History: Matt Arnold

Source of version: 12 (current)

{img src="img/wiki_up/lojban_masthead.jpg"} {img src="img/wiki_up/Matt2.jpg" } Lojbanic name: epkat Wiki user name: Eppcott ||I am an illustrator, graphic designer and sculptor|mi terpixra primarily interested in Lojban for use in fiction and art.|noi ralju selci'i la .lojban. tepi'o lo lisri .e lo selpixra I learned about Lojban in 2000|mi facki la lojban di'e renonono and have almost half the root words and grammar words memorized.|gi'e mi punji pimu lo'i gismu .e lo'i cmavo lemi mo'isro I am translating ((The Prophet)) by Kahlil Gibran into Lojban.|mi ca'o fanva la prije ctuca poi fi'o la .kalilgibran. ku'o la lojban|| ||I give an annual Lojban presentation with slides|mi nanca jarco le nunctuca sepi'o loi pixra at [http://www.penguicon.org/|Penguicon], a combination science fiction and open source software convention|di'o la .penguikan. noi skefi'a je samselpla girzu salci which I help to run in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, USA.|noi mi 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 my home.|la'e di'u rinka le lojbo cinri girzu poi penmi zvati lemi se xabju ku'o|| I 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)). I maintain [http://www.nemorathwald.com/Why_Learning_Lojban.htm|an extensive Lojban page on my 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 I create the ((Lojban podcast)), "jbocradi." I 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, I had an idea to offer Lojban enthusiasts citizenship in a faux internet nation, ((xartum)), which would double as a text-based online game. I shepherd the following tasks: !!1. Social Functions - Organizing and attending ((Logfest)). -- doing - Scheduling [Lojbanic Phone Group|phone chats] through Wiki polls. -- not doing yet - Scheduling ((IRC)) meetups through Wiki polls. -- not doing yet - Creating, administering, and playing ((the Lojban MOO)) and roleplaying micronation, ((xartum)). -- not doing yet - Chartering branch clubs such as [southeast Michigan Lojban group|the one in Detroit], and the potential one in California. -- doing - Coordinating collaborators on original Lojban literarature, music, art and film. -- not doing yet !!2. Editorial Functions - create an online digest of the blogs and other output of the Lojban community, for the homepage. -- doing - encourage Lojban enthusiasts create profile pages for themselves on the wiki. -- trying - continue producing the Lojban podcast -- on hiatus