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2013-05-17 17:41:14 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Views from dinner :)

2013-05-16 10:46:56 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

Last night I slept for 12 hours. I don't remember the last time that happened and I wasn't very sick. Today I feel very well rested!

2013-05-14 20:17:35 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Io sono una [student] male. La occhelli ha non il cuore. Triste [owl] e triste.

2013-05-14 19:37:38 (19 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Dear Internet : Why am I singing the chorus to Sweet Child by Guns N Roses over and over and over in my head? And when will it stop!?

2013-05-14 13:38:10 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

A thing I'm enjoying.
"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is retracing on foot our ancestors’ migration out of Africa and across the globe. His 21,000-mile odyssey begins in Ethiopia and ends seven years later at the tip of South America."

He started the walk in January 2013 in Herto Bouri, Ethiopia. He's now crossing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait to Arabia.

2013-05-14 02:41:14 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Welcome home +Chris Hadfield, Tom Marshburn, and Roman Romanenko!  #spaceiscool  

2013-05-13 14:37:44 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

+Jamie Sue posted the following Actual Play report of my nanogame Valiant Girls! Thanks Jamie!

"Kate and I played this Saturday morning.  It's a $2 PDF nanogame RPG, 2-4 players, and about half an hour.  You play a clever, strong, and loved Ethiopian girl.  I don't know much about Ethiopia so I watched a Yegna music video someone posted and google'd female names to start playing.

We actually kept our first game kind of generic and really wholesome.  You start the game by grabbing a nearby image to describe the situation.  We had artwork of a lone cottage in the woods, so we decided we were playing two very young girls (Jazarah and Kalile) who were pretending to run away from home.

Our characters found a house while straying off the path.  As we explored the location, we used successes to determine what we hoped to find versus what we fearedfinding. ... more »

2013-05-13 13:03:45 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World. Space Oddity

2013-05-11 17:18:51 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

+Epidiah Ravachol and +Vincent Baker and I talk about nano-games with +Daniel Hodges ! http://youtu.be/PyQ_ok2TjN4

2013-05-10 22:04:10 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

If I could share the scent of these lilacs with you, I would.

2013-05-10 20:03:46 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Heading to the river for the first time this season. I expect I'll bring back some rocks. As always.

2013-05-09 22:44:12 (15 comments, 16 reshares, 43 +1s)

My latest game is now available! All 515 words of it!

2013-05-09 17:20:16 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

I'm deeply happy to share this video. It is connected to the game design work +Jessica Hammer and +John Stavropoulos and I were doing in Ethiopia, with support from +Giulia Barbano and +Julia B. Ellingboe. The title "Abet" means "we are here", and seeing/hearing these girls singing those words is great. So cool to see the seeds starting to bloom!

2013-05-08 18:42:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Watching the apple blossoms make a little whirlwind of white across the yard just now. ^_^

2013-05-07 23:51:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Ehy guys, that's a great change in my life, I got a fantastic job, with a real powerful contract.
For the first time in my life I'm really emancipated, and I wanna share all my happyness with all of you!

To celebrate this I will offer my masterpiece, the story game RavenDeath, for free until the 20th of may.

This is the condition, if you wanna take it, you have to share to the world an Actual Play of the first game with it, possibly within two month.

RavenDeath it's a game that helps you to create a vendetta story, like Kill Bill, the Crow, Slevin, the Count of Monte Cristo. Good stuff, believe me!

2013-05-07 18:09:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Introducing:

Nanoworld: A Game of Clones

Alike in every way, you all do what you were made to do.  That is, until things go wrong...

Coming in at only 400 words, this core rulebook features:
- Collaborative clone creation
- Just-in-time world building
- Definition of your genotype through play
- Short play time and high replayability
- Rules Powered by the Apocalypse

For more details and instructions for ordering a print copy, check out: www.finemessgames.com

2013-05-06 21:10:39 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

This afternoon at my game research lab. I researched water fairies and wood nymphs.

2013-05-06 16:14:34 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

#anotherworldispossible
#homeless

2013-05-04 21:19:03 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Attention Adventure Time fans! Do NOT miss the Free Comic Book Day gift that is * kaboom! summer blast!* It contains a choose your own Adventure Time!

So. Cool.

+Lukas Myhan , this means you.

2013-05-04 12:00:16 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

My response to the entire Feminist Frequency, Tropes vs. Women in Video Games project, the kick starter, the current round of backlash against same, and etc:

What have you done today to increase levels of respect and compassion, equality and safety for all people in your family, community ( on or off line) , and world?

2013-05-03 15:34:18 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Just sharing a bit of this beautiful morning.

2013-05-03 12:27:13 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

Hey this is cool! I want to play games set in these places!
http://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-places/

2013-05-01 18:09:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Apocalypse World gets the Grog d'Or, Game of the year from the main French roleplaying portal Guide du Roliste Galactique.

2013-04-30 14:47:03 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Good news is good!

2013-04-29 18:21:15 (24 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Parallel thread to the current #DoomedPilgrim game happening over here https://plus.google.com/111023399555426942490/posts/KFRRhaZ3Xxd

+Vivian Spartacus, that is what I expected to be in the trees! Creepy!

2013-04-29 17:55:41 (98 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

The Sundered Land: a Doomed Pilgrim in the Ruins of the Future
I'm a warrior seeking peace and an end to bloodshed. I'm on pilgrimage across the Sundered Land to the Temple To No Gods in the distant City of Gulls. My pilgrimage has brought me to the edge of the Gray Hills, and the uneasy boundary between the Zo and the Ixti, warring clans of cannibals. My goal is to pass safely through and continue my pilgrimage.

You all, my friends online, play the world. Your goal is to see me to my doom, instead of safely on my way. You're allowed only to directly answer my direct questions, though, so you might not be able to do it.

The Rules
1. Only answer my questions.
2. If you don't know the answer, make one up.
3. Keep your answers short.
4. If your answer's disruptive, I'm allowed to delete it.
5. Otherwise, I'll use the... more »

2013-04-29 17:02:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

+tony dowler's seriously cool map of Post-Seatle arrive over the weekend. We poured over it and the guide-book, which are both beautiful. Our 13 year old wanted a key to the icons in the guide-book - maybe he just didn't find them? Most of them look pretty self-explanatory or understandable-from-context. All in all, this is cool enough that if Tony decides to do another one of some other city, I'll buy it.

2013-04-28 01:02:06 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Parallel thread to my #DoomedPilgrim game over here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/111023399555426942490/posts/Cye5JZJDqbV

It's fun doing this with a totally different setting and such!

2013-04-28 00:07:45 (117 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

The Sundered Land: a Doomed Pilgrim in the Ruins of the Future
I'm a warrior seeking peace and an end to bloodshed. I'm on pilgrimage across the Sundered Land to the Temple To No Gods in the distant City of Gulls. My pilgrimage has brought me to the Longmoor, where the sworn enemies of my people live among the rolling green and plum-colored hills. The air is sweet and birds sing in the dawn. My goal is to pass safely through and continue my pilgrimage.

You all, my friends online, play the world. Your goal is to see me to my doom, instead of safely on my way. You're allowed only to directly answer my direct questions, though, so you might not be able to do it.

The Rules
1. Only answer my questions.
2. If you don't know the answer, make one up.
3. Keep your answers short.
4. If your answer's disruptive, I'm allowed to delete... more »

2013-04-27 03:08:40 (127 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

The Sundered Land: a Doomed Pilgrim in the Ruins of the Future
I'm a warrior seeking peace and an end to bloodshed. I'm on pilgrimage across the Sundered Land to the Temple To No Gods in the distant City of Gulls. My pilgrimage has brought me to the Jaggedlands, inhabited by the singing hyenas of the waste. My goal is to pass safely through and continue my pilgrimage.

You all, my friends online, play the world. Your goal is to see me to my doom, instead of safely on my way. You're allowed only to directly answer my direct questions, though, so you might not be able to do it.

The Rules
1. Only answer my questions.
2. If you don't know the answer, make one up.
3. Keep your answers short.
4. If your answer's disruptive, I'm allowed to delete it.
5. Otherwise, I'll use the first answer somebody gives.

You... more »

2013-04-27 01:47:30 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

I believe that given the chance, compassion will bring forth love, harmony and beauty. This great poem by Naomi Shihab Nye is part of that.

2013-04-26 01:22:10 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Math plus textiles! Cool!

2013-04-25 16:46:27 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

6 people til #palindrome ! 2442! I hope I catch it.
This is one of the funniest simple pleasures I have :)

2013-04-21 02:43:25 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Lyrid Meteor Shower Viewing Tips
from +Elise Andrew of fb.me/Ifeakinglovescience

To answer the most common question: Yes, you can see these meteor showers from ANYWHERE in the sky, provided it’s clear and dark, away from all the city lights.

- The best times to view meteors or typically predawn and late evening. Partially because this is when it is darkest, but also because this is when Earth turns into the path of meteoroids as they enter the atmosphere.

- Meteors are visible with the naked eye and you don’t need any equipment to view them. Just spread a blanket on the ground and look up!

For more information on the Lyrids, see here: http://bit.ly/117qu2G

Viewing conditions graphics via +AccuWeather.com  Astronomy.

#Science   #ScienceEveryday   #ScienceSunday  +ScienceSunday +Part-Time Scientists +Scientist-Online 

2013-04-19 19:36:09 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

This is cool, and mostly for +Vincent Baker. Because cooking + space = awesome!

2013-04-19 19:14:52 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

I was just in Boston for PAX. Watching the state respond to the Boston bombings is variably intense and surreal. Intense because I know all the locations that are in the news - the marathon route, MIT, Cambridge, Watertown - and surreal because it's two hours away from me. 

2013-04-19 18:09:07 (31 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

Swiped from +Melissa Matos! Behold...
The Cataloguer, on my first regeneration; I wear a notable cardigan (heh!), travel with a Majestic Unicorn (aka +Rowen Stuffer), and say "Actually..."

2013-04-19 14:53:56 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

I dreamed last night that I was at a gaming convention at a Girl Scout camp. All my Italian friends were there, along with the US folks. We played games and ate food and hung out by the lake and had a bonfire and stuff. I think I am jealous of the folks headed to INC and Camp Nerdly.

2013-04-18 03:28:19 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

There's a Sprint iphone 5 ad right now that is so arrogant. All about how "I want...no, I deserve" massive upload capacity. Of all the things humans deserve, and I do think there are some, the ability to real-time stream your morning routine is not one of them.

2013-04-17 15:14:19 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

New Zealand MP Delivers Hilarious, Uplifting Speech to Parliament About Gay Marriage: VIDEO

2013-04-17 12:09:10 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Apparently, "you make my game have teenage boys".

2013-04-16 11:39:16 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Well, they were right about wearing pants and having phones etc attached to us. Not much else.

2013-04-15 22:08:52 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)

We have launched Person Finder to help people caught in the explosions in Boston. Learn more.

http://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions

2013-04-15 15:48:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Thanks to +Jason Morningstar, I now have this to read. +Manuela Soriani and +Claudia Cangini may also find this a huge and delightful time suck a fascinating resource.  http://clothesonfilm.com/

2013-04-15 13:48:29 (23 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

+Marshall Miller is working on a PbtA game that I'm really intrigued by. In Lapins & Lairs, you play rabbits. Like Watership Down rabbits. You make your rabbits, your warren and the world they live in. There are some really interesting things going on with how the world is built. I've started a game and I'm really looking forward to playing again. Maybe even today. Further write-up as warranted.

2013-04-14 21:04:06 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Great fantasy art reference gallery, female reenactors in male dress
Made out of awesome, win and RAWR!!!

http://inmaledress.tumblr.com/

2013-04-14 13:54:59 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Work in progress. It's very odd cutting up perfectly good clothes. It goes against my thrifty nature, yet it appeals deeply to my sense of "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without". My very first quilt block was made from the scraps leftover from my Mom making me a dress.

Using old clothes to make a quilt is steeped in long tradition. Some of these t-shirts are so old and tattered that they really need the stabilization of the backing. That feels fine.. The thing is, some of these are so new. They are things Jelalludin bought and wore in the last year of his life. It feels very final, this almost ritual tearing of my dead friend's clothes. I find myself singing the songs we sang together last summer. It's an unexpected blessing. I offered to do this for Beth, as a way to comfort her, but it is touching me more than I expected.

I find myself thinking of... more »

2013-04-14 01:10:59 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Tonight I'm working on a memorial quilt for a friend. Going through a dead man's clothes and making aesthetic decisions about how to use them in a quilt for his widow is very strange. Good, but strange.

2013-04-13 12:01:56 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 44 +1s)

The competition for tech in this house keeps getting higher. But when my seven-year old looks at me with big eyes and says "but I want to watch Neil Degrasse Tyson on NOVA Now while I color,, and I've already eaten breakfast", what am I going to do? Say "No astrophysics for you"? I don't think so.

2013-04-12 20:47:20 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 64 +1s)

My 13 year old just used his birthday gift to make a foot-operated WASD pad to play a weird mash-up of Minecraft and DDR. This makes us both super happy. It was fun to see his idea go from inspiration to schematic to execution to trouble-shooting to play over the course of an hour.