Overly Positive

So considering I didn’t have enough semi-regular features on Overly Positive, I figured I’d just add in another for those middle-of-the-week doldrums. Sure, it’s only halfway to a weekend that seems more out of reach than hooking up with Jessica Alba or Brad Pitt, but nevertheless, it’s half over.

Helpful Humpday Highlights is going to show my terribly small readership wider horizons than just my optimistic writing. Let’s face it – I’ve got plenty of blogs on my blogroll, and will probably add more, but without a little pimpage, you might not be so inclined to click on them. Well, Humpday will change all of that, starting today.

Today’s Helpful Humpday Highlight focuses on a blog that just got started (again) – although the author has been doing a lot of work to justify her not putting her thoughts on paper. Up Past Midnight is the blog of one Aiiane Miraelia, and if you don’t recognize the name, all you need to do is look at Curse and check all the addons by her. Warhammer Online has benefitted from the talent that Aiiane possesses, in the form of core UI modifications that are a staple of any player’s arsenal – Squared for warband and unit layout and selection, LibSlash as a code library for the basis of many WAR addons, Twister for managing those pesky auras for Knights and Chosen, and much more. With all of these achievements, someone lesser would have been a bit egotistical, but not so with Aiiane, who has remained not just humble but helpful to fellow modders in her community. Aiiane’s got a history in other games too, such as Guild Wars, and the upcoming Global Agenda.

Aiiane writes about a variety of things on Up Past Midnight, including user interface elements, MMOs, and more. True to the blog’s namesake, Aiiane’s night owl tendencies mean that the blog gets updated at odd hours, but it’s definitely worth a read if you want to peer into the mind of a budding programmer. She just got started writing again, so be sure to roll on over to her blog, add her rss feed to your reader, and leave some commentary to encourage her to write – and hopefully get to sleep at a decent hour!