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Jun. 9th, 2014 01:08 pmSo, this time a year ago today, I was breaking my arm.
Awesome day.
Awesome day.
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Jul. 10th, 2013 04:56 pmSo a month ago I broke my arm. Specifically my right arm, and I'm right-handed. Hand and even elbow still work, as I fractured the top of my humerus, stumbling after tripping downhill and hitting a decidedly un-soft earthy verge. As an experience, I really can't recommend it. No cast to sign, weeks of physio exercises and not even a funny story.
And it was the day Iain Banks died.
And it was the day Iain Banks died.
The Conpulsion Closing Ceremony video
Apr. 16th, 2013 12:06 am... is online.
If you want to go specifically to me not thanking nearly enough people but also somehow not swearing like a crazy homeless person, start at 6.30 and play till about 11.10.
If you want to go specifically to me not thanking nearly enough people but also somehow not swearing like a crazy homeless person, start at 6.30 and play till about 11.10.
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Dec. 2nd, 2012 09:37 pmI have returned!
London did have internets, but by the time I found internets I could use without my own shinyphone it was already Saturday night and I was quite tired from Dragonmeeting. (Having Dragonmet?)
London did have internets, but by the time I found internets I could use without my own shinyphone it was already Saturday night and I was quite tired from Dragonmeeting. (Having Dragonmet?)
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Sep. 17th, 2012 05:36 pmGreetings from new computer! I now have internet, due to having thought to try the non-USB option at the back of my modem.
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Jul. 28th, 2012 02:56 pmThe Olympic opening ceremony.
(Compare Warren Ellis liveblogging while on meds.)
The Industrial Revolution bit very clever. Although as is so often the case with live arts events, it leaves questions (like "why start there, instead of 1908?") only answered by reading the interp.
Presumably that bit wasn't canon.
Subtle message about how great the NHS is.
The celebration of children's literature restages League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2009 and that's not even the weirdest bit. Could have done with more heroes than just that one, though. (What's the betting that the hundred-foot Voldemort was from JK's personal collection?)
Music bit went on a bit too long. (Especially now I know an equivalent yay-for-British-TV section was cut for time, denying four billion mostly confused people the chance to hear the Doctor Who theme.)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee looking faintly uncomfortable, not sure if he should clap or wave.
Independent Olympic Athletes! Cool.
Puzzling Arctic Monkeys mini-set. Why just that one? Yes, it gets all the athletes in, but still...
Great choices for final torchbearers.
So that's all good.
(Compare Warren Ellis liveblogging while on meds.)
The Industrial Revolution bit very clever. Although as is so often the case with live arts events, it leaves questions (like "why start there, instead of 1908?") only answered by reading the interp.
Presumably that bit wasn't canon.
Subtle message about how great the NHS is.
The celebration of children's literature restages League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2009 and that's not even the weirdest bit. Could have done with more heroes than just that one, though. (What's the betting that the hundred-foot Voldemort was from JK's personal collection?)
Music bit went on a bit too long. (Especially now I know an equivalent yay-for-British-TV section was cut for time, denying four billion mostly confused people the chance to hear the Doctor Who theme.)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee looking faintly uncomfortable, not sure if he should clap or wave.
Independent Olympic Athletes! Cool.
Puzzling Arctic Monkeys mini-set. Why just that one? Yes, it gets all the athletes in, but still...
Great choices for final torchbearers.
So that's all good.
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Jun. 26th, 2012 08:15 pmBirthday zoo trip success. Pandas asleep, but curled up facing visitors. Photographic evidence to follow.
Edits:
Yang Guang, the less blurry of the pair
Bat-SunBear
The month-old Barbary Macaque really wanted to climb that fence, much to the chagrin of the pack who spent five minutes getting it down.
Edits:
Yang Guang, the less blurry of the pair
Bat-SunBear
The month-old Barbary Macaque really wanted to climb that fence, much to the chagrin of the pack who spent five minutes getting it down.
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Jun. 25th, 2012 04:33 pmSo having been told to stay in from 9am to 5pm for my new computer to arrive, it duly arrives at ten to four. I start to connect it, get to the point where the instructions say to put my keyboard and mouse in their ports, and find that unlike the installation guide's picture or the current PC, I only have one such port. So I will not be using that thing until I buy a new USB mouse.
You can imagine my delight.
You can imagine my delight.
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Jun. 6th, 2012 06:36 pmRay Bradbury has died, aged 91. He was one of the good ones.
Why he wrote about Mars, from just two days ago.
Why he wrote about Mars, from just two days ago.
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Jan. 1st, 2012 05:24 amHappy New Year, applicable parts of the world!
Years are supposed to go by faster as you get older, but 2011 still seems long, looking back thinking "was that really this year?" maybe because it's been so packed and diverse, starting with weeks of snow and ice and ending with... not so much... and taking in world travel, meeting new people, meeting people I've known for years, busy weeks, blazing summers, work, play, creation, family, panic, relief, and that's without getting into the Arab Spring, Occupy, Hackgate, uprisings... it's been quite a ride.
Years are supposed to go by faster as you get older, but 2011 still seems long, looking back thinking "was that really this year?" maybe because it's been so packed and diverse, starting with weeks of snow and ice and ending with... not so much... and taking in world travel, meeting new people, meeting people I've known for years, busy weeks, blazing summers, work, play, creation, family, panic, relief, and that's without getting into the Arab Spring, Occupy, Hackgate, uprisings... it's been quite a ride.
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Dec. 16th, 2011 06:59 pmJoe Simon, creator of Captain America, lived to the age of 98. In that time, he saw the comics industry change to more revere its creators, his creation referenced from a clunky cartoon to Easy Rider to an early grunge band to a terrible movie to a great movie and more. He left the world better than he found it.
Happy 75th birthday, Jim Henson
Sep. 24th, 2011 06:11 pmToday's Google Doodle marking Jim Henson's 75th birthday with digital puppets created by the Henson Company.
I talked a bit about how you might reflect his ideas over in t'Whoblog, but I thought I'd talk a bit more here as well. His "will this work, try it and see" attitude ran through his work, from seeing The Muppet Show when I was a kid, learning with Sesame Street, seeing films like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth when they came out.
I've been involved with puppetry here and there, and it's definitely affected my storytelling, writing, and of course my GMing. Everything from reinterpreting mythologies to a bit of Brian Froud in some character art.
And above all the desire to entertain. Because...
"When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for... the storyteller."
There will always be a place by the fire for you, sir.
I talked a bit about how you might reflect his ideas over in t'Whoblog, but I thought I'd talk a bit more here as well. His "will this work, try it and see" attitude ran through his work, from seeing The Muppet Show when I was a kid, learning with Sesame Street, seeing films like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth when they came out.
I've been involved with puppetry here and there, and it's definitely affected my storytelling, writing, and of course my GMing. Everything from reinterpreting mythologies to a bit of Brian Froud in some character art.
And above all the desire to entertain. Because...
"When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for... the storyteller."
There will always be a place by the fire for you, sir.
