I’ve been listening to Radiolab a whole lot at work lately. I first heard some of their stuff on NPR on the way back from Austin – the Parasite episode – promptly forgot about them for a few months, and then was coincidentially reminded about it via a tweet from Adam Atomic. So I’ve been toiling away the hours at work plugged into their podcast, which has been very, very interesting and entertaining to say the least. But one of the segments that I heard seems to have sparked a thought that I keep coming back to again, and again, and again… and I’m wondering if the best way to help exorcise this thought is to write it down (or type it up, or whatever :P)
So the piece that has stuck to me – and it’s not even from one of their longer segments, it’s just something someone said – has to do with the possibility of ‘downloading’ someone’s brain into a computer, thereby giving someone virtual immortality. I think I went way deeper in this post than ever before… Almost feel like I’m touching on the edges of that-which-is-not-meant-to-be-known, and trying to look at it too closely will send me spiraling into some Lovecraftian madness… but it’s all good :)
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03.03.2010
Featured, General, Personal
I made a decision last night to cancel my WoW Account. It was not an easy decision, but it was the right one. Since finally achieving the Loremaster achievement, and even a little while before that, I just haven’t had much fun with the game. I still love the game, but I think I’ve done all I really want to do with my characters – at least for now. I realized that I had not even logged into the game – except maybe once to check my banker’s mail – in almost a month.
Still looking forward to Cataclysm, and I’ll probably renew my account when it comes out, but for now, I feel it’s best to focus on other things, such as Tile Isle, Combat Cast, and other things.
That being said, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I’m discontinuing development on my WoW Armory WP Plugin. Considering Blizzard’s new armory features that let you place your character model and history log on your site, the only thing I’m really offering anymore is the gear list, which isn’t that amazing…
I’m planning to restructure the site a little bit and make it more about general game design (as was it’s original intention), and start moving WoW Armory and related articles to an archive of some kind.
I went ahead and put the source up on Google Code so that anyone who wants to see or use the code for themselves can do so. You can find the project here: http://code.google.com/p/wow-armory-wp-plugin/
I am a little saddened by the need to let it go, but I think it’s for the best. I’ve kept it very close to my chest so I could retain creative control, but I haven’t been able to give it the attention I would like lately, and I haven’t been able to give the users with questions or bugs the help they require.
Well, I think that’s all I have to say for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this. From here on, the posts on this site will focus more on game design, creation, and development.
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21.01.2010
Featured, General, Personal, Projects, Website, World of Warcraft, wow-armory Plugin
We are excited to announce that Blasting Agent has finally been released!
Blasting Agent
You can play it for free on Kongregate:
Play Blasting Agent
Enjoy!
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22.12.2009
General
Robert and I discussed our experience in making Blasting Agent. Take a listen: http://bit.ly/7FPRzB
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04.12.2009
General
Check out my Podcast! It’s a D&D 4E Session that I’m DMing.
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05.11.2009
General
First, let me address an issue that has been popping up since I added the Image Cache: it seems the Cache directory is not always being created in a mode that’s writable by Wordpress when you update the plugin – if you get any errors after you update the plugin, make sure the wp-content/plugins/wow-armory/includes/cache folder is set to 0777 (or something writable) and then clear your cache. If you still have problems, please let me know.
As always, please direct any questions or comments to the wow-guild Plugin Page. Thanks!
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I love my wow-armory Wordpress plugin. I’ve really enjoyed shaping it from just a simple idea (“I wonder if I can easily show my character’s names and levels from the armory…”) to what it has become (the 3D model is so awesome!). But I’m starting to feel like I can’t give it all the attention it deserves… There’s so much I want to be able to do with it, but I just don’t seem to ever have the time to pull it off. ‘Minor’ changes or interesting features all seem to turn into a massive project – as can be seen with the recent Image cache change. I’m worried that I’m either going to burn out on the project and abandon it, or get to a point where something breaks it completely that I can’t fix… I’m not really sure how to avoid either of these fates.
So, I’ve been looking into the possibility of making the code for the plugin more public and open. Maybe something like GitHub? Although I don’t know much about it… To be honest, I’m not sure how to go about setting it up in a way that still gives me (or a small group of trusted people) more of an ‘admin’ role to oversee how changes are made…
I guess I’m still looking for opinions and advice – does anyone think that I should move in this direction and/or have any advice on how to proceed? Or should I suck it up and try to keep it like it’s been?
Maybe I could recruit a few volunteers to just lend a hand with some of the maintenance and code… Ginchen has been an overwhelmingly awesome source of code repairs, suggestions, etc. But I wonder if I’m not doing my part at getting the word out about the plugin… maybe not enough people know about it?
Meh, I think that’s enough rambling for me… lol I’m probably over-thinking these things…
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02.11.2009
General, Projects, Website, wow-armory Plugin
The wow-armory WP Plugin v8.4.1 is out!
I fixed a bug in the Image Cache logic which was not properly saving Talent Tree icons.
As always, please direct any questions or comments to the wow-guild Plugin Page. Thanks!
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22.10.2009
Projects, wow-armory Plugin
