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:: Saturday, June 15, 2002 ::

I just found out (thanks Mooselessness) that Wizards of the Coast, the makers of Dungeons and Dragons, are having a contest for a new campaign world. A total of $120,000 will go to the winning designer. The winner will also have a better chance to get future work accepted.
A former editor at WoTC, Ryan Dancy, gives a few hints on what they may be looking for and things that will hurt your chances.
The deadline for the entries one page spec sheets) is 6-21-02. Not a lot of time. I'll spend some time thinking about it and maybe try entering something. Why not? Absolutely nothing to lose.
:: Barly 11:09 AM [+] ::
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Just watched Poland demolish USA at the world cup. The US advances anyway. They play Mexico on monday at 2:30 AM EST.

Carved my first stamp for letterboxing yesterday. Nothing special but at least it's not store bought. I need to pick up a journal and a compass.
:: Barly 10:19 AM [+] ::
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I read an article in the Hartford Advocate about letterboxing. It is an activity that combines hiking, art, clues, and a few other things that I am forgetting right now. It began in England about 150 years ago and apparrently it is really catching on here in North America.

Basically, someone places a waterproof container in a hiding place, usually somewhat hidden, and then gives clues to its location. Inside the box is a rubber stamp (usually hand carved) and a log book. The finder of the box stamps his/her own logbook with the stamp in the box. They also stamp the logbook in the box with their own personal stamp.

After a few days of racking my brain, I think I have come up with a design for my personal stamp. The difficulty is finding something somewhat appropriate to me and making it easy enough for me (with zero artistic ability) to carve.

There are many websites devoted to this activity but here is one of the biggest. It has how to's, testimonials, and clues grouped by state. Who would have guessed that my state, Connecticut, has the most letterboxes.

Also here is an article from an April 1998 issue of Smithsonian Magazine the reportedly really sparked the surge in popularity here in the US.

Discuss Letterboxing


:: Barly 11:08 AM [+] ::
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Well, I'm back.
Here's an article that talks about the threat of debris from space vehicles raining down onpeople's heads. Many scientists want to put a black box in spacecraft that will give them more information about reentry.
My question is; isn't there a chance the black box could land on someone's head?

Barly
Discuss Black boxes in space


:: Barly 6:50 AM [+] ::
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