Expanding My House In Minecraft
I explain the process I used to relieve my living area of its cramped wolf problem, and discuss some aesthetic choices in wood building.
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Not Feeling Well
by Matthew Presser March 2, 2011I was going to post an interesting story on a cave I discovered in Minecraft tonight, but I feel as though I’ve started coming down with a bug. I think it might be the flu that’s been going around again (I thought we were out of flu season?) so I’ve been stuck in bed all ... -
5-card Flickr Story
For some reason, when I made my 5-card Flickr Story, it didn’t give me the option to embed it in my blog. So here’s the link. http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/show.php?id=23921 -
A Few Days With Erlang
by Matthew Presser February 25, 2011Day 1 Sam: I started the first day by reading the first half or so of the chapter on Erlang in “Seven Languages in Seven Weeks”. I noted some interesting facts about the language, such as that it powers Facebook’s chat. I think I told every one of my friends about that for the next ... -
A Few Days With Erlang
by Matthew Presser February 25, 2011Day 1 Sam: I started the first day by reading the first half or so of the chapter on Erlang in “Seven Languages in Seven Weeks”. I noted some interesting facts about the language, such as that it powers Facebook’s chat. I think I told every one of my friends about that for the next ... -
Why I hate WordPress
Bloat. Jim has forced me to switch over to WordPress for the duration of the course, but I won’t go quietly. From the moment I opened up the control panel, I didn’t know what was going on. I was hit from every direction with customizable features such as widgets, themes, and sidebar content. Just what ... -
Minimalist Movie Poster — 2001: A Space Odyssey
This is a design assignment I chose for my Digital Storytelling class. My favorite movie of all time by far. Considered to be one of the greatest movie villains of all time, the HAL-9000's camera eye is very iconic within the film... -
Repartitioning
Or, "How I destroyed months of work, pictures, music, and my level-headedness." I know I've been inactive for a while, and it's mostly been because I've been afraid to blog about how much I hate not being able to blog about... -
"It’s a Bag of Gold!"
"What part of that don't you understand?" In Gardner Campbell's talk on "Digital Facelifts," he discusses ow the digital medium for learning is analogous to the printing press. I agree wholeheartedly with this, ... -
More Features
As I'm sure you'll be able to see, I've added a Twitter feed to the "Cool Stuff" portion of the sidebar. This was easy enough, as Googling "add twitter to my site" immediately led me (read "I followed the first r... -
Introduction
A little about me. (The back cover of Rush's 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure) This is my life. Grace Under Pressure. "To live between a rock and a hard place" ("Between the Wheels", Rush) would be an u... -
Comments!
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Site Progress
by Matthew Presser January 19, 2011The most important parts of the site are now working. Future functionality: comments! Links! Other cool stuff! Maybe some Minecraft! -
Test Post
by Matthew Presser January 19, 2011Testing out the capabilities of my home-brewed blog. Cross your fingers, here it goes...
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