Flametoad

Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian.

Vote Early and Often

July 31st, 2008

Voting has opened up for the annual GenCon EN World awards. The “ENnies” (no, that’s not a typo) are an awards program for the tabletop game industry. Winning an ENnie is an honor within the game publishing industry. To make the ballot, the company must submit their best work for consideration. A panel of judges reviews [...]

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Writing Discipline

July 30th, 2008

Google Reader is a productivity savior and sinkhole all in one. I’m subscribed to “only” 90 RSS feeds, which Google tells me has resulted in 3,403 news items read in the last 30 days. I never could have read all of those posts if I had visited all 90 sites, so in that regard Google [...]

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Pickens Plan

July 29th, 2008

Oilman T. Boon Pickens is one of those larger-than-life characters of the 20th century who seem to be a dying breed in the 21st. Depite having made his billions in the petroleum industry, Pickens has been outspoken about the need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and look for alternative energy solutions. He has [...]

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Last week the family and I packed up and drove several hours to Port Aransas, Texas for a few days at the beach. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dolly had something to say about the matter and our vacation plans were put to the test. We arrived on Monday, spent a wonderful afternoon and evening at the beach [...]

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Writing About Writing

July 25th, 2008

Horror website Flames Rising recently put out a call to game developers to write about the creative process behind their work. I took up the challenge and spun out an essay on what it has been like to work on Degrees of Horror. The essay just hit their site today. If you have a morbid curiosity [...]

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About Flametoad

Flametoad is the personal website for Preston DuBose, a full-time e-commerce and credit card security professional for the higher-education market, a part-time RPG publisher, and a full-time husband and father.

I ignore conventional blogging wisdom and refuse to focus on a single topic. This website covers gaming, family life, marketing, security, literature, music, and just about anything else shiny that catches my eye.

Do you think I might be your long lost nephew, to whom you'd like to bequeath your vast financial empire? Find my e-mail address and read more of my bio on the About Flametoad page.

I get a small thrill every time someone bothers to respond to one of my posts. I get a big thrill when you post naked pictures of yourself. Well, not YOU.

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