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nerdthink: December 2008
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Monday, December 8, 2008. GPS Tracking at last. So, I finally got real-time GPS tracking up and working. It took a little bit of effort, and some interesting tweaks to get my iphone to update things, but now you can see it:. If it's working correctly you should see a little google map insert with my current position (and my recent previous positions. Soon-ish this url should work: https:/ where.benjaminbernard.com. DNS servers have to be updated first). So how does this work? FastMac iV - Extended battery.
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nerdthink: Belle Pt 2
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Friday, August 15, 2014. It has been over a year since my last blog post went up. And what a year it has been. Since that blog post, Madeline and I got engaged and married, we took a honeymoon. I started a startup. With my friend Jason, and Madeline got pregnant (we are expecting the arrival of the littlest Bernard in November). I have many things to be thankful for. Book But none of this makes it any easier. Of course, if I had known then what I know now, I never would've left. I think the reason I've a...
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nerdthink: August 2014
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Friday, August 15, 2014. It has been over a year since my last blog post went up. And what a year it has been. Since that blog post, Madeline and I got engaged and married, we took a honeymoon. I started a startup. With my friend Jason, and Madeline got pregnant (we are expecting the arrival of the littlest Bernard in November). I have many things to be thankful for. Book But none of this makes it any easier. Of course, if I had known then what I know now, I never would've left. I think the reason I've a...
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nerdthink: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Inner Roleplaying and The Central Library. So my previous post has generated some amount of comments :). (And no, Tim, I never thought you were attacking persona :) ). I thought I'd respond in a post, and also include a game description for one of the games I'll be running at AmberCon NW. So, what do we need to make this more apparent? Game Description - -. Adventure / Heroic - Non-Amber. To Leaders of the Houses of Literature. Great Wordsmith of the House of Horror. Central Li...
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nerdthink: Belle
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Monday, July 29, 2013. I had a lovely companion for 9 and a half years. Our lives together ended yesterday when Belle died in her sleep at home. I'm writing this because I need to say the things I'm not saying. I'm writing this because I fear I will forget her. The feel of her coat. The inquisitive wet nose. The slight lift of her ears when she heard her name. So yes, she was not always easy to live with (especially in the 2 bedroom downtown apartment in Seattle), but she was always loving. She loved...
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nerdthink: Look to the Left, Look to the Right: Who is having fun here?
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Monday, April 5, 2010. Look to the Left, Look to the Right: Who is having fun here? The easiest form of this technique is very simple and also, in my opinion, effective. Simply ask for another player's help. Going out to investigate something? You need the taciturn warrior to accompany you, no question, what if you ran into trouble? Trying to lure the big bad out of a cave, well, the only thing is to have that barmaid turned adventurer on your arm to help you, she might know something about caves!
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nerdthink: April 2011
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Friday, April 8, 2011. Dread: Horror Roleplaying Done Right. The last game I ran at the retreat was a game of Dread. I'm really glad I did that (though it was a little last minute, when we realized that Scott was running more games than others). Dread has a fantastic mechanic! The great thing about this mechanic is that it gets everyone very tense and concentrating on the mechanic of the game, and that tension and focus transfers well to the game that is happening around the tower. Anyway, I think the ga...
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nerdthink: Cloak, Dagger, and Dragons!
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Thursday, April 8, 2010. Cloak, Dagger, and Dragons! 1 The Belly Of the Dragon. Basically, though it boils down to: if you find yourself talking about things that aren't in your grand plot, stop! Don't talk about things the players aren't supposed to do, either it convinces them not to do something (which could've happened quicker by not talking about it) or it derails the game. 2 No more secrets! First off GM secrets. In general these take the form of plot points or other things. Some. At the end of the...
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nerdthink: April 2010
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Thursday, April 8, 2010. Cloak, Dagger, and Dragons! 1 The Belly Of the Dragon. Basically, though it boils down to: if you find yourself talking about things that aren't in your grand plot, stop! Don't talk about things the players aren't supposed to do, either it convinces them not to do something (which could've happened quicker by not talking about it) or it derails the game. 2 No more secrets! First off GM secrets. In general these take the form of plot points or other things. Some. At the end of the...
