San Luis live-action role playing video

Drive past Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo on any Saturday afternoon and you’ll hear dozens of cars honking at an unconventional sight.

The spectacle: A group of people engaged in combat, using Styrofoam shields and wearing deep forest-green cloaks.

They’re not rehearsing for a play or a fencing team but rather are the San Luis Obispo chapter of Amtgard – Barony of the Seven Sleeping Dragons.

“We play adult tag, that’s it,” said Nate Watkins, an architecture senior who has been playing Amtgard for three years. Continue reading

Mustang Daily site redesign

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As online editor for the Mustang Daily at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, I helped the site transition from proprietary to open-source software. Working off a base template from Woo Themes, I redesigned the site with a fresh, clean design that is more modern and intuitive to our readers.

The site is run on WordPress blogging software, but used as a content management system more than a blog. Along with the entire site redesign came a restucturing of the staff workflow to allow reporters, editors and photographers to all participate in posting content online.