Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2009
Hand me my Chainsaw of Editing
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009The rebuilding and post launch work on impworks is now pretty much done which means I can get back to other projects. tonight I’ve taken an editing chainsaw to a 120 page text which is the core design for a game and so far I’ve cut it to 60 pages. Now I’m at the hard […]
How to Open a Door
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009I’ve posted an updated excerpt from an article I wrote for Valkyrie Magazine issue 25: Open the Door on how characters go through doors in different games.
Spicy Black-eye Beans
Monday, July 20th, 2009This is one of my favourit recipes, so much so that I went and bought a 7 litre stock pot from John Lewis a couple of weeks back so I can cook a double quantity for freezing. Ideally it should be cooked a couple of days in advance and allowed to sit so the deep, rich flavour of the sauce can mature and permeate into the beans.
Miniature Pulp Era Posters
Monday, July 20th, 2009Back in August 2007 I posted a set of Miniature Victorian and Edwardian Posters which at the time didn’t really seem to get a lot of downloads or get any feedback. When I rebuilt the impworks website I almost left them out and the file got moved round late compared to some of the python […]
Three Words to Describe the We…
Friday, July 17th, 2009Three Words to Describe the Weather Here: Warm, Damp and Soggy
Skipper Dan
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Weird Al’s latest song sounds like it should be the theme for a US sitcom or maybe a film. Maybe not his greatest song ever but it has something…
Everything in its Proper Place…
Thursday, July 16th, 2009…maybe. All my posts are now categorised. Of course just because the count for Uncategorised posts now says zero there’s absolutely no guarantee I’ve put things in the right place 🙂
6000 Miles Up
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009A picture of an Earth like planet from space I made tonight using Vue 7.5 Infinite from approximately 6000 miles above the surface. 55 minutes to render. A little minor filtering afterwards in Photoshop to enhance the contrast because I couldn’t be bothered rendering it again from scratch.
Kim's Got Her Own Unofficial Fan Club
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Kim’s now got her very own unofficial Kim Knox fan club. Won’t be too long before she has a has a twitter hash tag all of her own too #kimknox 😉
One more test… Get the Cat Roger
Sunday, July 12th, 2009This one is to check that a post that’s set to publish in the future shows up on Twitter…