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2025

Fire Staff

We, the Guild of Prometheus and I, led a class this past Sunday showing people how to build accumulator based flame effects. The students had a choice of building a small, stationary poofer or a fire staff. This was the first time we as a group taught a class. Individually, we've all been playing with fire in one form or another for many years. Overall the class was a success but it was a bit painful in some parts. Still, a fun day was had by all and everyone went home with their newly built, dangerous fire art.

fire staff and mike

PathFinder

I'm a bit obsessed right now with Matthew Sui's pathfinder tool. Discovering relations between words is kind of cool. It feels a bit like 7 degrees of separation but for words.

fire art fire change change happiness

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Adjectives

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order:

opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun

So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac. It's an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out. And as size comes before colour, green great dragons can't exist.

-- Mark Forsyth, quote from The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

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Five recipes for an exciting life (in my opinion)

  1. Spending enough time creating things with your hands (baking, drawing, scrapbooking, doodling, crocheting, journaling and so on)
  2. Keeping track of things like pretty skies, milestones, happy memories, appointments you're looking forward to
  3. Listening to music that genuinely makes you feel happy and energetic
  4. Making a habit of reaching out to people in a way that's comfortable to you (i send my dad songs he might like, my friend sends me monthly life updates)
  5. Being kind to all your five senses → like investing in a scented candle or essential oil dispenser or body mist, having a soft blanket or socks (or a soft animal to pet), listening to birdsong or the rain, looking at the sky more often, and having your favorite foods enough times

julian bashir