October 2011

Chess versus Magic

Chess Vs. Magic

October 12th 2011

It’s 3pm on a Wednesday. A day most of the guys in the group call “guys night” to their non-Magic playing buddies. Some do let their other friends know with a defensive overtone that they are in fact going to play what just might be the second nerdiest thing you can do besides delve into [...]

jquery

jQuery makes marking required fields easy!

October 12th 2011

Anyone who has written a web form from scratch knows that managing required fields is essential. There are tons of ways to validate forms that will determine the structure of your HTML code but there are only a handful of standard places to put a marker that shows a field is required. In general those [...]

CMS

What’s The Deal With Content Management Systems?

October 9th 2011

This is the first of many posts on this subject as I explore each of the major CMS platforms.  I have been working heavily with wordpress the last six months and it is definitely in the lead.  Ease of use after turnover to client, customization with css and html, thousands of widgets, and support are [...]

Eat My Own Words

And I eat my own words…

October 7th 2011

So, I was just telling everyone that my ideas on Goblins were fairly unique and that you won’t see them around much. That may be true for my local meta game but Chris Osinski took goblins to first place in the Kansas City Open on 01/09/11. You can view his decklist at Star City Games [...]

deckbox

Manage your collection, decks and more! with Deckbox.org

October 7th 2011

Deckbox.org is an amazing website with some powerful tools for organizing your decks and collection.  You can even keep a list of cards you want to trade for and those you’re willing to part with. Here are some basic functions of this fantastic site. Create decks, tradelists and wishlists (For Magic the Gathering, World of Warcraft and Warhammer: Invasion) [...]

Goblins? Joblins!

Goblins? Joblins!

October 7th 2011

Every magic player has a favorite deck. Maybe it’s won you many tournaments or clobbered your friends more times than you can remember. Anyone who has been in the legacy circuit for a bit probably has a favorite legacy deck that they bust out at tournaments when they really want to compete. For me, that’s [...]

Magic the Gathering Leagues

Starting Your Own League

October 7th 2011

Whether you are new to Magic: the Gathering or a seasoned veteran you will likely find league play very fun. The concept is fairly simple. You open a few booster packs to use as your starting pool of cards and hold a few tournaments using the same pool of cards. You can add a new [...]

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