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#ag Quotes JSON API

For lack of anything genuinely useful to do this evening, I’ve written up a quick JSON API for the Acadia Geeks QDB.

URI: http://mvgrafx.net/tom/api/quotes/
Method: GET
Params:

  • id — the ID of the quote you wish to retrieve, e.g. 1556
  • order — one of either “asc” (ascending order, oldest first) or “desc” (descending order, newest first)
  • nick — filters by conversation participants, e.g. tom (note: does not include “ventriloquism”)
  • limit — limits the number of quotes returned to N, where N is an integer greater than zero, e.g. 10
February 08 / 2012
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Pressing Matters

This is an old image from an extremely short-lived “webcomic” I kept while I was studying at Acadia University. I found it while cleaning up a backup drive and thought I’d put it up here for posterity. The filename suggests it was originally posted in October of 2008.

It’s not really funny or poignant, but I do like the cut-and-paste style art (insofar as anything I’ve ever drawn could be termed “art”).

February 03 / 2012
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Proselytism and Atheism

I recently finished Penn Jillette‘s latest novel, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, and I have to say it was immensely enjoyable, cover to cover. Prior to reading it, I have to admit I had only a vague idea of who Penn Jillette was. World-famous magician, outspoken libertarian, but that’s about it. Now, I think I know more about him than perhaps I would otherwise wish (anyone who’s read the second-to-last chapter knows where I’m coming from here).

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February 02 / 2012
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Arachnateers: Pilot Episode


Joe, Jenna, Rick, and Katie find themselves with nothing to do on a Saturday night. Loitering around the base of the Space Needle, they become the sole witnesses to the first moments of the Sysealian invasion of Earth.

The original footage for this episode boasts a runtime of about 27 minutes, the majority of which is blank tape. This “digitally remastered” version presents all of the original scenes in their original order, but trims out most of the intervening relics of “in-place” editing.
January 25 / 2012
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My Brain

I went in for an MRI today—I’ve been having strange headaches on and off for the past few months, so my neurologist thought it would be prudent to take a look between my ears and make sure I still have a brain. Read more →

January 12 / 2012
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