Since I’ve been all about listening to audiobooks lately (actually, for the past year — just more recently of the fantasy genre), this link was pretty timely. Using some of the integrated Apple services and some scripting, macOSXhints user miketyson put together a Service in OS X to simply convert highlighted text to an Audiobook… Continue reading Convert Text to iTunes Audiobook
Miniature Minotaur
This minotaur was always one of my favorite minis when I was a kid. It was painted by my friend, Tim M. — who was the best miniature painter of anyone I knew then. Everyone always wanted to trade minis with Tim; so he seemed to always have a fresh supply of new ones. I know… Continue reading Miniature Minotaur
AudioBook Builder
I have learned that there is something about the mac that makes for really nice, easy software. It’s sort of a cross between a Unix ethos (that is, programs that do just one thing and do them really well) and an Apple ethos (it just works). One fairly simple task that, in practice, is a… Continue reading AudioBook Builder
Much More Fun Than You Might Think
So, you might have picked up that I’ve been on something of a fantasy kick lately. One thing that I’ve considered doing off and on for several years now (Okay, ever since I got out grad. school — whatever) was picking up role-playing games again. I played them a lot as a kid and loved… Continue reading Much More Fun Than You Might Think
NBC: We’ve Pretty Much Given Up
The Peacock Network was once a bastion for drama and comedy. Those days are long gone, with only a few bright spots in an otherwise abysmal line-up (Scrubs, My Name is Earl, and The Office being most of those highlights). Recently, they announced that Universal (NBC and USA Networks parent company) were moving Monk and… Continue reading NBC: We’ve Pretty Much Given Up
Five Fun Things Friday — Mid-April Edition
Oh, to have blogged in so long and only to come back with a measly list of fluff. Well, something’s better than nothing, right? I’ve been on a rather rampant fantasy kick as of late: “Dungeons & Dragons” — That venerable fantasy RPG lost one of it’s founders last month. However, not to be stopped, a new… Continue reading Five Fun Things Friday — Mid-April Edition
Legend of Zelda Movie
I’m pretty sure that this trailer for a Legend of Zelda movie is just an (elaborate) hoax. However, like some other April Fool’s Day pranks, I find myself hoping that it is the real thing.
Text Adventure Documentary Film
When I was a kid, I played just about every computer text adventure game I could get my hands on. I did try to play one of those graphical D&D games, but it never seemed to run very well on my VTech Laser128 (an Apple II clone). However, the text adventure games seemed to have… Continue reading Text Adventure Documentary Film
Twitter Updates for 2008-03-27
I think Photoshop Express would more accurately be called Lightroom Express. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2008-03-26
@robknight: Good god, that’s one huge cat belleh. Is that where the mouse hid? In the folds of cat? # Becoming more painfully obvious to me that the “standards movement” consists of designers, and not scientists, engineers, or (tech) writers. # Powered by Twitter Tools.