http://blogs.imperium.org/joby Projects, interests, and pontifications of Joby Walker Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:11:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Failblog has a story from Dearborn, Michigan that made it to our local Fox Affiliate. Not only is the story hilarious but it is always amusing to watch NEWS anchors when they have to pause to recover their composure. http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/346 So I've made some initial progress on a D&D 4E character builder: 1) I've named it Mulciber after the forger aspect of Vulcan the Roman god of constructive and destructive fire. 2) I started with a pretty strict relational model but while that works for most cases it failed to handle some ... http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/345 Saw this one parked across the street at the church near my work: http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/344 The picture isn't as good as I'd hope but you can get an impression of the license plate: Captured on my way to work on Friday. http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/343 On my way home Thursday I almost caught another blue Prius, but I wasn't willing to run in the heat to get close enough to capture the license plate so it doesn't count: http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/342 Chloe doing what she does best: Emma wondering what I am up to: Hoth (neighbor cat) striking a pose: And finally Basement Cat (Shadow, the other neighbor cat): All of the pix of Shadow came out a bit blurry -- must be one of Basement Cat's powers. http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/341 I know Rainwytch doesn't like her current living room set -- so I found her a "new" love seat: It's waiting for you at 62nd and 15th Ave NE! http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/340 Gotcha. I noticed this one on a side street -- of course after taking this picture I saw another traveling south on 15th. http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/339 I just got a call from the City that they are subpoenaing my testimony about the accident. After my two jury experiences, I'm not exactly thrilled since I'll have to get up early to be downtown, be presentable for court, and will probably never get called to testify. ... http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/338 Wizard's Randy Buehler posted an update on the D&DI product set yesterday. Although it is disheartening that none of the unreleased major products is ready for release, I want to thank Randy and Wizards for providing what seems like an honest assessment of the current situation. Leaving customers ... http://blogs.imperium.org/joby/archives/337