December 12, 2020
"I'm just making this up as I go"
"Now that his retirement is imminent, we must start working on a festschrift for our distinguished colleague Prof Henry Walton 'Indiana' Jones, Jr., provisionally titled 'You Call This Archaeology?'. Submit chapter proposals here"
A Twitter thread by Almost Archaeology. [more inside]
A Twitter thread by Almost Archaeology. [more inside]
Kiss An Angel Good Morning: Charley Pride 1934-2020
1971 Country Music Entertainer of the Year Charley Pride has died at age 86 from covid-19 complications. [more inside]
I Was Alone in a Canoe. But It Was a Magic Canoe
Rest in Peace Wa’xaid, Cecil Paul. Wa, for river; xaid for good. Good River. Cecil Paul, he of the Killer Whale Clan of the Xenaksiala people of the Haisla Nation of the Kitlope Valley.Wa’xaid had an enormous influence on conservation efforts on the British Columbia coast, and was a recently inducted Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society as recipient of the Louie Kamookak medal, and authored the 2019 memoir, Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid (excerpt). Wa'xaid passed away on December 3rd, 2020 at the age of 90.
Velvet Underground Redux -- Live MCMXCIII
No Fairytale Ending
Unexpected indie success stories grab people's attention, but more often than not, games are released without anyone noticing (Vice). Patrick Klepek talks to the devs of Ray’s the Dead (PS4/PC), a crowdfunded game that spent seven years in development and released to a lukewarm reception.
“And I asked my father if he would build me a dolls’ house....”
In The Guardian, by the author Kate Mascarenhas: 'Dad was an alcoholic, and violent and destructive with it. But when I was nine, he painstakingly created a thing of beauty, which I have kept to this day.'
Dole-Bayh turns 40
"It might have been simpler and quicker and cheaper to build a new boat"
"Hi. My name's Leo, and I'm a boat builder and a sailor, and I'm on a mission to rebuild and restore this 110-year-old classic sailing yacht, Tally Ho." Over 3 years and 87 episodes (and counting), Leo Sampson Goolden and an ever-changing team of volunteers have documented the process of tearing down the old keel and deck, raising money by piloting and building other boats, milling live oak and casting bronze, and explaining what all the words mean. One man’s mission to save a historic ship built a digital community
Friends of fairies wear boots too.
A welcome warm story about real life fairies and their environs. I just stumbled on this heartwarming twitter thread about fairy life... [more inside]
LitRPG
What is LitRPG and why does it exist? When MMOs become fantasy novels, stats and all. As Wikipedia puts it: "LitRPG, short for Literary Role Playing Game, is a literary genre combining the conventions of computer RPGs with science-fiction and fantasy novels... [I]n LitRPG, games or game-like challenges form an essential part of the story, and visible RPG statistics... are a significant part of the reading experience... Typically, the main character in a LitRPG novel is consciously interacting with the game or game-like world and attempting to progress within it." Below the fold is a bit about the few LitRPG stories I've read part or all of so far: Azarinth Healer, Delve, Skyclad, Vainqueur The Dragon and The Wandering Inn. [more inside]
Ibex Climbing
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