… this is my place to write down the spontaneous ideas that I have come up with and that have a measure of sense and usefulness to them, but which I am unlikely to pursue due to time or inclination. Mostly time.
If you like the idea, take it and run with it. Please be kind enough to cite my post and/or tell me if it provided you with inspiration or proved helpful. It is how you execute it that counts, not the idea. If I decide to pursue an idea here, then don’t worry, I won’t sue you, but I may ask to help. If the idea already exists, then please tell me so I can use it.
I decided to try out Tumblr.com so I moved my Spontaneous Ideas blog there. There weren't a lot of posts to move, and setup was incredibly easy. Even moving the domain over went well, mostly.
The idea behind Spontaneous Ideas is that it is a place where I (and now others) can share the spontaneous ideas that enter our mind sand have a measure
of sense and usefulness to them, but which we are unlikely to pursue due
to time or inclination. Anyone reading the blog is free to take an idea and run with it, free of charge beyond some form of attribution.
If you would like to be able to share your spontaneous ideas as well, and are someone I know, then please contact me.
I finished a set of Cold War-era NATO microarmor for a game, and started work on a group of Minbari star ships. With the base done on the Minbari ships, I took a break and started to build two Shadow Omegas. Unfortunately, the Shadow Omegas are difficult to put together with pieces breaking off easily because there are no mount points for the spines.
Boing Boing reported that an hour long video satire of Chinese government censorship, called War of Internet Addiction, has had 10 million views by Chinese netizens. It was filmed entirely in World of Warcraft.
The Pirate Party started in Sweden and their platform is to reform copyright law, abolish the patent system and promote respect for the right to privacy. They won two seats in the European Parliament in 2009 and have scored some success in Germany as well. Membership wise, they are the second largest party in Sweden and their youth group has the largest membership of any Swedish political party.
While I like their ideals and positions, they really need to concentrate on building state and local chapters instead of creating more national Pirate Parties. sigh…
Lucy Knisley, a cartoonist among other responsibilities, has a comic in praise of comforts, which isn't quite in opposition to my last post, but is a bit. The comic is rather small in the space available on my blog, so just click on the image and you will go to her page.
Mark Boyle over at Just for the love of it posted a useful piece on why he attempts to live a life of zero waste and simplicity. Here is one quote:
"Because we are so disconnected from the embodied energy, embodied
suffering and embodied destruction that goes into the things we buy,
the natural ecology of the planet we share is being eroded by the
minute, factory farms and horrific slaughterhouses have become insanely
'normal', and we kill millions of people in the middle east just so
that us greedy bastards can have the luxurious, built-in-obsolescence
gadgetry that oil cheap oil affords us. I am sorry if that sounds
harsh, but the truth shouldn't be avoided for fear of offence. One of
the problems in the media and the publishing world is that everyone is
so cautious that they'll upset the reader and lose some sales, and so
the truth is rarely laid bare. We're adults though, so lets all grow
up, it's really our ego's that are making this planet inhabitable for
many species."
The latestThis Modern World by Tom Tomorrow. Guaranteed to irk a few people, but hopefully will make more laugh. I just had to share. Thanks Salon.com!
The musings of Jamie O'Keefe: pirate party activist, geek, father and gamer.
