Human Voices

browncoatfromtheshire: unprofessionally: I fucking hate...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:03:52 -0400

unprofessionally:

I fucking hate dragging through a bajillion tags so I made #wrap, an extension to let tags wrap around to new lines!

HURRAH!

Til cross hatching is amazing for photoshop work. Well done...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:28:16 -0400

Til cross hatching is amazing for photoshop work. Well done Sharkeye!

Vote for Me for My Destination!

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:09:37 -0400

Vote for Me for My Destination!:

bryarly:

If our collected effort can get someone a fluffy chicken, we’ve got to be able to manage this.

I entered this awesome contest to travel the world and win $50,000. I want to got to places like China, Brazil, Australia and Russia, and I want to meet my subscribers everywhere I go and hang out with them. I’ll be all, “Hey, you want to show me around?” and they’ll be all “Hell yes,” and then we’ll party harder than anyone ever.

Thing is, I’m not in the Top 5 anymore and can’t be a finalist unless I get back up in there. I’m about 5,000 votes off. Help a girl out and vote!

You’re all fabulous and I love you.

You can vote once per social media account by using the buttons on the right side of the page. That’s 5 votes a person! We can totally rock this! There are bunches of us on here! If you’ve already voted, ask your friends or mom or dog or dinosaur or teacher and I will personally send you a thank you with a giant smiley face. No lie.

Photo

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:57:01 -0400

mama-bird: coffeeandklonopin: coffeeandklonopin: carpe diem - seize the day carpe noctem - seize...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:30:11 -0400

mama-bird:

coffeeandklonopin:

coffeeandklonopin:

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

carpe natem - seize the ass

Seriously, if you guys don’t stop reblogging this I am going to carpe someone’s neck and break it.

carpe collum - seize the neck

visual-poetry: »no thanks« by e.e. cummings (+) shape poem in...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:22:06 -0400

visual-poetry:

»no thanks« by e.e. cummings (+)

shape poem in the form of a funeral urn dedicated to 14 publishers who rejected his book.

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thebrainscoop: edwardspoonhands: A lot of amazingly...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:33:50 -0400

thebrainscoop:

edwardspoonhands:

A lot of amazingly interesting things have been said in the less-than-24-hours since I uploaded my most recent video. I’ve heard a lot of excitement and seen a lot of problems outlined and solutions suggested.

I’m excited to go into more detail about all of that soon, but first, one of the most common things I heard was “SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!” particularly with regards to The Brain Scoop. So I just made a very simple site to allow you to support The Brain Scoop if you want to. You can sign up for a one-time gift, or a recurring donation, and all of the money will go to support the show and its creators.

I decided to use WePay for this because i want to try out WePay’s system vs. PayPal’s, because PayPal has caused problems for a lot of people. You’ll need a credit card to give (sorry.)

Obviously this is not a permanent page, so if you’re seeing this at some point in the future and this page doesn’t exist anymore, that’s why.

I want to keep scooping brains - it’s worthwhile and educational whether or not YouTube agrees. I know you’ve all given so much already in terms of your commitment and time, so thank you for helping us out!

danrezler: Beethoven. - Dan Rezler

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:10:58 -0500

danrezler:

Beethoven.

- Dan Rezler

frezned: vondell-swain: cantripgames: Story War is now live...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:38:21 -0500

frezned:

vondell-swain:

cantripgames:

Story War is now live on Kickstarter!

(Click here to go to the Story War Kickstarter page!)

Man, you guys! We’ve been making this game since last summer and we’re so excited that it’s finally ready to print! All we need now is you, the player, to actually buy the game.

What is Story War?

It’s a storytelling party game for 3 to 8 players. There’s no numbers or stats or complex rules - each card is simply a name, illustration, and description of a Warrior, Battlefield or Item. It’s up to the players to determine what each character does, and how their Warrior would beat their opponent’s Warriors.

Players start each battle by selecting Warriors that they think would have a tactical advantage in a randomly drawn Battlefield, and then an organic story evolves from the conflict. It’s not about “who would win in a fight” so much as it’s about how they’d win in a fight. Players control their Warriors by describing what they’d do out loud in an open discussion.

One player is always acting as an impartial judge that changes after every battle. If a player claims their character is too powerful (for example, claiming a Wizard could pull the moon out of the sky) their opponent can “challenge” that claim and the judge can decide whether or not to allow it - think about how objections work in the courtroom. Challenges are rarely invoked, but the existence of the rule keeps everybody’s narrative grounded.

Battles generally start with a scrimmage to control the Battlefield, then once someone has the high ground they’ll go in for a direct attack, then usually Item cards are introduced and add more complexity to the battle. In large team games, Warriors are often matched up one by one and each team gradually whittles each other down. The cards are only a starting point - where the battle ends up depends on the story lines the players try to weave.

The best part of Story War is being backed into a corner and having to use ridiculous cartoon logic or a reference to Harry Potter or Pokemon to get yourself out of a jam. “A Blob can’t eat a Skeleton - bones are what amorphous blobs SPIT OUT when they eat something!” “In Harry Potter the Basilisk’s fangs could bite through curses!” “You can’t punch a bird - flying types resist fighting attacks in Pokemon!” As long as the judge accepts your rationale, it’s fair game!

Who is Story War for?

Everybody! We went out of our way to make Story War as inclusive as possible. We playtested it with a diverse mix of ages, genders, and skill level and we’ve yet to see a single person not have fun with the game. It’s a great way for adults and children to connect on a creative level! We’ve also seen it unlock hidden potential in “non-gamers” - suddenly their storytelling powers come to life and they blow everyone else out of the water!

Big games of Story War are played in teams, and we’ve found that the team-based gameplay makes it easier for newcomers. Because you’re never having to battle against a power player alone, you can contribute as much or as little to the game as you want. It’s a game where everybody involved is going to have a good time no matter what!

Everybody who participates in a game of Story War will walk away from it with memorable stories that can just remain a special experience shared between them and their friends, or it can even serve as inspiration for their own creative endeavors.

Whoa cool, how can I get Story War?

If you go to our Kickstarter page you’ll be able to back the project and get a copy of the game. For $10 you can get a print-and-play copy, for $25 we will ship you a physical copy of the Story War cards, and for $40 you can get the game plus the expansion that we’ll be developing with creative input from our backers!

If you back at the $60 tier (or $50 after the fan art/fic discount, see below) you can get the Deluxe edition, which contains: A comic book featuring various interpretations of the characters, blank cards that you can draw on yourself, and limited edition cards based on Grumpy Cat, Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat, Scumbag Hat and Cyberspace:

And if you can pledge anything above $100, we will draw custom artwork based on you, your favorite things, or your original characters and print a one of a kind card just for you! There’s a lot of really cool reward tiers, be sure to check them all out!

Why Kickstarter?

Story War is already finished, our Kickstarter is just to get enough preorders to print the game in bulk, which is about 90% cheaper than doing print-on-demand. Profits will be funneled back into making our first expansion more awesome. Our funding goal to print the game is only $20,000 - but if we reach our $100,000 stretch goal, we’ll be building out a free online multiplayer version of Story War so you can tell cool stories with your e-friends! Check out the Kickstarter page for more details!

What else can I do to help make Story War happen?

Oh wow it’s so sweet of you to ask that!

A bunch of people have decided to help us out by making fan art and fan fiction, which they’ve put in the #Story War tag! If you post original fan art or fan fiction in the #Story War tag, email your post’s URL to Fan@CantripGames.com and we’ll send you a SECRET CODE that you can use to get $10 off the Deluxe edition of Story War!

The single most helpful thing you can do is reblog this post to get the word out about the Story War Kickstarter! Lets do this!

if you haven’t heard yet, this is happening! it’s real! it’s a real thing.

If ONE more person pledges at $20 then we hit HALFWAY FUNDED!

thiscraftylady: I was inspired by the Carnegie Hall Live...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:48:53 -0500

thiscraftylady:

I was inspired by the Carnegie Hall Live stream, so I drew this.

^_^

tallatstarbucks: antisocialgod: So, for those of you who just...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:14:45 -0500

tallatstarbucks:

antisocialgod:

So, for those of you who just can’t keep track of the amount of cross-media that helps telling the story of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (I know I can’t), this post is for you. And! For those of you who don’t know what TLBD is, PLEASE GET UP ON THIS RIGHT NOW. This information is mostly on their website, but this will hopefully just make the whole thing easier. And if something is missing then I’m sorry and nope, Google + is not one of those things. I mean, it’s g+, who even uses that thing? Lizzie is with me on that.

First of all [for those of you that are new here]: What is TLBD?

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and is told by Lizzie Bennet using video blogs (vlogs) that go up every Monday and Thursday on youtube. Other websites like twitter and tumblr help telling the story, and most of the characters can be found on these websites (and others, as listed below). So basically Lizzie tells a story, other characters show up on her videos and there’s costume theater and the whole life-ruining experience goes from there.

So here we go.

GENERAL WEBSITES:

Official Site [where 98% of this information is from, this is just summed up so you won’t have to go clicking all the links and stuff].

Official Twitter account

Pemberley Digital [Pemberley is William Darcy’s company and NO IT’S NOT REAL, but YES THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WEBSITE! And it’s cute so just look at it]. Also: youtube, facebook and twitter.

Collins & Collins [Rick Collins company, also where Charlotte works!] And: youtube [with actual videos submitted by people?!]

STORYLINES:

Events [this is a list of important events that happened on the story and if you just wish to know what happened without going through the entire thing, you can just find it there].

Video Diaries [mostly the same as ‘events’, but with individual links to lizzie’s video diaries]

Tumblr Posts [a list of posts from the character’s tumblrs that are relevant to the story-telling].

Twitter Posts [same as that ^, only with twitter].

CHARACTERS:

Lizzie Bennet [middle bennet daughter and main character of the webseries] | youtube / twitter / tumblr / facebook

Lydia Bennet [younger sister to lizzie, also has her own vlog AND SHE’S ADORBS WHAAAAA] | youtube / twitter / tumblr / facebook

Jane Bennet [oldest bennet daughter AND THE NICEST ONE IN THE WORLD OKAY?] | twitter / tumblr / facebook / lookbook / pinterest

Mary Bennet [not a sister in this adaptation, but rather a cousin [who’s still better than you]] | twitter

Kitty Bennet [ALSO NOT A SISTER. OR AN ACTUAL HUMAN BEING. Kitty is a cat] | twitter

Charlotte Lu [lizzie’s bff] | twitter / tumblr / facebook

William Darcy [STUPID LIFERUINER] | twitter

Gigi Darcy [MADE OF SUNSHINES AND RAINBOWS] | twitter

Bing Lee [oh bing] | twitter

Caroline Lee [bing’s sister, obvs] | twitter

Fitz Williams [darcy’s awesomest friend] | twitter

Ricky Collins [he doesn’t like being called ricky] | twitter / linked in

Maria Lu [charlotte’s younger sister] | youtube / twitter

George Wickham [THE ABSOLUTE SCUM OF THE EARTH] | twitter

PLAYLISTS:

Watch all of Lizzie’s or Lydia’s videos.

—-

CAST AND OTHERS:

Ashley Clements [Lizzie Bennet] - twitter / facebook / tumblr

Daniel Vincent Gordh [William Darcy] - twitter / facebook

Mary Kate Wiles [Lydia Bennet] - twitter / facebook / youtube / tumblr

Laura Spencer [Jane Bennet] - twitter / facebook

Christopher Sean [Bing Lee] - twitter / facebook

Julia Cho [Charlotte Lu] - twitter / facebook

Allison Paige [Gigi Darcy] - twitter / facebook

Jessica Jade Andres [Caroline Lee]- twitter

Craig Frank [Fitz Williams] - twitter / facebook

Maxwell Glick [Rick Collins] - twitter / facebook

Wes Aderhold [George Wickham] - twitter / facebook

Bri Cuoco [Mary Bennet] - twitter / youtube

Janice Lee[Maria Lu] - twitter / facebook

Bernie Su [Executive Producer, Co-Creator, Head Writer and Director] - twitter / tumblr

Hank Green [Executive Producer and Co-Creator] - twitter / facebook

Kate Noble [Writer] - twitter

Jenni Powell [Producer] - twitter / facebook

Margaret Dunlap [Writer and Consulting Producer] - twitter / tumblr

Rachel Kiley [Writer] - twitter / tumblr

Jay Bushman [Transmedia Producer] - twitter / tumblr

Alexandra Edwards [Transmedia Editor] - twitter

Kate Rorick [Writer] - twitter

Michael Aranda [Editor] - twitter

Katie Moest [Production Designer] - twitter / facebook / tumblr

—-

And now that you have everything, please do yourself a favor and go watch this!

EDIT: This is also important: LYDIA BENNET SEX TAPE

UPDATED WITH NEW INFO!

Also, George Wickham has an okcupid account.

And there is now a twitter for Novelty Exposures, the website hosting Lydia’s tape.

THE WONDERFUL WORDS OF JOHN GREEN: Can anyone give me an unbiased opinion of John Green books?

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:25:39 -0500

THE WONDERFUL WORDS OF JOHN GREEN: Can anyone give me an unbiased opinion of John Green books?:

fishingboatproceeds:

karinwolfe:

fishingboatproceeds:

bookbending:

Maybe opinion isn’t the best word to go with unbiased. Style overview, maybe?

Teens don’t sound like that; we get that road trips are a metaphor for adolescence; manic pixie dream girls (or boy);…

colchrishadfield: If you lightly dust farmers’ fields with...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:17:33 -0500

colchrishadfield:

If you lightly dust farmers’ fields with snow, they somehow become a papier-mâché artwork.

My NaNoWriMo peptalk

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:56:17 -0400

My NaNoWriMo peptalk:

neil-gaiman:

Really I should send this out in week three. But I thought I’d pre-link to it now, just to let you know what’s in store for you, three and a half weeks from now…

frankenzned: I engaged in a discussion of abortion the other day! And I got some tweets. Aaand, I...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:50:35 -0400

frankenzned:

I engaged in a discussion of abortion the other day! And I got some tweets. Aaand, I wanna… just… talk about abortion for a bit because I’m thinking about it! Just in terms of like something I can just point people to instead of having a lengthy twitter discussion instead or whatever I hope that’s ok <3

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For future reference.

edwardspoonhands: So last night I posted this picture on...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:24:37 -0400

edwardspoonhands:

So last night I posted this picture on Twitter and there was some significant interest. To be clear, it’s just a mockup, not something that exists.

I have, several times in my life, found people’s phones and then called or texted people in their contacts to get in touch with the person who owns the phone. There’s nothing more horrible than losing a phone. It’s expensive, inconvenient, and potentially dangerous (if you don’t have a lock on it, passwords are easy to find.)

But if you do have a lock on it, the occasional good Samaritan will be stumped for ways to get the phone back to you.

I’d much rather there just be a feature that you can turn on to allow someone who found your phone to get in touch with you immediately. Strictly optional, of course, but you can set it up to allow the nice person to send you an email, text your mom, call your house…whatever.

I once knocked on a stranger’s door to let them know that their headlights were on. The car was in the driveway, headlights blaring into the street. I knocked, and they came to the door, but they were too scared to open it because we now live in a world where everyone is seen immediately as a villain. I imagine that person woke up to a dead battery the next morning, but I did what I could.

That was that person’s choice. But as a person with Toby Turner’s phone number in my phone, I need to have a passcode for his privacy, not to mention mine. But I also don’t want to eliminate the possibility that, if I lose my phone, the person who finds it will, in fact, be a good person and spend a little bit of time reaching out to me to save me hours of headache and hundreds of dollars.

I believe people are good, and I think this little piece of screen real estate conveys that faith. And maybe if someone finds a phone and sees that, yes, in fact, kindness is expected of them, kindness is what we’ll get.

Please reblog and RT so that developers and phone companies can implement the idea if they agree that it’s a good one.

edwardspoonhands: Just something I recorded about the Laci...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:29:48 -0400

edwardspoonhands:

Just something I recorded about the Laci Green controversy and why John and I are sympathetic to her.

defranco: After long long last we are finally selling the...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:40:50 -0500

defranco:

After long long last we are finally selling the pre-order of the “Doctor Recommended” shirts and the pre-order of “Biz Chimp” shirts for 48 hours. Also there are poster versions of both.

Click here to purchase one or both since they are only available for the next 48 hours.

Also as a fun side thing: We’ll be giving away one of each product to one random person who reblogs this post. Please don’t spam it because it makes you a jerk and will disqualify you.

fishingboatproceeds: doseofwords: You guys, John Green made...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:37:23 -0500

fishingboatproceeds:

doseofwords:

You guys, John Green made the brilliant side of New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix.

New York Magazine calls CrashCourse brilliant and slightly lowbrow, and also seems to believe that my brother Hank and I are the same person. (Happens to new nerdfighters all the time, New York Magazine! Don’t worry about it!)

Sometimes is nice to just listen to John’s voice. (via Aaron)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:48:35 -0500

Sometimes is nice to just listen to John’s voice. (via Aaron)