I just dusted off a #textadventure project I started in Inform6 around 1999.
I just dusted off a #textadventure project I started in Inform6 around 1999. By around 2007 I had rebuilt about 90% of it in #inform7 and expanded it in fits and starts. But I haven’t touched it in 11 years. It took me about 90 minutes to update all the deprecated code, but it runs!
Beautiful day for a walk.
Whispers of the Past-Herb Morrison and the Hindenburg
In this short documentary, I voice Herb Morrison, the radio reporter famous for narrating the 1937 crash of the Hindenberg — 85 years ago this month. It was an honor to learn more about this man (born in nearby Scottdale, Pa.) and to interpret his words. Local history can be so fascinating! Herb Morrison, native…
Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart
The Storyteller (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 14) A Bajoran village mystic names O’Brien his successor; Jake and Nog try to impress a teenaged faction leader
Rewatching ST:DS9 O’Brien tries to weasel his way out of an assignment to ferry Bashir to a Bajoran village that sent a vague (apparently medical?) distress call. The cheerfully oblivious Bashir asks O’Brien to call him “Julien” instead of “sir.” (O’Brien: “Is that an order?”) The landing party is led to Sirah, an old man who…
Plagiarism Today Plagiarized in a Plagiarism Atonement Essay
Jonathan Bailey writes: In short, Bello, an author who admitted to plagiarizing in her now-cancelled debut novel, wrote an article about the experience and, in that article, included poor paraphrasing without attribution of an article that I wrote over a decade ago. It’s a moment that even 16 years of work in this field did…
Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #relaxing #aesthetics #design
More #steampunk control panel goodness. This section features a nice retro pixelboard text display. #blender3d #blender3dart
One of many steampunk control panels I’ve designed for pleasure.
Top Russian News Site Calls Out Putin’s ‘Paranoiac’ War
Journalists at a Kremlin-controlled news website published at least a dozen anti-war articles today — a brave attempt to undermine the propaganda campaign attempting to justify Putin’s unprovoked and immoral acts of violence against the Ukrainian people. The articles were quickly taken down, but you can still read them on the Internet Archive. Internet Archive…
Spring 2022 Final Grades: Submitted.
Today's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart
Christmas 1970. I was feverish and it was unseasonably warm outside. One of my favorite pictures of my mother.
In May, 2002, I was blogging about… typefaces in period movies; poets Paul Dirac and Stewart Conn; web usability; fired for making a satirical game
In May, 2002, I was blogging about Rating historical movies on how accurately they represent period typefaces The average UK reader spends 17 minutes a day reading a newspaper, compared to 11 minutes reading a novel. Paul Dirac, honorary poet laureate of modern physics. Student web project on poet Stewart Conn’s “Luncheon of the Boating…
Another 10sq cm of background details for a #steampunk project. #blender3d #blender3dart #aesthetics #design
Happy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.
Battle Lines (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 13) Bajor’s spiritual leader joyrides through the wormhole; warring factions war factiously
Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira is annoyed to learn the Cardassians thought of her a minor errand-runner. The scene is played for comedy, but it also sets up Kira as proud of her accomplishments as a freedom fighter. The Kai Opaka pays a surprise visit from Bajor. Kira is a bit overwhelmed in the presence of her…