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Thing-a-Day 28-29: ETP Almanac and Shop Updates
With the holiday weekend family festivities, I’ve been forced to merge all the work for the past two days into one. First was the big ETP Almanac Update for 2015, followed by updating two online...
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Thing-a-Day 30: Backup the Backup
[POSTING THIS A DAY LATE on 12/01] The last day of the November 2014 THING-A-DAY challenge got away from me with the extended family visit, so I spent today doing the work I had wanted to do: start...
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Post Mortem: Takeaways from the “Thing-a-Day” Challenge
It’s been almost two weeks since I wrapped-up the November Thing-a-Day Making Challenge of making “30 things” that were tangible and sharable, improved process, and/or helped me sell something I’d made...
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2014 Resolutions Review 10: Final Review
With everything that’s going on at the end of the year, I forgot that today was RESOLUTION REVIEW DAY. There’s a good reason that 12/12 is the last review of the year…from today to February 2nd, it’s...
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2015 Word Counting Calendar Available!
Based on my Nanowrimo Calendar, the full-year version allows you to count the number of words you’re writing every month in a way that allows you to see how fast / how well you are doing. If you’re...
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Happy 2015!
It’s a whole new year! I’m not sure how I really feel about that, but I do like the years that are evenly-divisible by 5. To discover how I’m feeling, I’ve decided to keep a gratitude journal where I...
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Groundhog Day Resolutions 2015: Kick Off
[Updated for clarity Feb 5] Groundhog Day Resolutions (GHDR) are my annual “New Year’s Resolutions” deferred from January 1st to February 2nd. Why wait? I don’t know about you, but after weeks of...
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How Much Video Game Can I Make in a Week?
The major interactive project I’ve been working on is undergoing milestone trials for the next couple of weeks, which means that I have some time to work on my own stuff! The coming week will be all...
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1401.002 Review and Set Goals for Game Engine
Ok, it’s game-making week! I am not sure where to start, so I’m starting by writing stream-of-consciousness in Scrivener in my “Blog Posts 2015″ folder. Starting has always been hard for me,...
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1401.003: Review of Game-Making Week Milestone 1
Happy Monday! Since I last posted, I’ve been working on my video game project, Project 1401. Although I’ve worked on a few commercial games, my goal with 1401 is to make my own video game. It’s one of...
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Resolution Review #1: ETP Notebooks, Games, and Living Room Cafes
It’s time for my first Groundhog Day Resolutions review of the year! On February 2nd, I made several general goals, rewritten slightly from the original ones: Eliminating Time-based Thinking Reduce...
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An interview with little acorn creations
Long-time online friend Penny Shima Glanz recently interviewed me on her blog, digging a bit into my design process behind the “reporter style ETP” I did during my recent making challenge. She’s been...
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1401.004: Staring Down Milestone 2
I finally got a working starfield and a spaceship to fly around a very large space. Compared to the last milestone’s rather drab technical test of spinning shapes, this is huge! One can start to...
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NaNoWriMo 2015 November Word Counting Calendar
You can always download the most recent version from my Nanowrimo Calendar Page! It is updated by late October every year. I’ve just uploaded this year’s NaNoWriMo Word Tracking Calendar for 2015! Go...
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Day 06-08: Settling into Taiwan with Dad
Saturday, October 24, 2015. It’s been difficult to keep up with my daily updates, but perhaps that was to be expected. The first full day in Taiwan was pretty much a sleeping day, and the second day in...
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Day 09-10: Dinner and Dentistry in Taichung
Monday, October 26, 2015. The past two days have been about getting ready for the dental implant operation I had scheduled for Monday morning at the Faith & Glory Dental Clinic, which happens to...
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Day 11-12: The Appliances of Taiwan
Wednesday, October 28, 2015. After Monday’s oral surgery to insert two dental implants into my jaw, I’ve been taking it easy. There has been little pain and no bleeding, and I’ve been carefully taking...
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Day 12 Reflection: Visiting the Source of Personal Demons
Monday, November 2, 2015. Sorry for the belated update! I’ve been unable to write much about the Taiwan Trip lately because (1) I’ve getting in the car with Dad at every chance so I can spend more time...
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Day 13: Journey to the West (of Taichung City)
Thursday, October 29, 2015. We went to visit my Uncle’s house (“condominium” might be more accurate) more than 20 minutes drive to the west of my dad’s place. I was curious to see how different things...
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Theory of My Mind: Does Action Precede Motivation?
I stumbled upon a phrase “Action Precedes Motivation” sometime during my wanderings of the Internet yesterday, and sufficiently intrigued by its truthiness to dig a little deeper. I found this longer...
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