16 Jul 07
Photos are back up. I bought a Panasonix Lumix DMC-TZ3 to replace my broken camera, and am very happy with it so far. The 10x optical zoom is what sold me. I just like getting close and detailed on things.
15 Jul 07
It was a good retreat. Not as full as I’d have liked, but I was shocked when confronting the idea of two and a half days of intense creativity. I ended up reading a good amount of Tom Peters, and journalling lots of ideas. Which is not a waste of two and a half days.
13 Jul 07
Today begins my creative retreat, three days of reading, programming, writing, and generally making stuff. Incredibly important for my creativity, I’ve found; otherwise I feel frustrated by not having time to just go nuts and make stuff.
12 Jul 07
The first version of Project Psi, the board game Nick and I came up with a week and a half ago: Equipment: One square of paper, 4.5″ per side. This is the starting territory. Two 3×5″ red index cards (or white cards colored red), cut into 1.5″ squares. This is mountain territory. Two 3×5″ blue […]
10 Jul 07
I have hundreds of books. Love ’em. I’m an unabashed bookworm. I get warm fuzzies thinking of a blustery winter day ten years from now, when I remember a favorite book and can pluck it off my shelves and sit down with a mug of tea and just read. So I’ve been thinking. What if […]
9 Jul 07
Just finished watching disc 2 of Pani Poni Dash, a silly comedy. Boy, I needed that. Just something fun and relaxing. Long day at work. Long, good day at work. Finished up a bunch of nagging projects, and reframed some existing commitments into projects that might make a few people say, “Wow.” Which should keep […]
8 Jul 07
Two everyday objects in my life, and the quality of their design: Good design: My wristwatch. The leather strap conforms to the shape of my wrist, and it’s light enough that I barely noticed its weight. The face is large enough to be easily seen in the dark. It numbers every other hour: 2, 4, […]
7 Jul 07
The second meeting of the animation club was today. We had one new attendee, Joe, and we had fun. We watched Appleseed and My Neighbor Totoro, both of which improve with a repeated viewing. Even Totoro, which I’ve seen at least half a dozen times. Then I stopped by a meeting of Tangent Artists, the […]
5 Jul 07
I want to rant. To eloquently express my frustration with a DVD that contains episodes in the wrong order. And then I realize that I want to rant because I bought an anime DVD of a brilliant, beautiful series that happens to be ordered in a way I dislike. Am I really that petty? Why […]
3 Jul 07
Imagine a game based on expanding territory. On each turn, you can lay out another acre of land; forest, mountains, or sea. Or, if the land has lain fallow long enough, you can cause creatures to appear there…fish in the sea, elk on the plains, and fantastic creatures drifting through the mountains. But the fish […]