Some days, I have daydream conversations between myself and an antagonist where they point out all the stuff I’m doing wrong, or failing to do, or where I’m not doing what other people want. Sometimes these conversations are completely irrational and, at other times, they are inspired by conversations from my past. Regardless, the words [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Matthew
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A conference I’m speaking at in October has, as part of their Web 2.0 theme, decided to start a blog. After submitting my first entry last Friday, I emailed the coordinator and asked her what their licensing was on the content. If they are retaining full copyright on all materials, then I can’t post the [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Matthew
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Brenda discovered a new game during our training session. Three-line stanzas were written by me, and the two-line stanzas were written by her.
While sun sets on
hazy streets, chill clouds rise
over wearied monitors.
Fireflies wink softly
as faces reflect harsh light
of gridded sheets that cover
but provide no warmth
or comforting cells.
Numbers dance and blur
as I fall into daydreams of [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Matthew
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After the mass export/import process, I then converted a ton of categories to tags in order to reduce redundancy and the size of my sidebar. Overall, the process went smoothly, but it left me with a lot of uncategorized entries that had to be fixed manually. Thankfully, the process isn’t too arduous, so I already [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Matthew
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I am a big proponent of adhering to certain aspects of The Lore. There are certain facets of fantasy fiction that are established and foundational, like that elves live long lives and have pointed ears, or that dwarves like gold and gems and to mine. Once you make an elf who has a beard and [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Matthew
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