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To sculpt like the Egyptians

As a web developper, everything I create is obsolete after a few years. I wanted to learn how to do something that would last: bas-relief sculpture in limestone. I imagined this to be easier than full-fledged sculpting, and therefore a more realistic goal.

A real house made miniature

Photos, memory and approximation Google Street View image 3 July 2017 — First exploratory 3D model using satellite images from Google, Bing and Apple maps. Modelled in SketchUp Pro 4 July 2017 — First attempts to determine the correct volume. A one-inch grid kept things simple while guessing proportions

Total Eclipse

Our high-school rock band Total Eclipse: Justin Stahlman, Tom Wooldridge, Jason Johannes, Dave Spalsbury and Nathan Meckel, 1989-1990.

Sly Buddah

Scott Hubbell (bass), Justin Hanson (drums), Schon Thacker (guitar) and Justin Stahlman (vocals). Sly Buddah played shows in Kansas and Nebraska in 1991.

Black Orchid

Former members of Nightone Drama, Schon Thacker, Shawn McKenna and Justin Stahlman added drummer Tom Wooldridge and created the album Diversify.

Nightone Drama

Schon Thacker (guitar), Justin Stahlman (vocals), Rod Howard (guitar), Shawn McKenna (bass), Justin Hanson (drums). Album "Midnight Theatrics"

“Content” or ad blockers are the latest challenge to profitable publishing on the Internet

This is a collection of articles and blog posts about the coming “nuclear winter” for online content if we can’t find a way to compensate publishers and creators. A way off the ranch April 1, 2016 — Doc Searls Once we were human, and now we

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, you are the giant in Jack & the Beanstalk game

Ludum Dare 33 live blog of compo #LD33 #LDJAM 21:00 — 21 August, 2015 #LD33 theme: You are the monster Results from the Ludum Dare 33 Voting. #LDJAM pic.twitter.com/wzAaTj1H81 — Ludum Dare (@ludumdare) 22 Août 2015 This game source code on GitHub 22:21

In the 80s, we learned more about computers at summer camp than at university

Barton County Community College Cougar Computer Camp (BCCCCCC) In a world without cell phones, in a time before the Internet or e-mail, in an age of floppy disks (and let's be clear, we're talking about the 5 1/4" floppies, not those 3.5&

Song From The Big List(s) — The VS-880 user group's five CD compilation

In the early days of the web there was a user group for musicians who bought the Roland VS-880 digital audio workstation (DAW). According to a posting I found, members Rick Knepper at Wasted Potential Productions and Bill Lieske at EMR made the compilation possible. If I remember correctly,

Below the Root: A story, a computer game and my lifelong obsession

This 1984 computer game inspired my art and made me want to be a programmer The original box cover that contained the diskettes, map and manual. Another great example of how video-game art in the 80s never looked like the game. The back of the box usually showed some

Ange Terrestre : the origins of Earth Angel

A child's world without words The first ideas that eventually led to the Ange Terrestre animated cartoon character date back to around 1997. After making the cartoon comic strip Mr. Invader for the Kansas State Collegian newspaper, I wanted to do something new and mysterious. Mr. Invader didn&

Le Robot Rebelle

Le Robot Rebelle or Rebel Robot is a cartoon character and story I created between 1998 and 2002. These sketches and videos show the early ideas and evolution. In one sketch of ideas I wrote the name of the metal band « Voivod ». On March 4, 2003 Voivod came

History will be forgotten by future space travellers

O'Neill Cylinder interior provides a 20-mile vista. Children born here would think it totally normal to have "upside down" land areas overhead. Painting by Rick Guidice courtesy of NASA. Even if we survive extinction, our history might not be preserved Evidence suggests all Mayan cities

The Sacred Lamps

The game A guy on a flying carpet has to get the three lamps in the cave and deliver them to Princess Rozel. Version 1.0 Sacred Lamps is a HTML5 remake originally written on the Apple II in 1990 when I was 15 or 16. It uses the ImpactJS