Yellowstone: The Living Laboratory

As someone with an interest in geology (and other ‘Earth’ oriented sciences), a recent article about Yellowstone caught my eye. One published account is: Yellowstone will blow again – no telling when. To see, study, observe and analyze geology in motion is tremendously fascinating. Equally intrigueing, from a social perspective, is that many leap to [...]

Breakfast with Beakman

Saturday, September 20, 2003, my wife and I attended Science Central’s Breakfast with Beakman. From the hit “Children’s” saturday morning science show, Paul Zaloom (Beakman’s real name) presented a fine show that made for fun entertainment. The only thing that bothered me was the kids. Many of them had that bored, arrogant, this-is-so-simple-it’s-beneath-me attitude, unwilling [...]

Sample Interactive Fiction posting

The other day I wrote a little about Interactive Fiction. For fun I decide to include a sample post. If you are curious, click the ‘Continue reading’ link.

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Interactive Fiction

After a year hiatis, finally I am returning to one of most favorite things: interactive fiction. Although often labeled games, many are very free-flowing and open-ended, few rules tying one down. My favorite, which has quite the history, is Araulmor.

Life forced me into the lengthy leave, but now it is allowing me to return. [...]