It’s a beautiful summer day, except it doesn’t feel like summer downeast NC. A heavenly cold front has spanked the ghastly century mark temperatures. That and overcast skies are holding the mercury down to about 80° today. It’s a great day for a ride and the shiny two-wheeled contraption collecting dust in the corner is… Read more »
Author: Eric
I'm a writer, video editor, foodie, and geek.
MS Word: Neutering The Language For Safer Reading
It’s English 102 time. Of course that means writing a research paper (essay, really). Yes… more Starbucks, more staring into space trying to gather my thoughts, and more Microsoft Word. Make mine 2003 if you please. It also means more Wordisms… like the dozy attempt at gender neutrality above. I could go on and on… Read more »
Your Life, Our Ocean
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Outpost 9: One Giant Leap For Martian Bats
Six weeks, nearly 450 lines of code (paltry), too little sleep and too many Starbucks triple tall Americanos later, I’ve delivered my first game coded in Adobe Director’s Lingo. It may have only been a dream, but this concludes the required three Interactive Authoring classes for my degree at the Art Institute. I’m pretty happy… Read more »
Desperately Seeking Knowledge
Yes, this is what being in school is like. Too much coffee, up too late, too much time in front of a discussion board. In the interest of finishing what I started, among other interests, I am completing my AS degree. I’m even thinking about pushing for my BS. I remember now how much I… Read more »
Caprica Looks A Lot Like Earth
Ahead of the much anticipated debut of Battlestar Galactica’s offshoot, Caprica, SyFy has created an immersive web experience to heighten the buzz. Cleverly presented as a newspaper styled blog, The Caprican delivers all the news worth printing from the 12 colonies. Of course, it’s all done with a very Caprican slant. Growing threats of monotheism… Read more »
Speechless Over Unseen Dr. King Photos
The beginning of the year always means one thing to me: Prepare for the onslaught of Black History Month and the Martin Luther King holiday. I don’t mean to make it sound like an onerous duty, but comparisons between these two events and the commercialization of Christmas are valid. Nonetheless, it’s necessary to think about… Read more »
More Cylon Tyranny
Woefully behind the times, I just watched the SyFy premiere of Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. I loved it, even though the objective viewer in me had to admit the movie was little more than a hand-stitched quilt of memories created to keep fans invested in the BSG franchise. I still mourn the death of the… Read more »
Waiting To Be A Person
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naes/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 I’ve been thinking about the “culture of life” this week. No, I’m not heeding Pope Benedict’s enticing (Ha!) call to convert to Catholicism. But the Fort Hood tragedy hilights a difference in how many of us view life, a difference as distinct as the chalk outline around the felled victims…. Read more »
What’s On My Mind?
What’s on my mind tonight? (Last night rather) I’m being followed on Twitter by a ton of blues musicians. One of them is bucketofblues1. Bucket of Blues is the album and the musician is Bobby Parris. His website has a 10 track album for sale. Each song is 75 cents. Or you can buy the… Read more »