Arsenic and Old Lace. I haven’t seen this show since I played the lead as a high school junior in the 1980s.

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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.

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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

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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

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Plagiarism Today Plagiarized in a Plagiarism Atonement Essay

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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

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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…

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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

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Another 10sq cm of background details for a #steampunk project. #blender3d #blender3dart #aesthetics #design

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Happy retirement celebration to two dear colleagues.

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Battle Lines (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 13) Bajor’s spiritual leader joyrides through the wormhole; warring factions war factiously

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Faculty stacked up in launch tube beneath McKenna gym, ready for graduation 2022.

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