https://bwinton.github.io/weblog.latte.ca/enSat, 13 Apr 2019 21:03:18 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://bwinton.github.io/weblog.latte.ca/blake/random/microblog/environmentalminecraft/Blake Winton<div><p><img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2301433/Weblog/GlassEllipsoid.png" align="left">I’ve been playing a bunch of Minecraft on a survival-mode server recently, and it occurred to me that when I’m playing, I basically act like an orc — cutting down all the trees, digging up all the stone, killing all the animals — all so that I can build whatever fancy strikes my mind.</p> <p>In my normal life, I bike (or take public transit) for all my trips; I recycle cans, bottles, cardboard boxes; I compost vegetables in my back yard, and other organic waste through the city’s compost program; I keep the house fairly cool in winter, and we barely ran our (window) air conditioner at all this summer. But as soon as I log on to the server all the normal behaviour is right out the window.</p> <p>Maybe when I build a house of my own, I’ll try to only use sustainable materials, and see how it is to live in a Minecraft world…</p> <p><br clear="all"></p></div>environmentmicroblogminecraftorcshttps://bwinton.github.io/weblog.latte.ca/blake/random/microblog/environmentalminecraft/Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:14:08 GMT