Three way tie between Wash, Kaylee and River. (Decided by the dinosaurs of course). Hmm. Not sure about that - the Kaylee and River parts, but I am so totally Wash.

You scored as Hoban ‘Wash’ Washburne. The Pilot. You are a leaf on the wind, see how you soar. You have a good job, and a stunning wife who loves you (and can kill people). Life is good, which is why you can’t help smiling. Now if you can just get people to actually listen to your opinion things would be perfect.

Kaylee Frye		75%
River Tam		75%
Hoban 'Wash' Washburne		75%
Zoe Alleyne Washburne		69%
The Operative		69%
Capt. Mal Reynolds		56%
Inara Serra		56%
Simon Tam		44%
Shepherd Derrial Book		38%
Jayne Cobb		25%

Which Serenity character are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

In the October issue of .net magazine there’s a fairly pointless, and in my opinion misleading, article about the “hot skills” needed to launch a successful career as a web designer.

At one point the article interviews a creative director about what he looks for in a designer. He says:

“Of course, all candidates must have good skills in all the usual design packages such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash.”

It’s good to see that he has learnt from the mistakes of others and his own experience. Back in the late ’90s the company I worked for hired him, fresh out of college. He didn’t last very long. At least in part because he had almost no skills at all with any of the ‘usual design packages’.

I wonder if he still ends every sentence with ‘innit’?

The ever excellent Back of Beyond Times has a gallery of very nicely painted dinosaur miniatures. They’re all from the 1/35 Tamiya Mesozoic Creatures set (unless the T-Rex and Oviraptor are the Copplestone Casting clones, but I don’t think so).

We got a very nice daylight bulb lamp plus magnifier thingy as a wedding present. I must find the time and space to do some painting. Time and space. Sigh.

And even if I did my efforts wouldn’t be as nice as these. Double sigh.