Mike Stop Continues

Blog: Judging Based on Merit

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:48:00 -0500

Recently, I've been blazing through Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. It's so awesome that I don't mind King's occasional indulgence to describe or repeat more than I need described or repeated. It's so awesome that it's the first fiction I've read in 3-4 years and that's saying something, because I was an English major. The kind who would read, literally, a book a day every summer in prepa...

Blog: The End of Double-Albums

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:00 -0500

This is for all those out there who tag your mp3's with 'disc #' and 'total discs' metadata. And this is for all of those who, like me, choose to take the high road and leave that metadata out. And this is for all of you who don't yet care or didn't yet realize we're in a period of great turmoil.

I was talking to a friend the other day who asked me, "When you listen to music originally made for ...

Page: About the Bard

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:47:00 -0500

In more classic times, there was a popular profession joined by those who would rather wield a pick than a pickaxe, by those who would rather be armed with a pen than a sword. Sure, there is no record of these bold adventurers ever saving a princess from a dragon, though there are perhaps a few tales of these outspoken explorers living to sing about it. It is the difference between the medium a...

Page: Creative Commons and Creative Permission

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:55:00 -0500

I want to make it really easy for you, the people of the internet, my people, to benefit from my work as much as possible. For this reason, I've released the contents of this website, including any music, images, video, etc. under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

This is the image they gave me: Creative Commons License

Here's a quick run-...

Blog: Writing Resources

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400

These are the days, my friends, when writing is as easy as the tools you have available now.

Blog: Hypnosis and History

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400

You don't need to know how hypnosis works to benefit, but you might realize how you will.

Blog: Role-Playing Games

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400

Somewhere between 'acting' and 'gaming', there's a sport we like to call 'adventuring'.

Blog: Open Source Software

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:30:00 -0400

The wise often say, "The best things in life are free." and in the future, this is more true.

Blog: Internet Games for Everyone

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400

The old way of gaming might just be the gateway to discovering games that truly amaze.

Blog: Battlestar Galactica is Dying

mike@mikestop.com (Mike Stop Continues) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400

Two fleets of cylons later, and only now is that crystal ship ready to shatter -- Goodbye, BSG!