Category Archives: Articles

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A Mental Road Trip of Two Tragedies

Posted on 2/21/2018 by Ziggy

To the people of the United States of America, Every time I hear outcry over the tragedy of a school shooting, it reminds me about self-driving cars. Yes, the road is a bit long, but I’m prepared to do all … Continue reading →

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The density of Plutonium

Posted on 11/6/2017 by Ziggy

I noticed that the density numbers were missing from the Plutonium isotope pages on Wikipedia. If we take the Pu244 density of 19.816 g/cm3 from the wikipedia page as veracious, the other isotope densities are easy to derive. Since the chemical … Continue reading →

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Civilizations, Barbarians, and City States

Posted on 9/17/2017 by Toad

Introduction Ever played the Civilization series? Maybe Endless Legend? If not, these are both examples of what are often called “4X Games“: they’re turn-based strategy games focused on “exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination”. This sort of game can also be … Continue reading →

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GR:SO post-mortem

Posted on 5/12/2017 by Ziggy

Hey, Paul Spooner here, doing an animation post-mortem of the Good Robot: Space Opera AMV I made. How it Began The ground was laid for the project in mid-september 2013. Shamus Young had just started working on a 2d shmup game … Continue reading →

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Parenting Philosophy

Posted on 3/28/2017 by Ziggy

I have ranted before about raising children, but I figured I’d post this more concise crystalization. First, Anna and I are both fundamentalist Bible-believing Christians, and that (hopefully) guides our aims and methods. So, you’re going to have to translate … Continue reading →

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Pondermull Campaign

Posted on 3/22/2017 by Ziggy

Back in 2010-2011 I ran a D&D campaign. It was my first real attempt at “doing it right” and I feel like I learned a lot in the process. Most of those lessons you can find elsewhere, and I certainly … Continue reading →

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Composite VTOL

Posted on 1/28/2017 by Ziggy

Our aerospace industry could be more efficient if we built airplanes in two pieces, a take-off tug that did launch assist for a long-range mission core. Details in this report: http://www.tryop.com/Innovation/CompositeVTOL.pdf Or just read the text below

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Planet by Oskar, Now with Saves and Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on 9/18/2016 by Ziggy

Oskar Stålberg wrote this lovely little piece of software which he titled his “Polygonal Planet Project”. Unfortunately, it had no keyboard shortcuts or save/load functionality… so Dru hacked it in! It’s currently a single-file “quicksave” sort of functionality, but it seems … Continue reading →

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Principles of Animation

Posted on 7/19/2016 by Ziggy

There are a classic set of “Twelve Principles of Animation” which some Disney guys came up with based on their experiences, and by all accounts they have held up fairly well. What I’d like to do here is explore the … Continue reading →

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The Bible and IP

Posted on 6/9/2016 by Ziggy

I have already endeavored to examine (and dismantle) the logical foundations of the idea of Intellectual Property, but before this writing the religious justification or refutation has gone largely untouched. For this study I will be sourcing exclusively from the … Continue reading →

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