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Teacher (Professor), tinkerer, game designer, artist, and perpetual beginner. I teach game design and creative coding (and currently serve as Department Chair) in the Department of Design and Creative Technology at The College of New Jersey.
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Day 21 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, clothes for a tiny human. The label says these have been handed down for generations.

A pair of OshKosh B'gosh baby's overalls, closeup on the label, which says "Made in U.S.A."

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Day 20 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, houseplant, parts thriving, parts barely hangin’ on.

Photo of a snake plant in a large terra cotta pot with a couple leaves bright green and tall, and a couple brown and drooping.

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Day 18 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, portico but the roof is the sky.

Photo of three evergreen trees and a blue sky with some clouds.

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Day 17 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, still early days.

Photo of a stack of books with "Everyone Poops" book on top, with toddler's feet pictured to the right.

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Day 16 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, someone, somewhere could use these Scrabble tiles on the road.

Photo of Scrabble game tiles scattered on a road next to a red car.

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(Belated) Day 15 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, trying to practice patience a month after a move and still living out of boxes.

Photo of clothes hanging over the edge of a cardboard box, with a mirror showing a pile of clothes on a bed.

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Day 14 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, Manhattan from St George on Staten Island, with ample view of the horizon.

Photo of Manhattan from Staten Island, with water and a ferry in the center

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Day 13 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, I’m puzzed by the design decision that created a connection between these two physical interfaces.

Photo of car dashboard with clock setting and miles-per-hour and kilometers-per-hour setting buttons

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Day 12 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, a shiny treat from a wonderful colleague.

Photograph of a Toblerone chocolate bar in its wrapping on top of an open notebook

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Day 11 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, features this gimcrackin’ combo in our new place.

Photograph of a gaudy lightswitch plate with an U.S. flag sticker on the wall above it.

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Day 10 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, ritual doesn’t get more accurate than this for in-office days, post-lunch. This mug was a gift from a former student. Remember everyone, You Are Special!

Coffee mug featuring a rendering of Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers) on a desk with bookshelves in the background.

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Day 9 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, birdwatching together with my two favorite earthlings.

Adult and toddler in a field looking up at a tree.

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For day 8 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, the prompt, walk, made me think of all the ways that COVID changed how I move through the world. I looked for evidence/remnants today and here’s what came out.

Photograph of Target store drive-up order pickup sign, tipped over on the pavement

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Day 7 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, not much whole about our still-recently-moved-into place, but here’s a window sill completely full of plants thanks to my better half.

Plants in a line covering a window sill

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Day 6 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, features my podiatrist’s office with an old school X-Ray that resulted from engineering and manufacturing in my hometown.

X-Ray Machine mounted on wall

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Day 5 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, this retro-amazing not-exactly-tile in the kitchen in our new townhome.

Photograph of laminate flooring with floral pattern in kitchen

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Day 4 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, Nyanko-Sensei has been hanging on to this zipper for years and is still going strong.

Closeup of backpack with charm of cartoon cat eating sushi attached

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Day 3 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, seconds of solitude in some hot chocolate and aftermath of toddler dinner.

Photograph of bamboo-top dining table, mug with spoon inside of it, and a mess of yogurt on the edge of the table.

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Day 2 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge, woke up to foggy weather.

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Day 1 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge is a cheat because it’s an app screenshot but damn if that Panera app’s bag icon doesn’t read to me as a lock every time. Order “secure”d!

iPhone screenshot of Panera app with bag icon visible

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Day 1 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging challenge is a cheat because it’s an app screenshot but damn if that Panera app ‘dhbag icon doesn’t read to me as a lock every time. Order “secure”d!

iPhone screenshot of Panera app's bag icon that looks like a padlock

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A Day in the Life, 2022-10-14 08:57:54, Fall Colors at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

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@manton Fair enough! I'll give my extra e-book to someone who'd appreciate it 😄

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@manton Any way to order just the physical book? I have the ebook through the Kickstarter campaign already.

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October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 31: Home

First mail for the new family member feels like home.

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October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 30: Red

A surreal Saturday morning waiting room experience at Walmart Auto Center. Lots of reds mixed with some casual misogyny.

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@jean One of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen. Also weirdly hyper local. One patch of grass, nothing; the next one over, hundreds of them.

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@manton thanks! I’m not a premium subscriber and I understand that things take time, so I hope this came off as a “would be nice” feature request.

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@manton thanks! Any thoughts about my question of optionally including more than one quote/highlight per post? That seems like a micro.blog interface change rather than an API thing.

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@mroutley I just watched the video demo-ing the bookmarks feature (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfYPcZnJ7sM). Is there a way to create a new post with all of the highlights from an article, or is it only able to do per-highlight posts?

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@pimoore @keithpound @ptrck Thanks all! Hard to believe such a place exists.

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@danielpunkass the last one I made was only in the fridge for 36 hours. Not as good. Will have to remember to forget.

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@crossingthethreshold any resources you’d recommend for learning how to play? I can’t seem to get over the hump!

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@crossingthethreshold I’m enjoying this aspect of the challenge too! Probably 2/3 of my posts have been past photos :)

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@vasta thanks! I was amazed to find all the documents intact. Must be at least 70 years old. Happy baking!

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@jackyalcine and then so many little things throughout were given new meaning and made more sense. Love this series!

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@macgenie I miss having these guys, but I never had two and this makes me a little sad for my pigs past. Cute photo :)

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@vincent Depends on what you want to make! Hobby project or eventual commercial project? If the former and you're just experimenting I'd say something like OpenFrameworks would be a great tool to start with, especially if you know C++. The games listed in their tutorial include some pretty successful ones (Zach Gage's stuff in particular). Unity is a beast and it is not at all easy to just get in, start coding and drawing things to the screen to quickly sketch ideas. So if you're a game designer first and aiming to publish a professional game, Unity's great. If you're more of a programmer and prefer to sketch with code, OpenFrameworks is great, especially since it supports several platforms (which is one of the common reasons people choose Unity). I have nothing against Unity btw.

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@manton That makes sense - thanks!

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@manton Just emailed @macgenie about this but thought I'd share/request here too. It would be nice to have a special Microblogvember keyword-type link (like the inktober one here: help.micro.blog/2018/tagm...) Is there something and I just missed it?

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@zorn I'm up in NJ but would come to Philly for an IndieWeb thing, schedule permitting!