Some seemed interested

I posted links to my blog post about the poster to a few sites including reddit.  First, thanks for all the positive feedback!  It's really encouraging.  Second, some folks seemed interested how the print turned out and how it looks.  I had my lady take some photos of our computer room where we hung the finished poster.

Of course let me know if you have any other questions i did not address.

My babe gives it a "thumbs up!"Full view of her PC nook with the poster in the background

Cool Christmas Gift

I made a pretty neat Song of Ice and Fire poster to give to my girl for Christmas this year.  I'm pretty proud of it and thought I would share it.  Now, I didn't exactly create all these images.  The poster is a composite of many hi-res images i found on the internet.  I'm not sure if any of them are copyrighted, but they were easy to find with a google image search.  

The final poster is 24"x36", pretty typical poster size.  I put everything together in photoshop in about 3 hours then had it printed on a wide-format printer here at work.  I put the finished poster in a wooden frame (on sale at AC Moore for 50% off!) and it looks very good in our computer room. 

Link to hi-res printable PDF (9MB)

Happy Christmas Internets!

-FB

Year of the Book

This year I read.  A lot.  I guess i'm making up for lost time since once i finished college, I never really read for pleasure any more.  This past year I've read about 30 books, many of them series.  Here's a list in no real specific order, but mainly grouped by author:

Terry Goodkind
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Phantom
Confessor
Debt of Bones
Law of Nines
Omen Machine 

J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 

Kurt Vonnegut
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The Sirens of Titan
Slaughterhouse Five 

George R.R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons
Tales of Dunk & Egg

Robert Jordan
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The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan

Mort - Terry Pratchett
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolken
The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan
The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
God, No!  Signs You May Already Be An Atheist - Penn Jillette
Steve Jobs Biography - Walter Isaacson
Bossy Pants - Tina Fey

So as you can see, yea, I like fantasy.  I also have a few hard science books in there, a biography and some silly stuff.  I do most of my reading on either my Nook or my Macbook Pro screen.  I hardly ever read a real physical book, and I don't particularly miss them.  I love to be able  to tap a word in what i'm reading and instantly have the dictonary definition.

This next year I hope to continue working on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series.  If I had to choose favorites, A Song of Ice and Fire series is amazing.  I can't wait for the rest of the books to be finished!  

-FB