Penguicon Photos! Friday April 28, 2006

I've been too busy to post my own photos of the event, but fortunately others have posted theirs. Check out Combat Camera Studios first -- it's a nice, two-page gallery with some commentary (it looks best in IE, but that may change now that I've pestered them about it.) If… Read more

Schlock Readers Shoot Mosquitos With Lasers Monday March 16, 2009

It's true. Schlock readers Dr. Jordin Kare and Tom Nugent are doing research into shooting mosquitos with lasers. The Wall Street Journal bills them as "Rocket Scientists," but to me they're just these really cool guys who let me work on the plumbing for their water-cooled laser back in 2007.… Read more

Pumpkin Of Doom Thursday November 1, 2007

Schlocker M. Grand carved a Schlock-themed pumpkin, and sent me this photo this morning. I am amazed. I've never worried that a pumpkin was going to actually unleash hot plasma at me, not until today... Read more

Wall o' Postcards: Final Update Tuesday March 11, 2008

Thank you, everyone, for your generosity on my birthday. According to the final tally, I received three hundred and twenty-three postcards for my birthday. As you can see, they wrapped from the top of the stairs in the picture on the right, around to the first wall I started posting… Read more

Wednesday September 14, 2011

Comic-Con: Day 1 epilogue Thursday July 20, 2006

Here's a quick photo of the BLC booth, 5 minutes after the mean lady on the PA system told all the attendees to scram. Yes, that's Dave Kellett, expounding something or another to a rapt attendee. David Willis is seated, wearing an orange shirt that cleverly matches our booth. Kris… Read more

Because Kittens Monday October 28, 2013

When Life magazine ran a bunch of science photos from the previous century I perused the collection with delight, and then the last one (#37 in the stack of 37) really spoke to me.  The caption suggested that scientists in the 1950's were pretty desperate to understand how microgravity environments… Read more

Oh, Okay. Here's a Picture Tuesday October 10, 2006

Here's a photo of me with Amira Sa'id in her Slave Leia outfit, courtesy of Amira Sa'id. Still no video though. Maybe I'll dodge that bullet after all... Read more

The Great Office Remodel of 2009 - A Flickr Tour Tuesday June 9, 2009

One of the hardest lessons to learn in any business is when to do something yourself, and when to subcontract it, or outsource it, or otherwise partner with someone else in order to finish the job. There are two object lessons in this blog post. The first and most obvious… Read more

Penguicon 5.0: Day 1 Addenda - Orvan the Ox Thursday April 26, 2007

Today is Thursday -- the events I'm journaling are a week in the past. I just got an email from Paul "Vakko" Neubauer with a link to his Penguicon photos, and I am featured prominently. Why? Because Paul's alter-ego, Orvan the Ox, was running around with Jay Maynard making ACME… Read more

Just to prove I can do it... Tuesday July 22, 2008

... here is a picture I took last night as I drove towards Las Vegas. The crepuscular rays were much more pronounced in person. I blame the camera phone. In order to get this photo onto the web I needed to 1) mail the picture to my gmail account, 2)… Read more

Comic-Con: Day 2 Friday July 21, 2006

The convention began in earnest today. And I only have one complaint: the lady who does the announcements over the PA is an absolute harridan. She is capable of being nice and announcerly, but when things aren't going her way, she will yell into the microphone. I'm considering having her… Read more

Working in Black And White Friday February 8, 2008

I've got a t-shirt design for you to look at. We'll open pre-orders on this next week. It's not quite ready to go yet, because we haven't created the "Schlock Mercenary" screen for the back of the shirt, but what you're looking at is the final design for the front.… Read more

July 08, 2003 Tuesday July 8, 2003

Photo by Kieta A picture says a thousand words. My entrys average about 300 words, so I think this means I'm off the hook for the next three letters. Read more

November 23, 2003 Sunday November 23, 2003

Howard sits in his New Space In the above photo my workspace is actually far from complete. In my next update I'll post a shot from the inside, and show off some of the goodies I've arranged since moving in. The best part about having two functioning PCs in the… Read more

The Krielstone Pizza Delivery Guy Saturday November 24, 2007

You may recall the default-pose Krielstone bearer I painted (2nd picture in that post) early this year. Well, he's got competition. This is a conversion: I started with the same model (and one of his partners, the stone scribes), shaved the hands off the stone, and mounted the stone on… Read more

You unlocked a drawing, I drew a comic Monday January 14, 2013

When I promised I'd draw Jay Lake kicking cancer's ass I didn't realize that my inner storyteller was going to demand not just a kick, but a beginning, a middle, and an end. And an all-star cast of characters. But that's what got demanded, and that's what I decided to… Read more

So much to blog, so little time... Thursday April 5, 2007

There are about a million* things I need to say about this last week's trip. I've got photos to post, people to thank, and plugs to shout out. I'll try to get to it all in the next couple of days, but while I'm getting to it there's OTHER stuff… Read more

Fruits of One Night's Painting Saturday January 21, 2012

Okay, I'm awake again. Last night at 10pm I felt a little bit like I was already coming off of an all-nighter, when the truth of the matter was that I was about to start one. From 10pm until 5am I painted miniatures with fellow fig-painting hobbyists Ryan, Jason, Joseph,… Read more

Fan Art: The Ceramic Plasgun Monday January 23, 2006

I got some photos, complete with an explanatory email message... Hi! I'm a fan of Schlock Mercenary, I go by sirgimpofbaath on the Nightstar forums. I made Schlock's BH-209i in Ceramics class, and although the glaze is chipping, I think it came out rather well. Thanks for the awesome comic.… Read more