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Notes on DeKalb Cityhood Bills
I have attended a couple meetings recently on attempts to divide DeKalb County up into a bunch of cities. The last meeting was the largest, and there is a good write-up about it here ( Read more... ) -
DeKalb Transportation Planning
I attended a meeting at Tucker library on plans for a DeKalb Country transportation plan. This was an early stage meeting, stemming in large part from the T-SPLOST defeat last year. The county is supposed to have a proposed plan completed this summer, so these early meetings are for community input. If you have transportation issues you would like ( Read more... ) -
GDC and Industry Achievements
GDC always leaves me with mixed feelings. Some parts of it are so good, and at the same time so much of it feels so useless. Some sessions are invaluable, with great information and discussions, and some just leave me wondering how they ever got on the schedule. Some networking events are wonderful for meeting people and sharing knowledge, and ( Read more... ) -
Dirty Books
Been using Absorene to clean some smoke-damaged books. Anyone else used this? Works a lot like an eraser. Does an okay job, but I think these books will show the signs of fire for the rest of their days.
Been reading a 1950s biography of Tallulah Bankhead while cleaning. I'm very amused because the biographer strongly asserts that Bankhead was not ( Read more... ) -
What Art Students Should Know before Going to College
I wrote an article a while ago about what high school students should know before going to study game design at college (http://gametheoryonline.com/2010/10/28/video-game-students-college-degre). Jeff Parrott rightly pointed out that it was more ( Read more... ) -
Making an Aslan of Ourselves, Part 3
Part 3: ‘Bout Damn Time ( Read more... ) -
Making an Aslan of Ourselves
Part 2: At the Speed of Song ( Read more... ) -
Making an Aslan of Ourselves
Part 1: They Ain’t So Tough ( Read more... ) -
Me and My Beans
I received a number of excellent gifts this past holiday season, but so far the one out of which I have gotten the most use is my high-tech coffee roaster, better known as a West Bend Air Crazy hot air popcorn popper ( Read more... ) -
A World of Designers
I remember the first time HDI looked into 3D printers, back in the mid 90s, as a way to create miniatures for our Fading Suns game. They were prohibitively expensive back then, but the prices have really dropped since then. I remember us commenting at the time (probably influenced by Diamond Age and other cyberpunk books), that society could move ( Read more... )