Always Forward
A short video poem I made while working on a game concept. Sometimes uphillSometimes downhillSometimes nothingYou don’t always have to move forward vrhermit, 2022
Personal
Personal thoughts, reflections, ideas, and fun stuff.
Archiving my old podcasts
I just wrapped up archiving my old podcasts. Just in case anyone ever comes looking for these, here are the links. These shows have been pulled from the Apple Podcast listing. The RSS feeds are gone, and I closed our hosting account.
Fire Flower
I saw this flower on a walk this week and was struck by the colors forming the appearance of fire. Using the Adobe Capture app, I generated some derivative outputs from this image. Colors #779B2D #BEDE92 #F3C643 #E49339 #C84A22 Patterns and Shapes I might have to make something with these colors, parhaps using them on…
Notes on Land’s End
Few VR games have surpassed the simple stylized beauty of Land’s End. Low Poly geometry, noise textures, colorful materials, water, and great lighting all contribute to making these bits feel like a place. I’ve played this on Go many times. It’s something to reach for when I want to clear my head or have something…
Notes on Red Matter
With the recent announcement of Red Matter 2, I decided to revisit this game on Quest. Red Matter was one of the first games I bought for the Oculus Quest in 2019. It’s made by the same developers who made Daedalus. I was impressed by it back then and I’m just as impressed now nearly…
On Color
Most of my life I hid from color. I lived on the grayscale, punctuated with black. Dark color, dim light. Not to be seen. Never to stand out in a crowd. Something changed a few years ago. I started working in small accents of vivid colors here and there. A book, a pillow, a decoration….
Tiny Garden
Surrounded by concrete, stepped on by many, ignored by all but a few, this tiny garden thrives in the cap of a utility pipe.
Study Less, Think More
I tend to overspend time and attention when learning something new. When I start to explore a new problem space, I often find myself spending days or weeks taking courses, reading, watching videos, etc. This feels productive but it often isn’t. I may consume the information, but I don’t absorb the knowledge. Often, I miss…
Mom’s Ham Loaf
Today my Mom would have turned sixty-six. Last year I started a personal tradition on her birthday.
From: Education for Humans
Through reading the classics and getting acquainted to the wisdom of the past, we develop the ability to think more freely. Moreover, we can refrain from the pressure and temptations from mindlessly following the opinions of the masses. Education for Humans: The Lasting Value of the Liberal Arts – A Life of Virtue: Philosophy as…
A Stoic Approach to Fear
Seneca: A Stoic Life One of the things I admire about the Stoic philosophers is that they embodied the wisdom that they preached. Seneca, one of the … A Stoic Approach to Fear
It takes a while to say goodbye
A week before she died my mother mailed me a holiday card with a gift card to our favorite breakfast spot. I know lots of folks think gift cards are low effort presents, but for us every gift card carried with it an intension: “Let’s go there together”.