Gosh. Liked the look of the Flamethrower one.

Gosh. Liked the look of the Flamethrower one.
#blender #3d  
http://cgi.tutsplus.com/articles/45-epic-blender-tutorials--cg-9669

I use this.

I use this. Not only does it capture all or parts of a screen, it can record scrolling windows, and create videos from a part of the screen (with sound) and has an editor for afterwards! And it's free, but WIN only. I registered my copy (because I wanted to support the developer) but that's optional.
#screencapture #windows  
http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

The EMERAC and its successive jobs:

Originally shared by Maurici Carbo (nummolt apps)

The EMERAC and its successive jobs:
(Electro-Magnetic Memory and Research Arithmetic Calculator)
(Also known as "Emmy") 
[image] "Desk Set" (Fox 1957)
(Mondrian office): 
http://secondsightcinema.com/desk-set-1957-sapiosexuals-katharine-hepburn-and-spencer-tracy-find-love-in-the-library/

"Invisible Boy"
http://theoldmoviehouse.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/the-invisible-boyepisode-9.html

In the "Seaview":
http://www.vttbots.com/interiors_1.html

And in the credits of "Desk set": 
http://secondsightcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Desk-Set-IBM-note-in-opening-credits-e1431407497234.png

Not quite computing, but the fact it was don in 1897 is impressive.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Not quite computing, but the fact it was don in 1897 is impressive.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-telharmonium-was-the-spotify-of-1906

Day 6 - Baby Steps and Blocks

Originally shared by Chic Aeon

Day 6 - Baby Steps and Blocks

Now you wouldn't have thought it would take ALL DAY to make concrete blocks and front steps but ya know ---

that picky thing. I made these modular so that both stairs and blocks can be adjusted somewhat for bumpy or hilly land.

Most things went smoothly until I came to the dreaded texture bakes black thing. It took me quite awhile (towards the end of the day) to remember that you can only have ONE UV map to bake to (unlike Debbie's clever use of UVs to bake to the same texture plane).

Eventually I remembered and after a couple of tries got everything copacetic. This black texture no baking thing happened to me first with my toolbelt last year. It comes from IMPORTING objects into a Blender file (something I don't do often enough for the steps to become second nature).

RENAME both (or all) maps to the same name BEFORE JOINING the parts of your mesh --- that's the trick :D.

Anyway I still have a back stoop to make (different style and funnily quirky) tomorrow and will start on the roof  -- or I might take some time off.  Well PART of a day anyway.

Company coming for Black Friday Dinner which we had last year and was loads of fun. Mexican with lots of black things like beans and rice and chips (yep, black). Token veggies snuck in for the kid (well everything is relative).

Here are the photos for my scrapbook and for those of you following along.


PS. I was remembering today a building class I took in SL LONG ago. It was about making things NOT so perfect so that they seem more real. There really is a process to that. But the overall feel is very much what I am after.

Currently 25 LI in SL and 16 in OS.

A retro computer that a "second career" as a film and TV prop!

A retro computer that a "second career" as a film and TV prop!

Originally shared by Maurici Carbo (nummolt apps)

The EMERAC and its successive jobs:
(Electro-Magnetic Memory and Research Arithmetic Calculator)
(Also known as "Emmy") 
[image] "Desk Set" (Fox 1957)
(Mondrian office): 
http://secondsightcinema.com/desk-set-1957-sapiosexuals-katharine-hepburn-and-spencer-tracy-find-love-in-the-library/

"Invisible Boy"
http://theoldmoviehouse.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/the-invisible-boyepisode-9.html

In the "Seaview":
http://www.vttbots.com/interiors_1.html

And in the credits of "Desk set": 
http://secondsightcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Desk-Set-IBM-note-in-opening-credits-e1431407497234.png

One way to do it.

One way to do it.
#comics #sketchup  
http://www.genkigirl.com/finesometimesrain/?p=771

I though I'd shared this before.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I though I'd shared this before. Some good textures here for your 3D builds, and there's a free version of membership.
http://www.plaintextures.com/

Don't know about you but good concrete textures are essential for a lot of my builds.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Don't know about you but good concrete textures are essential for a lot of my builds. You might have to use Translate to read the license.
#textures  
http://www.iwebdesigner.it/texture-photoshop/free-concrete-textures-34809.html

Looks like fun.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Looks like fun.
http://gottcode.org/cutemaze/

Moffat and Capaldi on TripleJ NOW.

Moffat and Capaldi on TripleJ NOW.
#doctorwho #drwho

I edited a mesh in Blender–and you can tooHypergrid Business

Originally shared by Selby Evans (Thinkerer Melville)
http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2015/05/i-edited-a-mesh-with-blender-and-you-can-too/

A freeware Windows program to create wood patterns.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

A freeware Windows program to create wood patterns. I've used this once or twice before and it is good at what it does.
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm

Generate ANYTHING!!!! For example, using the "Guy Fieri Restaurant Menu Generator", I got:

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Generate ANYTHING!!!! For example, using the "Guy Fieri Restaurant Menu Generator", I got:

Our unlicensed chefs take a Velveeta cheese block beaten with crunchy peanut butter and pummel them with a Honey-Baked Ham then we fry it in biscuit gravy and toss it with candied bacon and chocolate nibs.
http://www.generatorland.com/

I found this reference to Scrivener during the week while reviewing Mind Mapping software.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I found this reference to Scrivener during the week while reviewing Mind Mapping software.
http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/index.php?title=Choosing_mind_mapping_software_to_help_plan_writing

GASP!!

Originally shared by Laura Ess

GASP!!

#3dmodeling #blender  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCEN0qQOsIA

I've written an article on using and importing Mind Maps and other programs with Scrivener, and posted it to my...

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I've written an article on using and importing Mind Maps and other programs with Scrivener,  and posted it to my Dreamwidth account.
#scrivener   #scapple #aeontimeline   #opml   #mindmaps  
http://laura-seabrook.dreamwidth.org/1524918.html

I found this while looking for something else.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I found this while looking for something else. It is VERY simple and only works under windows and loads/saves to HMP/BMP formats. You can have fun replacing things and digging canals through your terrain.
http://hme.sourceforge.net/

A free 3D model viewer

Originally shared by Laura Ess

A free 3D model viewer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/glc-player/?source=typ_redirect

Cool source for building textures.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Cool source for building textures.

Came across this list while looking for something else.

Came across this list while looking for something else.
http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=93

Can anyone point me to any resource which might explain if and how it's possible to either change the entries for...

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Can anyone point me to any resource which might explain if and how it's possible to either change the entries for trees and grass in OpenSimulator, or be able to edit the definitions of the vegetation created? It seems odd to be stuck with ONLY these options. I did find a set of TREE commands for the server (documented at http://forums.osgrid.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2865) , but this seems to involve importing linksets to work.

I though I'd shared this before.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I though I'd shared this before. Some good textures here for your 3D builds, and there's a free version of membership.
http://www.plaintextures.com/

Not quite steam punk, but it would certainly fit in well.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Not quite steam punk, but it would certainly fit in well.
http://www.boredpanda.com/usb-typewriter-interface-device-qwerkywriter-qwerkytoys/

I found this image on this page about fake quotes -...

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I found this image on this page about fake quotes - http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/7-famous-quotes-about-the-future-that-are-actually-fake-1631236877. It's clearly a control panel of some sort (power station?) and the fake quote it illustrates is ""There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." — Ken Olsen, founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977" I think there's a tendency to consider previous generations to be old fashioned and short-sighted, but as we know old-tech was cool for its time.

Anyone know what this is?
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--vktdKteA--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/cwm6rvnai4xdlrz7q1ab.jpg

Poor Gabby (at back) - been gone for half a year.

Poor Gabby (at back)  - been gone for half a year.

The Dick Smith System 80 / Video Genie / PMC-80/81, was a TRS-80 Model 1 clone, popular in Australia and New Zealand...

Originally shared by Laura Ess

The Dick Smith System 80 / Video Genie / PMC-80/81, was a TRS-80 Model 1 clone, popular in Australia and New Zealand in the late 70s/early 1980s. TRS-80s were expensive to buy from Tandy/Radioshack (now absorbed into DSE in Australia) so the System 80 was a cheap alternative as a personal computer.

The System-80 was my first personal computer. I bought mine in 1979,  and for a monitor I had a Sony B&W three-in-one portable TV. The image was wavy but back then even a tiny blurry screen seemed a miracle! The System-80 boasted a massive 16kb of RAM and a 12 KB built in BASIC. I had mine extensively modified, with: cursor keys, sound board, programmable character set (including LOWER CASE) and a joy stick (which emulated cursor keys)! Later I added an expansion unit with a printer, and four chained 8" floppy drives.

Like the TRS-80, the graphics display was a primitive B&W grid created by 2x3 dot characters. It may have been extremely basic, but the games were fast and fun. Playing MS Flight Simulation version 1 however was more an exercise in abstraction than simulation. At one point I hooked up two of these together by using external tape player plugs and played a game of Battleships.

Like the the TRS-80 again, it survived until outclassed by the Commodore 64 (better graphics and colour) and the Apple II.
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/

I edited a mesh in Blender–and you can tooHypergrid Business

Originally shared by Selby Evans (Thinkerer Melville)
http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2015/05/i-edited-a-mesh-with-blender-and-you-can-too/

A freeware Windows program to create wood patterns.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

A freeware Windows program to create wood patterns. I've used this once or twice before and it is good at what it does.
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm

This turned up on a FB page called "Cult of the Weird".

Originally shared by Laura Ess

This turned up on a FB page called "Cult of the Weird". I don't think it's weird at all. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/

Blender - UV Mapping Video

Originally shared by Chic Aeon

Blender - UV Mapping Video

For those of you that are still wondering about UV mapping, this looks like an excellent series (I have watched 2 of the four videos 4).  This is in Blender 2.7 and he is in cycles but even if you aren't using cycles, the UV mapping is relevant -- just ignore the node stuff (not too much).

I wasn't looking for this. I was watching an advanced cycles tutorial and YouTube in its wisdom (and sometimes it is pretty smart) just started this automatically. So I watched!

Keep in mind that he is not making things for our type of world. So a subsurf of three on a mustard bottle (OH NO!) and an alpha layer on a texture that really has no alpha used (longer download time).

But I already learned a couple of things in the second video and the first one was an excellent example for close to beginners.  He DOES assume you know a few things but he also mentions the key strokes often.

Anyway bookmark for later or whatever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-FfB9kRmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-FfB9kRmE

This has probably been shared before, but it makes interesting reading.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

This has probably been shared before, but it makes interesting reading.
http://mashable.com/2015/07/16/vintage-computer-reviews/

Some folks have trouble getting one of our tutorial kits to rez when they get it to their home grid.

Originally shared by Nara Malone

Some folks have trouble getting one of our tutorial kits to rez when they get it to their home grid. Since this is a common problem when shopping for anything across the hypergrid, we decided to do a little tutorial  about moving content between grids this week. To give you something to practice with we put the V2 of the NPC poseball in the box and the makings of an NPC plus a premade NPC. It works like version one but lets you set the script to only rez the avatar when someone is close by.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Vk9vIm1DY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Vk9vIm1DY&feature=youtu.be

34 weird vintage photos of women in tiny miniskirts at huge old computers

Originally shared by Wolfie Rankin
http://boingboing.net/2015/07/30/miniskirtsandcomputers.html

A friend was having trouble understanding animating his birds, so I made a short video on how to use the Prim...

Originally shared by Fred Beckhusen

A friend was having trouble understanding animating his birds, so I made a short video on how to use the Prim Animation Compiler.   I use this script almost every day in pets and doors,  or anything that needs to move around, like the fins on the Blue Whale, and piles of rocks that fall down.  It works on attachments, too, so it's useful for things like shoulder pets.

The script and detailed instructions is at http://www.outworldz.com/secondlife/posts/prim-compiler/

I came across this book at my university library today. Very interesting.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I came across this book at my university library today. Very interesting.
#retro #computing  
http://www.digitalretro.co.uk/

I found another free texture site!

Originally shared by Laura Ess

I found another free texture site!

Actually it was made public domain back in 2006!

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Actually it was made public domain back in 2006! Has 211MB of Blender stuff to download as a CD (but you might want to review the contents first).
http://www.blendernation.com/2006/05/17/blender-texture-disc-now-public-domain/

Old levitation tech that actually works, but is probably more expensive than other methods, and dangerous in a...

Originally shared by Laura Ess

Old levitation tech that actually works, but is probably more expensive than other methods, and  dangerous in a thunderstorm!
#technology #levitation  
http://www.ufodetector.com.br/lifter%20mecanica%20popular%20em%201964.htm

An A3 poster version of this might come in handy one day.

Originally shared by Laura Ess

An A3 poster version of this might come in handy one day.
#3dmodelling #blender  
http://www.giudansky.com/design/51-blender-map

I like KRITA which is an open-source painting application (see https://krita.org/).

I like KRITA which is an open-source painting application (see https://krita.org/). Here's a handy keyboard reference.
#opensource #software #krita  
https://colorathis.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/krita-2-8-shortcuts-cheatsheet/

Very cool.

Very cool.
#steampunk #julesverne  
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20140925-in-france-a-steampunk-park-of-jules-vernes-dreams

One of the original video games!

One of the original video games!

Originally shared by Norbert Landsteiner

Annual Spacewar! Halloween Special

Just this weekend: The annual Spacewar! Halloween Edition at http://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/.

This year, the game doesn't only include themed ship outlines, an on-screen score display and the "Minskytron" hyperspace signature, it also includes a motto screen implementing a 1960 soft character rendering code along with its font definitions. This demonstrates quite impressively how ample 4K of 18-bit words actually are …

Happy Halloween!

According to the wikipedia:

According to the wikipedia:

"The first shorthand machine (the word "stenotype" was not used for another 80 years or more) punched a paper strip and was built in 1830 by Karl Drais, a German inventor The first machine was made in 1863 by the Italian Antonio Zucco and was in actual use since 1880 in the Italian Senate."

1830! Very much a real life "steam punk" thing, really - practical trains/railways were only just being built at that point. Babbage had conceived of his 'Difference Engine' eight years before (though it was never built in his lifetime). It's as old as Belgium!
#reallife #steampunk  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype

There is something fascinatingly creepy about this demonstration. Amazing things were done in the analog era!

There is something fascinatingly creepy about this demonstration. Amazing things were done in the analog era!
#vocorder #archivefootage  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMOhxpf9ow0

Are you a lazy typist? Try this on for size!

Are you a lazy typist? Try this on for size!
http://asetniop.com/

I like the look of this nifty old kit.

I like the look of this nifty old kit.

* 8-bit machine offered 256 bytes memory. Switches keyed the input and lights displayed the output
* Was capable of executing several hundred instructions per second
* Possessed a memory of about 1,000 words, could handle word processing

Cor!

Originally shared by Jamel Tayeb

It is always a pleasure to read about our "hobby" in mainstream press!

The man who made 'the world's first personal computer'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34639183