Keeping Going: Miniature Figure Painting Tips from My Friends
About a month ago, I posted about how I assembled and began painting a single Space Marine miniature. The result was good, but a bit dodgy, especially when I took a …
Web Log
Expecting to Disappoint Revisited: The Tug of War
It’s been a little over six months since Kelly Gurnett published my “Reader QUIT” about expecting to disappoint on her web log, Cordelia Calls It Quits. And in that time, …
The Tyranny of Explanations
Blogging is about writing. Sharing your perspective on the world, your progress through it. Yet there seems to be a line between sharing your perspective and explaining it, trying to …
Three Tips to Help Your First Android Netrunner Game Stay Fun
Most card games are complex beasts, especially collectable and living card games, where each card has some way of altering the basic rules. It can make actually enjoying the game …
Start Small: The Video Log
Had idea today. Got Vickie’s camera and tripod out at 10:30PM. Made test recording for zoom and position. Recorded four takes. Discovered camera only outputs video in .MOV format which …
Starting Small: One Space Marine at a Time
Facebook, if you’re subscribed to the right pages or people, can become a hall of positive thinking. It’s even better than those framed motivational posters you see on folks’ office …
Websites From Building to Backing Up: Business Web Integrations Podcast Episodes 15-18
Marcus and I have been a pair of slackers on the BWI podcast. Between some log work hours for the both of us, we’ve been putting off recording an episode …
My International TableTop Day: New Hobby, New Crew
On and off since I moved to Cairns, I’ve been in the odd effort to get a tabletop roleplaying game scene moving. Most recently, I set a Facebook group up …
Why You Need to Breathe Right RIGHT NOW, SOLDIER!
Even if you’ve never been in the military (I haven’t) you’vee probably seen a war movie or two. You know the bit when the new recruit turns up for his …
The Opposite of Not Giving a Shit
Ever since Clark Gable uttered that line right at the end of Gone With the Wind, it’s seemed easy to not give a damn about anything. Making lack of interest worse …