Out of the Blue

Author: theazureshadow

  • Dandelion Pantheon

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    We went to Seaside, Oregon for the Fourth of July fireworks display, and a surprising number of my pictures turned out well. I felt in the mood to string words together in a pretty manner, so I wrote interesting descriptions. It ended up taking a somewhat absurdist turn somewhere in there, but I like it.…

  • Correction

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    Okay. I admit that it was silly of me to claim that it would be difficult to one-up myself. I just did.

  • Chess Sculpture

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    I have been stacking chess pieces for years, ever since 7th grade chess club (or did I start that in 6th grade? I can\’t remember). Until today, they were rather simple stacks, rooks on rooks with kings or queens at the top, and the tried-and-true four-knight-rook base. But after today, I will have a difficult…

  • Exeunt Omnes, by Roger Zelazny

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    Houselights low. The Reapers and Nymphs danced as the bombs began to fall. Prospero faced Ferdinand. \”You do look, my son, in a mov\’d sort, as if you were dismay\’d. Be cheerful, sir, our revels now are ended. These our actors, as I fortold you, were all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin…

  • Hand Drawn Chess

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    After eating dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery downtown, Josh and I went to Maccaroni Grill for dessert. This was the highlight of the evening, yet strangely not simply because of the absolute tastiness. Maccaroni Grill offers its patrons a paper tablecloth and crayons, whether they are in their swaddling clothes or whether their hair…

  • Aim Relay Bot

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    Just to warn you people, there\’s a bot out there that IMs two random people with the initial message \”i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?\”, then relays their messages to each other. So, you have two people talking to each other through an intermediary screen name, both of which think that the…

  • Links and news

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    In Mars news, it looks like there may be standing pools of water on Mars. If this is confirmed, it might shake a long-held perspective that liquid water on the surface is impossible due to Mars\’s thin atmosphere. Weta Workshop, the people who did the physical effects (costumes, armaments, etc) for the Lord of the…

  • Photos from the Mackenzie

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    Come now, what is this? Two picture posts in a row? I just returned from a four-day family trip to Central Oregon. Most of these pictures were taken on a bike ride with my dad on the McKenzie River. It was a nice trail ride, without too many rocks and roots to bother us, and…

  • To San Francisco for the Purpose of Visiting Nathan

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    I just got back from visiting Nathan in San Francisco with Sarah and Aaron. I won\’t make a full post right now, because I feel like sleeping, but I\’ll post the pictures. Most of them are on Flickr, as always, but I\’ll put a couple here. They\’re mostly from downtown San Francisco: [ See all…

  • xkcd Talk

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    xkcd author Randall Munroe gives a talk at MIT. The pictures are awesome: Those who follow xkcd will appreciate the raptors that stalked him and the playpen balls that were scattered about: Among the dinosaurs that menaced xkcd artist Randall Munroe during his lecture at MIT were a pair of radio-controlled velociraptors that occupied a…