I have no free time, so here, have a Star Wars lolcat.
I’m so sorry.
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Author Archives: Stephen
To Eli on His Sixth Birthday
March 4, 2010 – 7:09 pm
It only took us three years, but we finaly found the best place for your birthday party: Kidventure. It’s an indoor playground with an inflatable slide, a climbing wall, skeeball, and a pirate ship. We had the entire place to ourselves, and they let us bring in our own food, which meant that the parents [...]
Billions and Billions
March 2, 2010 – 6:07 pm
The other Sunday, after Eli got dressed for church, I realized that he looked like someone.
If I get him a buff jacket, maybe he can appear on the Tonight Show like Carl Sagan.
I Have Many Facets, Like an Onion
February 23, 2010 – 4:54 pm
Hey, my game Fragile Shells placed second in the Jay is Games Casual Game Design Competition #7. I’m in a three-way tie for second, mind you, but given the other two games (including Andrew Plotkin’s), I’m quite happy with my placement.
I was also pleased by how my game was reviewed. Gruelove, Matt W., and the [...]
Liza Loves to Sing
February 22, 2010 – 9:48 pm
This is a fine example of how Liza will sometimes say “I dunno!” reflexively.
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Turtle is a small plastic turtle who “swims” in a tiny bowl thanks to magnets and a small child’s belief in magic. Liza likes Turtle a lot.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Despite her loud protests, [...]
NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Takes Pretty Pictures
February 18, 2010 – 4:36 pm
Yesterday NASA started releasing pictures from their latest orbital telescope, WISE. WISE is an infrared telescope that’s doing a whole-sky survey. It’s also looking for near-earth objects, asteroids, and comets. This thing is extremely sensitive — it’s about 100 times more sensitive than previous infrared telescopes — and it’s taking a lot of pictures. A [...]
Where to Reach Me Online
February 11, 2010 – 8:37 pm
Thanks, Google Buzz. Without you, however would people reach me online?
One Ad and One Music Video
February 10, 2010 – 7:20 pm
I understand this makes me something of a shill for Old Spice, but I don’t care. “We’re not saying this body wash will make your man smell into a romantic millionaire jet fighter pilot, but we are insinuating it”, says the ad’s description, and if that doesn’t make you want to watch it right now, [...]
Gravity’s Probably Not Causing the Pioneer Anomaly
February 9, 2010 – 7:35 pm
A quick follow-up to one of the talks I gave at Dragon*Con last year. The Pioneer Anomaly refers to how the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes were pulled more strongly towards the sun than they should have been, making them slow down more than expected. Scientists have been trying to explain what’s going on [...]
Where I’ve Been the Last Month
February 3, 2010 – 4:26 pm
I’ve been writing a text adventure!
Fragile Shells is a short, puzzle-centered game. I wrote it for the Jay Is Games 7th Casual Game Design Competition. This 7th CGDC is an all-interactive fiction competition, so how could I resist?
You don’t know how long you’ve been hammering against the station’s wall, but you stop as soon as [...]