4/17/08 - The benefit concert went well. Here is video from the event:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2F0331E77BCA78AF

3/24/08 - In preparation for season 2 we have been working with blue
screens. The following is the result of our video test with the new
blue screen. It came out fairly well, except for the purple shirt.
Fortunately this will not be a problem for the Green Pirate series
because none of the characters wear purple:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmRjOUnJfT0

3/8/08 - Captain Greene will be appearing as a special guest at the
Mawwal & Phineas and the Lonely Leaves concert to talk about solid
state lighting. The concert is being presented by Rock the Reactors in
Norwalk, CT at Pirate, 7 Wall St., Norwalk CT. The concert will be
held April 5th, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Entrance costs $10 and the money is
to benefit Green Party's Richard Durfee for his congressional
campaign. The following is a promotional video for the event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YgjqoLHyjo

2/25/08 - Green Pirate: Season 1 is now available for purchase from
Amazon.com. See all 10 episodes with DVD quality sound and video. This
includes episodes I - X, a Making of Featurette, Outtakes, and Deleted
Scenes. Profits will be used to offset the production costs of the series.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014A8840?ie=UTF8&tag=eastcoastgames&linkCode=\
as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0014A8840

2/5/08 - This week we have posted a trailer for the season 1 DVD.
Hopefully it will be on sale in the next few weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60cc5DyaRR4

1/21/08 - This week the final part of the Making of Featurette has
been posted. This part reviews the equipment we have bought as well as
what we still need. It also goes into what people can do to promote
the cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23RZ0f_56ls

This weekend was Arisia. We tried out a boffer LARP. Each year it's
great to bump into even more friends than the previous year.

1/8/08 - This week the second part of the Making of Featurette has
been posted. This portion discusses the importance of green energy and
conservation to limit global warming, reduce the impact of peak oil,
and to prevent terrorism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ROoD0ga_g

12/31/07 - Happy New Year! Today we posted the first part of the Green
Pirate Making of Featurette that will be included on the season 1 DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWt7zIG3qNo

12/2/07 - This week a copy of season 1's Outtakes has been posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiMht4NYz9Q

Today we are opening a store to sell Green Pirate merchandise.
Currently it only has clothing and a bumper sticker, but we will add
to it in the coming months. Production costs for the Green Pirate
series have already exceeded $4,00.00 with no returns. Buying from the
store will help offset the costs. If you buy a bumper sticker or shirt
it will also help spread the message. When the DVD is ready it will
also help reduce the costs.

The Child's Play Charity is collecting donations again this year. We
got a thank you note from Children's Hospital Boston for our donation.

11/22/07 - Happy Thanksgiving! Editing for the Green Pirate series has
switched from iMovie HD to Final Cut Studio. This week Captain Greene
discusses how some hybrids are better than others in Episode X: Hybrid
Inequality. Episode X marks the end of season 1. Before we start on
the next episode we will be taking a break to work on the season 1 DVD
which will be available soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZq7C0TP0E

11/6/07 - This week Captain Greene discusses how to use a Kill-a-Watt
Electricity meter to make an Electric Use Spreadsheet in Episode IX:
Energy Audits. This is the first episode to feature double-system
sound. Sound quality in prior episodes was awful. An EDIROL recorder
and Sony lavalier microphone were purchased to improve the quality.
This has eliminated the noise that was caused from the moving parts in
the video camera. There are some other improvements planned, but they
are equally expensive. If you value the information we put in the
videos please share the links with friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6axjs4plZY

I recently attended Podcamp Boston where I learned how to use
double-system sound. There are other things I learned which I hope to
use in the future for the Green Pirate series. Previously the only RSS
feed for East Coast Games was at Yahoo Groups. That RSS feed and
mailing list will continue but I have also added an RSS feed to this
webpage. You will find that both feeds have the same information but
the feed from East Coast Games will be more customized.

10/21/07 - This week Captain Greene interviews Dave of
GreenGreaseMonkey.com for Episode VIII: Grease Cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YyhZgHLps

10/14/07 - This week Captain Greene interviews Bill Bolch of New
England Bio-Diesel for Episode VII: Bio-Heating Oil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqVYG_RFQgU

9/30/07 - This week Captain Greene and Dr. Alder discuss compact
fluorescent light-bulbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6zI-EpEwI8

9/19/07 - Happy Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day. To celebrate Captain Greene
has produced Episode V: Solid State Lighting (LEDs).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsYw55PZaGQ

9/15/07 - My father's book, In The Dawn's Early Light, just went on
sale. I finished reading my copy today. It is a military sci-fi book
set in the near future discussing what could happen if we continue on
our current path.

I may not have mentioned my birthday in previous years but 30 seems
like an important number (since we use a base-10 system). Sunday I
will enjoy my thirtieth birthday by playing Laser Tag with friends and
family.

9/3/07 - This week Captain Greene and Dr. Alder discuss solar power:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd-8AKWgs3g

8/17/07 - Captain Greene is off pillaging this week. I added a section
for the Green Pirate episodes. Here are two dance videos you might
want to see. The first is of the Boston Hoop Troop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOEYXhhAv8g . The second is of me with
various fire arts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbXDQPAHyqo .

8/7/07 - Episode III is now available. Dr. Alder and the Green Pirate
discuss electric cars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JG01Vwe0xA

7/22/07 - Episode II is now available. Dr. Alder and the Green Pirate
discuss Flex Fuel:

http://www.youtube.com/v/60MkTMbz4Ao

7/15/07 - The green pirate has kidnapped Dr. Alder to teach you about
global warming so that he can save the rum. Watch the movie here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odOMiV9Yz1Y

6/30/07 - Tired of Windows, Microsoft, and anti-virus software I purchased a
MacBook. This
update was created on the new MacBook. I have started using iMovie and will
hopefully have
some better movies to share in a few weeks.

6/16/07 - Wendy Williams appeared Wednesday at Border's in Boston to
talk about her book Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and
the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound. She signed my copy.

Thursday I went to the People's Power and Light fifth anniversary. The
head of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources delivered a speech
about how the state has been very receptive to offshore wind turbines.
It was relieving to hear such positive news after having reviewed the
roadblocks Ted Kennedy has used to stall Cape Wind.

Below is a link to a video of what I was doing last weekend. I was the
fifth performer in the line (wearing a white shirt and shorts).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPiumn0jnc

6/3/07 - Ben & Jerry's has a website dedicated to global warming. It
includes a web game . . . which I totally beat.

This weekend is WildFire so I probably will not make another post until
the following week. If you are near Rhode Island you might be
interested in attending the Sustainable Living Festival.

5/26/07 - Recently the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) was
launched as a gamer advocacy group. This group is going to lobbying for
its members to work against legislation that would put limitations on
the game development industry. If you are worried about games being
made illegal or censored you should join.

The Serious Games Summit had an event at the British Consulate that I
attended. It included a panel with Professor Robert Stone from
Birmingham University, Doug Foster from Click2learn, Tom Hunter from
Compass Rose Games, Scot Osterweil from MIT Education Arcade, Kent
Quirk from Cognitoy, and Robert Ferrari from Turbine Entertainment
Software. The discussion was about uses of games outside of
entertainment. The discussed application included medical training, job
safety, global warming, and diabetes management.

5/16/07 - Below are two videos. The first video is of a survival pack.
This is a backpack I designed and built (which included sewing the
pack) for Burning Man. It includes squirt guns and EL Wire. I plan to
add an umbrella in the next few months.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4W76hHuofU

The next video shows how poor Cox Communications service has been. I
suspect the inefficiency of their cable boxes is doing more than
creating green house gases, it is actually causing their network to be
abused to the point that 24 is unwatchable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQjbG-w3Acs

3/13/07 - Friends of mine at CogniToy are working on a Global Warming
game called Melting Point. It is a game that uses real world data to
let the player choose the fate of the planet based on economic and
ecological choices.

A letter arrived from Comcast a few days ago asking me to call them to
discuss the issue. The first time I called the representative who wrote
to me was out, hopefully I will connect with him in the next few days.

My motivation to choose an alternative to cable has increased because
of outages and connection problems that have been happening in my area.
I hope to get a video of the issue soon.

3/3/07 - There has been some discussion recently of Flex-Fuel
vehicles. They are as inexpensive as a regular car. They were first
produced in the '80s. They can use a mixture of gasoline and up to
85% ethanol. Unfortunately, most areas have a very limited
distribution of anything higher than E10 (10% Ethanol). The closest
place to me with E85 is an hour drive. While an E85 mixture makes
about as much carbon dioxide it was made with plants that converted
carbon dioxide into oxygen while they were alive. While this is
better than E10, it still creates carbon dioxide. Some of the Flex-
Fuel advocates decry hybrids because Flex-Fuel has a greater
reduction in gasoline usage at a lower cost than a hybrid. The
problem is that hybrids produce far less carbon dioxide. A hybrid
conserves energy while a Flex-Fuel car changes where the fuel
originates. I propose that the best option would be a mixture of
these technologies.

There are a lot of good reasons to shop at Whole Foods over other
super market but the reason I have switched is because they offset
all of the non-green power energy all of their stores use with wind
energy certificates. Shopping at a super market that uses National
Grid is supporting a super market that is adding to global warming.

For years I have expressed my disappointment with previous
generations forcing their issues on the future generations to solve.
My son does not deserve to inherit a world where there are no
winters. Our children should inherit our solutions not our problems.

4/26/07 - Sunday I discovered that Comcast uses the same digital cable
box as Cox Communications. Comcast is the largest cable provider in the
United States. I will be sending them a letter tomorrow similar to the
letter I sent to Cox and Motorola.

Today I received my newest solid state bulb. This one has 150 LEDs and
uses 3 watts of electricity. It is bulkier than the other solid state
lights I have, but it creates the equivalent of a 70 watt incandescent
bulb.

4/22/07 - Melissa Black of Motorola responded to my letter. The
response and original letter have been added to the Green Power section
of the site. To paraphrase; she apologized and recommended a review of
the user guide as well as the FAQ.

The letter to Cox Communications has not received a reply. I have
posted a copy here. Over the next few weeks I will investigate options.
I suspect satellite is the most likely choice to resolve this issue.

There are three poems I had never added to the poetry section. They
have now been posted.

I also posted a link to this video about our children's future:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8cmWZOX8Q