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  1. KChan
    Here are Brandon's Alloy of Law tour dates, originally posted by mycoltbug:
    Official Release
    The dates and locations are:
    Comic Con
    Thursday, July 21
    12:00 PM
    “Putting the ‘Epic’ in Epic Fantasy” panel (Room 6A)
    Panelists: Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Christopher Paolini, Peter Orullian, K.J. Taylor, & Kevin J. Anderson. Moderated by Michael Spradlin
    2:30 PM
    Signing & giveaway at Tor booth (#2707)
    48 copies of MISTBORN (mm) to be given away along with ALLOY broadsheets and a handful of ALLOY galleys
    Alloy of Law Tour- Updated from Brandon's website*
    Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego
    Date: 11.09.11 Time: 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Place: Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
    Address: 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Suite #302
    San Diego, CA 92111
    Phone: (858) 268-4747
    Barnes & Noble, Huntington Beach, CA
    Date: 11.10.11 Time: 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Place: Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Bella Terra
    Address: 7881 Edinger Ave. #110
    Huntington Beach, CA 92647
    Phone: 714-897-8781
    University Books, Seattle
    Date: 11.11.11 Time: 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Place: University Book Store, Seattle
    Address: University Books
    University Temple United Methodist Church
    1415 NE 43rd St.
    Seattle, WA 98105
    Phone: 800.335.7323
    Type: Signing
    schedule: 11/11/11 is a cool date. But Brandon will most likely be finished well before 11:11 p.m.
    Notes:
    ***THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT***
    Please see the link for an explanation!
    ***VENUE RESCHEDULEThis post has been reported for attempting to skirt the rules
    This is a signing with University Books, but it's taking place at the University Temple United Methodist Church.
    Chapters, Vancouver BC, Canada
    Date: 11.12.11 Time: 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
    Place: Chapters Metrotown
    Address: Metropolis, Metrotown 4700 Kingsway
    Burnaby, British Columbia V5H 4M1
    Canada
    Phone: (604) 431-0463
    Joseph-Beth, Lexington, KY
    Date: 11.14.11 Time: 9:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Place: Joseph-Beth Booksellers
    Address: 161 Lexington Green Cir # B
    Lexington, KY 40503
    Phone: (859) 273-2911
    Notes: Tickets are required for this event and available with the purchase of The Alloy of Law, available Nov. 8th. Limited VIP tickets are available for Gives Back Members.
    Murder by the Book, Houston
    Date: 11.15.11 Time: 6:30 pm-9:30 pm
    Place: Murder by the Book
    Address: 2342 Bissonnet St
    Houston TX 77005
    Phone: 713-524-8597
    Notes: Store policy requires that you buy one copy of THE ALLOY OF LAW at the store to get anything signed. Pretty sure you can buy it there ahead of time and bring your receipt; call to make sure. They can also get books signed for you if you can't attend; see their site and/or call for details.
    Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn, NY
    Date: 11.16.11 Time: 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Place: Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Park Slope
    Address: 267 7th Avenue
    Brooklyn, NY 11215
    Phone: 718-832-9066
    Notes: PLEASE BE AWARE: This will be a SIGNING ONLY event. There is not enough space for a standard reading and Q&A. If you have questions for Brandon, you may ask them while he's signing your specific books, but please be courteous to everyone else waiting to get their books signed.
    Forbidden Planet, London, UK
    Date: 11.19.11 Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    Place: Forbidden Planet Megastore
    Address: 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
    London WC2H 8JR
    Phone: 0207 420 3666
    Source: Official Alloy of Law Tour Dates
  2. KChan
    As I continue down my neverending quest to become a halfway competent web designer, I am constantly reminded of how little I actually know. If you've ever done anything with CSS at all, you can understand how alluring it can be. Rather than messing around with the actual content of the site and manually styling every element individually, you can assign them all values and then edit those values in a separate, friendlier file.
    The problem is when elements you thought were different have been assigned the same value.
    Take, for instance, the header tags. h1, h2, etc. The IPB default skin is set up under the assumption that certain elements will always be displayed over a similar-colored background as each other. Maybe they weren't as creative as we are, I don't know. Anyways, this is a problem with a very high-contrast site like ours, which uses both light and dark backgrounds on a very abundant basis. I will often change one value to make it visible, only to find out that I accidentally changed something else rendering that illegible (or sometimes downright invisible), and I have to spend ages finding that other thing so I can change it back. Then I have to fix it so that they're either separate from each other, or - the easier way - slap a background color behind one of them and call it a day. It's frustrating in more ways than one, but I'm getting it. Slowly.
    I don't know it all yet. Not by a long shot. In fact, I really only know a very, very small amount. But I'm going to make that small amount work as best as I can, and the more I do that, the more knowledge I add to it. I'm learning something new, and applying it to something useful and productive. It's a good feeling for sure, and I'm enjoying every step of this little journey. Even the hilariously awkward ones.
    This site might make a Soulcaster out of me yet.
  3. KChan

    Adventures in Codeland!

    By KChan,

    Some of you may have noticed that the blog has changed color recently, at least in places, and most definitely for the better. That is because I finally gave up on poking things with sticks and decided to sit down and learn CSS the normal way: you know, with things I like to call books. Or rather, what ended up as one book in particular.
    As anyone who has ever tried to teach themselves code before, you will know that most books on the subject are either so easy to follow it's almost pretentious:
    Or they're almost impossible to understand, listing entire paragraphs' worth of elements and tags without any sort of description of what they are or even do, just assuming that the reader magically knows all of this already and somehow still needs to read about it in a book.
    Anyways, I finally found one that actually works for me: it's easy to follow, has plenty of examples, and lists some really awesome web development tools. In the past fourty-five minutes I have made the blogs look halfway decent and typed a blog post about it.
    You're welcome.
    Anyways, it's still a work in progress, of course, but at least something's been done to make the blogs not look like crap. I hope you enjoy them, and as always, feel free to submit any suggestions you may have. I can't promise I'll be able to fulfill them, or even know how to, but I will at least consider any legitimate suggestion offered.
    Happy blogging, everyone!
  5. KChan
    Yes, the all caps title was entirely necessary.
    I am the greatest Foruchemist. First of the Postbringers, member of the Stanod, wielder of the Balance between Truin and Uservation. I am power.
    I think I've also had too many oreos.
  6. KChan
    I am excited to announce that blogs are now available on 17th Shard! They aren't skinned 100% yet, so please keep in mind that the design is a work in progress, but we've fixed the whole "lack of a background" problem that was plaguing us before. To start a blog of your very own, go into your drop-down menu (the one next to your avatar in the top right corner of the page) and select "My Blog," then follow the prompts. Or you can click on the tab labeled "Blogs" at the top of the site to see what other members are writing.
    Enjoy, and happy blogging!
    Source: ANNOUNCEMENT: Blogs are Launched!
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