Steve’s Update 7/20/2014

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Yes, an update and recipes?  As you may of guessed I realized need to do more here.  What can I say, the last few months have been insane.

So what’s up?

The Writing Prompt Generator is being slowly improved.  I think it’ll probably be done in a month or two – I’ve got a few more ideas to develop in the mean time.  You can see a larger update at The Codex.

I’m still working on Way With Worlds, and took a break from discussing Sex and Worldbuilding to focus on skills.  Next i’ll return to the rewrites.  At this rate I think it may be up to a year before I’m finished with this, seriously.

At MuseHack we’ve got a lot of interviews coming, and I’m moving to doing things in a more “projectized” manner.  My first is my “Geek Catalog,” listing ways for people to get involved as Geek Citizens.  I’ve also got some posts coming on how we can make people aware of good works.

I’ve got no definite speaking engagements the next month or so, but we’ll see more near the fall.  I’m also reviewing my con schedule and planning to broaden out a bit.

So that’s it!  What about you?

 

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

The Geek Catalog – And So It Begins

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Hey all, Steve here.  I finally got around to a project I’ve wanted to work on for awhile: The Geek Catalog.  A bit of a Whole Geek Catalog as it were.

The idea is this – we geeks can, should, and want to be involved.  We can apply our skills and our passions to making the world a better place and engaging in our communities.  However where to start is kind of the question.  So I’ve set aside a project for myself where I’m going to begin inventorying ways for geeks to really get involved – based around what we care about.

So The Geek Catalog will list things sorted by Geek Focus (what do you geek over) and Community Focus (what you want to get involved in).  Drop by and find ways to do more!

Now how far can I take this?  Don’t know for sure.

But we’re going to have fun finding out.

 

Computing

  • Female Geeks
    • Made With Code – Promotes women in coding with projects, events, and mentoring. Has several alliances and supporters.

Cosplay

  • Culture
    • Geeks For Consent – Spreads the word on cosplay =/= consent, petitions conventions for proper policy, and more.

General

  • History
  • Knowledge
    • The Digital Human Library – A resource (for Canadian teachers) that provides people to be digital and remote experts. Worth joining, inviting, and emulating – something great to try at a convention.
    • The Human Library – A site encouraging human libraries, where people act as living books. The site encourages and instructs organizers.  Something for geeks to try at cons, clubs, and more.
  • LGBT
    • GeeksOut – A site for gay geeks that focuses on both geek and LGBT issues, with it’s own attitude. Always looking for supporters!

STEM

  • Citizen Involvement
    • Code For America – An alliance of coders and citizens that innovate on technology, draft policies, and create apps to help citizenship.
  • Female Geeks
    • Women Rock Science – A blog about women in science, from resources to history to recent discoveries.
  • Space
    • Penny 4 Nasa – A group working to raise awareness of NASA, get increases in funding, and promote space expoloration.

Video Games

  • Female Geeks
    • Girls Make Games – A series of international sumer camps encouraging girls to explore the world of video games.
  • General
  • History
    • California Extreme – A convention of video game and pinball enthusiasts where the actual machines are brought into one big arcade. Includes panels and other events – and accepts volunteers.
    • Digital Game Museum – An archive of games and game memorabilia that does shows and displays. Based in San Jose, California, but open to support from anywhere.
    • The International Arcade Museum – A giant database of games that you can help with! Also contains huge archives of past relevant magazines and more.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Japanese Curry, Healthy Variant

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Remember when I said I was trying to make a faster, healthier version of Japanese Curry?  Here’s one of my attempts.  Really you puree a few things,cook, and then combine a few things.  That’s it.

Now is it good?  Well . . .it’s mediocre.  Thats’ not bad for a first time, but it just doesn’t have the depth of my other versions.  On the other hand it’s healthier and a lot faster.

I’m thinking that the arrowroot is actually a mistake and that I need the oat flour from my old recipe.

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