(Contains very minor spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.) On Monday, DeeAnn and I saw the latest addition to the Marvel Comics film universe: the second Captain America movie—which, in my humble opinion, would have worked better as a…
Category: geeky
I Like Signage
One of the many reasons I loved Star Trek: The Next Generation was its art direction and set design–in particular, the signage. Here are a few examples, courtesy of Ex Astris Scientia: Of course, the text shown on these signs…
I Less Than Three Portland
(Today’s “The I in MEAT” blog post is brought to you by the perfect texture, The Doubleclicks, and the Twitter.) Back in 2007, DeeAnn and I went all in on what we called “the writer move.” In particular, we decided…
SnoutCast #201: Ana Roeszler
Kicking off our year of interviews with women who make puzzle games is Ana Roeszler, one of the co-founders of Puzzled Pint and a core GC member for WarTron PDX! Show length: 26:39File size: 25.6MB [Download mp3] What Else?…
TONIGHT: I Sing the Ignite Portland Electric
Portland! 7:00PM! Hollywood Theatre! I’m one of the speakers at tonight’s Ignite Portland 12, “a fun, fast-paced, evening of presentations where speakers gather to share their knowledge and passion.” Here’s a sneak preview of my first slide: And yes, it…
In Which I am a Professional Actor IN THE FUTURE
Shown above: the expurgated version of my paycheck from one day of background work on the upcoming Christmas episode of Grimm. Minimum wage, but not bad considering I sat around killing zombies for a few hours and then literally walked…
My OryCon 35 Schedule
ETA(2013-11-04): better link destinations for co-panelists, sign-up info for ORCs, Twitter stuff. If you’re anywhere near Portland, Oregon (the science fiction capital of America!) during the second weekend of November, stop by OryCon 35 and have some fun–not necessarily involving…
SnoutCast #183: You’ve Got Nothing To Prove
In which everybody’s free to feel good. (Hi Brandi!) [ Download mp3 – 27 MB ] 00:59 – “real geek”03:05 – that whole “fake geek girl” thing05:44 – the wide(ish) world of puzzle hunts07:11 – the wisdom of Larry Hosken10:20…
SnoutCast #179: Teckmologiez
We’re very forward-thinking here at SnoutCast. Well, at least one of us is. More or less. It’s okay. [ Download mp3 – 23 MB ] 00:59 – “technological”02:57 – times change; cf. Shinteki Aquarius Remix04:23 – what is a Luddite,…
This is My Enterprise
Image from Wikipedia United Federation of Planets, Starfleet, Constitution-class heavy cruiser refit, launched in 2273. This is the first starship I truly loved. This is my Enterprise.* I was born four years after TOS went off the air (personal trivia:…