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What’s new on this site and with Dr. Schwartz.

Blogging and RSS

Anyone have any thoughts on how to either a) enable RSS feeds in Greymatter or b) migrate my existing Greymatter blog into Word Press? I’ve spent all morning trying to do both and have, regrettably nothing to show for it. Email if you’ve got any ideas, preferably easy to follow. Also, if anyone wants to […]

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One year in

It’s hard to believe, but Die is Cast is one year old this week. Here’s a few random thoughts: If Rome on HBO couldn’t get any cooler, there was gambling–and a gambling-related brawl–that, according to episode 2’s title, “brought down the republic.” Was the gambling scene historically accurate? In a sense, yes: all the archaeological

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Casino carpet updated!

Since it’s been so wildly popular, I’ve updated the casino carpet galleries. There’s an entirely new galllery for Clark County properties that I haven’t already gotten–it’s just a start. I also added a great deal to the Atlantic City gallery. Most importantly, I added the new Trump Plaza carpet, which is truly excellent. I also

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Biloxi and New York

I’ve added a new gallery: pictures from Biloxi, Mississippi and New York, New York. You can check it out here. Look for some carpet updates soon–I got some photos of the new Trump Plaza floor covering, which is really neat, and several from Foxwoods as well. Keep checking for updates.

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Written up

More write ups for the casino carpet mania! Even the New York Times had a piece, which I guess is the pinnacle of recognition. Anyway, if this is your first time here, enjoy this site, and check out the carpets here. There are some other photo galleries as well, and of course this blog.

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Carpet watch

Sorry if you’ve been having trouble with the site. Boingboing.net featured the carpet gallery and the ensuing rush of visitors exceeded my bandwidth. Thanks to Rus at VAserv, I’ve got more bandwidth and am back on track. I’ve gotten so many emails from people interested in this that I’m seriously thinking about doing more work

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I’ve been busy

I haven’t updated for a week because I’ve been busy with several projects at work, which I’ll be happy to announce as they become official, and completing the renovations and repair on my new old house. In other news, I’m officially the Director of the Center for Gaming Research now. I don’t have a new

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CNBC-bound

If you’ll be watching CNBC at 4:12 Eastern today, you’ll see me getting interviewed about Kirk Kerkorian. The MGM Mirage’s biggest owner is in the news because he is buying a big chunk of GM stock. You can see me talk confidently about Kerkorian’s role in Las Vegas and gaming history, then attempt to adroitly

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Been busy

I haven’t posted much lately for a few reasons: 1. A huge amount of work stuff, between new corporate archives, new opportunities, and an incredible amount of media relations re: Wynn LV. 2. I’m grinding through chapter 9 “Wise guys and One-Armed Bandits” of Roll the Bones. 3. I just bought a townhouse, and I’m

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Too involved in research

Poring through an old history of Monaco in my research for Roll the Bones, I learned that Carnegie’s Diplodocus was discovered during the excavations for a rail line. I found this mildly interesting. What a 19th century industrialist has to do with a prehistoric dinosaur, and why the long-necked creature was messing around near Monaco,

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In search of…

This has nothing to do with the TV show In Search Of, I just want to imagine Leonard Nimoy narrating this entry while spooky music plays in the background. This is actually about the disturbing variety of search terms that lead people to this site. I might not be posting for the rest of the

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A cyborg among us

The Internet is great. Today I learned that if I designed a cyborg avatar with my name, it would look like this, according to the Cyborg name generator: The Cyborg Name Generator: DAVE Go ahead, make your own! Actually, since they appear to be all metal, these might be more properly considered androids, but who’s

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Back in Vegas

After 9 days and I don’t know how many thousand miles, a well-received address at the International Conference on the Gaming Industry and Public Welfare in Macau, an interview on Macau TV, and loads of hospitality, I returned to Las Vegas today. And I’m not even out of my car before the fun starts.

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