Coffee on the Keyboard

Cartwheel

IMG_5860, originally uploaded by urbaneexistence.

I borrowed a nice Canon Rebel XTi and brought it with me to the final performance of a friend’s directing class’ projects. Hanging out with the actors before everything started, I got some good shots.

When “normal” people see a camera, you suddenly turn into one of the Untouchables. The actors, on the other hand, started doing things just hoping I’d get a good picture out of it, like this one.

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Skinning(/Leatherworking)

I’m (finally) working on the new theme. It’s obviously a work-in-progress, so just appreciate the effort for now.

I’m starting with the default WordPress theme by Michael Heilemann. I’m not going to lie: I really dislike this particular theme. Read the rest of this article »

Tags: Design, My Site, WordPress
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Winnie Cooper Answers Your Math Questions

Remember Winnie Cooper? From the Wonder Years? Yes you do.

This may be old news to you, but the actress, Danica McKellar, has a BS in Math (just like me!). What’s weirder is that she answers math questions on her site. (You have to click on “Mathematics” on the left. It’s in a frame, boo.)

That is awesome beyond words.

So far she’s done a good deal of high school calculus and algebra, some physics, and proved that sqrt(5) is irrational.

She also wrote a book, Math Doesn’t Suck, which may be heavily influenced by Cosmo. I don’t know, I haven’t read it.

Tags: Nostalgia, Winnie Cooper
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Episode IV: A New Domain

I’ve decided to take the plunge and move the blog to its own domain, whether I was “ready” or not.

Hopefully sooner than later, I will create a nice theme and layout for this site. For now, please accept this subtly changed version of Kubrik. I know it’s not great but I wanted to force myself into making the move.

Now that I have the rather improved features of WordPress at my disposal (I also considered Habari and Movable Type, but ended up sticking with what I knew) I’ll be able to write about more diverse topics and keep things well-organized. I feel like Blogger was preventing me from really expanding beyond the limited scope I had set for myself by not encouraging organization or really helping people browse by topic.

Please be patient as I reorganize the old posts and get things running over here.

Welcome to Coffee on the Keyboard.

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Game Independent

I am gently setting my hat in the proverbial ring of blogging.

I write this drivel from time to time, but it’s mostly personal, and the topics are scattered at best. This is mostly a dumping place for things I learn or sites I work on.

I don’t have much, yet, but I’m trying, so head over to Game Independent and start flipping through the headlines.

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