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Tonight I drew you a tentacle monster. Because I love you.
“The Endermen”, a Minecraft poem
Lest anyone think that this is nothing more than an art blog, for my week five creative project, I’m submitting this little poem, based on the 1.8 update to Minecraft, which introduced us all to the terrifying Endermen. I had started writing it then, while on a plane on one of the many overseas business […]
I’ve decided that this will be my week four creative project, instead of the previous drawing I was working on that I had posted earlier on the week. I just really like how the dragon turned out, even as my very first foray into using crosshatching for shading. The other one might end up completed […]
Things for 2012 That Sound Suspiciously Like Resolutions, but Totally Aren’t, so Try Not to Get Confused
NOT resolutions. Really. They’re numbered, but they’re not necessarily in any particular order, so I guess I could have just not numbered them, but then it would have been harder for me to figure out how many I had written. Onward and upward. 1. One new creative project every week, either artwork of some sort(illustration, […]
“There is no ROI when you’re breaking a frontier.”
And in one simple sentence, the amazing Neil Degrasse Tyson crashes all my hopes and dreams of a future where privatized space-travel takes over for NASA in exploring the vast unknown reaches of space. Neil Degrasse Tyson on the Nerdist podcast
On Anniversaries and Adversaries
Apparently the traditional tenth wedding anniversary gift is supposed to be “tin” or “aluminum”. I know this because I looked it up last week. Well, I’m nothing if not a stoic traditionalist (hint: I’m so not) so today, the day of our tenth anniversary, I got my wife two four-packs of Trader Joe’s Cafe Mocha in […]
Iowa-based Townpoints Launches
So, a brand-new Iowa-based web startup has launched today called “Townpoints” (@townpoints). The concept behind the new startup appears similar to popular daily deal sites like LivingSocial and Groupon. Basically, the site promotes a local merchant with some great deals. There are, however, a few basic differences behind Townpoint’s effort that are worth pointing out. […]
Dear Congress
There are real people with actual livelihoods at stake here. Stop playing childish games and just approve the budget so you can back to bickering about truly pointless things and being generally irrelevant and overpaid. This isn’t funny. Sincerely, A Concerned Consituent
Web development as a creative art
So, creative projects, MIRITE?! Still going strong, despite the fact that I still have to finish that week 3 poem, and I’m still missing a couple from February when I was on a business trip to Brazil, but for the most part, I’m still there, still creating things on a weekly basis. But lately, these […]