Tip of the Quill: A Journal

Monthly Archives: February 2006


Like Alec, today was a massive reading day for me. When I woke up today, I pledged to work on my many various web design projects (I swear, I think I have eight right now that are all snapping at my heels for attention, down you little buggers, down, dammit) but then decided that it […]

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Sorry I’ve been so cranky on this blog lately. Life is still (for the most part) excellent – I’m teaching a class on Gaiman tomorrow, how bad can life be? – it’s just that I’ve been dealing with a lot of crap lately that makes me feel like I’m spinning my wheels instead of getting […]

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My annoyance du jour: the failed promise of PNGs. They seem like they should be the holy grail for so many designer problems, no? But alas, no – support for them is still iffy on almost all browsers, as evidenced this morning by my continued attempts to get a simple JavaScript rollover working with PNGs. […]

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So there’s been another group of miners trapped underground, this time in Mexico: SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico, Feb. 20 — Rescue workers dug through about 500 yards of fallen rock in efforts to rescue 65 workers who were trapped early Sunday when a gas explosion collapsed the shaft of the coal mine here. Officials […]

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I have finally kicked the Plague of Much Deathness (TM), but now the catching-up is kicking my ass. Hopefully I don’t get sick again from all the stress of trying to catch up from the first round. I’ve been up since 6:45 this morning and everywhere I look there’s something else that has to happen. […]

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At first it was an aggravation. Then it became an annoyance. Now it’s becoming a little disturbing. I’m on day four of 100+ temperatures. I woke up this morning feeling pretty good, but suddenly and abruptly convinced that my room was tilting backwards. When I got up, I started to stumble around and had a […]

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Illness is God’s way of handing you a speeding ticket. Every time I’ve tried to do too much too fast, wham! Instant virus. Never fails. Thus, I shouldn’t be surprised that I’m now sick for what I think is the third time this school year. I don’t believe I got this sick before; I imagine […]

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It’s 3AM here in Boston and I don’t see a single snowflake out my window. If Jack Frost is listening, BRING IT! Blizzard. Pfft. And yes, I’m taunting the snow gods on purpose for one last winter fling before Spring starts in earnest. I was warned that Boston winters were horrible, dangit, and this winter’s […]

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Last week Neil Gaiman made a post to his blog that dealt with “stuff. you know, things.” And one of those things was the making of MirrorMask: After reading all your journal entries lately about the Beowulf and Stardust movies you’re working on, something is puzzling me. I admit I know nothing about the politics […]

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A quick post here to congratulate my friend David Edery on the publication of his first game design article, “Designing an MMORPG Feedback Rating System”, on Gamasutra. Attaboy, DJ — well done!

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