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		<title>Just a Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just learned something about Mathematica which could make doing things on this sometimes very math &#8211; heavy page a little easier. I can save formulae from my mathematica notebook as LaTeX strings as described by mdawaffe here  and in &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/just-a-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=948&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an enormous collection of worldbuilding notes strewn across my desk, a dozen three-ring binders, a similar number of nice colored folders, and piled up in my book cases. These vary considerably in nature. Some are fairly extensive and &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/notebook-introduction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=941&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Linkfest &#8211; Terrain Edition</title>
		<link>https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/linkfest-terrain-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Synthesis and Rendering of Eroded Fractal Terrains(1989) - The classic by Musgrave, Kolb and Mace. This was a real find. While I&#8217;ve kind of given up on using procedural methods to generate global terrains, I still use procedurals quite a bit to &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/linkfest-terrain-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=916&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Design Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The back and forth process of returning the imagination to worldbuilding. <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/the-design-cycle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=901&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/2011-in-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=913&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my birthday, tomorrow is New Year&#8217;s Eve. So, as a birthday gift, I&#8217;m going to give myself a better blog. Or try to. As a New Year&#8217;s resolution, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to write better blogs and post them more &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/happy-birthday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=893&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a Workflow &#8211; Part V A: Terrain Building(finding the seas)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now we are on to Part V in the outline I&#8217;d given at the start of this little series. Although in the outline this stage is referred to as, &#8220;mapping,&#8221; I think, &#8220;terrain building,&#8221; is more accurate. The opportunities &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/terrain_building1_seas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=775&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updating the Look</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just updated to the 2011 layout(not bad for late december). I thought I&#8217;d check out the Ephemera sidebar. Can&#8217;t say as I&#8217;m fond of the default font. The layout options were a real improvement, but I could hardly read the &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/updating-the-look/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=880&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a Workflow &#8211; Interlude: Biology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking over my planned workflow, I saw a major hole in the worldbuilding. Biology. I know I already handled biology in the very sketchy sense of saying that Terran and Yaccatrene organisms were capable of feeding on each other, but &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/daw-interlude-biology/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=792&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Linkfest Wednesday: December 14th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I&#8217;ve been doing more research than actual creative work. Don&#8217;t tell the boss. As usual, Cornell&#8217;s arxiv.org site dominated my research. Also, as usual, the scattered nature of my research mirrors the scattered nature of my brain. So &#8230; <a href="https://astrographer.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/linkfest-wednesday-december-14th/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=astrographer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14262372&amp;post=785&amp;subd=astrographer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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