Inkscape

Tonight I have mostly been playing with Inkscape. The new userpic looks rather better at its original, far bigger size, but I don't think it's bad for a first attempt :) I shall lose some of the shadow lines now I've put actual shadow on, and maybe work on the eyes a bit.

For now, though, I'm off to bed. I really must learn not to start doing interesting things too late in the evening...

Self-portrait in Inkscape

Self-portrait in Inkscape
Originally uploaded by gothick_matt

I think it came out pretty well for a first attempt :) Credit: I was working totally from Nicu's funky tutorial on drawing hackergotchis.

Bad things and good things

The bad news is that my MacBook has developed a minor crack in the casing, as have so many other people's that I've just discovered a Flickr group devoted to photos of the problem. The good news is that I took it into the local Apple authorised place in Bristol today (handily five minutes' walk from work), they'll be fixing it under warranty, and I should get it back in a few days.

Sure, I know this is exactly what should happen and no more, but I can't help but feel that if it'd been a Windows laptop from Dixons that I'd probably still be in the shop arguing with someone, so while it's been a bad experience from a product quality point of view, it's been a very good one from an after-sales service point of view. Ho hum.

Anyway. I think I'll go to bed while I still have the energy to do so...