http://doycetesterman.com Perpetual projects and daily obsessions. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/03/updates-for-the-week-of-2010-03-14/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/03/returning-briefly-to-periscope-depth/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/03/updates-for-the-week-of-2010-03-07/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/03/laid-off-not-the-same-as-out-of-work/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/updates-for-the-week-of-2010-02-28/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/updates-for-the-week-of-2010-02-21/ Okay. This one's been waiting awhile. Consider it a ponder-gift for the weekend. Storytime It's August. It's South Dakota. It's hot. I'm headed back to college, driving the Brown Beater. The Brown Beater is a real piece of crap; it overheats if you idle in one place for too long, it overheats ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/keep-track-of-yourself/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/diaspora-session-1-short-version/ 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 ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/updates-for-the-week-of-2010-02-14/ As always, Vayland Rd. is for my Dad. It's not a subtle story, or graceful, or maybe even good -- but I like it. I originally wrote it as part of a fundraiser for prostate cancer research, which was the goblin Dad was fighting at the time. The prognosis was bad, ... http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2010/02/the-story-behind-vayland-rd/