Inspiration
Quote: a sign that you're alive
Monday, 12 April 2010 23:13
Crying doesn't indicate that you're weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you're alive.
-Unknown
Faux Bone RPG Dice Set
Friday, 08 January 2010 15:25
I've started playing D&D again, and in doing so I've learned to embrace my inner nerd once again.
So in my obsession with steampunk, the anacronistic, dirty, and slightly evil, I decided to create my own set of bones. Part of this quest involved finding a non Arabic numeral system that I could hand etch or ink onto the faces of an icosahedron (d20). Roman numerals are too big for 18 & 19 (XVIII & XIIX), so I chose the Mayan numeral system which is base 20. I think I'll do away with the Roman numerals entirely on the next set and use just Mayan. And instead of inking the numerals I'll try to etch them. For those who are curious, bars = 5 and dots = 1; numerals are constructed virtically, with bars at the base.
TED: Pranav Mistry - Game Changing Thinking on Real & Digital Interaction
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 21:34
This is one of the most amazing demonstrations of possible computing technologies I've ever seen. I don't know that I believe Mr. Mistry has actually developed all the things he shows in his presentation—so much as created conceptual demos—but it really gets you thinking about how we do and will interact with computers and the dearth of information available to us today and in the future. This is really amazing, game changing thinking.
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Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity
Sunday, 07 June 2009 20:54
Are you bearing the weight of creative genius on your shoulders? Or are you part of a collaboration with the daemons and geniuses of history?
I just watched a very interesting talk given by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, at TED in Feb 2009. She muses about how humans view creativity and the pressure that puts on the individuals channeling it. Elizabeth suggests the numbers of creative people in the 19th/20th century brought to their demise, be it fatal or otherwise, by the pressure of being perceived to have god-like powers of creativity and thought. A very interesting twenty minute presentation.