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Monday, December 17th, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - I hear they have a new cartoonist
Well, I was shocked but the Chronicle called and sent me a freelance contract to run one of my strips. It was as simple as that. Well, actually it wasn’t so simple. It took three years of cartooning and getting good at it. But let me tell ya, having “freelance editorial cartoonist for the San [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics, San Francisco, Town Called Dobson, webcomics by stormbear
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
CNBC profiles Second Life
CNBC ran a story on Second Life and how SL is creating a new economy much in the way eBay has. One woman profiled is on track to make over $80,000 in US dollars this year from the sales of her clothing line in Second Life. Her initial investment was a tad over $500.
The video [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Second Life by stormbear
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Google Street View Invades North Carolina
Me and a friend of mine was standing in front of her store and while we were shooting the breeze a Google Street View car drove by - just like the one shown below.
What is a Street View car? Google is taking 3D images of all the streets in cities across the nation to show [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Technology by stormbear
Monday, July 9th, 2007
Bilerico.com relaunches today!
The folks over at Bilerico are relaunching their site today with a new design and a focus on issues outside of Indiana.
Now branded as The Bilerico Project, the site is moving toward being the HuffPo of the LGBTQ world.
Please check them out!
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No Comments » - Posted in Town Called Dobson, blogs by stormbear
Monday, June 11th, 2007
Town Called Dobson in Second Life
I am planning a Second Life presence for TCD during Yearly Kos, the convention for Daily Kos users and fans. This year at Yearly Kos, they will be streaming video of the panels and speeches into a special area set up in Second Life for those of us who can’t get to the in-person meeting [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics, Second Life, Town Called Dobson, webcomics by stormbear
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Guide to Publishing A Political Webcomic, Part 1
I began publishing a webcomic three years ago and I think it is a success. Well anytime my unique visitors a day goes over two, not including me, that is a success!
I will start off with the obvious steps.
1) Learn to draw.
2) Learn to write short, snarky dialog.
3) Tivo C-SPAN, Daily Show, Colbert Report and [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Town Called Dobson, webcomics by stormbear
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
The Gathering - a wrap-up.
It was a great weekend for a British car show and this weekend was The Gathering - the annual event of the Triumph Club of the Carolinas.
I arrived in Mount Airy on Friday ready for some lunch and a bit of a rally. We all dropped into a local Ruby Tuesdays for a quick bite [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Life, cars by stormbear
Monday, April 16th, 2007
Open Source Graphic Arts Software
There are a great many barriers that block open source graphic arts software from making it into the mainstream. There is the issue of the proprietary elements present in the big print shops. Adobe, not just Photoshop, but most of their print/image based products are based on a proprietary color system that large ink printers [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Adobe, Advertising, Linux, open source by stormbear
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Lost: The Exposition of John Locke
WOW!
I know I am biased because of my love for his Baldness, but damn, what a great episode. Whenever you have a Locke episode, all sorts of stuff happens.
I think Locke is the vehicle in which the writers tell the story of the island and evidently, it is a whopper of a tale. When you [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Television by stormbear
Monday, March 5th, 2007
The future of IfThisBeTreason.com
If This Be Treason is now in the capable hands of Christine Hall, the editor of Alternative Approaches.
This past year has been a wild one. Town Called Dobson has taken off faster than I could of imagined and so has Books For Soldiers. Treason started out as a culture war blog. I just had had [...]
