By Jim on February 24, 2011
Dark, morbid, and lovely. http://vimeo.com/17914974
Posted in General | Tagged animation, dark fiction, video |
By Jim on February 21, 2011
This is a good—and quick—video from one of WordPress’ core developers about mistakes he’s made with the platform. If you use WordPress and especially if you do any kind of development, it’s an interesting look at some things to avoid.
Posted in WordPress | Tagged Andrew Nacin, WordCamp |
By Jim on February 17, 2011
I started the game below quite a while back via the Chess.com application for Facebook and ultimately won the game on time. Now, after a long break, I’m back to playing some chess again and Chess.com has a new feature to finish a game against the computer. So, just for kicks I finished the game [...]
Posted in Chess | Tagged Chess.com, Online Chess |
By Jim on February 15, 2011
[Crossposted at Stillhaven Farms.] When Liz and I bought and started our farm several years ago, I don’t know that I ever really expected to truly become the farmer type. What I mean by that is, I’m a bit of a geek—y’know, kind of the way a Hershey’s bar is made with a bit of [...]
Posted in Agriculture | Tagged farming, perspective |
By Jim on February 14, 2011
This year’s crop of photos of our animals playing in the snow.
Posted in Gallery | Tagged Animals, horses, pets, winter |
By Jim on February 14, 2011
Photos from Christmas 2010.
Posted in Gallery | Tagged Christmas |
By Jim on February 14, 2011
Our very photogenic puppy enjoying the wrappings and presents of her first family holiday.
Posted in Gallery | Tagged Athena, pets |
By Jim on February 14, 2011
We slipped our bonds and escaped across the dunes. The distant sound of crashing waves drew us westward. We ran for everything we were worth, fear and desperation driving us on. We never saw our captors. We never knew where — or what — they were. What we knew during our captivity was only confusion [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, science fiction |
By Jim on February 14, 2011
“Did you see that?” Amanda said. She pulled her bike off to the shoulder and waited for Sarah to join her. “See what?” Sarah asked. She distractedly brushed a lock of hair from her eyes. “Those birds.” Amanda gestured at the flock now residing in a nearby tree. A moment before they had been in [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged weird fiction |
By Jim on February 11, 2011
Posted in General | Tagged humor, xkcd |
