{"id":459,"date":"2006-08-29T14:11:33","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T06:11:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-25T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T03:55:00","slug":"impending_birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/08\/29\/impending_birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Impending birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m turning <em>older<\/em> next month and a few people have asked what I might be interested in receiving as a present. There isn&#8217;t much that I want and either don&#8217;t already have or could reasonably expect as a gift, so I&#8217;m asking people to donate to any of the organisations below.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian aid, environmental protection, and conservation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/\">Amnesty International<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.au\/\">Amnesty International Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\">UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/unicef.org\/\">UNICEF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/\">Oxfam<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.au\/\">Oxfam Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/panda.org\/\">World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/wwf.org.au\/\">WFF Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Free software and information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsf.org\/\">Free Software Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/\">Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efa.org.au\/\">Electronic Frontiers Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/\">Wikimedia Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you really can&#8217;t resist the urge to get me something else, I have a brief list of things after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In general, I don&#8217;t really want to acquire any more &#8220;stuff&#8221; that I may not use; I would prefer things like movie tickets or restuarant vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>That said, there are a few things that I&#8217;m after. I know that second-hand items are sometimes taboo as gifts, but I don&#8217;t really care.<\/p>\n<p>Art supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easel (I&#8217;m after a wooden, h-frame, studio easel)<\/li>\n<li>Any large white canvas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Syrup&#8221; by Max Barry<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Company&#8221; by Max Barry<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The End of Faith&#8221; by Sam Harris<\/li>\n<li>Any interesting fiction, manga, or graphic novel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games I&#8217;ll probably buy at some point:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the Cursed King (Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider: Legends (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Fahrenheit: The Indigo Prophecy (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Burnout: Revenge (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Warcraft 3 (PC)<\/li>\n<li>Half-life 2 (PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other games I would like to play (in no particular order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F.E.A.R. (PC)<\/li>\n<li>Destroy all Humans (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Robotech: Invasion (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Darkwatch (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Scrapland (XBOX, Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Playstation 2)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Jackson&#8217;s King Kong (XBOX, Playstation 2, Gamecube)<\/li>\n<li>Geist (Gamecube)<\/li>\n<li>Rub Rabbits (Nintendo DS)<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Gameboy Advance)<\/li>\n<li>Yoshi&#8217;s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Gameboy Advance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m turning older next month and a few people have asked what I might be interested in receiving as a present. There isn&#8217;t much that I want and either don&#8217;t already have or could reasonably expect as a gift, so I&#8217;m asking people to donate to any of the organisations below. Humanitarian aid, environmental protection, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/08\/29\/impending_birthday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Impending birthday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLsRH-7p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3794,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions\/3794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}