Brave New World

July 29, 2012

What you’re looking at here is apparently the world’s first printed firearm.  It may look a little odd, but that’s because it’s the receiver for an AR15 semiautomatic assault weapon with a pistol barrel attached. The receiver and its various components were created on a 3D printer.  The barrel is actual metal: you still needs […]

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Devaluation

July 29, 2012

Now that the London Olympics are under way, giving television viewers the chance to view sports, like judo or archery, that they only care about every four years, we can brace ourselves for the inevitable editorials pointing out how the Olympic ideal has been debased by (choose one) nationalism, money, professional athletes, money, television, or […]

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Version the Second

July 26, 2012

Right, here’s an alternate version of the Brig of War cover. The main objections to Version the First were the green and orange type— the orange in particular, I’m guessing— and the various highlights and shadows I added to the typeface. The green and orange were the same shades used in the art— I was […]

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Brig of War, First Effort

July 25, 2012

Here’s my first try at a cover for Brig of War (formerly The Raider).  Let me know what you think.

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Dorothy, We Found Your Home, And It’s Not In Kansas

July 23, 2012

Would you trust this architecture department?

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Beach Party

July 21, 2012

Tonight the Clarion students took me out for a farewell beach party.  Good company, sand as light as talcum powder, and the sea as profound as ever. Afterwards there was tequila and, um, tequila.  

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TGIF

July 21, 2012

Okay, my part in Clarion is over.  Over, that is, except for the Celebrating at the Beach, in which I will partake this evening. Everyone has been very hospitable.  The students have been energetic, highly organized, and very talented, and they’ve made my job easier than I had any right to expect. As they are […]

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Comic-Con Newbie

July 17, 2012

I’m now installed in academic splendor at UCSD and have started my Clarion teaching gig.  The students seem to have been drawn from a very large talent pool, and I’m impressed by their technical abilities. But I arrived on Friday, and the actual teaching didn’t start till Monday morning . . . so what did […]

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To Clarion!

July 13, 2012

  I’ll be teaching Clarion for the next week, and so my appearances here may be few, and brief. Yes, it’s my third workshop in, like, six weeks.  And my fourth trip out of town. And it will be awesome!

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Missing the Wire

July 11, 2012

For all its virtues, David Simon’s Treme can’t replace David Simon’s The Wire in my affections. Unfortunately, neither can this. Yes, it’s Wire: the Musical! [via Chris East] The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams from Michael Kenneth Williams  

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