Timeline

It’s been a decade since I released a game of my own. I’ve done contract gigs since my last game (Flip Panic! for Windows), and my most recent small contract game development project was less than a year ago. It’s…

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Money was really tight this year. At the same time, it Kat and I’s first Hanukkah as a married couple, and I wanted to do something fun with it Fortunately, fun isn’t always expensive. So, a few bucks at the…

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I paused doing the weekly publishing for three books for a while – I had a couple of good reasons for doing it. One of them was monetizing my work. For quite a while I’ve had a plan, but haven’t…

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Another year, another Apocalypse, it seems.  People just generally seem to be in a hurry for the world to end.  I’ve had an interesting fascination with it, too – not the world ending, it will end when it end.  Instead, with…

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For the last three or four years you can find me doing a “con” – the Great Plains Renaissance Festival. Now, the reason I do it is simple – I get booth space for free, and in exchange I run…

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At the beginning of 2012 I got frustrated with contract work again, and I’ve remained frustrated pretty much the entire year. And I’ve got a whole list of reasons why contracting frustrates me: Customers don’t bother getting the deliverables to…

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OK, I’m way ahead in my writing – IZ is now over 13,000 words long, and Autobiography of a Super-Villain has passed 14,000.  Awesome  A couple of weeks after the first I’ll start publishing again:  IZ, Autobiography of a Super-Villain,…

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[plotovertime field1="Weight" field2="Heart Rate" field3="Resting Heart Rate"  field4="Workout Length" width="700" height="400" type="LineChart"  maxdays="30" options="'pointSize': 6"] This was a “sort of fail” day.  I was going to go for my first run (you’ll notice this entry has a different entry format…

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[plotovertime field1="Weight" field2="Heart Rate" field3="Resting Heart Rate"  field4="Workout Length" field5="Gut" field6="Chest" field7="Bicep" field8="Setups" field9="Pushups" field10="Dips" width="700" height="400" type="LineChart"  maxdays="30" options="'pointSize': 6"] OK, now we’re talkin!  Nice, solid workout – stopped a bit short of “to fail” on a couple things,…

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[plotovertime field1="Weight" field2="Heart Rate" field3="Resting Heart Rate"  field4="Workout Length" field5="Gut" field6="Chest" field7="Bicep" field8="Setups" field9="Pushups" field10="Dips" width="700" height="400" type="LineChart"  maxdays="30"] Well, damn.  I’m not liking this trend – yet another day without a workout.  Instead, started the day looking at a…

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Shabbat (Sabbath, in not-Hebrew – which means no workout.  A chance for the body to rest If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your…

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[plotovertime field1="Weight" field2="Heart Rate" field3="Resting Heart Rate"  field4="Workout Length" field5="Gut" field6="Chest" field7="Bicep" field8="Setups" field9="Pushups" field10="Dips" width="700" height="400" type="LineChart"  maxdays="30"] And another fail – two in a row! Grrr!  On the other hand – extremely physically active day.  Ended up helping…

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It happens with me off and on – I get on a good roll with working out, then I fall off the wagon. Well, it’s time to get back on it again. Last time I stopped was rather weird –…

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Every Thursday night I’ve been teaching a WordPress class and this week was all about monetizing websites. This really covered pretty much all the different possible ways to make money off a website. This includes things like writing books and…

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OK, I’m a jerk to say this but… I kinda like the whole earthquake thing.  I’d like it a lot more if it wasn’t damaging peoples homes, of course! I happened to have Photoshop open working on another project, so…

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The folks at Happy Place created a nice map that sarcastically covers all the new features of Facebook’s revamped page.  Click for the full sized image – it’s worth it       If you found an error, highlight it and press…

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It’s almost that time again  Starting September 8th, 2011 I’ll be teaching my WordPress classes at PixelTime again – this time with even more sections!  Newly added to the class is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for WordPress, and iPhone Optimization…

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OK, it took a week longer to get all the supporting infrastructure up and running, but I finally have the beginnings for all three books online! Muse is mainly a matter of doing the edits that The Editor has indicated…

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Yesterday I saw a couple of posts about NuPenny, along with the fact it’s in Wichita, Kansas – wow, art news from Wichita that actually made it national! If you haven’t seen it – it’s a toy “store” near the…

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It’s been decided – I’m going to be serializing three brand new books by myself here on MidnightRyder.org.  This should be fun First off is “Muse.”  Book one of three, Muse presents a whole new take on the human mind.…

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In the process of ripping and shredding everything and deciding on an entirely new set of priorities there’s still a few loose ends to decide upon.  I intentionally avoid anything that’s going to add an extra bit to my workload…

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I said when I bought the the Jaguar it was going to be a restoration project – and it’s definitely turned into that  I also said I was going to post updates… OK, I’ve been rather slow about that. I’m…

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Well it’s comin together I finally feel like a man, oh yes I do I never thought that I’d be where I am, oh Everyday I wake a little bit higher Whoa I keep pushin on, oh yeah – REO…

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So what happens when a work-a-holic decides to change his ways?  Does insanity ensue? Surprisingly, no.  Heck, for that matter, I’m surprised how (relatively) easy this has been so far!  I’ve been going to bed pretty close to on time…

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I had a couple of conversations with folks today that resulted in a couple more items for my change list.  Friend B didn’t know that Friend A and I had chatted, and what he had to say – basically, a…

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It’s interesting what can be a wake up call that you need to make some changes in your life, how deep those changes need to go, and how many time you’ve had to cover the same territory. (Side note:  most…

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I blame this on Don Rhoden and Anthea Burson. After reading my various writings that appear in this section, well, you can blame them too. I popped in a new menu and category on the site after a conversation about…

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I wish I could share the stars. I don’t know when I started going out onto a dirt road and looking up at the sky by myself.  It’s a moment of escape – the noise of the city is gone.…

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I wish I could share the stars. I grew up in the country and took the star filled nights for granted.  Don’t get me wrong – as a kid I loved to look at the stars.  We even had a…

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I’ve always wondered if I’d look good bald.  For me, this is a very important subject – because I’m going bald anyway.  I used to have very long, full hair with a high forehead.  It was nice.  I liked it.…

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Now, it’s not a real manly thing to say ya’ cry.  But, I’ve been known to do that on rare occasion.  Someone quite randomly found a way to make me cry today. A little setup – it was a rough…

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And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it but I probably will Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of, well time slips away and leaves you with nothing…

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I’m not much for following celebrities on Twitter – I don’t see the point.  I’m not going to discuss much of anything with them, and I’m not really that interested in their lives (in fact, I could care less –…

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(If this is your first time reading any of my Messianic Musings, please be sure to read this first, or at least understand the following: I am not a Biblical scholar, and anything I say should always be checked against…

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The Link Pile is a sort of bookmarking system for myself.  Over the years I’ve moved computing platforms multiple times, and have even managed to loose my entire bookmark database a couple of those times due to hard drive crashes…

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Quite often I get asked for a portfolio of customers I do web development for.  Well… I don’t keep one.  Each customer is different, and each customer has unique needs – so I never bother keeping a formalized portfolio on…

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Various links to stuff I use for studying biblical, mid, and ancient Hebrew language.  Overall it’s actually fun to study this stuff – but I’m a geek who originally wanted an archaeology degree, so my idea of “fun” can be…

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I am a heretic – I say that from time to time to people who I discuss religion with.  And, even then, I don’t discuss my religious beliefs in depth – there’s only a few people who get to glimpse…

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After I posted about the ‘new’ car last night, I decided to add yet another category to the site, and blog about it:  Restoration Projects.  The Jag (who has yet to be named) isn’t the only restoration I need to…

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The photo at the left is my new car keys.  This is significant at SO many levels. First off, I haven’t owned my own car in two years – mine died, and at the time I was struggling pretty hard…

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What started as an experimental workout routine has become a rather interesting way of looking at life. I had a theory when I was working out heavily about a year and a half ago:  rather than one ‘big workout’ everyday…

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Dakota Miller is a talented director / producer here in Wichita, Kansas – or at least, I think he’s talented based on the one thing I’ve seen so far (Thinking back, actually, I might have seen something else he’s done…

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I have an interesting history when it comes to religion (heck, what don’t I have an interesting history in?) Growing up I went to St. Joe – a public school that also happened to be a Catholic school. By that, I mean I had to attend church services in the mornings, and take Catechism classes. That’s really not that abnormal, except the part where it was a public school. Oh, yeah, and the part where I wasn’t Catholic. Nor, even in first grade, did I have any desire to become Catholic.

I, in fact, went to one of the many flavors of protestant churches, and was protestant. As you can imagine, this causes a problem – the nuns and students at the Catholic public school were telling me I was going to Hell for not being Catholic, or at very minimum, I wasn’t going to Heaven (there’s always that nice ‘catch all’ in between of Purgatory.) And of course, the protestants saying the Catholics were going to Hell for not being protestants.

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Every once in a while I really want to to the standard blogger thing – you know, lift some text from a site and make semi-witty comments about it.  But I never quite get to it, and I don’t really…

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About mid-way through 2010 I slowed down on my personal blog for various reasons – one of them is who actually had access to my blogs, and the other major reason was a lot of the energy that went into…

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Turning 29… I made the joke on Facebook and Twitter that I was turning 29 this year – I liked that year. That really wasn’t an arbitrary joke.  At that point I had bought a house, had a cool car,…

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All right ladies and gentlemen (I use both terms loosely cross your fingers.  I’m not gonna say what I’m up to, but, in the next 48 hours I’m going to do something so bold and life changing I could use the extra…

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Remnant of Israel in a strange way, I’m spending a lot of effort deluding myself.  I’ve said to more than one person that I went, and I’ll go again but I don’t know if it’s a “just one more time”…

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The Ladder “It’s a long way to the top, If you wanna Rock and Roll…” I said it would take three or four months for the transition to entertainment to happen, and it looks like I’m coming out the other…

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Kat Saga… …is over.  Both of us stuck a fork in it and called it good.  Sometimes, that’s just the way it goes  I’m still hurt that she never really told me what was wrong, but I’ve got a couple…

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When Skyler Lovelace of Pixel Time and I sat down and discussed the idea of an Introduction to Game Development (and a Game Development for Teens class) for Pixel Time, we threw together a quick “marketing blurb” on what my…

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The Kat Saga, part 1: I had second thoughts at the start, I said to myself, hold on to your heart Now I know the woman that you are, and you’re wonderful so far, And that’s more than I hoped…

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“Life moves pretty fast.  You don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller Today is Wednesday. Monday was a holiday, so there’s only been two functional days so far in the week.…

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And then the next twist… Something nagged at the back of my head a bit, to be quite honest.  Kat had said I met her qualifications for a guy in her life better than anyone she had met.  And then…

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No, Seriously… OK, I’m starting to get a little cheezed at the universe at this point.  Writing this, all I can do is look up, shake my head, and say “No, seriously, you’re really just fucking with me now, right?”…

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OK, this is one of those “themed” entries I like doing – so I’ll start by getting a song stuck in your head, just like it’s been stuck in mine for a while… “I got some news to tell ya…

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Well, finally. When I moved the blog, the goal was to start using it quite frequently. That was last year’s plan, anyway. In fact, I’ve got stubs of articles written in a folder, but I’ve just never gotten around to…

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PAIN! So I’ve decided I was going to do something insane.  Come mid-May, I’m going to pick up a 180 lb log that’s about 16 feet long, and throw as far as I can.  Now, as you might imagine, only…

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Valentine’s Day Sucks… For single people, Valentine’s Day.  It’s just a rule – you’re reminded, nonstop for a couple of weeks, that you’re single.  And there’s no real relief – if you’re around ANYONE, you end up with a reminder.…

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Muse: Evolution I finished work on Muse, and have started work on the second book, Muse: Evolution.  I’m about 60 pages into Muse: Evolution so far – that’s including the disturbances like having to move again. I looked back in…

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A “Quick Update” Meredith asked me today how things where going… and I kind of shrugged and gave a non-committal answer of “good and bad” basically. So, I thought I’d sit down and update this, since it’s been neglected for…

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Brain Dumpage There’s actually quite a bit I haven’t talked about on here, though not for any particular reason.  ”Muse” is about relationships (in some ways, labeling it a Romance might be wrong, but I can’t find a damned classification…

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Business As Usual Well, I haven’t updated this in a bit.  There’s a good reason too – most of my writing energy goes towards “Muse” these days.  And that’s a lot of energy. Business isn’t good – which means it’s…

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I walked away wordlessly, giving no reason for the sudden silence from me.  She never asked – it’s just the way it was. I couldn’t tell her why I went away, the words would have hurt her to the core.  Sometimes truth…

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“Muse”ings My ability to write suddenly increased considerably.  There’s been a couple of nights that I wrote as much as 10 pages in an hour.  Yeah, my typing speed (and accuracy) jumped up too somewhere along the way (which is…

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She’s baaaaack… I’m not sure what the random whim was that caused me to do it, but I txted Tammy, and said “Hey – let’s go have lunch.  How’s chinese sound?” “Great!” So we met up for lunch.  There are…

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First Draft is Done!!! Well, the first draft of The Horror Game is now done.  I actually like it – there’s a surprise!  It weighs in at 104 pages, and after adding the artwork I’m licensing in, it will be…

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More Lost Books? While Unpacking stuff, I ran across my Libretto 100CT – the very very small laptop I used to use for D&D nights.  It’s got my characters on there, etc.  It also happened to have a bit of…

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The Drama Is Over I’ve sat down three times to write about this, and I can’t quite collect my thoughts in a way that makes any sense on screen.  Bizarre for a guy who’s writing a book that jumps deep…

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Returning From Hell Well, I’m about to make my trek back home from Kenosha, WI – I couldn’t be happier. I’ve spent two weeks in hell for a two day job.  And the last day?  THEN they find extra last…

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More Trip Problems So last night I talk to Marc and Madi for about 15 minutes, and head off to work on some web dev at the hotel.  I finally get tired of that, get up, and work on my…

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The Trip (So Far) Those who catch my updates on Facebook know I had a few… issues getting to Kenosha.  To sum up: In the middle of nowhere, my water pump goes out.  Manage to get replacement water pump in…

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Wow.  This has been a whole lotta bloggin’ going on lately.  But I thought I’d get some of these thoughts down before I go to bed. This ended up being a day of serious highs and lows.  And another reminder…

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Completely. Fucking. Lost. Part II I actually forgot to mention one other little odd event in all of that… before she actually kissed me, she had tried once before to kiss me, and I shot her down in a subtle…

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Completely. Fucking. Lost. No matter what I get used to in my very odd life, something or someone comes along and changes things on me and suddenly I’m forced to rethink it all. For some reason, after I dropped that…

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I Wanna Be a Producer So I get a call on Friday from Adam – he’s got two season tickets to Wichita Music Theater that he gets from his parents for Christmas (why the hell do I get clothes still?…

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Prologue – In a time outside of time… He looked down upon His Children, in love and awe at what They had become. While all knowing, all seeing, and all feeling, even He had to pause from time to time…

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This weekend may count as one of the strangest in a while.  Of course, it was time for my 20 Year High School Reunion.  But it ended up being three reunions of sorts in a single weekend – one of…

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“Thanks for calling BodyZone, this is Mike, how may I help you?”  He droned it out in the happiest possible tone, just in case this call was being “monitored for quality assurance,” but he got tired of saying it within the…

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I’d like to teach the world to sing, In perfect harmony, I’d like to buy the world a Coke, Then throw a little arsenic in there, so my damned phone would quit ringing.     ———— Writing Notes ————— Written…

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Back on the Road “Drivin’, drivin’, drivin’,  Got my troubles on hold  Just drivin’ down that highway  My fossil fuel’s good as gold  I’m lookin for that long lost road  No sign of man, no sign of life ” – Sammy…

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Just before it all goes wrong… I’m not an expert mechanic, but I can do quite a bit, and have before.  There’s some things I’ve done so many times I could almost do it blind folded on certain cars.  Take…

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Standing near the edge, you’re always cautious.  You can’t quite see how far down it really is – a good indication that extreme caution should be used.  You hold on to the handrails, you tread carefully.  You always watch where you step. But…

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Another Offer So I’ve been offered a position on the Advisory Board for a degree program in “Interactive 3D”.  This is on top of other discussion on being on the board or being an instructor for a game development degree…

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I know shouldn’t but I still do, look forward to those phone calls, from me to you. It completes my day, and elevates it, and makes it at least OK. I never fail to smile, when you say sure, let’s…

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Professor Sickmon? This one has a little bit of back story to it that I’ll explain how things got to this one statement – there’s an off chance I might become an instructor or lecturer at a local college (the…

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If you haven’t noticed, my blog moved to it’s own domain! It’s been a bit since I’ve updated it – mainly because I had the idea of moving it to it’s own place, wanted to change the visual feel of…

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Fame? WTF? I strive for the limelight, no secret there.  But I’ve never achieved fame, and probably never will.  Unless I reconsider something about the idea of “fame”. Writing the book lead to a newspaper blurb (small one), and then…

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Suicide So I get a txt message from a friend a week ago Monday.  The person asked, ”Have you talked to Robert Potter in a while?” “It’s probably been a month since I’ve talked to him.” “Did he live at (insert…

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[Blog] Book Signing for The Story of Gamer Zone: http://s3nt.com/drjc If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it soon!

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(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/Zcdu2)I’ll be doing a book signing at the Clifton Square Arts & Music Festival in Wichita, Kansas on March 21st from noon until 8PM (not accounting for breaks I take to swill some beer).  This the…

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(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/Zcdu2)I’ll be doing a book signing at the Clifton Square Arts & Music Festival in Wichita, Kansas on March 21st from noon until 8PM (not accounting for breaks I take to swill some beer).  This the…

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(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/BRaT2) The Story of Gamer Zone is now available for order through Amazon! So what is The Story of Gamer Zone?  Ages ago, a LAN Gaming center was opened at Harry & Broadway in Wichita, Kansas.…

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[Blog] Order Your Copy Now!: The Story of Gamer Zone is now available for order through Amazon!So what is The Story of Gamer Zone?  Ages ago, a LAN Gaming center was opened … http://s3nt.com/drjc If you found an error, highlight…

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[Blog] Order Your Copy Now!: The Story of Gamer Zone is now available for order through Amazon!So what is The Stor… http://s3nt.com/drjc If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us.…

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(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/BRaT2) The Story of Gamer Zone is now available for order through Amazon! So what is The Story of Gamer Zone?  Ages ago, a LAN Gaming center was opened at Harry & Broadway in Wichita, Kansas.…

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http://www.kansas.com/business/story/702188.htmlMy picture is on the front page of the Business Today section of the Wichita Eagle. The article isn’t about me, it’s actually about Twitter and how a local business I’m friends with, http://www.52Teas.com utilizes twitter as part of it’s…

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For years, I fought the urge.  It’s tugging, it’s pulling. Years ago, I had given into the urge, and it was wonderful for a while.  Actually, it was wonderful for five years.  I reveled in it, it consumed me, it nurtured me even.…

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Buy A Damned Book Already! OK, just kidding.  But, The Story of Gamer Zone is now in print.  In about 15 days you’ll be able to pick it up at Amazon.com, or you can buy a copy now if you…

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She calls me, sometimes when I’m working on something else.  I ignore her, but she’s insistent.  The calls keep coming, over and over, disturbing me.  I ignore her the best I can, but she just keeps calling She calls me, sometimes when I’m…

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We’re living in interesting times when it comes to history.  There’s a huge number of people who study the past.  Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Historians, and all sorts of other folks who piece together what humanity was.  It’s not an easy job…

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More Book Crap ISBN 978-1441446749.  That’s my number Well, it’s almost ready to roll.  It’s been edited, tweaked, coddled, kicked, and all sorts of stuff to get it ready.   Honestly, IMO, it’s still a pretty crappy book.  But I…

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Recently I’ve been hit by a big wave of nostalgia.  The source of that nostalgia is Twitter and Tweetups, and in particular the WichiTweeps group.  It reminds me a lot of days I thought were gone – the old BBS…

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On iTunes Now So, if ya’ pull up iTunes and type Davis Sickmon or Midnight Ryder as a search, you’ll find me now.  Not too impressive – it really falls under the category of “Tricks Any Asshole Can Do.”  What…

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I hate distractions.  My life is my work, so I have slowly minimized distractions so I can get on with my work.  Sure, work is loosely defined somedays – writing, for instance, is considered part of my work whenever The Muse calls.…

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Midnight Ryder’s Blog has been abused and ignored for too long now.  One of my New Years resolutions is to start updating this at least every two weeks.  Not only am I going to update it, I’ve decided to throw…

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Well, Christmas was fairly unexciting really, though I managed to catch up with some people here and there. Had lunch with Doc – we found one of the Chinese places that were open.  For Christmas Eve I was planning on…

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Merry Christmas everyone!  Hope ya’lls are having a great holiday! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it soon!

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Working With Publishers (Trying again – Multiply ate my first entry.) So, I’m still researching the whole publication situation off and on.  Self publication costs money up front (unless you do print on demand, and with the exception of a…

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http://tinyurl.com/65teyoPromise – no evil link this time If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it soon!

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OK, there might be a reason why dating sites aren’t for me.  I created an account on one of the freebies that uses a “match” system (though it doesn’t make you jump through all the hoops like eHarmony does), and…

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I’m Done. I have finally satisfied the Muse.  The book, in it’s current first draft form, is exactly 320 pages long.  I didn’t plan it that way, and I didn’t try and stretch it to get that – it just…

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“Alright, let’s do this.” I called Brandon the other day to help out with a plumbing problem, and long story short, he didn’t fix it that night, but was going to come back the next day to work on it.…

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More Book Stuff… So, for the first time in a while, I haven’t had a schedule crushing down on me and three or four different things to do.  By no means am I out of work at the moment (landed…

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I ought to write a book. Wait – I am writing a book. Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It’s based on a novel by a…

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OK, I think I may have just helped perform the strangest possible task for the week. Nope, I’m SURE of it. Doc was having problems with one of the wells at the farm, and I went out to help.  Pulled…

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Apple understands a great many things.  Apple understands hardware, Operating Systems, Interfaces, and how to make Hardware / Software sexy.  I mean, to the point of nearly being a cult sexy. I am a huge Apple fan.  I’m writing this…

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Digital Archaeology I mentioned having ran across my old LiveJournal and I pulled all the posts from it and throw ‘em on here, plus my old GarageGames posts (I’ve pulled down the MySpace posts too, but they are much more…

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You hear about businesses closing all the time, and usually you get a little recap at the end about what happened from some outside or low level person at the company. Gamer Zone was one of the businesses I was…

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I don’t usually laugh at most people’s misfortune.  OK, that’s a lie – I do.  But I don’t usually laugh with such glee! Jack Thompson has been disbarred.  Ok, if you don’t know who Jack Thompson is, then you might…

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I’m a fan of Open Source / Free Software licenses.  I’m a REALLY huge fan of them in development tools. So what am I bitching about here?  Developers who fail to understand licenses, but insist on using them without really…

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So, I’ve got a personal blog I share with my friends, and I’ve got a blog for Taillefer Farms that covers my involvement there. But I keep wanting on just specifically for business and tech stuff. And here it is. And…

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Another Blog So, I’m starting another blog.  I’m not getting rid of this one or anything, I’m just starting up a second one.  Here’s the deal – Taillefer Farms (Doc’s farm) has a webpage, and a “plan” behind it.  Part…

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Stampede! Working with horses can be dangerous – you can get kicked, bucked off, stepped on, crushed against the wall, all sorts of mean and nasty things.  And I suppose it’s inevitable that you’re gonna end up in a bad…

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http://www.break.com/index/banned-commercial-for-guiness-555604.htmlThis is a must see – I don’t wanna ruin it! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it…

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Update “I been one poor correspondent,  and I been too, too hard to find But it doesnt mean you aint been on my mind.” – America, “Sister Golden Hair” OK, it’s been way too fucking long since I’ve updated this…

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The Long Road… I’m Sick And Tired Of The Damned TV,I wanna star in the late night show,Where all I need is my video…– Def Leppard, Action! Not Words It’s not much of a secret that I plan on doing…

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This is stuff shot with my new camera. The CHEAPEST HD Camcorder you can buy. Consider this “Part 1″ – the next good sunny day I’ll be out with the camera again, testing the circular polarizer and threads I added…

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Expansion I:  New Tools I love new tools.  It’s one of my favorite things in life.  Well, this week I’ve got a new set of tools, ones that I know a bit about, but never actually use:  Marketing. In the…

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Game Time! I just posted up a link to a First Person Shooter that I’m proposing we all get together and play one of these days (probably right after I get my new home), and maybe play one night every…

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http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/walle/hd/Pixar posted a new trailer for Wall*E, which finally shows some of the meat in the movie. OH MY GOD. Opening day, I’ll be there If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here…

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File That One Under “Done” Well, earlier today I thought I’d manage to post that I completed 4 of my “in house” projects. At the last minute, it didn’t happen release happened on two out of four sites.  The other…

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Oh holy hell. Fine, I give up – time for a new temporary obsession, script writing wise. That ending I wrote for another script that I mentioned before? I keep getting little snippets of how the rest of it would…

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The Smoking Treatment Well, I did that whole stop smoking treatment thing.  Damn that was kick ass.  Three shots (one in the arm, one behind each ear.  Ouch on the ears ones.)  I gave up my Pepsi and my smokes.…

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I’m not a particularly large fan of Sarah Silverman. However, this particular bit damned near made me fall out of my chair laughing! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform…

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OK, so much for working on the script – instead, I spent a large portion of the day at the farm, helping move a bunch of my (ex) father in law’s stuff from when he shut down his dr’s office…

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http://www.gocomics.com/lio/Lio is an interesting comic that’s gaining larger distribution over the last year – I’ve been following it off and on. It’s fairly dark humor presented in a very interesting style – there’s no dialog, but the visuals always conveys…

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Ain’t got no regrets And I ain’t losin’ track Of which way I’m going Ain’t gonna double back – Lou Gramm, Midnight Blue Yep, as you might expect on New Years, this is a chronicle of the major events in…

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(Pictures for the 2007 in review blog post really.) If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it soon!

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The Date Well, never got back on here and wrote how my first date in ages went.  Well, it went ok – had a nice lunch, chatted for quite a while, and generally just went ok. Haven’t heard from her…

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Money Ok, the money situation is getting just plain rediculous.  I talked to the customer in Kenosha today, and he doesn’t know why I haven’t been paid. I sold another website today, but it will be time before I get…

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It lives… I love it when one of my personal projects goes well   In this case, Heather’s 12″ powerbook had died a while after my 17″ powerbook had died.  After much cursing, a little blood (which had to be…

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Another Month, Another Job Done Well, Kenosha was interesting as hell.  Typically, I only work like 8 hours a day while I’m outta town.  I spent years at Creek getting fucked on my out of town pay, working long hours…

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Welcome my friend, welcome to the blog (with apologies to Pink Floyd) Ah, welcome to my blog.  Set down, relax a bit, have a cuppa tea or beverage of choice.  Comfy?  Good.  Because I gotta warn…

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More photos that Cassie passed on me to scan and add to my collection! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We…

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My friend Cassie provided me more photos for my ongoing project of scanning in all the old parties and such. These are from the early to mid 1990′s. If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E…

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Set the WayBack Machine to pre-2000 Well, I uploaded a set of pictures that should rekindle some memories for a couple of people.  Like OLD OLD photos.  Ok, well, about 8 years old, just guessing though.  One of those photos…

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Just some random old party pictures If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We will fix it soon!

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Installed OS X 10.5 and discovered PhotoBooth… and since I had a new toy, I had to play with it If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you…

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Hehehe – this poor guy has a bit close of a call NSFW Language If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your help. We…

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Hidden right up until Heather and Nick hang me upside down by my testicles to find out who all attacked their house Then I’m rattin’ ya’ll out! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or…

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Digging way back into the past – one of the many parties hosted at the house! If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your…

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Darling I dont know why I go to extremes Too high or too low there aint no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall Its all or nothing at all Darling I dont know why I go to extremes…

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Prepare For Expansion Well, I’m slowly getting my things in order for expanding.  I’ve got a new web developer coming on to help, which will help out a hell of a lot.  I’m also contacting everyone I’ve got connections with…

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Wow – now THAT’S bad luck! I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on here before, but, I still supposedly own 5% of R & S BBQ.  The owner and I had discussed it a while back, and I get…

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Expansion Part II So, after mentioning the idea of expanion, the next night Lance says basically “Hey, I wanna quit what I’m doing and come work with you.”  I was caught off guard by this – I’ve always had a…

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Slowly… All the equipment is showing up, basically one piece at a time. Tripods (gotta return one though – it’s damaged), the Beachtek (basically converts a camera from the crappy as input to nice dual XLR inputs for real mics),…

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Impending Death Monday I had lunch with my ex-father in law and his girlfriend (they’ve been together for something like 17 years, IIRC), and they gave me the bad news. Death is bad enough.  It’s a spectre that we all…

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Back home again… You want yout home and security, You want to live like a salor at sea… – Bob Seger, “Beautiful Loser” Ahh, house setting.  This is what single people do for everyone else.  Watch their house while they…

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Coming Home… Drivin’ Drivin’ Drivin’, Got my troubles on hold. Just drivin’ down that highway, My fossil fuel’s as good as gold – Sammy Hagar, “Privacy” Tomorrow I head back on the road again, this time back to Kansas.  I…

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Discovery! So, I’m in Kenosha, WI working on another job up here, and I find a CD in an old Wonderware Factory Suite case labled “Backups”.  Hrm – I don’t rememeber this one…  I pop it in the drive, and…

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Another day, another Job Well, since I’m not doing BBQ joints anymore, I opened up to more contract work. Ask, and ye shall receive. I landed more work on Monday, some that I’m doing this week and some down the…

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I Think I have The Plan One of my big goals is to loose wieght and gain some more muscle.  Emphasis on the loose weight part really – I’m ok muscle mass wise, but wouldn’t mind being much bigger Problem…

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And so it begins… I’m sick and tired of the damn TV  I’m gonna make my own movie  I wanna star in a late night show  And all I need is my video – Def Leppard, “Action! Not Words” (Yeah,…

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The Trip Summary Well, the Kenosha trip was a great success!  I got back on Sunday (I slept on the way back at a rest stop for a few hours), and managed to get back at a reasonable hour of…

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Trip Progress Well, the trip has been a pretty much awsome experience.  Everything has been going just right, and somehow I keep finding little ways to eek just a little more profit out of the job.  Not intentionally either –…

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Vacation time One town’s very like another When you’re head’s down over your pieces brother (It’s a drag, it’s a bore, it’s really such a pitty to be looking at the board, not looking at the city) – Murry Head,…

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Elwood: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.  Jake: Hit it. – Jake & Elwood Blues, “The Blues Brothers” Waiting on my computer to…

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The End. “The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision’s in the air It’s standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that’s me It’s just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me I want…

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A Moment of Clarity… So I’m bitching up a storm to Meredith sometime last week I think, and pissed off as hell about someone else.  I’m headed for the door, cursing, and she says “WHOA!  What are you doing?!”  I…

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Escape? So, I’m headded off to do a little work at R & S, and a favor for the owner on Sunday when I get a phone call – “HELP! The horses have escaped!” is what it boiled down to. …

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Strange Days… If you woulda asked me at 9:30 AM how my day was going, I woulda probably said like complete shit.  An, by all rights, this probably should have been a completely suck day.  I had insomnia the night…

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Crappy Work-Weekend This weekend was supposed to be a “working weekend” where I got caught up on a bunch of projects.  The application I’ve been working on for the Spirit project has done nothing but drive me fucking NUTS.  Basically…

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R & S Progress… I keep intending to post some pictures of R & S BBQ, but I’m always a bit hesitant – it just looks like a construction site.  Then the wood lower sections of the walls went up:…

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The more I think about it, the more I think Meredith is right about her comment about me “selling myself”. Yeah, it’s a compensation thing – I feel inadequate at life at the moment, so I try to be what…

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A WTF Moment… I’m chatting with Meredith today, and she asks “Did Heather email ya back?”  I looked at her blankly for a moment, wondering “How the hell did she know I emailed Heather last night?”, and started to ask…

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Into the Midnight Blue.. Today’s blog is brought to you by Foreigner… “Ain’t got no regrets, Ain’t loosin’ track of which way I’m going, I ain’t gonna double back no” – Foreigner, “Midnight Blue” Yeah, I’m an odd guy sometimes…

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(Note – this was SUPPOSED to have pictures. Something went wrong. I’ll figure that out later Meredith happened to look at my MySpace blog the other day and mentioned that, well, I hadn’t updated in a while. Simply put, I’ve…

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Balls to the wall on R & S Friday we had our re-inspection for the framing on R & S, and passed. That means now we’re about two weeks out before opening! What’s really amazing is how quickly it’s going…

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The Dangers of Supplements After a month now of taking my multi-vitamins, I run out and had to pick up more. This time, I decided I was gonna do it right. I went down to a real store for supplements,…

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The Home Strech Looks like the R & S BBQ project is now in the home stretch. R & S #2′s site is being searched for, so once I finish this one, I’ll cruise up to Kenosha, WI, and do…

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Now that I’m back to working on “Act 2″‘s script again, I stopped and thought a bit about the characters and what they are now. Kind of intersting because, well… they aren’t what I originally imagined them as. They grew…

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I took a day off. From, well, damned near anything that required work or responsibility. Yeah, sure, I probably SHOULD have gotten a few things done on Saturday, but I just didn’t feel like it. Instead, I stole Meredith (her…

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I love the smell of powder actuated tools in the morning. Really. One of the things I touched on with my little rant about hammers and their evolution is the similarity between weapons and tools. The tool I was using…

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OK, I keep having this other romantic comedy idea of mine running around in my head for quite a while, distracting me from my current script work. I knew how it ended, so I fired up Celtx today, and write…

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I had talked to my (ex) sister-in-law Morgan on Friday morning, and not only was she coming to the birthday dinner, so was her hubby and thier little one. Cool – that would have been 6 people. Ends up the…

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I bought a new tape measure today. There is no long essay about it here. I was pretty out of it yesterday (most of yesterday I was a bit dazed and confused, and part of today – no clue why…

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More wall building today at the BBQ place. This is like my favorite part – building walls defines the place. You see the shell of it, how it’s going to lay out, etc. Plus all the rest of the trades…

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I’ve been hacking on the script, and there’s this stupid part of me that really wants to write another screenplay from scratch. I’ve got a GREAT story in mind, yet another romantic sort of thing, and it’s clouding my work…

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Sometimes I hate the human brain. It does odd things like, oh, decide “Hey, you woke up at 7:15 AM 4 days in a row. It’s 7:45 AM right now…. YOU’RE LATE!” Except it’s Saturday. I’m not late for anything,…

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I’ve been feeling really good about life lately, and pretty much every day is almost all smiles lately. Things are just starting to feel right. I started taking my daily vitamins about two weeks ago, the replaced the pos ones…

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So, I discovered yet another new thing. It only takes 5 words to completely change your life. Someone did that to me today. Wow. The world is, as a friend of mine said, a magical place. Romantic notions are reality.…

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I hate online quizes and personality tests. If it’s an online personality test, pick the most evil mother fucker on the list, and that’s who I end up being. Very strange. The Star Wars “who are you” one identified me…

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Today definitely falls in the category of good days Granted, any day that starts with someone messaging me a “Good Morning” on my phone is a good day anyway! Managed to get the resteraunt project going further down the road,…

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“The world is a magical place” “The world is a magical place.” There are a ton of phrases that I carry around with me, that I’ve picked up from one place or another, and a few I coined myself. One…

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I’ve started the second draft of the screenplay.  NOW I’m much more happy with things – the first 1/2 or so was pretty standard romantic comedy stuff.  You know, the characters get to know each other, a little build up,…

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“Once upon a time Once when you were mine I remember skies Reflected in your eyes I wonder where you are I wonder if you Think about me Once upon a time In your wildest dreams” “Once the world was…

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For the most part, I hate change.  But sometimes it’s nessisary.  And sometimes, well, it’s just prefered. In this case. I’m tired of being chumped for pay by one of my partners – when I needed it most so I…

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Ahh, today was Christmas shopping day.  Went with my room mate Meredith and well, never actually managed to get any of my Christmas gifts purchased.  Which means I’ll do it again by myself tomarrow (it’s much more fun to go…

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Well, something finally went right   I now have a new female co-host for the TV show again – Abri. Hopefully this is the beginning of a trend of things going right for a while If you found an error,…

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It’s not often you leave a restraunt with a conversation like this: “See ya, goat fucker.” “Later, Gallager!” And not have a fist fight break out.  But that’s what eating at Bomber Burger is like quite often – random people…

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Sometimes interesting things happen that just kind of throw you off on the schedule you’ve set for yourself.  Case in point – this weekend, I should have had money.  Not tons, but, hey it’s just the beginning of my slow…

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One of the… er… interesting I suppose… things about being divorced is eventually, you’ll probably think about dating again.  So I’m pretty much to that stage.  I’m a bit odd – I realize that there’s a chance I’ll spend the…

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Before I even bother with my first entry, checking out a blogging tool (Performancing + the MySpace addon) so I have a reasonable editor.  Since the folks at MySpace can’t figure out how to write a simple AJAX based editor…

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Ah, welcome to my blog.  Set down, relax a bit, have a cuppa tea or beverage of choice.  Comfy?  Good.  Because I gotta warn ya’ – I talk a lot.  I mean in copious volumes.  This isn’t my first blog…

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Yeah, I’ve been a little busy. For a while, I got completely out of game development – I spent 100% of my time doing things like trying to get Gamer Zone, a Wichita, Kansas based LAN gaming center going like…

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For anyone who’s been watching the evolution of World of Gamer Zone through my blog on myspace or Xanga… sorry, things have been pretty messed up lately, and you’ll see why when you read below. Most of the major events…

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Wow. I am now of the opinion that someone needs to hunt down that bastard Murphy and shoot him. ‘Cause we’ve managed to have pretty much everything go wrong that could (I did manage to think of scenarios that didn’t…

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  Well, DDR is back up again (stepmania, as some people will correct me  This time we’ve got a metal pad, plus the previous PoS plexiglass pad. Woohoo – DDR good  It was actually up last night, but, I didn’t…

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  Episode 2 of World of Gamer Zone has been taped – this time, it was shot outside in the parking lot, since it was “Final Friday”. Basically an attempt to gain extra attention to the show and to GamerZone…

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  So, I set up the World of Gamer Zone site a short while back, and on the 25th I got around to setting up the stat tracking system for the site. It rolls over past midnight, and about 4…

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  So, in three days time I had three mettings on various stuff – one with KTQW to get the air times and talk about what we’ve got in mind for the future, and what we’re planning on doing with…

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  DDR is now back up and running. This is using a concept that Doc Tim from Agents came up with to help prevent the ceiling from falling down in the storage room – it’s going to take a while…

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  So, I’ve given up on predicting what the heck traffic flow at GamerZone is going to be like on any given day. I used to predict forward by a couple of days, even up to a week. And I…

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  Let’s get the coolest part of the news out first: It’s official, “World Of Gamer Zone” is real. We shot E101 (the pilot for us), edited it, did all the cool stuff, etc., and got the job done. Today…

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Well, we did it – we’ve shot episode one. It’s not “done” yet though – right now I’m bored as hell backing up all the raw footage that was imported to Final Cut Pro to DVD in a raw uncut…

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  Time has now slowed to a crawl. There are 2 1/2 hours left until my Co-host gets here, and we shoot episode one of World of Game Zone. Nope – not nervous. Just ready to do this thing –…

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Today we shot an episode of “Delano This Week” at Gamer Zone.  Woohoo – basically boils down to a 30 minute long commercial for GZ for free.  Talk about handy  It was pretty cool to do (I’m not at all…

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  It’s not often I would refer to a webcomic as genius story telling. In fact, this may be the only time I have – most webcomics are great brain fluff (I have a huge list of comics I hit…

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Gamer Zone’s full bore TV show will start shooting June 9th, somewhere aroun 4 PM or so (it’s going to take a couple hours to get setup, get things ready to roll, etc.) I was under the impression these were…

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  So, most of the pre-shooting work for the Gamer Zone TV show is done.  Title graphic, name, etc. is all set up.  My co-host (a good friend of mine, Meredith) and I have done a couple of run-throughs to…

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The second week in June, GamerZone will begin shooting the 3 episode pilot for a new gaming TV show. Yes, a Gamer Zone branded TV show. Game reviews, game news, game development stuff, etc. It’s being shot on the red…

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  OK, GamerZone is finally back open.  Yesterday the contractor couldn’t get ahold of the Superintendant from Central Inspection, so we remained closed.  However, today it all got worked out, and we’re back open for business. Amazing – all this…

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Well, I made it to Kenosha, WI alive – again.  Since the flour mill in Kenosha was built (11 years ago) I’ve spent an amazing amount of time here.  The mill is huge capacity wise, and there’s been like 6…

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  I’ll warn ya now – this is a long entry  It’s been a week since I’ve set down and did a brain dump to the ‘blog, so grab a cuppa tea (or Mt. Dew, etc. , and be semi-entertained…

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  Well, I actually resisted posting anything for a day  The first thing I’ve got is a snapshot that one of our members will appreciate (when he gets back from Las Vegas) – Snuff (Russ) was a playtester for Lucas…

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  One of the downsides to business sometimes is you get really excited about something and would love to tell the world.  Unluckly, sometimes you can’t until all the pieces are in place.  GamerZone has some major things in the…

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While I love DDR, there’s always been a small “something” about it that frustrated me, and I could never place it.  Tonight, I finally figured out what it is. I’m a balls to the wall sorta guy – when I…

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  Yeah, give me a blog and suddenly I’m a chatty bastard   Two posts in a day is probably rediculous, but I had a serious rant about Xanga.  So far I’ve been pretty happy using Xanga – it beats…

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Well, if you don’t know what Gamer Zone is, this is probably going to be really boring  Yes, this is a pathetic company owned Xanga ‘blog – but it will probably be sort of entertaining to anyone who’s interested in…

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It felt a little like Christmas today.  I got 3 boxes of “stuff” and one poster tube.  Ok, two of the boxes o’ stuff stucked – well, they were little mini-ball and and cup catch things.  That was lame.  The…

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So after running Gamer Zone for nearly two years, I’m finally starting a Blog on the subject. Wait… what is Gamer Zone, you ask? Well, it’s a Cyber Cafe / LAN Gaming Center located in Wichita, Kansas. For about 17…

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I’m stoked. Gamer Zone is going to be hosting the World Cyber Games local prelims for Wichita, Kansas (and anyone within driving distance We’ve done a good number of local tournaments before, but, this is participating on a world wide…

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OK, it’s not like my .plan files are a newsletter, magazine, or similar. It’s just my .plan file. But for some reason, I keep wanting to well… add something useful to it I’m finally getting around to creating a “feature”…

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A Slow Return To Sanity As many people who followed my .plan files might have guessed, I dropped out of the GG community almost completly after IGC ’05. I’ve been watching people’s .plan files, and on rare occasion commenting on…

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I’ll make this .plan amazingly short (well, for one of my .plans) Cody at Digital Snow and I have been going back and forth doing final bug thwaping. Well, we finally did it – the last build. Installer for the…

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No, I’m not dead. No, I didn’t give up game development. Yes, I’m doing just fine – GREAT in fact!!! Go grab a cuppa – this one is gonna be a long read, with some boring stuff interemixed with some…

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I should never bother trying to go to be early. I’m writing this after chatting on IRC way too late (and getting too absorbed in the conversation again) after handling business email, and getting the framework for a new (contract)…

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SnapTo it, buddy! Ever look at something in Torque, and wonder… why the hell didn’t someone do that already? Just had that experience tonight, trying to place roads. Sure, there’s the Grid that you can work from, but that doesn’t…

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Elusive vet seen on IRC frequently Yes, it’s true. For the past like, oh, week and a half I’ve been hanging out on IRC in the GarageGames channel (and elsewhere.) Logan asked me – What changed? I got onto IRC…

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I decided to take part in this month’s Game In A Day. It really ended up Game In Three Days, but, I mostly followed the rules – it’s 24 hours of game development, though it can be spread over two…

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Honestly. Trajectory Zone Beta 3 highs and woes. All in this short .plan file… (yeah right, it’s just a little smaller than normal I’m no longer allowed to sleep. So I’ve been going along, cranking on Trajectory Zone and have…

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Xavier (eXoDuS) is finishing up with the Linux build and sending it to me (Mmmmm – Trajectory Zone on a 32″ monitor – my MythTV machine . That’s the final step to getting all of Trajectory Zone Beta 3′s builds…

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Well, Midnight Ryder Technologies grew by one. Bryan Edds and I have been talking, and we teaming up to do some game development work – any Engine modifications that need to be done are my job (in this case, basically…

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Last week was Game Development Nirvanna. I’m not going back to reality, and you can’t make me! Last week I had no contracting work to do, and almost zero customer calls. That means I made squat for money this week.…

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Wow – GG’s rapid-fire release of information has been interesting lately. The new Indie and Commerical licenses are just cool. These just potentially saved me a buttload of cash. What amazed me was the amount of confusion this caused –…

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Last .plan I mentioned that someone was probably joining Midnight Ryder Technologies to work on some short term game development projects. Well, I can finally say who Ron Yacketta has joined forces with me to do something rather different with…

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In random order, of course It’s amazing what little things in life case you stress. One of mine has been vehicles. I love to work on cars – it’s part of that hacker nature really. It’s just another thing to…

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So, you asked “How did your Monday start off?” Ok, maybe you didn’t ask – and really, you shouldn’t I spend the weekend sleep deprived and working on game development (X Code is… interesting) and contracting stuff (along with handling…

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All three of the original Panic! puzzle games are being collected up in a single package (Midnight Ryder’s Panic! Pack Volume 1), and are moving into a retail space. You’ll soon be able to cruise down to CompUSA and pick…

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First off, I’ve got an opportunity here for any Indie Game Developers interested. I’ve got some friends who started a Gaming Center – you know, LAN Games, some console stuff, things like that. Really nice looking place inside and out…

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So when I was forced into my full-time Indie status a month and a week ago, one of my biggest concerns was where I was going to get work from. I knew I could get work, just where I was…

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“You can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restarant…” No Thanksgiving is complete without a playing of Arlo Guthrie’s very political (and very funny) Alice’s Restaraunt. If history repeats it’s self, I’ll be singing it off and on for the…

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Foreward: Eric Forhan asked in this Dev Snapshot if I had a wishlist for TorqueIDE, the new script editor I wrote and that people have started kicking in help on. Here it is…. —————— Wishlist? That’s asking for trouble. I’ll…

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Sometimes I forget just how wonderful the woman I married really is. I’m not talking about the love and support, I’m talking about conversations like this… I tell my wife about a new game I want (Karaoke Revolution / Frequency…

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Well, we’ll start with the really good news – Trajectory Zone Beta 2 got released to the beta team. Not bad – the bug list isn’t that bad, and most gameplay suggestions that I like are fairly easy to impelement.…

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Trajecory Zone development continues… it’s looking better and better all the time! I ditched the shot-cam idea, and went with something different – and it ends up something a bit better. I was a bit nervous about the shotcam because…

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Wow… IGC ’03 is over. Damn. Another year until the next one. Of course, that’s probably a good thing – processing all the stuff I picked up at IGC ’03 will take a while, and my body is gonna be…

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TZ is pretty cool – the levels look AWSOME. Almost all of the options I’ve wanted are in there – the anti-Lobby, mutator system, etc. I don’t have randomized terrain enabled intentionally 1) because I’d like to hear feedback mostly…

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Wow. What a mind blowing two weeks. I don’t think I’ve ever spent this long doing marketing for all of the rest of my games combined. It’s involved extensive email, ICQ, and phone discussions with a number of people. I…

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Well, I released the next Single Player test version of TrajectoryZone last week. They played it a while, and came back with a relatively short list of bugs, and a couple of feature enhancements. Not bad – I was expecting…

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Trajectory Zone is still plodding along. I took a vacation two weeks back, and things too a while to recover. Amazing how much work you make for yourself with just a week of vacation! I’m FINALLY getting back on track…

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I’m still prepping for the next Trajectory Zone test release for the team. I keep making little tweaks to the gameplay here and there – it’s definitely development by trial and error. I can’t decide if that’s good or bad……

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Garage Games Ate My .Plan file. I have no idea why. It wasn’t a BAD plan or anything, and no longer than normal. I submitted like it usually does… and it never showed up. Weird. I waited overnight, and it…

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Well, I released the first test version of Trajectory Zone (single player only) to the team. Feedback was surprisingly positive, and my task list that resulted from it is *MUCH* smaller than I had expected it to be! There’s 33…

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Trajectory Zone continues to make the race to the finish line… Probably tonight or tomarrow night, I’ll send SP Test 1 to the team to start ripping to shreds. I had to make some last minute changes to the Single…

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Well, I just plowed through the forums (mainly focusing on the Torque SDK areas.) I didn’t realize how long it had been since the last time I LOOKED at the forums in general until I noticed that I had 6500+…

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Oooh–I can see that you’ve got fire in your eyesAnd pain inside your heartSo many things have come and torn your world apartOh baby, baby, baby, don’t give up, don’t give updon’t give up If you want love If you…

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What about your friends? They’re defective – all the parts are out of stockWhat a joke. I don’t have many people I’ll bother to call friends anymore. That number got reduced again. I can now easily count my friends on…

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When this is all over, I’m going to make a T-Shirt about my experiences. It’s going to have a custom made Survivor: Creek Electric, Inc. logo on it, and “I got voted out of the company, and all I got…

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Well, shit. Looks like I have a very short job to do in Tama, IA again. Seems there was a miscommunication between the specs and what the final accepted job was. Unluckly, it was my mistake. Fuck. If there’s one…

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So, death comes to us all eventually – companies are not excluded from that. Creek Electric, Inc. in now in the Death Spiral race now. The goal is to do anything possible to break that – releasing people from duties…

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Haven’t updated in a while… sheesh, need to get back in the habit of writing my mini-novel journal entries When I left Tama, IA, the job wasn’t done yet – they didn’t have everything in place for me to complete…

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“Who are all these people?”“We’ve been re-enforced, sir.” –(Loosely from Starship Troopers) So, I get on site finally, after two minor mis-adventures in navigation (one mine, one caused by a mis-conception when someone gave me directions – they assumed I…

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“I’m not a violent man, but I may have to kill someone.”– Patrick Stewart, Masterminds OK, it’s been a while since I’ve updated my journal. Sheesh – I need ta’ get back ta’ doing this. The quote above is very…

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OK, so, I’m only supposed to be workin’ four days a week, right? Well… that’s not workin’ out too well for the Day Job. I worked all of last week, will work all of this week, worked one 24 hour…

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At first, the begining of this post will sound like a personal problem, not anything related to Indie development. That would be incorrect – it has everything to do with Indie development, and a new motivation I’ve found for doing…

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Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to loose…(Janice Joplin, of course) Well, the upside is I’m not laid off. Only one person in our section was laid off. The downside is an economic hit – we will only…

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They call me Cuban PeteI’m the King of the Rumba beatWhen I play the marracasI go chick-chicky-boomchick-chicky-boom(Cuban Pete, by Desi Arnaz originaly I believe) Cuban Pete is the enemy at the moment. That statement alone should explain the depths of…

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You can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (Excepting Alice)You can get anything you want, at Alice’s RestaurantWalk right in it’s around the backJust a half a mile from the railroad trackYou can get anything you want, at Alice’s…

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I just got email from eGames, Inc. I have to fix one error in Tile Panic!, and it’s ready for publication in a collection. (The error, BTW, is that I need ta’ make the Internet based help file into local…

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I found another Sickmon. Well, actually, she found me. Shannon Sickmon emailed me today, introducing herself and sayin’ that we were probably family. Well, there’s a really high likely hood of that – she said there’s probably only 40 Sickmon…

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Well, my webhost finally ticked me off one too many times. So I pulled up stakes, and moved my virtual tent somewhere else. I never realized how much stuff I’ve put on MidnightRyder.Com over the years until it was time…

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Well, I finally finished the transcript from the IndieGamesCon speech. You can view it by clicking here. Took me a long time to get through the whole thing… sheesh. You can also see me in the geeky element I was…

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Realizing what you are about to say is going to be transmitted to potentially millions of people definitely makes ya’ stop and think for a moment before speaking. While I was at IndieGamesCon, I did a TV interview with G4…

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I forgot a little tidbit in my last post – Trajectory Zone got just a LITTLE press. No a big thing, but, I ended up as a part of an article on game music: Read it here rowan_mcgregger  2002-10-29 11:07…

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Somebody once told meThe world is gonna’ roll me,I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.She was lookin’ kinda dumb with her finger and thumb in the shape of an ‘L’ on her forehead.…Hey now, your an all star, get…

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Well, Heabo and I hosted another party, this one a little hedonistic (see her post for more info on it Lots of half-naked people running around. I did a little bar-tending on this one, splitting the duties with Heabo. She…

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Oh, yeah, that’s right – I have a live journal Ok, I’ve been busy as hell. I predicted this was going to end up being probably the busyest time in my life – I wasn’t wrong. It got even busier.…

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OK, haven’t updated my .plan file in a bit, so I thought it was time to set down and update it again. For those thinking of going to IndieGamesCon – well, I’m not sure if it’s a Good Thing (TM)…

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I wear a speedo now. Fear me. Fear the white pasty still a little out of shape 30 year old Actually, I don’t look too bad in it really… heck, Heabo asked me how I managed to look better in…

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Sheesh, I’ve been too damned busy lately. The problem is doing stuff like screening the back porch (I’ve got a screened in back porch again!) working on games, and in particular working on Black Nova traders. When I installed the…

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Ok, did some very quick research this morning (while waiting for Brian to try and tell me the network was down again – which it isn’t, it’s operator error. *SIGH*) and discovered some cool toys that would allow me to…

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For those who love games, and remember the old BBS days, I just put up a new game at MidnightRyder.Com – BlackNova Traders. It’s like tradewars, but, Web based and lotsa new stuff. Really cool, check it out: BlackNova Traders…

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It’s been a bit since I last updated my .plan – I’ve been just too danged busy to think about it too much. But I finally got a chance to start getting caught up on things again, and decided I’d…

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OK, it’s been an interesting weekend. So far this weekend I’ve framed in the new downstairs communications closet, framed the entire new laundry room, and framed half of the downstairs bathroom, rerouted part of the cabling for the house, worked…

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What the heck? Did someone speed up the rotation of the Earth or something? I seem to be experiencing time dilation effects here. Seriously. I’ve been head down in C++ code all day, and my internal clock didn’t bother to…

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Ran some more testing last night after I wrote the second prototype of the compressor (still prototyped in VB, so it’s still slow This time it to make SURE it worked on really big files – and yep, it does.…

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Well, I did the impossible. I just make data compression for computers jump to the next level of efficency. To give you an idea, Here’s an example test file set: The original file set is 7889 KB (this set is…

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Ever have one of those days where you were currious if you managed to offend someone in thier sleep? I’ve got one o’ those today – my loving wife spent a good amount of time beating on me in her…

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Ok everyone – cross your fingers, and all that good stuff. All the information for the loan has been sent in. So, in theory, we should be hearing back from them pretty shortly – a title search has to be…

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Since I’m starting to get self-concious about my remaining gut, I started my ab workout routine this morning. OW. I’ve recovered from it already, but, for 30 minutes I was pretty sore from it. It takes a very very short…

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Well, it looks like the potential for an end to Heabo and I’s financial burdens are moving much closer. After getting emailed some info from the gal I’ve been talking to about refinancing the house, I looked it over and…

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Well, it figures. It’s very rare that I get self-concious about my body. I ain’t THAT bad looking, ‘specially compaired to a lot of the ugly mugs I see on the street. And a little Dunlaps disease is no big…

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Obviously things are going well with my workouts. Yesterday, my max on the ab machine was 90 for a set, and 100 for a almost set. Today, it was 120 for a set, and 130 for an almost set (only…

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Well, yet another fucked up day, thanks to virus authors (on in particular, who wrote the Klez series of viruses) Had some really really strange shit go on with to machines that had been previously infected, disinfected, AV software re-installed,…

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It’s been a long road, Gettin’ from there to here.It’s been a long time, But my time is finally near.I can feel the change in the wind right now, Nothin’s in my way. They’re not going to hold me down…

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Well, it’s that time of the year again – I’m a year older today. 31. Not that it really matters much to me either way I really don’t feel like I’ve aged that much, physically, since I was 26 or…

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I’ve been back from Jonesboro, AR since Sunday, and haven’t updated my journal. Time ta do that, before something else here at the office breaks Well, the computer situation got resolved. Thanks to help from Darlene and Pop, spare parts…

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Well, I’m definitely not going to be updating my journal quite as faithfuly as normal. My computer is DEAD. Dead dead dead dead dead. The power header on the motherboard is burned up in four places – looks almost identical…

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(Title from Buffy – The Musical. One of the most interesting things to ever happen to TV For the next couple of days, I’m testing a theory. There’s something wrong in the house, I believe. It used to be that…

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(Title curtousy of Rush – Face Up) Back to the old routine. Programming like a madman at the moment, after having to put up with the Internet connection harfing multiple times, one short lived apparent DoS attack against us, email…

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After a week of vacation, then a week of playing catch-up from my vacation, things are rolling along fairly smoothly with Trajectory again. Eric Forhan has been busy with level design stuff, and even threw me a couple of new…

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Well, it’s been a busy week, and this one isn’t gonna go any slower Hired Kevin Bench to do modeling. Wow – I am impressed with the work he’s got in his portfolio, and just like Eric Forhan, he’s what…

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Well, it’s 3 AM as I post this. I should be in bed, however, I got my hands on a new toy. A Matrox G400 Dual Head. I have one at work, and LOVE having two monitors for programming –…

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I found a modeler. Actually, he found me. I checked out his work… he’s WAY overqualified for doing this project! He’s worked on Age Of Empires II and a couple other games doing the models and animations for the cinematic…

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You’ve heard the term needle in a haystack? That doesn’t describe what I’m up to at the moment. The Torqe engine comes complete with 200k+ lines of C++ source. I’ve found a function I want to implement (adjusting the terrain…

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Um, if you read my last Journal entry, I was impressed with Mozilla 1.1′s new speed. However, that’s about it. It’s unstable again. Bummer. Stick with 1.0 (I downgraded. Unluckly, LiveLizard doesn’t work even after the downgrade. Shoot.) If you…

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Mozilla 1.1 Alpha has been released. Two new features, one of them awsome – MUCH faster downloading of webpages with lots of small pictures (like Fark.Com) Unluckly, it broke my newest toy – LiveLizard under 1.1 crashes (that’s the Live…

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Well, I just blew most of my day on writing “So You Want To Start A GameDevelopment Business”, and 9 page ‘how to’ of sort for self funding a gamecompany. The reason I wrote it was that I keep getting…

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Justgot one the scales here at work today.  I’m getting close to breaking the200 mark – I’m now at 204.  Not bad – I’m impressed. Ijust hired the level designer for Trajectory.  He had some good sample work,and he’s very…

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Well, I just shot a semi-large document off to Jeff Tunnell. The title is “So You Want To Start A Game Development Company”. It basically addresses some of the myths of getting other people to fund your game development project,…

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Whoops- just discovered a problem.  I decided ‘hell with it, I’m going to makesome models for the game’ and loaded up milkshape, and proceeded to builda brand new ‘old style’ Scorched Earth type turret for Trajectory.  The modelwent together QUICK,…

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Well,it’s time to start the end run on Trajectory and Gremlin Panic! For thenext three weeks, the offices will be almost empty. Lance is in Jonesboro,AR (poor bastard – that jobsite has turned political, which is a piss poorplace to…

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Finallygot to stop and load up some of the Mozilla plugins. One of them I’m usingright now – Live Lizard.  It’s a Live Journal module for enterin’ your journalentries.  However, it’s got quite a bit more stuff than the normal…

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Real life has attacked! For the last week my day job has been requiring a great deal more time than normal (had a couple o’ different projects to work on, troubleshoot someone’s broken fiber optic cable, etc.) My evenings have…

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If you don’t already know, a truely joyous thing has happened… Mozilla 1.0 has finally been released. Downloading now (upgrading my RC 1, which has worked pretty well so far – IE plugins of course don’t do jack on Mozilla,…

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Well, the four other teeth have been removed. For those keeping score at home – that’s 6 teeth removed in the past two months, and of course 4 wisdom teeth before that, so I’m missing a whopping 10 teeth grand…

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Well, sudden change in the weather here today. A high of 99 degrees. Welcome to Kansas We have no kitchen cabnets. Instead we have a table completely covered with the contents of the kitchen cabnets and the kitchen counters. It’s…

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OK, time for one of those infamous rants. This one is probably gonna be on the scale of the Patty Rant that started my Live Journal entries.(Said in best Earl Pitts voice:) You wanna know what what really makes me…

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Well, we sold the Lincoln. Woohoo! It’s still in the driveway – the Dr. that bought it (who drove up in a 1980 Lincoln – reminds me a bit of Larry B.) gave us $100 down, and is going to…

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OK, well, the first business planning meeting occured last night. I handed out four notebooks (one is mine) for everyone to use – it the official company notebooks for ideas, plans, brainstorming, etc. I really wish I had enough startup…

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The game just jelled. The UI now works properly, on screen inventory works properly, and both the random award and set amount versions of the game work properly. Haven’t written the ‘grow’ code or the ‘trade’ code yet. If things…

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Ahh… day 4 of the workout routine. My shoulders have been hurting pretty bad since Monday morning. In particular, it starts at my elbow, up the back of the arm, across the shoulders, and back down the other arm. Other…

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Well, things are finally starting to come together on multiple projects now, and the plans have been laid out for my next projects. Right now, my release schedule is: Trajectory (Torque Engine Based) – Late June. If I would quit…

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Ok, well, at least the pain has subsided. I started the new workout regeme today. Well, actually only half of it – early mornings is heavy bag workout. My stamina on the Heavy Bag sucks. I only lasted 15 minutes,…

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Feeling much better now after a lot of rest last night – had to get caught up from the Attack of The Clones adventure. Getting ready to officially announce Trajectory to the world (pre-beta announcement – pretty common these days)…

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OK, well, George Lucas may be a prick over alot of his rules about theaters showing his movie, but, unlike The Phantom Menace, he managed to make a good Star Wars flick this time. Since anyone reading this probably hasn’t…

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I just got an email from Randy Glover. I’ve got potentially GREAT news! Randy Glover is the guy who owns the rights to Jumpman, which I licensed (for free) for Jumpman: 2049. He was also looking at doing Jumpman II:…

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Well, I finally got my new toy. A heavy bag (and a set of workout gloves to go with it). Ok, couple o’ problems with it – you cannot attempt to do deep punches (IE – not aiming for the…

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Looks like today is going to be somewhat quiet at the office, and I’ll be able to concentrate on getting work done. The phone system we have is a channelized T1 for all our phone lines, and then separately we…

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WARNING: This journal entry is even more random crap than normal. Just stuff on my mind, and it wanders everywhere – and probably a couple of strange places. Now that I have that warning out of the way… Right now,…

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For those who are interested in Jess and Dave’s wedding photos, click here to see part 1 of 3 for the wedding pictures. This is from my digital camera, not the professional cameras that were there. After those get developed,…

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Workin’ on Trajectory of course. The UI is starting to come together, and one of the cool parts is a new feature I implemented. Since sometimes the distance between players is going to be fairly far, and it’s a very…

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Some days, I hate to call myself a programmer. Why? Because it lumps me in with a lot of really fucking stupid people. This weeks Rant is brought to you courtousey of Matrox Corporation. I have a sweet setup at…

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Everything with Trajectory is going great. My current task is creating a reasonable UI. OK, I finally found something new I hate about Toruqe – the UI designer & UI elements. While it’s a HUGE step over what it could…

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Ya know, something kinda fishy smelling is going on. Today there have been two air liners crash, and probably 172 dead from that. Yesterday there was one crash. Two weeks ago there was another. Unluckly (well, luckly really) they are…

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Ya know, for a song with almost ziltch for meaningful lyrics, I love Apollo 440′s Can’t Stop The Rock. Funny part is, after listening to part of thier stuff to see what else they have, I really can’t say I…

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I never got to writing about my experiences at the new Warren Theater East. Simply put, if you are in Wichita at some point, and you miss the opportunity to hit the Warren Theater East then you may have missed…

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Well, it’s done. Heabo and I made it through Jess and Dave’s wedding. It actually went pretty well, except for a little confusion here and there at the last moment. And I discovered there were problems with trying to do…

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Well, the day is here. I’m stoppin’ for a moment to relax, and try to center myself. I’m about to go be a Reverend for the first time – and while that may not seem like a big deal, it…

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Ahh, one of those things that you never think about until you have problems with it – solid food. Before surgery yesterday, I didn’t eat anything. After the surgery, I really didn’t feel like eating anything, but about 2 PM…

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Well, I just got back from the dentists office. They had sent me to a specialist to have two teeth pulled. And ya know what – I’m glad they sent me to a specialist. It took a bit for the…

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Well, I went to the dentist. Of course, my teeth are complete crap, since I keep putting off getting my teeth worked on due to both money and time. I really wish I HAD kept up on it, since now…

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I have a toothache. But it’s not one of those mild, ignorable ones. It’s also not a painful one like an impacted wisdom tooth (I’ve had two of them), or a cracked wisdom tooth (I’ve had one of those.) No,…

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Ok, well, maybe it didn’t go THAT well However, it did go very well. I set it up, and fired the ice bullets for the first time – yep, they work awsome! The Onager it’s self has a great firing…

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Today is the test firing of the Onager, here in about an hour. Everything looks good so far – though after putting removable wheels on it, it really does look a little silly to take the Onager for a walk.…

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Ok, the Onager is in good shape now. Replaced the windings with nylon rope. Got 6 twists of the tensioners on one side, and 5 on the other. I stopped there because I was putting the nerf ball on my…

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Just discovered that the Baron didn’t mention to the Seneshal anything about the Onager. Just got this email: Test fire? ::nervous chuckle:: From a seneschal perspective, the words ‘test fire’ at a demo that does not include archery can have…

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Well, the Onager is back in business. I just got through re-building the main beams. However – it still lacks throwing power. I’m not sure what I’m gonna do, except possibly replace the winding rope (it’s a natural fiber rope…

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Just busted one of the mainbeams on the catapult. Shit. And everything was goin’ so well with it However, it might be fixable without replacing the main beam using a couple o’ 2×4′s for re-enforcement. But, gonna take a couple…

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Ya know, being the greedy bastard businessman I am, I just realized I’m missing a potential for traffic and sales. All the stupid quizzes running around have something in common – for someone to take one, the gotta go to…

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which “monty python and the holy grail” character are you? this quiz was made by colleen If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + E or click here to inform us. Thank you very much for your…

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Left the office at 1 PM to go look at someone’s phone system. They have lost thier phone system like 6 times now – each time during a lighting storm (and of course, it’s now starting that season again….) I…

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Ya know, some mornings you wake up in on the wrong side of the Universe. Lord knows I did this morning. Got up, and at first couldn’t decide if Heabo woke up before me, or, just came home. It was…

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The Onager is ready for firing. Well, actually, I’ve got two more modification yet, and the Baron was inquiring about getting it to do less of a flat trajectory (which is what it would have now), so I may add…

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Trajectory (my first Torque game) well under way… except for a couple o’ small naggin’ details! I’ve been hackin’ out a project called Trajectory – which I’m not gonna go into lots of detail about until I’m ready to post…

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Got A LOT done this weekend. Started with Friday night, Heabo and I cleaned the garage. And I do mean really clean. It’s still not DONE yet, however – still got a couple more boards to put up, and I’ve…

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Trajectory now has 17 weapons so far, ranging from tracers to full-blown MIRVs. All but two of those weapons were done in one day. I’m kina impressed with myself on that. Mainly the weapons are variations on a theme, thought.…

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The next game is crusing. I should make the end of May deadline that I set for it. Huge chunks of the game logic is complete. I’m now working on the various game weapons – or, more particularly, the various…

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Well, I ALMOST got the Caddy radiator pulled last night. Drained it, and started to unbolt everything. Did you know that Caddy’s have a oil-cooler that’s attached to the radiator? I didn’t. It’s not the first time that I’ve seen…

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MMMmmm – rain. Nice, wonderful rain. And LOTS of it! This puts a hitch in my plans of pullin’ the Caddy radiator tonight (mainly because I need to drain the rest of the coolant system – hard to collect it…

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Well, I didn’t quite get to the armor part of the weekend. I also didn’t make it out to the farm. I did, however, make it to the yard, build a new Onager (catapult), and get the china hutch done.…

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Went out to supper with Larry and Patty last night. Heabo and I met them at Olive Garden and sat around and chatted with them from about 7:30 to 11 PM. Sheesh! However, I no longer feel I have most…

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Good day so far. Kickin’ ass and takin’ names. Set down with Jim Miller and got our ADM fiber optic job hammered out. Since dad is outta town (he’s on a plane headed to China right now – should be…

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Well, I just licensed Torque last week, and am finally getting down to the business of building the first game with it. I’ve actually got multiple things I’m working on. The first game is unnamed as of yet – I’ll…

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Ok, today is going much better so far. I’ve managed to get some work done, and get a couple o’ things set up, etc. Two hours later, I’m finally picking up where I left off on the journal entry. It’s…

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You know you went to bed pissed off when yo wake up, and you jaw and teeth hurt. Takes a while, but ya realize that’s because you clenched your teeth so hard when you slept. Sheesh. I’m partially awake now,…

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I’m now an ordained minister. How’s that for an odd life twist? Even odder is the fact that I’ll actually use that to legally marry someone (in particular, Heabo and I both will be doing the job – we’re both…

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Exchanged some email with the president of Garage Games, and finally broke down and licensed the Torque engine. After talkin’ with him, I realized they have a very similar idea of how things should operate as myself, so I think…

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I’m stuck in game designer mode. I have been for a bloody fucking week now. It’s actually kinda agrivating, because it means I’m not workin’ up to par on most of my stuff, and I can’t concentrate on current game…

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Looks like I’m still alergic to sunlight. I thought towards the end of last year’s sunny season things were gettin’ better. I get this nasty ol’ bumps that itch and are mildly painful if itches for more than a second.…

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