News of the (past) day

in case you managed to miss it:

Adobe is giving away Creative Suite 2 for free. Yes, 2 is an ooooold version (I think the most recent is 6?), but I presume it's still pretty damn good, and it's free and legal, so, hey. Don't say I didn't tell you.
(If the site isn't working, give it some time. Apparently, everybody wants free CS2, so the site is getting overrun.)

Never mind, apparently it's all a misunderstanding. :( Too bad, would've been exceedingly cool.

Other than that, oh crap, I still haven't written any of the 2012 posts I meant to write (including such exciting content as Felix' recent developments, Home Improvement Desasters of 2012, What We Did For Christmas and other smash hits. I'll never get those done, will I?)

Since the belated Christmas gift...

... of free software didn't turn out to work after all, here's another one:
from juno_magic.

2013 Creative Pay-It-Forward:

The first five people to comment on this post will receive from me, some time this year, a gift – perhaps a handbound notebook, or a picture I painted, or a candle I made – a surprise! There will be no warning and it will happen whenever the mood strikes me. The catch? Those five people should make the same offer…

(The other catch is, of course, that you get no say in what I make for you. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE TERRIFYING DEPTHS OF THE LYRABRAIN WILL COME UP WITH?)
Anyway. Go. Comment?

ETA: If I don't know your address, you might want to tell me that. *sheepish look* Via e-mail or LJ message or whatever. You could also screen your own comment, I believe that is possible? Never mind, I'll just set the default for this post to "screened". There you go.

ETA ETA: All spots are gone!
1. jokergirl
2. barbardin
3. sermanya (und oooh, schöne Bilder bzw schöne Bücher! ^^)
4. allamistako
5. chili_das_schaf
(6. flower_star, maybe I'll manage something for you too)