I dug up this MP3 of “GEB” that I did a while ago. Mid tempo Electronic tune. Typically bleapy. Neat use of sliding EQ near the begining (If I can be immodest enough to use the word neat describing my own work). I’m pretty sure this was done 100% in Jeskola Buzz. Weird slow-mo dream sequence near the end. I’d like your opinions.

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Computer languages and facial hair

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Need to name your school? Try this.

For Example:

• The Lavishly Prep School
• The Liberal Military School of Superior People
• The Scarce School

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The family and BFF family went to the fish fry at a VFW hall. Adorning the walls were WW2 era propaganda posters and ads, including this ad for Packard cars. The headline was “Through the London blitz and robot bombing and always on the job”. My first thought was of WW2 steampunk mecha like this. However, this didn’t appear to be the case…

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My geek hero, Gary Gygax died today. He’s the guy who invented Dungeons & Dragons. I almost titled this post “HP:0″ or something about saving throw, but no. Better to say, “thanks Gary”. Thanks for Dungeons & Dragons, a game I played as a teen, and play now with my preteen kids.

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The trailer for Aaron Vanek’s movie is up on the Youtubes. Purchase the DVD here.

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I’ve been working in Inkscape for a few weeks, and I really like it. It’s a vector drawing application, for Mac, Windows, Linux. It’s kind of like Illustrator or Flash (but without animation). Inkscape is still beta, but it has been solid for me (has never crashed). Here is a character I’m working on in Inkscape, Virgil.

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The male offspring and I invented a chess variant after a rousing game of “regular” chess.

Behold the splendor of Queen War:

Board Setup

• All pawns go in their regular places.
• Each queen too.
• The rooks (we chess amateurs call them castles) go on the left and right of the queen

Movement and Capture

• Pawns move 1 square in any direction, including diagonal. Pawns can only capture diagonally.
• Queen moves and captures as in regular rules, except the queen may jump over her own rooks.
• Rooks do not move. They can not capture anything. Rooks can only be captured by Pawns.
  • At first attempt to capture, the Rook is considered “knocked over” and is laid on it’s side in it’s current square. The Pawn that attempted the capture stays in it’s original square (it doesn’t move into the Rook’s square). The move is over.
  • Second attempt by a Pawn is handled as a normal capture– the Rook is removed from play and the Pawn takes it’s place.

Game over, man, game over!
There are two ways to win.

• When all the opposing player’s Pawns are captured, you win. Or:
• When the opposing player’s Queen is captured, you win.

If you have the chance to play this game, please let us know how it went and if you enjoyed it!

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