Matt Arnold
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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 enguicon, 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 jbocre: What Is Lojban?, The Book.
I maintain n 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 ojbanic Phone Group hone 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 outheast Michigan Lojban group he 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