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Yearly Archives: 2010
Life after Life…
I have been watching Caprica lately and the main concept that really intrigues me is the concept of Life after death by being digitally copied into a virtual world. Thinking about this concept brings about some fundamental flaws, though the … Continue reading
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The SCA and Funding – A Personal Opinion.
A fair few months ago there was a discussion amongst those in Politarchopolis about whether we should be and how we should be making money for the group to proceed with our current hall hire. It seems that there were … Continue reading
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Fixing a ‘Whoopsie’ in Pewter…
With my latest batch of Commissioned Tokens I stupidly added a feature that was not meant to be there. This was rather annoying and very embarrassing. Luckily with pewter being so soft it is such a simple thing to fix. … Continue reading
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Volunteering and Delegation in the SCA – A personal opinion
I find volunteering in the SCA quite rewarding at times, but it can also be a very stressful experience and one that drives people to avoid it. In the SCA it can be very hit and miss with some people running … Continue reading
The Android experiment.
So it’s been quite some time since I updated this blog and a lot has happened to me in that time. I finally managed to get myself out of a huge depressive downward spiral of destruction by getting a job. … Continue reading
Are you on the Dark side or the Light side?
I’ve been wondering these last few days if there is a definite correlation between whether you are a day time website browser and a night time website browser as to what sort of website colour schemes appeal to you, Dark … Continue reading
Turning Back Time…
What would I have done differently if I were part of the founding members of Crossroads? During a discussion a few weeks ago I was asked what I would do differently and whether I would consider a different business model … Continue reading
Only Five Months in the Hotseat…
As some of you are aware I was until recently the Chairman of The Crossroads Co-op, a wonderful dream by a group of medievalists to create a place to provide an educational centre for medieval and living history studies. The … Continue reading
A list of unfinished but unforgotten projects.
I have been very slack with my pewter work over the last 6-8 months and as such I have gotten a little behind. In order to attempt to get back on track I’m publishing the list of pending jobs in … Continue reading
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Trying to work out what I like about Pewter Casting…
…’Cause it really is not the actual casting bit. I’m finding the actual casting of these current tokens very frustrating. I would really like to know from other casters out there what the failure rate on your casts are, cause … Continue reading
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Couldn’t cop the heat…
Well… As it has been pointed out to me plaster can’t seem to cop the heat needed to be casting more than about 20 tokens. I’m sure that the size of the tokens and the size of the button required … Continue reading
Composite cast and casting chaos
Over the last week I have been scrambling to get a mould made that was a little beyond my carving skill. The design provided was within my skill level, however the request was for a double sided token with wording … Continue reading
A Griffin for the Populace.
Having just found the brilliant piece of software InkScape. I have been going nuts converting lots of things to Scalable Vector Graphics. Just thought I would share one with all of those Polit SCA Members who read this Blog. “Right … Continue reading
Syridian’s look at Modern Industrial Society.
I’m beginning to have a growing fear of the way modern industrial society is heading. The more and more I see of the way society is dealing with people the more and more I become scared that it is spiralling … Continue reading
Does Facebook’s social networking enable less sociallising?
I recently came to the conclusion that I spend too much time using so called Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and even friends personal blogs for the purpose of keeping in touch with what friends and family are … Continue reading
The cleanout starts – Electronics.
The following items are on offer reasonably cheaply. Feel free to make a reasonable offer, no offer will offend, however they may be rejected. ;) 6 Month old LG 32″ full HD1080 LCD TV. (Want $800.) 4 Month old LG … Continue reading
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An Escape.
I need an escape from life… I have come to the conclusion that I own far to much stuff, and even more junk or PUJ as my Dad calls it (Potentially Useful Junk). The thing is this PUJ and junk … Continue reading
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Period Archery – My First Published Document.
Woohoo!!! I’m so excited, I have just published my first Period Archery document, hopefully it’ll be used world-wide to help people with their Period Archery. OK, So that might be a little over enthusiastic. The document I’m talking about is … Continue reading
Discussion versus Participation.
Over the last few months I have heard a number of people from different aspects of my involvement in both the SCA and Crossroads insist that discussion should be open to all and easily accessible. I can see why they … Continue reading
Token #(Hmmm, can’t remember…)
The token I was having so much difficulty with. As you can see the technique I described below doesn’t completely stop the artefacts, however to completely get rid of those I need to control the temperatures and humidity a lot … Continue reading
