Geek legend Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple, aka “The Woz”) visited our studio for a few hours today! Alas, I’ll be keeping most of the details to myself, but I will dwell on this: He and his (awesome) assistant brought two Segways! I have always wanted to ride a Segway, ever since I eagerly awaited [...]
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Jan 22, 2009
|Martial Arts
I’ve previously expressed my glee at beginning weapons training at White Lotus. I will now be squeeing some more. On Tuesday, my very own Chinese white maple staff arrived. After using it for a few days, I’ve decided to name her Whisper. From 2009 Photobook As you can see, she is formed from the trunk [...]
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Jan 18, 2009
|Above World, Writing
I’m working on the first rewrite of my middle grade novel Above World. Intellectually, I know that the first few chapters had a lot of problems. Intellectually, I know that a fresh look and a whole new draft of those chapters is called for. But emotionally, it’s tough. Those first few chapters are what helped [...]
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Jan 15, 2009
|Food-n-Drink, Geekery
I have never been much of a tea drinker. Oh, I drank tons of it during my brief trip to London, but to be fair, it was freezing and I poured so much milk and sugar into each cup the actual tea flavor was lost in the process. When I’m sick, I drink tea with [...]
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Jan 14, 2009
|Life Stuff
Christopher East (aka Chris East aka the fiction editor of Futurismic)* is blogging! He’s tried a few times before, but now he’s got a new philosophy and it seems to be working. Main blog: Christopher East Livejournal feed: Christopher East on Livejournal If you get a chance, stop by and welcome him back to the [...]
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Jan 11, 2009
|Geekery, Life Stuff
I bought Upgrade Your Life by Lifehacker‘s Gina Trapani at some point last year, but I didn’t get a chance to dig into it until a few weeks ago. Chapter 1 is titled “Control Your Email,” and honestly, if I never get any deeper into the book, it won’t matter. The book has already paid [...]
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Jan 8, 2009
|Martial Arts
Back in October, White Lotus Kung Fu moved to a new location. We said goodbye to the strip mall and moved to a huge warehouse two miles away. Despite the addition of tons of awesome new classes and sessions, I attended about four classes there for the rest of the year. Ah, but it’s January [...]
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Jan 6, 2009
|Inspiration, Life Stuff
(aka, “How everything in my life is interconnected”) In page layout, illustration and sculpture, white space is often referred to as negative space. It is that portion of a page left unmarked: the space between graphics, margins, gutters, space between columns, space between lines of type or figures and objects drawn or depicted. I am [...]
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Jan 4, 2009
|Martial Arts, Movies
The Forbidden Kingdom, a martial arts action adventure starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan, was far better than I’d been expecting. Perhaps because I’d heard luke-warm reports about the movie, I never went to see it in the theater. I certainly regret that now. You see, most of the time, people care about things like [...]
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