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The world is not, whatever your English teachers say, not a stage, and Juliet is not the rising sun. She is just a girl Romeo wants to get into bed. But nearly every English teacher I have ever had, at every level, has given me some version of this spiel: We read fiction, we learn literature because good writing illuminates the truth of our world, the truth of ourselves, in a way that the everyday does not and cannot always.
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Interesting blog posts about AI here.
My new website.
Chill Jazz Piano features sparse rhythms and melodic lines that appeal to a general audience, as well as jazz fans. Chill Jazz Piano has been a part of every era and almost every school of jazz throughout jazz history. If you are interested in playing jazz piano you can learn from the master's music and you can take lessons right on the internet. Or you can use this website to discover jazz songs everyone can enjoy.
A recently discovered map of Middle-earth annotated by JRR Tolkien reveals The Lord of the Rings author’s observation that Hobbiton is on the same latitude as Oxford, and implies that the Italian city of Ravenna could be the inspiration behind the fictional city of Minas Tirith.
Lightworks is a professional video editor which is the fastest, most accessible and focused on Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software...
Many oscar won films were also edited on Lightworks Pro version, so basically there are two versions available: A free version which can only export video to MPEG-4 (720p resolution) which can be publish to YouTube, Web, Vimeo, or watch it on your device. On the other side Pro version unlock all features and export options for all broadcast formats...
Lightworks Free and Pro version is available for Linux in Deb and RPM packages (only 64bit architecture supported), there is no source available yet. So you can't install it in other distributions. The Deb package only support Ubuntu 15.10 Wily/Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 17.x and the RPM version supports Fedora 20+ versions.
This was a virtually impossible task. Put together a list of 50 must-read science fiction books and don’t make anyone angry.
by Richard Davies
The first Related To Geeks podcast.
Related To Geeks PodcastEpisode One
August 6, 2015
Growing Up Geek
with Megan, Kier, Sarah, and Larry
5/52 I made a video and I’m proud of it…even though it’s kinda crummy.
Tyler Worsham - piano
Terrell Montgomery - bass
Carl Abraham - drums
Revolutionary design for a low cost 3D printer.
Yes it's all true. Check it out and listen here.
http://hairylarryland.com/ac
http://www.doodlecraft.blogspot.com/search/label/bowties
Alex Swenson
CJ Hoover
Dennese Adkins
Jordan Griffin
Larry Heyl
"Bebop" is an acapella vocals jazz song done vocalese style and sung by The Vox.
I wrote this for my Junior Recital. It has been up on my hairylarry channel since then so it's a kind of cross post.
I have my Senior Recital next week so that has taken precedence over RTG production.
In this video all zooms and pans were done in post from a static video shot of the whole stage. Hence pixellation on closeups. Think of it as an effect. Like grain in a photograph.
More videos from this visit to come.
How much damage can a painted reaper bones miniature take?
Link to the kickstarter
Reaper Miniatures Bones II: The Return Of Mr Bones!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-ii-the-return-of-mr-bones
Maybe we should just avoid conversations about semantics...
Plus bonus song "Sexy Brooders".
The zombie figures on my geek shelf can be found below
I am in no way affiliated with this company, nor was I asked to promote them.
Major spoilers for The Incredible Hulk issue #127 from 1970
I don't like this video.
I shot the video using my Canon Elph 320 HS and recorded the audio with my Zoom H4 fed by a pair of EV PL9 microphones. Audio post done in SAW Classic. Video editing in Kdenlive and Openshot. Vivian ran sound. I used a small tripod as a stabilizer holding it with two hands and sometimes pushing it against my leg.
I'm Hairy Larry and I'm Related To Geeks.
http://relatedtogeeks.com
http://hairylarryland.com
http://suzanneandfred.com
Based on the novel by Terry Pratchett "Wintersmith" is played by Hairy Larry and George and sung by Pam Cox. Special thanks to all the photographers for uploading their work to http://www.sxc.hu/ and to Eren Pader for the great brokedoll machinima animation. Also thanks to Koni Lanzius for helping with this. The photos tell the story but the animation sets the mood and really makes this video work.
Click over to YouTube for the lyrics.
Also Frankenstein was first published in 1818, 19 years before the Victorian era, sorry for misspeaking in the video.
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In case you don't have the book - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84 - YouTube wouldn't let me add it in the comments - Hairy Larry
This video is about our family's gaming convention Evercon, and my suggestions on finding people to play games with if you are looking for people to play games with, but mostly it's me rambling.
An RSS feed is a way to syndicate website content. As the website is updated the RSS feed is automatically updated. A common use for RSS feeds is to add them to your newsreader. RSS feeds can also be used to display the website content with a widget. At relatedtogeeks.com I use a web service, rss2html, to widgetize the RSS feeds from out Tumblr blog, our Photos pages, and our Links page.
This Masterclass is an intensive course for both seasoned and new Game Masters who want to hone their worldbuilding skills and create a better experience for their players.
During the weekend you will be able to attend a variety of classes on methodologies and tools that will help you:
- Create an intriguing campaign plan
- Build an exciting campaign setting
- Design the most engaging encounters!
Create entire worlds. Customize as you wish. Drill down to the city level. Save to work on later. Export image files.
Access this amazing map application in your browser for free. Use the maps you create in your commercial or non-commercial projects.
Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator code is on github and is licensed MIT.
The Prelude
A whiteboard app on the web the DM could use for drawing maps or diagrams for online games. You can also post text and pictures. Players can also post, make map annotations during play, upload something they saw, etc.
This runs in the browser so on any platform. No passwords required and no cost to set up the whiteboard for a game and use it. You can download images of the whiteboard at any time.
You invite people with a link. If they have the link they are there. No password required. The thing I like about this app is that it is easy to use and there is nothing in the way. When you set up the board you get the link. Share the link to invite players to the whiteboard. The board stays up for 21 days for free.
This company does offer premium services like no 21 day timeout and logins with passwords but none of that is necessary for a good night of game play.
My blog where I post RPG (AD&D mainly) related stuff, mainly game design, spreadsheet, Hex Flowers
… still experimenting here!
On tor.com
Caeora recommended this article so DMs can print large versions of his maps to use on a tabletop.
"Have you ever found yourself in need to print a very large image, but your printer can only use common A4, US Letter or A3 paper sizes? If you want to print a large poster or a large map and you can't go to a specialized shop where they can print it for you at the required dimensions, you can use your home printer to print that image on multiple pages."
Here's an early release copy of The Witch's Panacea, a Milyagon Quest.
It includes three Mini Zines and two pages of OGL license.
Page 1 - The Witch's Panacea - Players Handbook
Page 2 - The Witch's Herbal - Stats
Page 3 - The Witch's Mission - DM Guide
Worldbuiding Magazine - Geography
I got to play this with Greg Gillespie DM at North Texas RPG Con. The amount of detail is amazing.
So when I saw it on Tenkar's feed I had to give it a link. Notice I left Tenkar's affiliate id intact.
Fantasy maps and mapmaking tutorials by Jonathan Roberts
Welcome to the only podcast out there that talks about the Classic
Marvel Superheroes RPG by TSR! Listen in as the hosts talk about the
game, the rules, Marvel comics, new material for this old game and much
more! Contact us via email Bullpen@classicfaserip.com
Join Vince The Evil DM and Colin from Dead Games Society as they explore, the MEGS DC Heroes system, DC Comics, DC Animes and DC Tvs shows each episode. What will the Guardians of the Universe have in store for them! Part of the family of Wild Games Productions Podcasts!
Check out the very best in old school videos, talking AD&D 1e, FASERIP, DC Heroes, Ghostbusters and so much more.. even actual plays!
An interesting podcast about classic DnD. Crispy is a host, also DMCarl and DMCourtney who are both Related To Geeks.
"Ten thousand years ago, in the Neolithic period, before human beings began making pottery, we were playing games on flat stone boards drilled with two or more rows of holes.1 By the Early Dynastic Period in Ancient Egypt, three millennia later, board games were already represented in hieroglyphs. And on the wall of Nefertari’s tomb, built in the twelfth or thirteenth century BCE, someone painted the queen playing Senet, one of three Ancient Egyptian board games whose pieces have come down to us, along with Mehen and Hounds and Jackals."
There is a ton of cool boardgame artwork here. All old enough to be public domain.
If you're into philosophy and literary criticism there's food for thought here.
"For the next little while, we’re going through Ann Swinfen’s In Defence of Fantasy (1), taking it chapter by chapter, as promised. This week, we start with the introductory chapter, “Fantasy and the Marvellous.” I’m going to take this opener somewhat backward, because it’s the best way to introduce some concepts that may or may not be familiar; in fact, they may raise echoes of long forgotten (or in my case, repressed) introductory philosophy classes, or they may be part of your daily life. You’ll recognize that part when we get there. Yay, theory!"
Sita Flying by Nina Paley, public domain.
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Free Culture and Creative Commons licenses allow the reuse of art, music, and literature creating new works from old. So, for example, my song “Chess Man Blues” is licensed Creative Commons Attribution or CC-BY. This means anyone can use “Chess Man Blues” in their project whether it’s a game, a video, or a podcast as long as they provide correct attribution: “Chess Man Blues” by Larry Heyl.
There are many other Free Culture licenses, like the GPL for software, each tailored to a specific need. Not all Creative Commons licenses are Free Culture. The non-commercial and no-derivatives licenses are more restrictive than their Free Culture licenses while still providing for some reuse. Public domain works are completely free. Check the links to the right for more information on Free culture and Creative Commons licenses."
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Home of MixRemix Radio a 25/7 icecast station.
The Crusader Podcast is a fan podcast about the Castles and Crusades Roleplaying Game.
This is the artist featured on our banner. I made this post at my Free Culture blog, MixRemix.
Want to contribute? Whether you’re a writer, artist, editor, or marketer—we could use your help. Worldbuilding Magazine is created by worldbuilders just like you.
You will enjoy these shirts with cool fantasy art. Each shirt gives you pluses on your rolls. After all this is Gamer Plus.
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