Volume 1 Issue 4 of Countermoves has officaly been released.
In this issue we take a look at two of the three second place winners of the Microgame Design Contest of 2002. Harvest The Wind takes on the conflicts around the Plains in the days of the American westward expansion while Steel and Crystal gives us a solo game engine for fantasy settings. Glider Pit Gladiators, a game of glider based combat, was the third second place winner but its author has opted out of having the game printed in Countermoves. For a look at all the entrants and the final standings grab a copy of Countermoves Volume 1 Issue 3.
We also get a look into the world of Braille Chess , see what the family is playing round the dinning room table and get a few words from your humble narrator.
With the RIIA forcing legislation to “tax” all netcasting it was only a matter of time before a new/old method took to the wires. PeerCasting works by having each listener of a channel become a relay so others can listen. The more folks that listen the more folks can listen, each giving what they can to realy. The client does all the realying and bandwidth limiting for you, the interface is easy to use, and offering up conent is a snap.
I had a test server up, but truth be told Im just not up for netcasting at the moment. Head over to the WSMF Listening Room and grab a few audio goodies.
Holiday Joy from the new house, click on the happy faces for the very large versions
Having a house makes many things possible. Aside from more room to play with the kids, setting up community networks, hanging with friends, sitting by the fireplace with the love of my life and cooking there is this ….Brewing. First step…Cider My eventual goal…Fred
To counteract the lack of activity here on this webpage our family life has been bustling with action. Since our last entry we have taken a trip to South Dakota, purchased a new house, moved into said house and are now in the process of unpacking the plethora of objects into our new surroundings.
Benjamin and Heather are both growing by leaps and bounds. Pictures and video will be made available to those who care to see them via our new DSL net connection, which once again has given me the ability to set up web servers, zope servers and a host of other networking goodness.
The new home and the new DSL have also allowed me to enter the wonderful world of wireless networking not just in the house but as part of a community networking system. The Portland Personal Telco Project is the one I am hooking into locally as well as using SeattleWireless , Freenetworks.org and NoCat as jumping off points for learning all the new voodoo not just for the tech aspects but for community building aspects. Once again an opportunity has arisen to make open communication between people possible. Lets hope it gets wide spread use before the corporations and the govs find ways to regulate down to sterility.
