Tuesday, 6 Dec 2005

I think the increasing rate of obesity in the US is a good thing, it will help me stay behind the curve and be in the thinner minority of Americans.

Everyone seems to think Cable is a great thing for television, well I think it’s old fashioned - I mean I used to have cable - a “land line” as they call them in the phone world, but then I went wireless, now I use an antenae. There aren’t as many content providers available via antenae yet, but once the content providers see the benefits and reduced costs of going wireless I am sure they will be jumping on the bandwagon.

Monday, 5 Dec 2005

hearing C3 singing in her audition with a jazz band.

Monday, 5 Dec 2005

I heard a story on NPR this afternoon about training wasps (lower case w) to detect bombs, drugs, or human bodies and had a great idea. How about as a practical joke, train some wasps to detect human flatulence? Then when you are in a situation when someone releases gas in public you could release your WASPs and they would swarm to the person who is responsible for the indiscretion.

Friday, 2 Dec 2005

This ad for a collection of “Sci-Fi” fonts popped into my email this morning.

“Sci-Fi

These fonts are great to use if you enjoy individual and group role-playing and fantasy games. Whether your life reflects an epic story line or a medieval battle, these highly legible fonts provide a gothic touch that will set you apart from everyone else!”

Being a lapsed font geek I was curious how the sci-fi related to group-roleplaying and fantasy games. Technically sci-fi can be called fantasy, but in the gaming worlds it usually means quasi medieval with some magical elements/creatures thrown in. The “role-playing” and claim that these fonts ad a “gothic touch” reinforced my confusion, call me a rigid traditionalist but I don’t often think of “Gothic” and “Sci-Fi” together - if the concepts went together then the Borg would be the perfect sci-fi goth, wouldn’t they?

Judge for yourself whether these fonts are great for group-role-playing and fantasy games, help reflect medieval battles, and provide that “gothic touch” you’ve been missing in your life.