This weekend is the Heinlein Centennial, commemorating what would have been his 100th birthday.

Robert A. Heinlein’s wikipedia entry.
List of works by Robert Heinlein.

Robert and Virginia on the set of Destination Moon

I have added two images to the photography section.

The end came quickly for our ice-covered body last week. One rainstorm later and we’re back to raucous waves and starting a healthy Spring Turnover.

Speaking of which, the underwater ice probe/camera/etc tests have come to a halt for the year, or at least until perhaps December. I will post the footage here when I get some time to compress what I’ve taken so far.

One step closer to 24/7 access to our lakeside biome. Interfaces between different environments always make for the most interesting observations - they are where most of life’s activity takes place, where there is most advantage to be gained. Where water, land and air meet is chock full of diversity!

SOFTWARE UPDATE - This server software is about to be was swapped out with something less processor intensive. I have completed the install 8/1 and anticipate having the configuration done in the next day or so. THANKS for your patience!

Actually legible in browsers that recognize the PNG format, such as Mozilla and Safari. announcement: The “Intel Optimizers” have struck again. LingoSpaceExplorer has a bug on WinXP in browsers, but will run in Director. Project X RPG has its normal amount of personality, with full feature in the download version, and many capacities in the online version. (12/13/05)This site is almost completely up again, while I build out other components, pieces and parts. After a brief hiatus I am working on Inverse Game Design and Project X again, and look forward to a posting in the new year. I will be re-adding the photography page without Coppermine CMS as well since it has quirked itself out of utility. ~Bret

Middleware, Middlewhy, Middlehow This is the presentation that I use for the talk on the purpose of Middleware and also use to pitch the Maya/Lingo middleware community. Note that I don’t talk my bullets, so it is lean on text.You can view the material here.