU in a yet-to-be-determined position, said athletic director Scott Stricklin. Accoring to the Clarion-Ledger report, Stricklin "didn't rule out interviewing current MSU assistants for the job. 'We'll see; we're wide open. I wouldn't dismiss that idea.'" In that same piece, Dee Bost, the Bulldogs' departing senior point guard, tweeted out an endorsement for long-time assistant coach Phil Cunningham. "Coach Stans retired," tweeted Bost. "I think all alumni and fans should try to get Coach Cunningham as coach."
- Vanderbilt won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 2007. In a Tennesseean article by Michael Cass, he writes of a "banner year" for the Commodores and of some of the possible ramifications this year's SEC title could bring. One Nashville native said, "For high school players, I don't see how you can watch that (SEC championship game) and see the collection of talent Coach Stallings has put together and not want to be a part of it." Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos said, "On such a big national stage, to have Vanderbilt, obviously one of the greatest academic institutions in the world, beat the No. 1 team, win a championship in the greatest athletic conference in the country, it brings a lot of benefit to the university."
- Alabama's Friday opponent, Creighton, utilized a popular practice technique to help prepare for the Crimson's Tides press defense. "There's times when we've had seven defenders out there guarding five," said Doug McDermott, the Bluejays' All-America sophomore forward. "Our scout team guys probably aren't as athletic and don't have as much length as their guys do."
- Like Dwight Howard announced today, another big man from the Sunshine State announced he would be staying for additional year when Florida sophomore center Patric Young said in the locker room Thursday that he intends to come back for his junior season. "That's the first that I heard of that," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "So that's always great news. I think Patric has learned a lot this year. I don't think this year was as easy for him as he thought it was going to be."
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Springing back . . .
I will be ramping back up with new posts here, at Facebook Bootcamp and on Geneabloggers. Stay tuned.
13 comments:
- Dorene from Ohio said...
That is so sad! I am glad you went to see her even if she didn't know you!
- May 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- DianaR said...
Missed having you around - no one else has quite your sense of humor! Glad you are back but so sorry to hear about your Mom. Even knowing something is going to happen doesn't make it any easier when it does. My thoughts and prayers are with your whole family.
- May 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Miriam said...
Thomas, I'm so sorry to hear your mom didn't recognize you. I wish both of you well, and look forward to your new posts.
- May 6, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Amy (We Tree) said...
It's good to have you back. The geneasphere isn't the same without you. :)
- May 6, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- footnoteMaven said...
Knowing the day will come doesn't make it any easier.
- May 6, 2009 at 9:21 PM
- Colleen said...
I've always believed that somewhere deep in their soul Alzheimer's patients DO know who's there for them. They just can't process it. I'm glad you got to go to her.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Gini said...
Hi Thomas, I nominated you for the "One Lovely Blog Award". Glad your feeling better.
- May 7, 2009 at 1:19 AM
- Jasia said...
I've missed you! Thank goodness you're back :-)
I'm sad for you that your mom didn't recognize you. How that must hurt. I'm fortunate in that I believe I saw a flicker of recognition in my mom's eyes right to the end. I know she didn't remember my name and I think she lost our connection, but I believe she still had a sense of familiarity when she saw my face.
Alzheimer's continues to be a mystery... how it effects everyone differently but has some commonalities too.
God bless you.
- May 7, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Jordan Jones said...
So sorry to hear that your mother did not recognize you. We have been going through the same thing with my mother and Alzheimers.
There are a series of losses. I comfort myself by realizing that what's happening now bothers me more than it bothers her, as she's less and less aware of what's happening.
- May 7, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- LOOKING4ANCESTORS said...
Greetings Thomas,
I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. You have been missed - the geneabloggershpere just isn't the same without you. I'm so sorry to hear about the situation with your mom. I'm praying for you both.
- May 7, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Greta Koehl said...
Hi Thomas,
So glad to have you back; things aren't the same without you. It can be so hard to watch how much Alzheimer's takes away from people and I'm sorry your Mom is going through this.
BTW, like Gini, I have nominated Destination: Austin Family for a One Lovely Blog Award (I guess great minds think alike...).
- May 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- michael.hait said...
Thomas - Welcome back!
My wife is dealing with the same thing with her grandmother. It is very difficult, and I wish you my deepest sympathy.
- May 8, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Sheri said...
Well can we get down to some serious mischief now that you are back and well again!
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JUBA, South Sudan — A battle between South Sudan soldiers and rebels allegedly backed by neighboring Sudan killed 163 people, most of them rebels, government officials said Thursday.
South Sudan's military spokesman, Col. Philip Aguer, said government forces also captured an airstrip in the town of Okello, which he claimed the rebels have been using to import most of their military supplies. Okello is in South Sudan's southeast Pibor County, where rebel leader David Yau Yau hails from.
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With all-new half-ton pickups from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, GMC and Toyota hitting the market since 2007, the light-duty truck segment is experiencing a wave of new products not seen since the early 2000s. Meanwhile, over in Nissan's stable, the Titan — introduced in late 2003 with the ardor of a presidential bid — soldiers on. Its reliability has been spotty over the years, and it still doesn't offer a V-6 engine or regular-cab configuration. That means the least expensive trim level is still $5,000 more than a stripped-down Ford F-150, Dodge Ram or Chevy Silverado. The Titan is an adequate truck, as full-sizers go, but the years are ticking away and Nissan hasn't kept up with the competition.
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We drove a 2008 four-wheel-drive Titan LE a few years back and found the five-speed automatic to lag a bit in kickdown response and the shifts to be generally on the slow side. That doesn't seem to be the case now: The 2010 Titan's five-speed responds quickly to light accelerator prods, so maneuvers in the passing lane come easily. Videographer Matt Avery took the Titan on a round-trip interstate drive between Chicago and Detroit and reported good passing power and little transmission lag.
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Four-wheel-disc antilock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution are standard. The brakes are among the Titan's high points: They're powerful but easy to modulate for smooth stops. The Tundra's discs feel even stronger, but as full-size pickups go — or stop, I should say — the Titan feels remarkably sure-footed. (That impression holds up in a comparison, too. In PickupTrucks.com's shootout, the Titan averaged about 158 feet to stop from 60 mph, placing it second only to the Tundra.)
That said, the Nissan Titan still doesn't offer factory-installed trailer-brake control, which the Silverado, Sierra, Ram and F-150 do. Simple trailer-brake prewiring is optional on the Titan, but you'd still have to go to the aftermarket to get the system. If Nissan wanted to gain some sales back, a factory trailer-brake option could be low-hanging fruit.
The four-wheel-drive system employs a part-time transfer case with separate high and low gears. I didn't have a chance to blaze any trails, but the system switched seamlessly from one setting to the next. The PRO-4X model adds an electronically locking rear differential — a very useful piece of four-wheel kit — which ensures equal speeds for each rear wheel in low-traction situations. It also includes Rancho shock absorbers, a lower 3.36:1 final drive ratio, larger tires and skid plates over the oil pan and transfer case. Ground clearance increases to 10.7 inches, versus 10.2 to 10.6 inches in lesser Titans; that figure beats all but the F-150's available 11.2 inches. Though not as hard-core as Ford's F-150 Raptor, the PRO-4X is fairly robust, as off-road packages go. It's comparable to Ford's F-150 FX4 offering.
Ride & Handling
Like most large pickups, the Nissan Titan's ladder frame rides an independent front and leaf-spring rear suspension. That bodes well for off-roading and heavy-duty wear, but not so well for bumpy roads, where the rear wheels dance around a bit. As pickups go, the Titan does an admirable job keeping its footing. Potholes and speed bumps elicit some reverberations, but the suspension regains its composure after a moment or two. Throw some weight in the pickup bed, and the ride quality becomes SUV-like.
On the highway, things aren't quite as impressive. On smooth pavement in the '08 Titan LE, I cruised in near silence, with little road noise and none of the unsettling creaks that characterized body-on-frame trucks just a few years ago. Rougher patches bring out the Titan's roots, however. On one stretch of Chicago expressway, the dashboard and headliner rattled incessantly, and the suspension settled into a turbulent rhythm. On his drive to Detroit and back in our 2010 tester, Avery noted significant tire noise — likely the result of the PRO-4X's massive BF Goodrich Rugged Trail all-terrain rubber.
Like many trucks, the Titan exhibits noticeable body roll, and the suspension dives forward a bit under heavy braking. The steering wheel has less power assistance than I would expect in a pickup, so tight parking-lot maneuvers require a bit of effort. The payoff comes on curvy roads, where the wheel delivers a feeling of connection with the road that's rare in this class. During PickupTrucks.com's six-truck comparison, testers agreed: In extreme cornering situations, the Titan's spirited handling impressed.
Styling & Utility
The Titan's massive grille has long been a familiar sight; in Nissan's lineup, it adorns one other truck and three SUVs. Most Titans have 18-inch steel or alloy wheels, while the LE upgrades to 20-inch alloys. Crew-cab beds measure 5 feet, 7 inches or 7 feet, 3 inches; King Cab beds measure 6 feet, 7 inches. Last year's 8-foot, 3-inch bed, optional on the King Cab, is gone, but Nissan still claims the longest-in-class bed for crew cabs. (Automakers are like politicians sometimes: They never stop squabbling over who has the most of what.)
Cargo options include a spray-in bedliner, a lockable compartment behind the left rear fender, a 12-volt power outlet in the bed and a tie-down system with C-channel rails along the floor and walls. The rails carry movable tie-down cleats, each rated to hold 200 pounds. The cleats have sturdy metal construction, which is more than I can say for the cleats in some pickups.
Interior storage features include standard flip-up rear seats. They create a nearly flat load floor, save a low driveline hump in the center. On SE models, a fold-flat front passenger seat is optional.
The Inside
The cabin in my test truck had a lot of typical big-pickup fixtures — hefty door handles, a big armrest and no shortage of overhead storage bins — but its textures are starting to look low-rent, particularly compared with the cabins of the Detroit competition. The front seats are wide and comfortable, though the adjustment range of the power driver's seat in my truck was limited. The rear doors swing open nearly 180 degrees to access the rear seats, but they also anchor the front seat belts, so people in front have to unbuckle if someone in back needs to get out. Legroom is limited back there, but I have yet to find an extended-cab pickup where it isn't.
Nissan's chrome-ringed radio and A/C dials are attractive, but they might prove difficult to use if you're wearing gloves — especially because the fan settings are now arranged in seven or eight separate buttons instead of a single knob, as they used to be. (The Silverado's automatic climate control is even worse for glove-handed usability, while the Tundra's oversized dials are much better.)
Safety & Reliability
In crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Titan earned the highest score, Good, for front impacts. Side-impact results are disappointing, however: Even with its newly standard side-impact and side curtain airbags, the Titan earned a score of Marginal. IIHS cited poor torso protection for the driver and marginal head protection for rear passengers.
Crash tests like that used to be par for the course for pickups, but others have done better; the F-150 earned IIHS' top score, Good, in front- and side-impact tests. After some structural revisions for the 2010 model year, the Silverado now scores Acceptable in side-impact tests.
IIHS has not yet performed its roof-strength tests — required for a model to earn Top Safety Pick status — on any full-size pickup.
Major standard safety features on the Titan include six airbags and front active head restraints. Click here for a full list. Antilock brakes are standard, and for 2010, so is an electronic stability system. Stability systems are an important feature, and in past years pickups have trailed the market in making them standard. This year, all six major players finally include standard stability systems.
The Nissan Titan's reliability is spotty. Consumer Reports gave the truck poor marks in recent years, citing trouble spots on rear-wheel-drive models with squeaks and rattles, braking hardware and power accessories. For 2010, the publication rated the rear-wheel-drive Titan Much Worse Than Average for predicted reliability, while the four-wheel-drive Titan was rated Average. Full-size pickups are a mixed bunch: Since its 2009 redesign, the F-150 has returned decent reliability scores, while the redesigned Ram 1500's scores are slightly worse. The Silverado and Tundra vary a great deal, depending on drivetrain.
Features & Pricing
A rear-wheel-drive King Cab XE starts at $26,320. Standard features include 18-inch steel wheels, a CD stereo and air conditioning. The SE ($28,320) adds alloy wheels, cruise control, remote keyless entry and various power accessories. The XE and SE come in King or crew cabs with rear- or four-wheel drive; SE crew-cab models also offer the extended-length bed.
The PRO-4X ($34,050) has various off-road enhancements and standard four-wheel drive; it also comes in either cab arrangement. The LE ($36,420), meanwhile, comes only as a crew cab, with rear- or four-wheel drive. It loses most of the off-road hardware but gets 20-inch wheels, leather upholstery, heated power seats and more. A navigation system, moonroof and backseat DVD entertainment system are optional.
On the SE and PRO-4X, moving from the King Cab to the crew cab costs an extra $2,200. It's $2,550 on the Nissan Titan XE, but you get a few more features with that. Four-wheel drive adds $2,700 to $2,880, depending on trim level, and upgrading to the long bed on the SE crew cab adds $450 to $480. With a full range of options, the Titan LE tops out around $42,500.
Titan in the Market
The Titan might be a solid choice for some, but if Nissan wants to broaden its appeal, it needs to improve the truck's reliability and expand the available features and configurations — that means single cabs, V-6 engines, factory trailer-brake controls and more. Nissan has announced plans to build a next-generation Titan at some point, but we have yet to see any sign it's coming. Future possibilities mean little right now, and in a competitive segment with at least three entrenched leaders, today's Nissan Titan falls short.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Finally found a bag to hold the Cricut Expression
The first one was at Joann's- the Tutto (see photo below). At Joann's, this costs $157.50 before a coupon and if you get it with a 50% off, then your cost would be a little under $80 before shipping. The nice thing about this bag is that it has wheels. Also, there is a choice of colors: red, black, pink, lime or purple. Click HERE to see the order page at joann.com.
Then, of course, Cricut has made a duffle for the Expression and you can view that in the picture below. It sells for $39.95 and holds the Expression machine. It only comes in the black and lime green combo shown. Click HERE to order this one and see the details.
Finally, locally here in Dallas, at a store called Charming Charlie's (corner of Park & Preston), I was able to get the bag below for $22 on sale (before tax) - normally it is $30. It also comes in brown but I liked the pink! It is such a cute bag and versatile since I can also use it as a regular travel bag. The critical dimension for finding a bag is 21" long. You would be surprised how many bags are NOT that long. To measure in the store, since I didn't have a measuring tape, I used a regular sheet of paper (11" long) and laid it out along the bag.
If any of my readers have any other bag solutions, let me know and I will post them!
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I bought a WorkForce tool bag at Home Depot for $12 that works great for the Expression Cricut. I am assuming the smaller one would also fit. Can't beat the price and it is very well made, for holding heavy hand tools. No pockets inside work for cartridges though so that is the only down side. Have to love the price!!!ReplyDelete
I have found the perfect bag, it even holds the 12x24 mat! It has a pocket for the power and usb cords, a separate pocket for your accessories and a very generous interior to hold paper, mats, carts in binders and the Cricut Expression. Has detachable shoulder strap and dual handles that velco together. Colors available are Navy, Royal Blue, Black and Red. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. JayneReplyDelete
if you go to ebay.com and type in "cricut expression bag" there are tons of rolling duffles in a few different color choices! they go anywhere from $30-$150 so look around :)ReplyDelete
- JenniferNovember 12, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Go to cgull.com and look under bags and totes. Really nice bags made especially for cricut. Some even have wheels!ReplyDelete
I came across a company "31" that sells bags to be customized to what you want.They are a home party company. I use the large utility bag. I had "Mari's Cricut Expression" embroidered on the front. It has been a hit in my area. It is relatively cheap $30.00 plus embroider fee.ReplyDelete
- monkeybuttsmomFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:54 AM
I have been searching for a way to store my cricut cartridges. I saw the snapware ribbon container idea on Ebay for a lot of money. I kept going back and looking at the way it was made. I ordered the containers from snapware directly, got 40% off my order and free shipping. I also ordered extra containers to build upon that storage. I made this myself for a whole lot less money. It was rather easy. I stack the containers together with all my cricut crafting supplies, when I need to go with only the cartridges and manuals or other items I take along only what I need and leave the rest of the containers. It is awesome and a great inexpensive way to travel with your cricut supplies. I am also looking at a rolling, stacked tool box that opens like a tackle box, at Lowe's. It is about 80 bucks but I can also keep my cricut machines in the boxes with a lot of stuff and it will travel nicely in the back of my SUV. Check these ideas out.ReplyDelete
I bought the Cricut duffel. The bag is wonderful BUT it is very difficult to put the Cricut expression into the bag - sigh. I'm sharring a duffel my husband uses for camping - it can be interesting.ReplyDelete
Responding to "suzvit" regarding the difficulty of loading the Cricut Expression into the duffel. I know this is a late post but I just ran across your comment today. I had the same problem with mine. If you will take the removable "bottom" out of the bag and set the Expression on it and line the duffel up to the end, you can easily slide it into the duffel. I have actually just use the "bottom" as a pad to set my Cricut on while it's "out" in my craft room. When I get ready to pack for a retreat, I just grab Cricut with the pad and shove it into the duffel.. Easy Peasy!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2014 at 2:12 PM
I had my expression 2 green cricuit bag for 2 weeks and the zipper broke:(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2015 at 7:56 AM
This is really late but hopefully it may help someone coming across it like I have. From what I've read, the Cricut Bag has "hidden zippers" that let the bag expand to fit the Expression and possible the Explore. I have an Explore and have had a difficult time finding a bag to fit.ReplyDelete
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As someone whose main role-playing outlet is DMing D&D 4e, I found Kobold Quarterly 21 to be a bit thin on good material. As someone whose day job is on a university's religion faculty, I was fascinated by the varied treatments of divine magic in this issue and the varied ways of translating ideas about divine magic and faith into game mechanics.
Although "Daughters of Lilith: Ecology of the Succubus" is marked as a 4e article, it's mostly free of game mechanics—and thus equally appropriate for any fantasy RPG that includes succubi—until the very end. Zeb Cook's article on mystery religions is completely systemless, and very useful. Tim and Eileen Connors' article on "Clerical Conflicts" employs a lot of Pathfinder crunch, but has a lot of story elements too that could easily be ported over to 4e or other systems. Steve Winter's column asks "Why No Monotheism?" is pretty short, and actually spends more time answering the titular question than providing any hints for GMs wishing to run monotheistic settings (the advice occupies basically the final column of the two-page article). I enjoyed the interview with Bill Slavicsek. The "Scriveners of Allain" article, though 4e in mechanics, didn't light my fire; the Pathfinder article presenting the witch louse was much more engaging (though somewhat disgusting).
Kobold Quarterly is always a mixed bag, unless you play several different game systems or are willing to put in the extra work to convert other crunch to your favorite system. If you're strictly looking for material for just one system, I'd say this issue is worthwhile for Pathfinder, less so for 4e. If you're up for mining articles written for a different system than the one you usually play or run, KQ 21 is a worthy entry in the series.
Hmm... an Editorial on that contentious question: semi-naked female characters. Traditional game fare, perhaps, but provoking comment. Being of the female persuasion but pragmatic rather than sexist, my only complaint is that if I were participating in a fantasy adventure I'd want a decent layer of armour between me and the monsters - and that doesn't mean hiding behind the nearest paladin! A few bare-chested blokes would be nice, to maintain balance, though.
The first article proper introduces a Shaman character class for Pathfinder. Opening with an evocative narration of a shaman performing a divination (not for the squeamish, she's using rabbit entrails!), the class is described as very druid-like, recognising the spirit with all components of nature. They are shape-shifters and healers, whilst the most powerful can send their very essence forth from their mortal body on a spirit quest. Spell lists are limited, but unlike most divine casters a Shaman does not have to prepare but can cast any spell he knows, up to his limit, when he chooses. They have a bond with an animal spirit, which takes the form of the animal in question and acts pretty much like a companion. As they gain in levels, they learn Totem Secrets - such as the ability to use entrails for divinations (or a less messy alternative involving interpreting the flight of birds) - and gain other abilities. Quite a fun class, particularly in wilderness adventures or when there are lots of barbarians around, although I'm not sure just what benefits there are over choosing a druid. Probably more style, and the variety is always good...
Next comes Daughters of Lilith, an article about the ecology of the succubus. Written in academic style, ostensibly with research assistance by a wizard called Oziel, it looks at the possible origins of succubi and moves on to dicuss their appearance and behaviour... even their growth and development from childhood. The concept of succubi celebrating their birthdays is quite unusual, as is the startling fact that apparently very few are actually able to bear children themselves, despite their tendency to engage in fornication whenever they get the chance. There's also a sidebar on the male equivalent, the incubus... overall, this is not an article for the prudish although it's all in the best possible taste. You may want to consider your group carefully as you decide how much (or if at all) you will incorporate into your game. If you do decide they'll be suitable, there are several neat plot ideas laid out, while the rest of the article is quite ripe for plundering for ideas. And there are a few new powers, feats, actions - and a quite scary curse spell - for those who enjoy adding variant game mechanics to their monsters.
Then comes a thought-provoking piece on mystery cults as a way to make the religions encountered in your game world more interesting. There's plenty of historical precedent, and they don't even have to be evil - just a group which prefers to hold worship rituals in private. Public worship may also happen in overt temples, and even participants in mystery cults may not be required to hide their membership - they just don't talk about what happens in their ceremonies, and may have secret doctrine that is not shared with outsiders. The article then runs through the basics of designing such a cult, along with suggestions as to how to use it to effect in your game.
The next article is a look at Clerical Conflicts, by Tim and Eileen Connors. Within the alternate reality of your game world, the deities your cleric characters revere are real (whatever your views about religion in the real world might be), and they have the potential to make personal demands on their followers. Even if the deity doesn't intervene directly, the church or other religious organisation may well give that cleric orders. These can lead to powerful opportunties for role-playing and character development, as well as being a potent way to introduce plot events... and the real fun begins when the organised church wants something different from the desires of the deity they ostensibly serve! Plenty of ideas are presented here, along with notes for the Pathfinder ruleset. The ideas will work whatever system you prefer, of course.
This is followed by an article asking a question that's puzzled me over decades of gaming: Why No Monotheism? Real-world religions include several monotheistic faiths, most of those with a pantheon of gods are confined to ancient history. Yet fantasy games have pantheons of deities galore, or at least gods who do not insist that their followers never, ever worship anyone else. The author comes up with some compelling reasons for why things are the way they are in the heavens of your favourite games... and presents ideas for how you can, if you wish, have a monotheistic religion and still have a good game without offending your more religious players!
Next comes a whole bunch of Divine Archetypes. Why should clerics have all the religious adventures? Lay followers can be as devout, gain special abilities, and serve their god in far more active ways than attending temple on the relevant holy days. You might also use some of these to ensure that all members of the party feel fully involved in a campaign that centres on the divine... rangers specialising in hunting undead and incorporeal spirits, fighters with celestial companions on the battlefield - there's even a fighting style for monks called the 'angel fist' to play with. I wish I'd had access to them a few years ago when running a campaign in which the characters formed a party of missionaries sent out on behalf of a deity to explore and convert unknown parts of the game world!
What else? There's an enlightening interview with Bill Slavicsek, some intriguing backgrounds in magic for the AGE ruleset - alchemists, druids, illusionists, and seers - while Skip Williams muses on heavy armour and flat-footedness in his rules query column. Then we meet the Scriveners of Allain, a bunch of scribes for D&D 4e, who have formed a cult practicing secret rituals based around glyph magic... and noted for their talents at taking revenge on those who have wronged them! Treasures from the depths under Midgard, the saints associated with the worship of Mavros, and a really creepy wizard's familiar which bonds to the wizard's very flesh follow, with strange goings-on in the Pathfinder Society and amidst Zobeck's bandits rounding out this issue... an issue well worth the reading, with masses of things to spark your imagination and make any campaign divine!


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With Gerardine, Wayne built Red or Dead into a label that received global acclaim resulting in winning the prestigious British Fashion Council's Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award for an unprecedented 3 consecutive years.
After 21 consecutive seasons on the catwalk at London Fashion Week, Wayne and Gerardine sold Red or Dead in a multi million cash sale.
In 1999, they set up HemingwayDesign, which specializes in affordable and social design. Their highest profile project is, The Staiths South Bank, a 800 property mass market housing project on Tyneside for Taylor Wimpey Homes where HemingwayDesign are involved from the master planning, the architecture through to the landscaping and marketing of this groundbreaking project.
Their current major initiative in urban design is the re working of 'tired' large social housing developments in Maidenhead, Aylesbury and Kings Lynn.
They have worked with West Lancs Council and English Partnerships on a 12 month project to create a new vision and then a masterplan for 60's new town Skelmersdale. Working with Copeland Borough Council and the North West Development Agency, HemingwayDesign worked on a vision for Whitehaven.
Other projects include his coffee table art book 'Just Above the Mantelpiece' and 'Mass Market Classics'.
Wayne is the Chairman of Building for Life, a Design Council CABE (Commission for Architecture and The Built Environment) funded organisation that promotes excellence in the design quality of new housing, Chair of the South Coast Design Forum and on the Design Council Trustee Board and the Design Council CABE Committee.
Wayne received an MBE in June 06 Queens Birthday List, is a Professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford and a Fellow of Blackburn College.


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sembassy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 169 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
I am the owner of sembassy, a "Go-To-Market" Consultancy that is helping tech firms to establish their business in other markets.
The name sembassy derives from the word play "sales-embassy".
Our home turf is the "digital advertising" or "mobile media" markets.
Our claim is to provide "Go To Market Planning and Execution Services"
If you look at our existing website http://www.sembassy.com - we come along too old fashioned [in other words ...boring].
Clients see us as realiable but complicated . We need more "ease of doing business with" and show, that it´s "fun to work with us"
The new logo shall be the first step of our journey to change this and turn sembassy in a powerful brand
Clients are companies - that dream of being the next google - or being acquired by companies like google. They love inovative communication and act and think global.
The cultural background is agnostic - however, yet most of our clients come from US or Skandinavia and wish to enter the German speaking market.
1. No cheesy clipart, nothing cheap
2. Typeface should be clear, simple and powerful - think "digital media" think "mobile industry", think "high tech"
3. Logo defines a brand and must work in print as well as the web
4. Must contain both a graphical element as well as the name of our company sembassy
5. Graphical element in requirement must be able to stand alone for things such as marketing materials, watermarked backgrounds, embossed papers, etc.
For the graphical lement - choose a tower, a web or a bridge ... a spark could work
Here is an example of a logo we like:
/ http://www.patricialindberg.com/img…seLogo.jpg
The files we will require are:
/ Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
/ Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
/ Vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator
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Part 1In the documentary film "Welcome to North Korea" there is a scene in which there is a hall full of people, all sitting in rows facing the stage upon which is a gigantic portrait of Kim Jong-il, son of the immortal Kim Il-sung. All these people have had cataract operations. All of them are bandaged so as to be blindfolded. A party member addresses them. He speaks of the wonders of Kim Jong-il (who was alive at the time of the documentary) He tells them how much love Kim has for his people. He tells them how, no matter what their suffering, Kim cares for them and will make everything better.
I went to Youtube and watched a documentary by that name, but it did not contain the scene you describe. It was, however, a good documentary. I recommend it. But I do recall a scene like that in a documentary that I saw several years ago called "Inside North Korea", that was published by National Geographic [nb]You can watch it on YouTube (legally, placed there by National Geographic), or on Netflix
The question is: "Why do people see North Korea as hell on earth and see the Kingdom of God as paradise on earth?"


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GusC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 41 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
RIGVISIT will utilise state of the art laser survey technology capable of taking1,000,000 measurements a second, to entirely scan/survey offshore facilities such as drill rigs and obtain a 3D model to +/- 2mm accuracy.
Following the scanning/data acquisition phase, our customers will be able to securely access a 3D model of their facility and conduct a virtual tour via http://www.rigvisit.com (see screen dump pdf).
These virtual visits to the rig, will eliminate most of the current need for engineers and managers to travel out to the rigs via helicopter to inspect the facility for up and coming works.
In addition to the above, the scanned information can be converted to a vector model to be utilised in commonsly used 3D engineering drafting packages. Consequently future upgrades and modifications to the facility can accurately be designed, drafted millimeter perfect from the information gathered during the laser survey.
Initially we are targeting the owners and managers of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU - see attached pdf documents for explanation and sample photos) i.e. offshore drilling companies.
Hence the name: http://www.rigvisit.com
However it is anticipated that eventually our services wil be expanded to encompass other offshore facilities such as oil & gas fixed platforms, FPSOs (floating production and offtake facilities). So the target audience will expand to include oil companies.
We need a logo that embodies the spirit of these 3D virtual visits to drill rigs.
Please note the main client interface will be through http://www.rigvisit.com , so the website will be the backbone of the service.
ANYTHING will be considered and as we want to encourage creativity. Whilst I don't want to narrow the design parameters too much the key themes are:
- Virtual tours
- Offshore drill rigs
One logo that we found by chance and liked is the ABOAA one (see download). I like the simplicity and imagery of the drill rig and the oil drop. Only a suggestion to get you started, and remember ANYTHING will be considered.
It would be nice but not essential that the logo works both in colour and black and white.
The files we will require are:
- Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
- Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
- Scalable vector format - .eps in colour and black and white.
- Native Illustrator format, so the images/logo can be expandable to any size
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The diagrams below show key milestones for a typical full-time candidature*, and include links to further information where relevant. There is a key to acronyms below the diagrams.
PhD milestones**
**Professional doctorate degrees contain 18 units of coursework – this is negotiated with your REPL (or equivalent), and will affect timelines
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Jamie Donaldson won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by one shot on Sunday for the biggest victory of his career, with Justin Rose narrowly missing a birdie putt on the 18th which would have forced a playoff.
Rose's eight-foot putt rimmed out of the hole, giving the Welshman his second European Tour victory after a final round 68 for an overall 14-under 274.
Rose (71) threw his putter up in the air in frustration while Donaldson flashed a relieved smile. Rose shared second with Thorbjorn Olesen (69) of Denmark, who also failed to force a playoff on the 18th when his 15-foot birdie putt rolled past the hole. Olesen, playing with Rose, had putted first.
"Awesome," said Donaldson, sitting next to the tournament trophy. "It was a tough field, brutal golf course ... to sit here is quite surreal. "
It was fifth-ranked Rose's tournament to lose. The Englishman had a two-shot lead over Donaldson and Olesen and led all week, hitting greens and making timely putts. But he was shaky from the start on Sunday, scrambling early to save pars and then hitting errant drives on Nos. 5, 11 and 16 that led to bogeys, while finding it difficult to read the greens.
"It was definitely hard work today," Rose said. "You want to close out with a chance to win when you have it and (I) didn't do that today. But I didn't do a lot wrong either."
Rose's struggles opened the door for Donaldson as well as several other players including Olesen and David Howell of England.
Howell struck first. Trailing by four shots coming into Sunday, he ran off five birdies, including one on the 10th when his approach shot spun back toward the hole. He sank it for a one-shot lead over Rose and Donaldson but missed three putts within five feet to triple bogey No. 13. He never recovered.
"I felt good out there and the most annoying thing was I thought I hit a beautiful shot to the 13th. It just came up four or five yards short of where I thought it was going to go and it all went wrong from there," said Howell, who is ranked 258th after fighting injuries for several years.
Olesen also made an early run with a string of birdies to draw level with Rose, only to fall back when he hit a drive on the sixth into deep rough and had to take a drop when his second ended up in bush. He settled for a double bogey, only to put himself back into contention with three birdies on the back nine including a clutch birdie putt on No. 17.
"I started out a little bit shaky, I hit a few bad shots on the second and third, but then came back strong," said the Dane, who could have broken into the top 50 with a win. "Unfortunately I got a bad lie in the rough and hit a bad shot which cost me a double bogey which put me a little bit behind."
The 47th-ranked Donaldson, who only won his first tournament last year in his 268th European Tour event, started off with a birdie and grabbed another on the ninth. He missed a three-footer for birdie on the 10th but rebounded to collect a birdie on No. 11 for his first lead of the tournament. He gave himself some breathing room when he sank a 20-footer for birdie on the 14th and a 15-footer on the 15th.
After Rose hit a drive into the trees for a bogey on No. 16, followed by a missed 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th, it seemed Donaldson had secured the victory. But the Welshman didn't make it easy for himself. He missed a long birdie putt on the final hole and then a five-footer for par. He settled for a bogey and figured there would a playoff since he only led by one.
"It was annoying to finish like that," Donaldson said. "But you need a little luck sometimes in golf to win."
After struggling for years with a back injury, Donaldson began to break through in 2012, making the top 50 and finishing 19th in the Race To Dubai.
"Confidence is very high at the moment," Donaldson said. "After this win and after a great season last year, I certainly don't put any limits on where we can go from here ... My goal has always been very high, sometimes too high."


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Tearaway is kind of like a buddy movie. It stars iota, a messenger from a paper dimension, whose envelope head contains an urgent message to deliver… to you! It's a very special message, and one that's unique for each and every player. In order to read yours, you'll need to take up the role of co-star and, together with iota, journey through the vibrant papery landscape — two buddies going on an epic adventure.
First I thought it might look a little too kiddy, but I changed my mind after seeing gameplay. Looks brilliant.
This looked interesting. I wonder if it will support user created levels.
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CurtisMock necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 172 diseños de 51 diseñadores freelance.
I want a very sleek and professional logo and business card created for an online business. Please see all comments below the designs on the product page to read my thoughts on the current design submissions so you'll have a better idea of what I like. Also take note of the 4 and 5 stars I've given to see what I've liked most.
GymSuccess.com has been live for 4 months and we have 80 subscribers. Our clients are health club owners and prospective owners wanting to learn how to run a better business.
My website and business have nothing to do with "fitness" per say, but more with marketing, sales, systems, profits, retention, etc. Most all branding in the fitness industry is muscles and flexing. This is pure business and I want the logo and branding to exemplify a sleek corporate feel. So I want a sexy glossy sleek sexy design for the business card. The colors will need to match the current website, seeing as how the website is the entire business :)
The logo you create must look good against the current header background, so I'm assuming you'll probably stick with the white/yellow detailing to match the overall theme of the site. The tagline will need to be incorporated into your designs, as it is the heart of what the site is all about. I'd like some type of corporate seal or symbol next to GymSuccess.com. Some level of icon branding...if that makes sense. Maybe just a GS creatively displayed? It is also a community site, so maybe something to do with community?
The business card should be similar in colors, but doesn't have to be exact. I don't want to limit your creativity, so if you need to throw in a hint of gray or maroon or similar, have fun with it. Here is my information, however best you want to arrange it.
Curtis Mock
Managing Partner
[f] 1-866-787-4356
2220 CR-210 West
Suite 108/MB 328
St Johns, FL 32259
On the reverse of the card I want whatever symbol you include on the logo repeated, (maybe faded into the gradient?) and I need it to be a coupon. Something along the lines of "Take GymSuccess.com for a testdrive" "30 days for $1" Enter coupon code "Curtis" to receive over $600 of Bonus Gifts"
Arrange it however you want, use whatever cool modern, clean, sleek design elements to make it "pop". I've always been impressed by 3d looking logos and design. I like gradient. I like bold. If you can do these things, I will probably like it better.
Please see my comments below the current design submissions to read what I have to say before you design something I've already said I won't like. I'd hate for people to waste their time! :)
no fitness images, no flexing arms, no cutesy little silhouettes of fitness. the name GymSuccess.com will need to be in the logo anyway, so they'll get the idea that it is gym/fitness related.
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A duo of reports out Thursday said Facebook's ads are working, but mobile still has a ways to go.
A survey from Capstone Investments, finds Facebook ads are generating improving return on investment for advertisers "that could lead to increased spend on the platform."
The firm's survey of several large advertisers about campaigns on the site in July and August found that sponsored story ads "significantly outperformed other inventory," with a 1.2 percent click through rate. (Read More: Facebook's Challenge - Getting Users to Click on Ads.)
The question for Facebook is of course how its mobile ad business is going: Capstone finds that the click through rate was three to four times that of regular Internet ads run during the campaigns. The bad news — less than 10 percent of the campaigns investment was allocated to mobile, which means Facebook still has a ways to go in terms of delivering more mobile ads. (Read More: Inside Social Media's Black Market.)
The fact that Facebook has been slow to ramp its mobile ads — just introducing them this spring — is one reason Twitter will surpass Facebook in terms of mobile ad revenue in 2012. A new forecast from eMarketer finds Twitter will earn $129.7 million in mobile ad revenue, while Facebook will bring in just over half that amount, at $72.7 million in the US. But what's most remarkable about these numbers is how much smaller both of them are than Google , with $1.42 billion in mobile ad revenues, and even Pandora , with $226 million. Google's massive advantage comes from its ad network, the fact that it delivers mobile ads across many sites. (Read More: Pandora Well Positioned for Mobile Growth - CEO.)
eMarketer does see Facebook's mobile revenue surpassing Twitter's next year, projecting that the social network will generate nearly $400 million in mobile ads next year, surpassing Twitter. And in 2014 eMarketer says Facebook will become the second largest mobile ad provider, after only Google, with nearly $630 million in mobile ad revenue.
We'll see if Facebook moves into Google's territory and launches an ad network to grow even faster. (Read More: 'Tremendous Opportunity' in Facebook - Bob Peck.)
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Quebec-based French Canadian documentarist Catherine Martin's nonfiction film L'esprit des Lieux represents a companion piece (and a follow-up) to the infamous work of photographer Gabor Szilasi. Szilasi journeyed throughout Quebec with his camera in the early seventies, and captured haunting images that reveal the last vestiges of tightly-knit bucolic communities, rich with indigenous Quebecois culture, a clearly defined Catholic and ethnic heritage, and <I>pure laine</I> - the local term for ties to the land. Martin returns with a movie camera some three decades later, in the early years of the 21st century, and her film reveals that much of the culture that lay before Szilasi so many years ago has now all but completely dissipated, in favor of mass urbanization, the dissolution of Catholicism, bureaucracy, and sweeping commercialization. Martin actually follows the very same route as Szilasi, conducting interviews with the subjects from photographs to evaluate, first hand, how their lives have been altered as a product of broader social change over the past thirty years. (For example, she speaks with a farmer whose pastures were cross sectioned and transformed into city lots). What emerges is not only the portrait of a quickly dying way of life, but a heartfelt tribute to the locals who cling to their old ways.
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Are crypto-currencies the future of money?
The creditors of the collapsed Mt Gox have agreed to support a group of US investors who are trying to re-establish the Bitcoin exchange.
Despite these problems, can crypto-currencies, such as Bitcoin revolutionise the way we pay for goods and services in the digital age?
After all, money is anything that can perform three basic functions: a medium of exchange to be used in the purchase and sale of goods and services; a unit of account to measure the value of goods and services; and a store of value that can be saved and spent at a future point in time.
Bitcoin was founded in 2009 although nobody knows by whom, only that he, she or they took the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
Since then a plethora of other crypto-currencies have since sprung up, including Ripple and Litecoin.
Each Bitcoin, like other forms of crypto-currencies, is simply a long string of computer code protected by a personal key which provides both ownership and security.
All Bitcoins in circulation and their transactions histories are recorded in a giant ledger known as the blockchain. This prevents each Bitcoin from being spent twice.
The crypto-currency is a very simple way of transferring value from one person to another. Once the personal key code has been entered the Bitcoin value can be transferred to another address.
No middleman is required to verify the transaction so they are quick, secure and cheap to use.
A decentralised currency
Bitcoin is described as a decentralised money system because the ultimate supply of coins is fixed and not controlled by a central bank.
Instead the coins are created by computers which perform number crunching exercises akin to trying to crack a password by running through every possible permutation one at a time.
Each time a password is cracked new Bitcoins are added to the blockchain.
This process is designed to mimic the behaviour of mining for precious metals. The value of Bitcoins is derived from the value of difficulty and proof of work requirements needed to produce them.
So far Bitcoin miners are only just over half way towards the cap of 21 million and it is expected new coins will continue to be mined up to 2030.
The supply cap means that the eventual value of Bitcoin cannot be eroded through inflation and this might explain the popularity of the currency in countries where the central bank lacks credibility.
Boom and bust
So, if Bitcoin is an efficient medium of exchange and an effective long run store of value, what's holding it back?
Firstly, a currency becomes a useful medium of exchange if it is widely accepted by a large number of merchants. Although Bitcoins can be used in a variety of transactions, it is still generally thought of as money for computer geeks rather than the ordinary citizen.
At present the commercial use of Bitcoin is small, especially compared to the rampant speculative trading in the currency. Since 2009 Bitcoin prices have been 7 times more volatile than the price of gold and 8 times more volatile than the S&P 500 stock exchange.
If you happened to buy a Bitcoin at the start of 2013 it would have cost you $13. At the start of November the value had increased to $211 and then one month later to a peak of $1231. It goes to show that there is a lot of real money to be made trading in a virtual currency.
Part of the problem is that nobody really knows what the fair price or intrinsic value of a Bitcoin should be so there is little to quell speculation.
By mid December the value of Bitcoin had plummeted to less than $500. Up until that point Bitcoin and its rivals had been relatively freely traded in China, but it was clear that the authorities had felt it had become a speculative investment rather than a medium of exchange and clamped down.
Declaring it not to be a currency, the Chinese state stopped financial institutions from dealing with Bitcoin exchanges making it almost impossible to buy and sell Bitcoin using the yuan.
The Chinese were also concerned about the potential for the currency to be used in black market activities and money laundering through a process known as bitwashing.
It is clear that regulators around the world are unsure about what to make of Bitcoin and are still in the process of making up their mind if and how it and other crypto-currencies should be regulated.
Despite the December wobble Bitcoin prices were back above £1000 by the New Year.
But by late February the price had crashed once again to below $260 when it was announced that Mt Gox, a major Bitcoin exchange, had lost 850,000 Bitcoins valued at $600 million and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in Japan and the US.
Possession of the key is everything as it allows the currency to be permanently transferred somewhere else.
Lose the key, whether through hardware failure, software failure, amnesia or theft and you lose the value.
A TV reporter found out the hard way when he flashed Bitcoin gift certificates on air only for a viewer to scan the code with his smart phone and make off with the value.
Bitcoin transactions are irreversible and lack a practical system of resolving disputes, so it is almost impossible to recoup Bitcoin value once it has been transferred elsewhere.
The future?
Given its recent problems there are doubts as to whether Bitcoin and its contemporaries can become fully-fledged currencies.
It is unlikely that the credit card faces an imminent threat to its dominant position in online payments.
However, even if Bitcoin itself does not become the internet of money, its technology could provide the platform for future online payments systems.
One possibility is that these might be developed through the major banks, and JP Morgan has recently filed a patent for an online payments system with Bitcoin characteristics.
But with the development and adoption of all internet-based technologies, we can only wait and see whether it takes off or not.