With the holiday season, I haven’t gotten around to writing about my activities in a timely manner. I had Thanksgiving with my best friend’s family and friends, which was a really fun time. We played some games, watched some football, and of course ate lots of delicious food. Accuraty also had a holiday LAN party, [...]
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 – 20:03
For about a month now I’ve been playing this ASCII game called Dwarf Fortress. I realize that I’m late to the game, and most people have already tired of playing it. The game takes me back to the days of playing Oregon Trail on the public library computers in the 90s. Except with a worse [...]
A while ago I set up a WordPress theme for Peggy’s mom, Catherine Schmidt-Jones, who is working on a music Ph.D. As part of her degree she’s been continuing her music education outreach that she’s been doing on Connexions by running a blog, Opening Measures, as a forum to discuss issues in music and open [...]
Wed, Oct 26, 2011 – 19:03
So this is a little out of date as I’ve been busy with some stuff lately. Last month I went to the They Might Be Giants concert in Chicago that Jonathan Coulton opened for. I love both groups, as they produce wacky lyrics with upbeat, catchy music, so I’d say that probably ranks as one [...]
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 – 13:16
Things have been quiet, not too much going on… but that’s fine with me. Had a good 4th of July with some friends, and saw my best friend’s mom perform at the local hippie grocery store. She and her duet partner sound really good! The weather has been stiflingly hot, but is cooled down for [...]
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 – 10:25
Life has been pretty boring lately to tell the truth, so I had a field trip up to Chicago and visited a couple of high school friends and then went to my best friend’s graduation from the University of Chicago. First I hung out with Rose and Lillian and went to a couple of good [...]
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 – 08:49
What do I want from an RPG? Abe, my DM from home, asked me to post a discussion of what I like in my RPGs. I know that a number of my readers play RPGs of one kind or another, so hopefully this will appeal to more than just him. I can count the number [...]
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 – 06:55
I got back from Italy Monday night (the 28th) and then it was time to start packing things up and getting my last memories in before it was time to go. I went to the Cologne Opera on Thursday night with Patrick to see “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” in German, [...]
Mon, Feb 21, 2011 – 21:30
What have I been up to? Well, various design projects: The client wanted the above design done on a very short timeline, but since they thought their play on the company tagline was hilarious, they were easy to please. Also some doodles… (notice they are iPhone dimensions, for those of you with fancy widgets!) I’ve also [...]
Fri, Feb 18, 2011 – 19:30
I haven’t really discussed the new Shadowrun game my group here has been playing since Midgard ended. So far I’ve been really enjoying it and have been pretty disappointed every second week, when the rest of the group plays Pathfinder/D&D 3.5. I feel a lot more comfortable and notice the language barrier much less, probably [...]
