And... Let's Enter Halloween!

Ok, it's a bit early for a Halloween post, but I'd better do that now than forgetting it entirely.

Mezuromano (i.e. Lingua Romanica)

I've been very picky with overall sound changes and features of my "Mid-Romance" (that's actually what Mezuromano means - and it's neuter).
So here are a couple of the features which should reflect its split nature:

/k, p, t/ > /g, b, d/ after e, i (similarily /g, b, d/ become /ɣ, β, ð/)
/kt, fl, pl, cl/ > /xt, fʎ, pʎ, cʎ/ (a mid-point of the Western Romance /jt/>/t∫/, Eastern Romance /fj, pj, t∫/)
/-cl-/ > /ʎ/
And the special development of final u, which does not develop /ʊ/>/o/, but /u/ (so neuter -o and masculine -u can be distinguished!), beside /y/>/ɪ/, not /i/; so the 9 vowel system of Common Romance would be preserved in a thin way - maybe it would reflect the pronunciation of the 5th or 6th century.

iWizard

A sad part of iWizard is not yet completed (if you'd read it, you would probably cry), but slowly I'm going to leave it. A sneak peak won't be given this Halloween (I want to scare you, not make you cry!).

Somehow related to iWizard is a particular picture on my DeviantART account.
Meh... The first time I draw something like this (or, let's say, anthropomorphic creatures at all).
Take a look: http://imarkus.deviantart.com/#/d5ih2mh
I'll make a redraw (with better lines) for a profile pic. But read the copyright notice!

Did I forget something?

Oh, right, the iPad-Event.

Keeping it short:

-iPad mini: Nope, I'll get a new mobile phone which is only half the size, but as useful as this thing.
(Remember what Steve Jobs said last year? I'd have to sand down my fingers to use it properly!)

-iPad 4: See point 1 and add "it's too expensive". Plus, the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD comes with LTE and NFC and it's a phone!

-iMac mini: I don't care. My iMac is running nicely, let it stay on my desk for two more years.

-Mac Book Pro 13": Who needs that? OK, Retina is good, but there is no optical drive - not for me.

-iMac: R U DAMN SERIOUS?! No SuperDrive and the 21,5" model isn't expandable?
And it is more expensive than the last one... I miss two turns.

So, stay hungry, foolish and tuned!

Unu annu... non oblidadu - One year, not forgotten...

October 5 th, 2012

It is exactly one year after Steve Jobs had passed away from us.

This year had several sad events at its hands, but this one was one of the more striking - it affected the whole world. And it is not coincidental that my book iWizard starts at this very day. It was arranged this day because something happened I could easily remember. And there are numerous sayings with the message "when something ends, new things begin".

A short post for a person which lived an unfortunately short, but still successful life.

Deus te salvet, Steven Paul Jobs.