Anatomy of a Random Thread Graphic

The other day Castle made the mistake of asking inquired about the construction of the Uranuary Random Thread graphic. Since I couldn’t think of a short answer and because everyone else runs and hides when I talk about this stuff and there was the chance that some explanation might be useful to those MuseBloggers who do graphics, I thought I’d try this method of providing a few details. Click on the image below to see the large version.

Let me know if this is useful or if anything is unclear.

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Revamping the HG2MB

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog hasn’t been revised in ages and could use an overhaul. Any help will be much appreciated.

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January Random Thread, Part 2: Uranuary

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Quotations, v. 2012

Your wish is our command.

Continued from version 2011.

Posted in Life, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe | 348 Comments

Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

It is well known that Friday the 13th is an unusually lucky day for MuseBloggers. (More fortunate still, 2012 has three of them.) Below, please note any instances of particularly good fortune that befall you today.

Posted in The Universe, Things We like | 63 Comments

Coy Woodnesse, v. 2012

For communicating in other languages and in variants of this one.

Continued from version 2009.1.

If you need accent marks, here are some to copy and paste:

à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ù ú û ü ¿ ¡

And

ß

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Writing, v. 2012

A place to post things you’ve written and to talk about writing in general.

Continued from v. 2008 (wow!).

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Style, Fashion, and Costume, v. 2012

Continued from a diverting but ancient thread launched in 2009.

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January 2012 Muse Roll Call and Discussion

Tell us when your magazine arrives and/or what you think about it.

WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!

To spare MBers reading the “Recent Comments” columns, please paste the following message in at the beginning of any posts discussing things in the magazine:

SPOILER MUSE SPOILER MUSE SPOILER MUSE SPOILER MUSE SPOILER MUSE SPOILER MUSE SPOILER.

Posted in The magazine | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien!

The author of The Lord of the Rings was born on January 3, 1892, and thus would have been 120 (twelvety?) years old today.

Posted in Birthdays, Life, The Universe, Things We like | 20 Comments

January 2012 Random Thread: Happy New Year!

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Welcome, Neophytes! (January 2012 edition)

If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi.

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January 2012 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:

01-01 Jadestone’s birthday (1992 – cerulean or green)
01-03 SilverLeopard’s birthday (1998)
01-03 Rebecca Lasley’s birthday
01-15 Kiwimuncher turns 7,000 days old
01-23 Kittymine’s birthday (1993)
01-26 Glassboro’s birthday (1995 – rainbow)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between April 25 and May 25, 1998.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between July 30 and August 29, 1995.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between November 2 and December 2, 1992.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

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Attention, MBers Attending the Muse Academy Holiday Party!

As it is New Year’s Eve, you may now begin claiming your presents on the Holiday Party Gift Tree thread.

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The Hare and Hedgepig, v. V

As a Courtesy to Your Fellow Patrons,
Please Leave All Electronic Devices and Projectile Pastries with Our Pie Check Department
Formal Dress Required
Continued from Vol. IV.

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Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Muse Academy, The Universe | 343 Comments

Bunny Apocalypse: The Novel?!

A thread for planning.

Posted in Hot-Pink Bunnies, Ideas, Nonrandom Craziness, The Musiverse | 47 Comments

Chess: Tesseract vs. Choklit Orange

Posted in Chess, Games abandoned, The Universe | 33 Comments

Chess Eterna-ment Rankings, 2012

Here are the chess ratings as we enter 2012 (numbers in parentheses indicate number of games on which the rating is based). Ratings will be updated every time a game ends. You can also this thread to arrange online chess games with other MBers.

Latest update: 27 June 2012

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Chess: Bibliophile vs. Trojan Tiger

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Chess: Pseudonym vs. Bibliophile

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December Random Thread, Part 2: Happy New Year!

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Muse Academy Holiday Party 2011 — Gift Tree

An ancient and revered MA/MB tradition. (You can see how it worked last year.)

Posted in Muse Academy, The Musiverse | 53 Comments

Muse Academy Holiday Party 2011

The planning is done. On with the party!

Posted in Muse Academy, The Musiverse | 53 Comments

In the News

A thread for discussing things that are happening, as they happen.

Posted in Non-Muse news, The Universe | 40 Comments

Muse Academy Holiday Party Planning Thread, 2011

Yeow! Let’s get on it.

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