For the last few years i’ve written an online adventure game that follows the theme of the annual Iowa ICON science fiction convention. The first one was a text adventure like Zork, then the following year I upped the ante by adding static graphics. This year the adventure includes animation – it moves! I’ve built these games both to it’s bigger on the inside…
Recently I’ve decided to write a series of posts to share stories about some, if not all, of the many cars, motorcycles, and boats that I have had the experience of owning. To kick things off allow me to talk about “Old Blue”, a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500, and my first car. My birthday is toward the end of it’s bigger on the inside…
One summer Sunday, when I was around 13 or 14, my parents took me to a picnic where a group of their childhood friends had gathered. Being the only person there under 40, and being at an age where angst comes easily, I spent the first hour or two wishing I was anywhere else while silently juggling it’s bigger on the inside…
It’s been a while coming, but I finally made the jump to using someone else’s blogging software. Building your own tools is fun, but it’s far too easy to get caught in the cobbler’s children trap, leaving barefoot webpages all about the site. I’ve added a few (edited) posts from previous incarnations of howardkeep, just it’s bigger on the inside…
Up until recently I thought that I didn’t like pumpkin pie. Sure, every turkey day or Christmas I’d eat a slice, but that was primarily out of politeness because somebody went to the trouble of bringing it. What changed for me was when Barb and I hosted the family Thanksgiving dinner a couple years ago, it’s bigger on the inside…
1992: Compaq releases the Concerto, the first modern tablet computer. It had a detachable keyboard, stylus, and ran a special version of Windows for tablets. Despite winning design awards, the product failed to catch on with the public and was soon discontinued. 2012: After years of research, Microsoft announces the Surface, their first it’s bigger on the inside…
David Lowery of Cracker fame once labeled pets as “little grief time bombs.” We take them into our homes, give them love, and then, just when you forget they’re mortal, Boom! goes the grief bomb. Our latest grief bomb went off this fall when we had to say goodbye to our Mouser after 11 years, it’s bigger on the inside…
Back in March of 2001 I was in Orlando to present a paper at the annual Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference. When I heard there was going to be a shuttle launch that week I rented a car, drove over to Cape Canaveral, and witnessed something that I’ll never forget. So, in honor it’s bigger on the inside…
Where have the last few months gone? It’s not like we’ve been busy or anything… well, there was the new house – and getting ready for the wedding – and work – and the wedding itself – and the honeymoon – and catching up on work, again. So, it’s time to post some news. And it’s bigger on the inside…
Just watched the first private flight into space as the Rutan SpaceShipOne flew to over 100km. I’ve been waiting for this flight since the 1970’s and my days with the L5 Society. Maybe my dream of changing careers to interplanetary truck driver aren’t so dead after all. Here’s hoping my dad and Bob Heinlein got good it’s bigger on the inside…