Very intriguing event that is coming up on June 6, 2008.
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the third annual UCSC Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA Exhibition, entitled Bureau of Disruptions, on June 6 from 7-10pm in San Jose. Our students have drawn from a variety of backgrounds such as computer [...]

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Night swimming deserves a quiet night.
I’m not sure all these people understand.
It’s not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday”.
R.E.M
There is an old tradition in the Bananaverse that requires late night swimming. Wheter it be for celebrating a victory, or marking [...]

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In honor of my work this past week (user interface study), I decided that a geeky WoW song was needed and what better than a song from Jonathan Coulton. This is his famous Skullcrusher Mountain with a video from Spiff World

Notes from the Video Maker
A music video about an evil genius in love.
Jonathan Coulton [...]

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Just another day – Just another dragon slayed

more pics following

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I was sadden to read that Don Yee, the proprietor of the old Tea Cup bar and restaurant had passed away. Geoffrey Dunn (Santa Cruz’s best historian!) wrote up a great article “Last Call at the Tea Cup” this past week in the Good Times about Mr. Lee’s life and his memories of [...]

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My 11:00 am conference call was canceled at the last minute and since I was prepared for my next call at 11:30 am, I knew that if I got into another project, I would forget the next call. So instead of checking the refrig for snackables or just blog-reading, I decided to do something [...]

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Just a couple of windlight photos of Los Arboles – Meta Magic Studio – featuring the Sky Platform / Blimp Docking Station

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Over on Los Arboles, the old build platform for Meta Magic Studio has been set at 425 meters since January 2007. I have spent many hours up there, building and texturing.
Recently I realized that my builds might be annoying my neighbors who have started to populate up there. So today, I moved the [...]

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The Santa Cruz Longboard Union is holding it’s annual surf contest this weekend.  Now in its 24th year, the contest on Memorial Day weekend is the longest continuously running longboard surf contest on the West Coast.
I think I will bike down on Saturday to see the action.  Love the longboard!
In the Sentinel today was an [...]

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I am adding a new category today called Time Suck.
We all have Time Sucks. They are the things that we do that suck up time, whether it be MMORPGs or You Tube or just watching the idiot box or whatever.
Last year, I kept a log about all of my activities in the month of [...]

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From today until June 15, people in London and New York can “see” each other. What a concept!
In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope — a 37 feet long by 11 feet tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into [...]

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Since I spend way to much time tied to the MMS Bunker computer system, any exercise I can get is very important. My daily walks with Mr. Muggins are not keeping the weight down, nor is my weekly “run” with Surf City H3. So at the urging of my better half, the old Banana [...]

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“I am not permanently scared by your ideas, just perfectly disgusted.” – reaction from client to Meta Magic Studio “Outside of the Box Thinking” proposal
I can not tell you how many times clients tell me, “we want you to think outside of the box” which is code for we want the ideas you come back [...]

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I was reading an article on Peter Molyneux over on Wired where he is discussing the development of Fable 2. The article has some great info on the development process. There are some great insights into what can and can not work. I was very intrigued with the following statement:
Molyneux [...]

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