Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Category: Energy

Hobbies and creative pursuits that re-energize me.

  • bookTuner: A WordPress Plugin for Goodreads.com

    This plugin is no longer maintained and is unlikely to work with current versions of WordPress; however, there are other Goodreads plugins available. bookTuner is a WordPress plugin for displaying books from a Goodreads.com shelf. After configuring, you can use tags to build a customized display of the book’s title, author, and jacket artwork, as…

  • Shoe Lacing Extravaganza

    Several years ago Rachel picked up Show Me How on impulse, a book with hundreds of random things to learn how to do to make yourself more leet. I mean, when the situation arises where an alligator has to be wrestled or a baby delivered, who doesn’t want to be the one who steps up…

  • Router Wrangling

    My new apartment has a cable hookup in the living room, but Tess (my desktop computer) is on the other side in the office. I had a similar problem at the old place, and solved it by bridging two wireless routers. I end up being able to physically connect Tess and the 360 to the…

  • Waterfall

    Waterfall

    Waterfall. Pastel, completed May 2010. I started this picture back in 2004 and got about as far as the charcoal underdrawing before I put it aside. One year of high school and four years of college later, I decided to pick it up, take art class again and finish it. I took some pictures of…

  • Waterfall [WIP]

    This past fall I began taking art classes again, with the hope of finishing a picture I’d started in ye olde 2004 or so. I thought it would be cool to photograph it after each session to track the progress. While the shots aren’t consistent enough to do a true time-lapse, I think it will…

  • Driftwurm’s Teeth

    Driftwurm’s Teeth

    Ever since Snowmageddon started, the roof by my porch has been growing an incredibly long icicle. I grabbed some pictures of it yesterday morning, which was fortuitous: With today’s warmth it lost its grip on the soffit and shattered on the ground below. The first two pictures should give you an idea of how large…

  • Selene Amell

    Selene was the first character I created for Dragon Age: Origins, and was somewhat inspired by the Sitians in the world of the Poison Study novels. Her face is very loosely based on Candice Swanepoel. For those who are interested, I used the Dragon Age Toolset for the additional face customization options as well as…

  • Here we goooo!

    Well, I’ve finally managed to get this new layout off the ground. I learned a lot the first time around, and I think what I’ve done this time is far superior to what I had before. Of course, I’m still a little low on the content for the Professional and Creative areas, as I had…