A True Story of False Images
Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 5:07 pm
(With apologies to those who have already seen this on Facebook.)
So we finally have some video of both myself and Jonah the Destroyer doing a bit from the show. I've been watching this over and over because, honestly, this is the first recording I've seen with the walking bass and I can't get enough of it.
Of note, Courtney McLean and phillip andrew bennet low grabbed me just before the showcase started and dragged me off to the bar next door. I thought they were going to instill some secrets about how to pull off an awesome first Fringe Festival show, but they really just wanted to feed me whiskey.
Which is fine. I think I was just the right level of relaxed when it was my turn to take the stage. Perhaps I'll get drunk before all of my shows from now on...
Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 5:07 pm
(With apologies to those who have already seen this on Facebook.)
So we finally have some video of both myself and Jonah the Destroyer doing a bit from the show. I've been watching this over and over because, honestly, this is the first recording I've seen with the walking bass and I can't get enough of it.
Of note, Courtney McLean and phillip andrew bennet low grabbed me just before the showcase started and dragged me off to the bar next door. I thought they were going to instill some secrets about how to pull off an awesome first Fringe Festival show, but they really just wanted to feed me whiskey.
Which is fine. I think I was just the right level of relaxed when it was my turn to take the stage. Perhaps I'll get drunk before all of my shows from now on...
Idiosynchronicity is Ahead Full Bore
Monday 19 July 2010 at 3:10 pm
(Or perhaps I should say "full steam," so as not to be confused with something boring...) In any case, the show is finished, the scripts are sent out to torture the ASL interpreter and my musical guest and I have begun our showcases.
On a side note, I got torn up a bit by a pitbull a little over a week ago and the owner doesn't appear capable of handling my medical expenses, which are extensive. You can help, though, simply by going here and voting for me. You get up to three votes with a valid email address, and I promise to use the cash prize to chip away at the cost of intravenous antibiotics and ER visits.
You can get your tickets ahead of time for any of the five scheduled shows by going to the Fringe Festival website. I'm not saying you have to buy your tickets in advance, but I will tell you there's far more buzz surrounding my humble little show than I'd initially expected and it is possible that one or more nights will come close to capacity.
So go, click, buy and secure your place in the audience for this limited public performance.
Monday 19 July 2010 at 3:10 pm
(Or perhaps I should say "full steam," so as not to be confused with something boring...) In any case, the show is finished, the scripts are sent out to torture the ASL interpreter and my musical guest and I have begun our showcases.
On a side note, I got torn up a bit by a pitbull a little over a week ago and the owner doesn't appear capable of handling my medical expenses, which are extensive. You can help, though, simply by going here and voting for me. You get up to three votes with a valid email address, and I promise to use the cash prize to chip away at the cost of intravenous antibiotics and ER visits.
You can get your tickets ahead of time for any of the five scheduled shows by going to the Fringe Festival website. I'm not saying you have to buy your tickets in advance, but I will tell you there's far more buzz surrounding my humble little show than I'd initially expected and it is possible that one or more nights will come close to capacity.
So go, click, buy and secure your place in the audience for this limited public performance.
Back to the Future Power Laces Made a Reality
Tuesday 06 July 2010 at 4:11 pm
Time travelling science-fiction flick Back To The Future recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. To commemorate the event one fan set to work on recreating the second movies Hyperdunk shoes, power laces included. The working proof-of-concept sneakers were created by instructables user blakebevin. Her creation mimics the automated lacing action as seen in the trilogy's second film.
Tuesday 06 July 2010 at 4:11 pm
Time travelling science-fiction flick Back To The Future recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. To commemorate the event one fan set to work on recreating the second movies Hyperdunk shoes, power laces included. The working proof-of-concept sneakers were created by instructables user blakebevin. Her creation mimics the automated lacing action as seen in the trilogy's second film.
That Secret Thing I'm Doing
Monday 05 July 2010 at 11:10 pm
I'll just put this out there: From time to time during conventions, and especially during CONvergence, I get to a point where I'm so tired my brain not think good no more.
The time when I'm in that state is usually about the same time that I run into a friend or acquaintance I've known for ages. I suspect it's because I've already been overloaded by new names and faces, and what happens is that I completely blank on the names of people I know. Happened more than once this past weekend, with people I've spent significant time talking with on dozens of occasions before. In one case, it was with someone I've known for years. I dunno what's up, or why this happens.
Whatever the cause, you can tell when it's happening by watching for two sure signs. First, you'll see me talking to someone with whom I'm casually acquainted, whom I see on a semi-regular basis, and whom you've heard me call by name before. Second, it will look like I'm texting while I carry on a conversation with them.
I'm not actually texting. I'm frantically scouring my facebook friends in the hopes that I'll stumble upon something to trigger my memory before the conversation ends.
It's true, sadly, but this is the information my mind chucks out when it's time for me to go have a little lie down.
Monday 05 July 2010 at 11:10 pm
I'll just put this out there: From time to time during conventions, and especially during CONvergence, I get to a point where I'm so tired my brain not think good no more.
The time when I'm in that state is usually about the same time that I run into a friend or acquaintance I've known for ages. I suspect it's because I've already been overloaded by new names and faces, and what happens is that I completely blank on the names of people I know. Happened more than once this past weekend, with people I've spent significant time talking with on dozens of occasions before. In one case, it was with someone I've known for years. I dunno what's up, or why this happens.
Whatever the cause, you can tell when it's happening by watching for two sure signs. First, you'll see me talking to someone with whom I'm casually acquainted, whom I see on a semi-regular basis, and whom you've heard me call by name before. Second, it will look like I'm texting while I carry on a conversation with them.
I'm not actually texting. I'm frantically scouring my facebook friends in the hopes that I'll stumble upon something to trigger my memory before the conversation ends.
It's true, sadly, but this is the information my mind chucks out when it's time for me to go have a little lie down.
It's So Dangerous and Stupid It's Inevitable
Tuesday 29 June 2010 at 01:19 am
California wants to put banner ads on digital license plates. There are a bunch of reasons why this is as bad an idea as giving people small, portable devices on which they can read, write and watch television while driving. (Oh, wait.) You might as well put some geocities-style animated gifs in the windshield while you're at it.
California is in the study phase now, but even if they decide it's not for them, someone else will pick the idea up and run with it now.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 at 01:19 am
California wants to put banner ads on digital license plates. There are a bunch of reasons why this is as bad an idea as giving people small, portable devices on which they can read, write and watch television while driving. (Oh, wait.) You might as well put some geocities-style animated gifs in the windshield while you're at it.
California is in the study phase now, but even if they decide it's not for them, someone else will pick the idea up and run with it now.
Yes, This is True. More or Less.
Monday 28 June 2010 at 3:18 pm
SPNN came out and taped last month's Rockstar Storytellers show.
Monday 28 June 2010 at 3:18 pm
SPNN came out and taped last month's Rockstar Storytellers show.
Well, In My Book...
Saturday 26 June 2010 at 3:55 pm
Got pulled up onto a panel about reputation management this morning. After some initial statements about the various ways in which aggressive or inappropriate self promotion harms your reputation, the audience began to tug the self promotion thread. Soon the conversation was unraveled, and then rewoven, into a new pattern. I was glad, though, because talking about the right way to build awareness is much less embarrassing for me than talking about the reputation-killing mistakes you should avoid. Because I've made a few of them.
While it wasn't my intent to sell my books (or, for that matter, be on a panel here) I think this might lead to a sale or two. I like this. I really do. Also, I'm admittedly a little embarrassed over my short story collection. It's full of good stories and it's pretty well-written, but there are more typos in it than I care to have between covers bearing my name. This is my only professional regret about my early amateur years. If I were doing it again, I'd hire a freelance editor to take care of some sentence structures in The Box and the occasional errant indentation in Fruit Fly the Magician.
Back then, I was under the impression that anything I had already sold to a publication that paid me, edited the writing and released it into the public would be flawless. Naturally, I didn't think anything needed re-editing. Naturally, I was wrong. Now there's this pretty good collection of short stories out there with my name on it and, despite all of the other things I may have done right with it, it still serves to illustrate one of the main points people make when arguing against self-publishing.
So there's your lesson. Everyone needs an editor.
Also, in hindsight, I was on the panel because Steven Brust opened by asking who in the audience is actively involved in their own marketing. When my hand went up, he motioned for me to join the panel. I don't know what his intent was, but I like to think he was looking to provide a fresh unknown or two with the opportunity to state their case, and get their name out a little. I can tell you I wasn't the only self-marketing small presser in the audience (there was one more on either side of me, in fact) but I was the only one who put their hand up.
Next time, you other guys are coming up there with me.
Saturday 26 June 2010 at 3:55 pm
Got pulled up onto a panel about reputation management this morning. After some initial statements about the various ways in which aggressive or inappropriate self promotion harms your reputation, the audience began to tug the self promotion thread. Soon the conversation was unraveled, and then rewoven, into a new pattern. I was glad, though, because talking about the right way to build awareness is much less embarrassing for me than talking about the reputation-killing mistakes you should avoid. Because I've made a few of them.
While it wasn't my intent to sell my books (or, for that matter, be on a panel here) I think this might lead to a sale or two. I like this. I really do. Also, I'm admittedly a little embarrassed over my short story collection. It's full of good stories and it's pretty well-written, but there are more typos in it than I care to have between covers bearing my name. This is my only professional regret about my early amateur years. If I were doing it again, I'd hire a freelance editor to take care of some sentence structures in The Box and the occasional errant indentation in Fruit Fly the Magician.
Back then, I was under the impression that anything I had already sold to a publication that paid me, edited the writing and released it into the public would be flawless. Naturally, I didn't think anything needed re-editing. Naturally, I was wrong. Now there's this pretty good collection of short stories out there with my name on it and, despite all of the other things I may have done right with it, it still serves to illustrate one of the main points people make when arguing against self-publishing.
So there's your lesson. Everyone needs an editor.
Also, in hindsight, I was on the panel because Steven Brust opened by asking who in the audience is actively involved in their own marketing. When my hand went up, he motioned for me to join the panel. I don't know what his intent was, but I like to think he was looking to provide a fresh unknown or two with the opportunity to state their case, and get their name out a little. I can tell you I wasn't the only self-marketing small presser in the audience (there was one more on either side of me, in fact) but I was the only one who put their hand up.
Next time, you other guys are coming up there with me.
Quiet. Working.
Wednesday 23 June 2010 at 11:44 pm
Been writing freelance assignments from wake to collapse the last couple of days - with my only break being for the pub quiz I run on Tuesday nights - so sorry for any apparent lack of online presence. I'll get back to it soon enough.
Wednesday 23 June 2010 at 11:44 pm
Been writing freelance assignments from wake to collapse the last couple of days - with my only break being for the pub quiz I run on Tuesday nights - so sorry for any apparent lack of online presence. I'll get back to it soon enough.
Self-Contained Solar Power for Your iPad
Monday 21 June 2010 at 3:28 pm
Something I came across while researching some freelance work: Apple has filed a patent for a "touch-sensitive integrated solar panel" which would, presumably, power future-gen iPhones, iPods and iPads. If this ever sees the light of day, I will not only save up to buy one, I will proudly adorn myself in the ubiquitous hipster icon that is the giant Apple logo.
(Click for more from Patently Apple.)
Monday 21 June 2010 at 3:28 pm
Something I came across while researching some freelance work: Apple has filed a patent for a "touch-sensitive integrated solar panel" which would, presumably, power future-gen iPhones, iPods and iPads. If this ever sees the light of day, I will not only save up to buy one, I will proudly adorn myself in the ubiquitous hipster icon that is the giant Apple logo.
(Click for more from Patently Apple.)
Idiosynchronicity Trailer 2
Monday 21 June 2010 at 01:38 am
Yesterday we went out to the Nerd Party and filmed another trailer for the Fringe show. I'm stoked.
Monday 21 June 2010 at 01:38 am
Yesterday we went out to the Nerd Party and filmed another trailer for the Fringe show. I'm stoked.
