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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 […]

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I’ve had to temporarily disable comments for most entries; I got about 130 spammed comments over the weekend, solicitations for online gambling sites. If anyone knows how, using Greymatter, I can foil these spam commentors, let me know.

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

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

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

I don’t know exactly why I started the casino carpet gallery. But I did, and it seems that other people also find the subject interesting.