After three days of work and research, the information and registration site for Protospiel South is live!
In the spirit of Protospiel, Protospiel South is a gathering for amateur and established game designers to test and promote nearly-finished game prototypes. The atmosphere is casual, yet everyone is serious about their goals and dreams of publishing games.
May 28, 29 and 30 in Austin, TX
Friday, May 28: Noon to 10 PM
Saturday, May 29: 8 AM to 10 PM
Sunday: May 30: 8 AM to 4 PM
Looking for more? You can learn more about Protospiel South, pre-register for Protospiel South, and discuss Protospiel South with the organizers and other people at http://www.protospielsouth.com/.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : action
Here’s a lifehack I picked up from this month’s Wired magazine: Use Flickr as a Home Asset Database.
A home asset system is a repository to store useful details about your stuff of value, for the sake of insurance and waranty claims. To use Flickr, or a similar photo-storage service:
- Take pictures of your stuff (car, computer, tv…), one item per pic (but maybe multiple pics per item).
- Upload the pictures, marking them private.
- Enter descriptions, including purchase date, purchase price, vendor/store, serial number, and any relevant specs.
- Tag them or group them in some way that will make them easy to find later, perhaps a “home asset” tag or a photoset.
- Keep a local copy of the photos and data. Possible options include Picasa, iPhoto, or a spreadsheet of file names and descriptions. Some of the Flickr tools built using the API will probably be helpful.
Since I had been trying to create an asset db, realizing that the ever-charming folks at Flickr had already done the heavy lifting was a weight off my shoulders.
— Sharon J Cichelli :: action
Liberty Dollars are an independent silver-backed currency. The creator asserts that backing a currency with a precious metal (like silver or gold) protects it from inflation. Anyone know if this is this true?
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: action : thought
The folks over at Penny Arcade have launched their Child’s Play 2005 website. This is their third year doing Child’s Play, and (working with Amazon.com to create wishlists for selected hospitals) they’ve taken to an international level. Currently, you can donate to hospitals in the USA and Canada, with the UK coming soon. The letters are very touching.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : action
Now here’s a movement I can get behind. Defective Yeti gives us WriAShorStoWe, in which you write a short story during the week of November 3rd. Comment here with a link to your story if you give it a whirl.
— Sharon J Cichelli :: action
I’ve lost weight lately, so I have a number of pairs of jeans that are much too big. Denim is so robust, durable, and comfy, that I’m always on the lookout for other uses and new incarnations of these pants.
I recently signed up for a drawing class at the Austin Museum of Art, so I was coveting expensive satchels to put all my pencils and my decadent sketchbook moleskine in.
Denim makes good bags…
Steps for the jean satchel
— Sharon J Cichelli :: novelties : action
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After three days of work and research, the information and registration site for Protospiel South is live!
In the spirit of Protospiel, Protospiel South is a gathering for amateur and established game designers to test and promote nearly-finished game prototypes. The atmosphere is casual, yet everyone is serious about their goals and dreams of publishing games.
May 28, 29 and 30 in Austin, TX
Friday, May 28: Noon to 10 PM
Saturday, May 29: 8 AM to 10 PM
Sunday: May 30: 8 AM to 4 PM
Looking for more? You can learn more about Protospiel South, pre-register for Protospiel South, and discuss Protospiel South with the organizers and other people at http://www.protospielsouth.com/.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : action
Here’s a lifehack I picked up from this month’s Wired magazine: Use Flickr as a Home Asset Database.
A home asset system is a repository to store useful details about your stuff of value, for the sake of insurance and waranty claims. To use Flickr, or a similar photo-storage service:
- Take pictures of your stuff (car, computer, tv…), one item per pic (but maybe multiple pics per item).
- Upload the pictures, marking them private.
- Enter descriptions, including purchase date, purchase price, vendor/store, serial number, and any relevant specs.
- Tag them or group them in some way that will make them easy to find later, perhaps a “home asset” tag or a photoset.
- Keep a local copy of the photos and data. Possible options include Picasa, iPhoto, or a spreadsheet of file names and descriptions. Some of the Flickr tools built using the API will probably be helpful.
Since I had been trying to create an asset db, realizing that the ever-charming folks at Flickr had already done the heavy lifting was a weight off my shoulders.
— Sharon J Cichelli :: action
Liberty Dollars are an independent silver-backed currency. The creator asserts that backing a currency with a precious metal (like silver or gold) protects it from inflation. Anyone know if this is this true?
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: action : thought
The folks over at Penny Arcade have launched their Child’s Play 2005 website. This is their third year doing Child’s Play, and (working with Amazon.com to create wishlists for selected hospitals) they’ve taken to an international level. Currently, you can donate to hospitals in the USA and Canada, with the UK coming soon. The letters are very touching.
— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : action
Now here’s a movement I can get behind. Defective Yeti gives us WriAShorStoWe, in which you write a short story during the week of November 3rd. Comment here with a link to your story if you give it a whirl.
— Sharon J Cichelli :: action
I’ve lost weight lately, so I have a number of pairs of jeans that are much too big. Denim is so robust, durable, and comfy, that I’m always on the lookout for other uses and new incarnations of these pants.
I recently signed up for a drawing class at the Austin Museum of Art, so I was coveting expensive satchels to put all my pencils and my decadent sketchbook moleskine in.
Denim makes good bags…
Steps for the jean satchel
— Sharon J Cichelli :: novelties : action
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