{"id":8171,"date":"2013-03-13T01:28:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=8171"},"modified":"2013-03-13T01:30:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T08:30:55","slug":"and-now-for-a-little-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/and-now-for-a-little-minecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"And now for a little Minecraft&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.52.19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8179\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.52.19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.52.19-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.52.19-600x354.png 600w, 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(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.55.42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8172\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.55.42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.55.42-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.55.42-600x354.png 600w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.55.42-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.55.42.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8176\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.51.07\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.07-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.07-600x354.png 600w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.07-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.07.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.45.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8177\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.51.45\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.45-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.45-600x354.png 600w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.45-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.51.45.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8174\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.50.29\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.29-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.29-600x354.png 600w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.29-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.29.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8173\" alt=\"2013-03-13_01.50.03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.03-600x354.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.03-600x354.png 600w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.03-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13_01.50.03.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I call it Teotihuacan.<\/p>\n<p>The temples each have a base of 31&#215;31 blocks and a height of 13 blocks, with the topmost level a 7&#215;7 square.\u00a0 They are spaced kitty corner five blocks diagonally, in a sort of equilateral quadrangle.\u00a0 The biome is actually a swamp; I added the jungle trees later for effect.<\/p>\n<p>The idea came to me a couple of weeks ago, when I was playing with my toddler nephew.\u00a0 I built a Mayan step pyramid out of Duplos with him, then figured why not do the same thing in Minecraft?\u00a0 The first attempt was in survival mode, which took FOREVER, so for this one I decided to go creative.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I&#8217;m rather pleased.\u00a0 This was my first time playing around in creative mode, and I must say it&#8217;s a lot more &#8230; creative.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m still writing.\u00a0 This was just a little diversion to keep me busy between job applications and temp jobs.\u00a0 The staffing agency has kept me pretty busy until now, so I&#8217;m looking for something a little more steady.\u00a0 Had an interview at J-Dogs today that went pretty well&#8211;hopefully, I&#8217;ll hear back from them next week.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, I&#8217;d better get some sleep.<strong><\/strong>\u00a0 G&#8217;night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I call it Teotihuacan. The temples each have a base of 31&#215;31 blocks and a height of 13 blocks, with the topmost level a 7&#215;7 square.\u00a0 They are spaced kitty corner five blocks diagonally, in a sort of equilateral quadrangle.\u00a0 The biome is actually a swamp; I added the jungle trees later for effect. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/and-now-for-a-little-minecraft\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And now for a little Minecraft&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"And now for a little Minecraft...","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[133,259,647,312],"class_list":["post-8171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-just-for-fun","tag-minecraft","tag-work","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-27N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8182,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8171\/revisions\/8182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}