Note: Yes, I know the phrase is “Bite the bullet”, but this puppy’s name is Byte, so shush!
(ltr) Rex, Milo, and Byte
Here’s Byte with her new friends at her new home, it was extremely fun and awesome to have had such a wonderful puppy. It fills my heart with gloom having to let her go, but sometimes you have to bite the bullet. I know she’s better off now with her new friends and having a new home; that gives me solace.
Note: This is a re-post. The original was posted here on the official RappelzUS Facebook Page.
Byte, 19 days old
Meet Byte. She’s going to be the new member of my family. She’s a German Shepherd puppy, one of my favorite breeds of dogs. At the moment she’s 19 days old and still with her mom and litter mates. In my house, there are already three other dogs (which were originally my sister’s) and two humans, mom and I.
I found this next fragment looking for quotes about dogs, but couldn’t find the author. Everywhere I found it, it was attributed to Anonymous or Unknown author. I find it very nice and wanted to share.
Unknown Author:
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
I love animals. I decided to train my dogs for this reason, specially Byte when she comes home. Why? Because living with a dog, is training a dog. Some people train their dogs only by having them around, some decide to use a method. The result of all the interactions with your dog is what’s going to produce a well-mannered or ill-mannered dog in the end.
A well behaved dog, to me, is going to be a happier dog, because he/she will have a lot less restrictions, more play-time, more socialization and all that, because he/she behaves within human standards. To achieve that, I’ll use a method; the method I’ve selected is Progressive Reinforcement Training.
To document myself I’ve started reading a couple of books, and watching videos on this, so that I can provide the best environment possible for our pets.
The books I’ve started reading are:
These books are recommended by @pamelamarxsen (Pamela Johnson) and @dogmantics (Emily Larlham, also known as kikopup), two professional dog trainers. Pamela’s been of great help via messages we’ve exchanged on clearing some of my doubts, making recommendations and providing lots of encouragement. I haven’t had a lot of communication with Emily because she’s normally very busy. Both trainers have their youtube channels, websites and blogs that provide useful information and can serve as a very nice reference of what you can achieve and how to achieve it using Progressive Reinforcement Training.
Here are the links to their sites:
You can expect me to post on my progress and experiences about this later. Please send any and all suggestions, questions, and/or comments, they are all welcome
Nice addition to the (social) gaming world, specially with the wealth of new games that are going to sprout now from Blizzard, and by wealth I mean Starcraft II and Diablo III 
. Hopefully they’ll add an out-of-game chat system as well. It would also be awesome to have non-blizzard games join battle.net too.
Information from Battle.net Real ID information page: Battle.net Real ID
One of our goals for the new Battle.net is to create the framework for an online gaming experience that is even more accessible, more engaging, and more entertaining than the previous Battle.net. Our new Real ID feature is an integral part of this effort, providing you with advanced ways for forming and maintaining meaningful relationships with your friends on the service.
Real ID is a completely voluntary and optional level of identity that keeps players connected across all of Battle.net. When you and a friend mutually agree to become Real ID friends, you’ll have access to a number of additional features that will enrich your social gaming experience in new and exciting ways.
Read the Real ID FAQ for additional details.
Real Names for Friends Your Real ID friends will appear under their real-life names on your friends list, alongside whatever characters they’re playing. Gone are the days of having to remember which of your friends is which. You’ll also see your friends’ real names when chatting, communicating in-game, or viewing their character’s profile.
Cross-Game Chat With Real ID, friends can now chat cross-game, cross-realm, and cross-faction across all supported Blizzard games. In World of Warcraft and need more players for your Icecrown Citadel raid? You check your Real ID friends list to see if anyone’s available, and sure enough, a couple of guildmates are playing a 2v2 ranked match in StarCraft II. Real ID makes it easy to ask them to come along.
Rich Presence See additional information on your friends list about what your Real ID friends are up to. Find out what your friends are doing and which games and modes they’re playing in real time. Invite that buddy just sitting around in Dalaran to play some StarCraft II with you without fear of interrupting a raid or a heated Wintergrasp match.
Broadcasts Broadcast a short status message for all of your Real ID friends to see, whether you want to issue a call-to-arms or let your friends know about an important change of plans. You can also read your friends’ broadcast messages on the “Recent Broadcasts” feed on the Battle.net welcome page — kind of a “corkboard” to leave messages to your friends when offline or busy.
Friend Once, See All Characters When you agree to become Real ID friends with another player, both of you will automatically see all the other’s characters on your friends list. You’ll even see any characters your friend creates in future Blizzard games, carrying your social network forward and helping you stay connected with the people you enjoy playing with most.
Just a little note… today one of the least expected things in the office happened… my boss prompted me to join his mafia in facebook… go figure.
UPDATE: 2011-03-10 Comments on this post have been disabled due to spamming bots being drawn by the pictures and keywords, even with the anti-spam methods on my blog in place and little-to-no spam coming through, the decision was made to save me the hassle of “emptying my spam folder”.
Note: This post turned out to be pretty long for my own reading/writing standards, feel free to take bio breaks while reading. There’s also NO TLDR version.
First of all, credit to whom is due, Rappelz is a game by nFlavor/Gala-Net Inc, and all the graphics and screenshots are of the game and grabbed/taken by one of my best friends (their character names on the screenshots) of the Tortus server.
I’ve started playing a new (for me) mmorpg, Rappelz. I have three friends playing it, specially two of my best friends, and enjoying it, and since it’s free I dediced I’d give it a try.
I’ve not gotten to level my character too high, but I’m working on it and have gotten at least a taste of what the game is. At the moment I have a Gaia Fighter, at level 32, and job level 30 named Deneor in the Tortus server, he’s on the process of being an Archer.
I decided to write this review for a couple of reasons:
I’m in class, testing out the wordpress blackberry app, not too fun to thumb-type blog, but hey, it’s testing anyways…
And if you ever need to blog in a pinch (if that fits your reality), it could prove useful.
Check how your eyes can deceive your brain on this link a friend sent me… always stumbling on cool stuff…
Have fun.