Halo 3 Webcomics

I’m pleased to announce the official launch of “Halo 3 Webcomics”:http://halo3webcomics.com, a collective for other Halo 3 comics writers to share their stories. It’s my opinion that one of the biggest barriers to publishing a webcomic is...

Creative Commons on Photographs

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love digital media. Most of my hobbies involve something to do with the Internet in one form or another, and just recently I reworked “my photoblog”:http://photos.shamuswrites.com with a new theme and fresh photos...

Astronomical Conjunction

Did anyone get to observe the “conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter”:http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/01/venus-the-moon-and-jupiter/ “last...

Apocalyptica

Recently, a friend of mine turned me on to a band called Apocalyptica (thanks, Oboe). Long-time readers of this blog know I’m a huge fan of classical music and not such a huge fan of most forms of popular music. Being a musician myself, I’m rather...

HowTo: Install Ghostscript on MediaTemple

I thought I’d go ahead and describe the process for installing Ghostscript on a MediaTemple (dv) server, especially since I’ve already got one reader who would like to see it. Use your favorite shell client to log on to your (mt) account as root. I use...