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Updates for the week of 2010-03-14

Hey guys: any of you able to tweak a flash .swf file? I've got one link inside this… flash blob needs to be changed. #
Wordpressed my ASS off this weekend (and today). Not for my site, but I learned a lot anyway. #
Hey guys: anyone know of the statistics for yearly hitchhiker disappearances? Well, not [...]

Returning, briefly, to periscope depth

First of all, this is me:

Except I’m not a little red-haired girl, and there’s more swearing. Christ, allergies? Really? It’s still snowing, for fuck’s sake.
Ah, March in Colorado.
Anyway.
So, although I’ve technically been laid off, I’ve got a couple projects going on that make it seem a whole lot like I’m gainfully employed.
The first and foremost [...]

Updates for the week of 2010-03-07

Kaylee's toys are flying to grandma's house. In a spaceship. There are evil robots! Her groovy girls are firing the 'lazer-bazer'. #soproud #
Kaylee is demonstrating sudden and inexplicable knowledge of ABBA lyrics. I blame @maureenjohnson — and I suspect that would thrill her. #
Manufacturers are now putting instructions on candy bar wrappers. Where to hold [...]

Laid off: not the same as Out of Work

So as some folks grokked from a Twitter post I made on Monday, I was laid off this week[1]. This was (fortunately) not something entirely unexpected; I report directly to the director of human resources and, without getting into the details too much, I had as much warning as any sane person could realistically expect [...]

Updates for the week of 2010-02-28

Completed #ME2, somewhat by accident. Now, #amwriting some more: time to knit some sweaters and write some roadtrip. #
(Oh, and #ME2 was/is amazing. Even the cheesy parts were amazing. What a great game. What a good story.) #
Thanks my lovely wife, @DaphneUn, there's juuust enough soda stashed in the 'gaming fridge' to keep me from [...]

Updates for the week of 2010-02-21

I just earned two "paragon" points in Mass Effect by proposing a threesome. #SpacePaladinsHaveDifferentRules #
Also, my 4 year ild got me Mass Effect 2 for my birthday, "so you have something to play when I'm not around." #
When it was time to end my lunch hour nap and head back to work, I *dreamt* I [...]

Diaspora, Session 1: Short version

Over on my gaming blog, I give the blow by blow from our first honest to dog game of Diaspora, which is a kind of ‘hard sci-fi’ roleplaying game, using the DIY kung-fu of the FATE system.
Someone called it “the softest hard sci-fi game out there”, and I agree.
Anyway, that post is kinda long, so let [...]

Updates for the week of 2010-02-14

Google Super Bowl Ad – PSFK (http://goo.gl/gL6Z) – Brilliant ad. And so true. (Thanks, @ChuckWendig and @MsInformation.) #
I'm a grown man still uncomfortable with 6-month-out appointments. #
No idea what to get my Dad for his birthday. #
Dental visit and cleaning this morning. My teeth feel like they've been to the gym. (Next week one will [...]