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So Long Livejournal
No, I'm not predicting doom for the site (though others seem to do that weekly) ... I'm just saying that a while ago I moved my blogging over to my website and had my updates set to automatically cross-post here to LJ. Now it seems like that functionality is no longer working ... and the end result is that my posts are just not going to show up ( Read more... ) -
Products At Gen Con
The Internet is abuzz today with gamers trying to figure out what they should buy at Gen Con. Just to make sure that I’m never accused of missing an opportunity to blatantly plug projects I had a hand in, I suggest those of you in Indianapolis this week check out these booths.
STUDIO 2 PUBLISHING (Booth #605): The place to find all of the Super ( Read more... ) -
Stan!’s Gen Con Schedule
Yes, it’s that magical time of year again where I post my Gen Con schedule for the 3.5 people who care. (One person THINKS they’re gonna care, gets halfway through the list, and suddenly realizes that he doesn’t care AT ALL.) I’ve got a good mix of seminars, events, and open time to schmooze … so whichever of those interests you the most, I hope we ( Read more... ) -
Double-Holiday (Or Maybe Triple)
Today is another of my artist holidays … well … actually it’s TWO of my artist holidays all rolled into one square on the calendar. June 21st is both Al Hirschfeld’s and Berke Breathed’s birthdays.
Al Hirshfeld is one of the great caricaturists of the 20th-century, indeed (in my opinion) of all time. I became a fan of his work long before I knew ( Read more... ) -
The Challenge of Losing Your Mouse
Last week I talked a bit about the experiences of my first week using an iPad as my main piece of writing hardware. I thought I’d covered the whole thing pretty thoroughly, but I just realized one topic I didn’t discuss: How weird it is not to use a mouse.
Okay. Confession time. I have been writing long enough to remember the days before the mouse ( Read more... ) -
iPad: One Week In (Part 2)
Yesterday, I talked a bit about the experiences of my first week using an iPad as my main out-of-the-house writing machine. In particular, I talked about the hardware, but just as important really is the software. That’s what I’m going to talk about today.
The question of software functionality really breaks into two major categories: Writing/ ( Read more... ) -
iPad: One Week In (Part 1)
Well, it’s now been a full week of having and working with my iPad, so this seems as good a time as any to do my first report/review (since a surprising number of people actually requested that I do so). To begin with, I guess I should talk about what hardware I’m using.
I talked to a lot of people who gave varying bits of advice about which model ( Read more... ) -
I Have A Recurring Plane To Catch!
It’s not common for me to remember my dreams. Once or twice a year, I’ll go through spurts where I remember them several nights in a row, but they’re usually quite bizarre. In general, though, I don’t remember the nightly subconscious decompressions my brain treats my sleeping mind to.
Recently, though, I’ve been having a recurring dreamlet … a ( Read more... ) -
Rockwell Exhibit
A few weeks ago, my friend Jeff made a post on his blog about a trip he and his wife made down to the Tacoma Art Museum to see a Norman Rockwell exhibit that featured ALL of his Saturday Evening Post covers and a roomful of original paintings.
Rockwell is someone whose work has always meant a lot to me. He deftly straddled the line between “high ( Read more... ) -
An Apple A Day: The Second Package
One thing I have to say about Apple, they certainly have their shipping processes wired. After receiving my keyboard, I was still able to track the process on the remainder of my order (namely, the iPad itself), which it turns out was coming to me direct from the factory in Shenzhen, China. I knew when it was scheduled to ship, and when it was ( Read more... )