misterfinn

D&D 4e: Story-driven campaigns

2009-01-12T21:35:09Z

Ever since the introduction of fourth edition, I’ve been defending the system against claims that it doesn’t allow for real role-playing. These criticisms have comes from multiple types of RPGers: hard-core story gamers, D&D 3.5 power gamers, and...

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Go Wrecking Belles!

2008-09-07T19:47:33Z

Wooohoooo! Richmond Wrecking Belles smashed the Oakland Outlaws last night at Herbst Pavilion, 96-64. The Outlaws were undefeated going into this bout, so I was a little nervous - but Richmond's defense shut down the mighty Oakland jammers and Oak...

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Singles vs. albums

2008-09-04T20:20:46Z

My day job as an interaction designer involves a lot of user research. I recently did a project for an online music distribution service where I talked to a bunch of "music junkies" in the SF Bay Area about the way they listen. I was surprised to ...

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Devo

2008-08-30T04:49:11Z

"It's like the Ramones had sex with the B-52s." Nina said so.

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Stupid guitar. We are sick of it.

2008-08-28T00:42:44Z

I made myself a promise when I bought my shiny new ESP. It's a "real" guitar (the first I've owned, really) and I'm going to learn to play it for real. I've been faking my way through with power chords, a couple of scales, and a handful of open ch...

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Jared!

2008-08-25T20:37:50Z

Back in 1996, I had a PowerBook Duo and a Newton. The Powerbook had a little application called "Jared" that lived on my desktop. It was, at the time, the second most awesome piece of Mac software I had ever seen, right behind the Talking Moose. T...

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Now I know why new albums are two years apart

2008-08-19T03:04:09Z

I've been working on mixes for two of the 13 songs I have earmarked for the next record. Composition, arrangement, and primary recording don't generally take me that long - maybe 40-50 hours per song, soup to nuts. Sounds like a lot for four minut...

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iLemming

2008-08-12T20:10:41Z

My latest 2-year commitment to Verizon Wireless expired last week. Phone tech has come a long way in the last two years, so I've been thinking hard about what I want for my next upgrade. Mandatory: Strong signal reception Compatibility with ...

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Derbyderbyderby

2008-08-11T21:00:11Z

Richmond Wrecking Belles vs. SF She-vil Dead at Herbst Pavilion last Saturday night. Not a great night for San Francisco. Richmond outscored them by more than double: 113-42. On the Richmond side, Dianne Rott and Demanda Riot were the Unstoppabl...

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Holy crap I'm 15 again

2008-08-05T02:22:18Z

I'm sitting in The Man Room (my own private sanctuary that probably deserves its own post). My MacBook Pro is sitting here on the desk next to my mini-painting setup. I am listening to U2's Unforgettable Fire. Before that, it was playing The Smith...

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