History: Matt Arnold

Lojbanic name: epkat

Wiki user name: Eppcott

Matt Arnold is an illustrator, graphic designer and sculptor .matarnold. goi ko'a terpixra primarily interested in Lojban for use in fiction and art. noi ralju selci'i la .lojban. tepi'o lo lisri .e lo selpixra He learned about Lojban in 2000 ko'a facki la lojban di'e renonono and has almost half the root words and grammar words memorized. gi'e ko'a punji pimu lo'i gismu .e lo'i cmavo leko'a mo'isro He is translating TheProphet by Kahlil Gibran into Lojban. ko'a ca'o fanva la prije ctuca poi fi'o la .kalilgibran. ku'o la lojban

Matt gives an annual Lojban presentation with slides .mat. nanca jarco le nunctuca sepi'o loi pixra at Penguicon, a combination science fiction and open source software convention di'o la .penguikan. noi skefi'a je samselpla girzu salci which Matt helps to run in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, USA. noi ko'a sidju sazri di'o le se tcadu poi .detroitmicigan. ku'o ku'o ku'o This presentation started a group of Lojban enthusiasts which meets in his home. la'e di'u rinka le lojbo cinri girzu poi penmi zvati leko'a se xabju ku'o

Matt designed an alternative Lojban logo, depicted above, and would be very happy to provide free illustrations and page layout for upcoming editions of The Complete Lojban Language or What Is Lojban?, The Book.

Matt maintains an extensive Lojban page on his web site featuring:

• a groovy Lojbanistan mural
• reasons to value and enjoy Lojban as a puzzle and for its mystique
• the translation of I Am A Little Teapot Of Borg
• translations of Nicholas Gurewich's Perry Bible Fellowship web comic

Matt creates the Lojban podcast, "jbocradi." He would like to someday host a call-in internet broadcast about the language assisted by chat and whiteboard communication.

Since being elected to membership in The Logical Language Group and board of directors, Matt had an idea to offer Lojban enthusiasts citizenship in a faux internet nation, xartum, which would double as a text-based online game.