Wednesday 11th November 2009Schlock Mercenary
As some of you know, I've been working with The Tayler Corporation to develop the official Schlock Mercenary iPhone app.
It's been a little over three months in the making, with me working evenings and weekends (not all of them thankfully), but it is finally ready for beta release.
If you're not a reader, and like the sound of a comic "space opera", then head on over to Schlock Mercenary and have a look at some of the archives.
Howard has been doing the strip since June 2000, and hasn't missed a single day since then.
All of the 3400+ strips are available in the iPhone app, in a higher resolution than what is available on the website.
More information on the app is available at the Plus 14 Ltd website.
Friday 7th August 2009Natalie goes Shopping
Natalie goes Shopping from Tarlen on Vimeo.
Natalie playing with one of her first birthday presents. She's not walking on her own yet, but it looks like it may not be too long.
Wednesday 5th August 2009One Year On
So Natalie turned one last Sunday (the 2nd - check the Gallery for a few photos) and it's a good time to look back on the past year.
Lows:
- Sleep, right at the top.
- Allergies - Natalie wasn't very happy for a while until we discovered her allergies to Cats, Eggs & Milk. Once those were discovered it became a lot easier.
- Having to take her to hospital because she wasn't feeding and was getting dehydrated.
Highs:
- The first time she smiled at us.
- The first time she laughed/giggled.
- Every subsequent time she smiled or laughed/giggled at us.
- When she started sitting up on her own.
- When she started crawling.
- When she started pulling herself to standing.
- When she started "talking".
- Any night she sleeps through.
- The way Sammy behaves towards her (extremely tolerant).
- Her reaction every time she sees Sammy (she loves Sammy).
- Every time she does something new.
- When she first started giving us "kisses" (just before her birthday).
- Cuddles.
- Millions of great photos.
- The trip to Australia going very smoothly.
- Pretty much everything else...
To summarise, there are a lot more high moments than lows... or at least you remember more highs than lows.
Best daughter ever!
Friday 15th May 200948 Hour Reviews
Our heat for the 48 Hours was last night. We were pretty well received, and got #2 in the Audience Favourite voting (out of 12, though 4 had been disqualified due to late hand-ins).
There were two unofficial reviewers in the audience, who had this to say:
Autofire
Religious film - Guy discovers he can change the world by writing entries into "Worldpaedia" (As opposed to the wiki version). The concept of "what I write becomes reality" has been played with before, so it had the potential to become "same/same," however it was a very well executed story with nice use of elements.
Creating a wiki...I mean Worldpaedia page under his own name, he updates it and starts changing the greater world with much good intent (world peace, etc). Eventually though he gets a god complex...
Nicely performed, arguably best of the heat....
And the second guy, who has been unofficially reviewing all the 48 Hour shorts for a few years now:
Omnipedia by Autofire (Religious)
John discovers that if he writes a thing in Worldpedia, it comes true. He quickly realises this effectively makes him a god, with the power to fix the world's wrongs and gift himself a socialite girlfriend. However, he is not prepared for the uncomfortable consequences. A good story, pacey, and a nice short-story style ending.
A-
I'm quite happy with all that.