An application was for employment A program was a TV show A cursor used profanity A keyboard was a piano!
Memory was something that you lost with age A CD was a bank account! And if you had a broken disk, It would hurt when you found out!
Compress was something you did to garbage Not something you did to a file And if you unzipped anything in public You'd be in jail for awhile!
Log on was adding wood to a fire Hard drive was a long trip on the road A mouse pad was where a mouse lived And a backup happened to your commode!
Cut--you did with a pocket knife Paste you did with glue A web was a spider's home And a virus was the flu!
*And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy... you just hoped nobody found out. (found this several places on the internet w/no one really credited, so who knows, 'just thought it all cute. Personally I was rarely on the internet until I found SL a few years ago)
Visit Split Screen here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beleza/74/201/1501 or direct link here: MisoSplitScreenHere.
Split Screen has two artists preparing their exhibits for August for the normally scheduled bi-monthly double artist large immersive installation Split Screen hosts. But in the interim, Miso Susanowa has her "Time As A Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" piece on the Split Screen platform for all to enjoy. " Set to Midnight, have particles to at least 4096 under Graphics, and turn local sounds on loud (not the music stream). You can sit on the build too!" Just my style.. art to play in! But for all you techys there is a lot more to it.
Miso's associated note relays some of the thought put into the installation. She presents as a Composition for Kandinsky saying, " Kandinsky saw houses and churches decorated with such shimmering colours that he said "...upon entering them I had the impression that I was moving into a painting." Music was also a critical influence on his painting and this piece has a soundtrack that plays with time. In Kandinsky’s work, some characteristics are obvious while certain touches are more discrete and veiled; they reveal themselves only progressively to those who make the effort to deepen their connection with his work.
Right-click to sit on the Mondrian grid and use your camera to look up, down and around the piece to enjoy the experience of Kandinsky's vision translated into 3D. Try all preset lightings.
You can get a mouselook view by pressing Esc twice. If you prefer an outside cam view and you get Mouselook on sitting, unsit, then use your cam controls to move your cam, then resit."
"The title is adapted from the Samuel R Delany story, "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-precious Stones," a title which always has invoked for me a mystical, philosophic mood quite apart from the story itself; a kind-of abstract mantra guaranteed to put me in a reflective mood."
The note goes on to state...."I am fascinated at the computer's ability to make infinite shadings and tonals of color combined with translucency/reflection/transparency; a plastic fantastic palette."
While I was visiting and taking video someone (whom I wasn't fast enough to ask permission to quote) posed the question to Miso in the Split Screen group asking, "would it defy time if the direction of rotation of the panels was from the red to the green? [16:34] Miso Susanowa: erm.... i am not in control of the particles/panels [16:34] Miso Susanowa: the wind controls some; physics controls the rest [16:34] Miso Susanowa: the particles are being sent out in rotating semi-random patterns, in the math [16:35] visitor: oh [16:35] Kara Trapdoor: I knew that [16:35] Kara Trapdoor: : ) NOT [16:35] Kara Trapdoor: Diviiiiii [16:35] Dividni Shostakovich: ;-) [16:35] Kara Trapdoor: hahaha [16:35] Dividni Shostakovich: hi Kara! [16:35] Kara Trapdoor: hey [16:36] visitor: perhaps I chose a bad moment to look at its rotation [16:36] Dividni Shostakovich: more likely a good moment, because it suggested things to you [16:36] Miso Susanowa: the patterns used by the generators have different "shapes" to their dispersion [16:36] Miso Susanowa: those dispersal patterns were then randomized by hand... [16:37] Miso Susanowa: and then some few, interspersed, were made subject to wind [16:37] Miso Susanowa: so any "patterns" that show up are basically coincidence [16:39] visitor: well I like it [16:39] Miso Susanowa: thanks! [16:39] visitor: how long will it be here? [16:39] Miso Susanowa: *points to Dividni* ask him [16:39] Miso Susanowa: he's the honcho :) [16:40] Dividni Shostakovich: actually I don't know -- it's officially an "interim" piece between the next two big builds, but if the artists there don't need the prims then "Helix" will stay up -- the last interim piece, Misprint Thursday's "Digital Glove," stayed up for three months [16:41] Kara Trapdoor: beam me up scotty I want to see... [17:07] Dividni Shostakovich: :-) [17:07] Miso Susanowa: and I didn't want it in a giant black box... yet on the ground, the focus gets grabbed by seeing things through it [17:07] Dividni Shostakovich: I'm glad you could put it up in full form here -- and I didn't even know! [17:07] Miso Susanowa: this is how I made it [17:08] Miso Susanowa: in IW I have it much much larger, and the trees are set on the mountains [17:08] Miso Susanowa: as for the meteor [17:08] Miso Susanowa: i dunno. I put it and took it out a half dozen times [17:09] Miso Susanowa: it just seems to balance things [17:09] Dividni Shostakovich: it's funny how those things work [17:09] Dividni Shostakovich: i like it [17:09] Miso Susanowa: to give a nice horizontal depth in a line with the grid and between the trees [17:10] Miso Susanowa: a lot of elements in my work are not plotted [17:10] Miso Susanowa: i am more a sculptor than builder [17:10] Miso Susanowa: as I work, my hands do things and then i try to listen to what they are telling me [17:11] Miso Susanowa: then perhaps I assemble an "overview" of the piece... but it is the making of it that informs me [17:11] Miso Susanowa: my hands know things I don't
Well I just thought those were cool quotes from the maker of the exhibit since the first part was way over my head, as indicated by my interjections : ) and the last provides some insight into the artist. Check out this cool fun exhibit and keep your landmarks for Split Screen that seems to be hosting some of the best artists SL has to offer since opening.
Miso made a machinima of this too.. and you can check it out on Divi's blog here:http://dividni.blogspot.com/ or direct link here: DiviMisoHere.
Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Brigadoon/128/128/23 or direct link here: BrigadoonVillageHere. (Village area after fade)
2:12 pm my time (12:12pmSLT) July 4TH I stood in Brigadoon Village and watched it fade quickly away in whipsy puffs of fog right before my eyes! The entire little village gone with a fade, not a poof. Geoffrey Xeonbuilder was there with a man body and clothes but bird head.. and when I asked he explained this is Brigadoon Village. It is only visible for a few hours each month and follows the book/movie story. I asked how to find it again and he said it's best to pay attention to the time it appeared and faded. I don't know when it appeared as I had only been there maybe ten minutes, but I certainly know when it faded. Only the grassy park with deer, snakes and badgers and trees remains nestled in a small mountain surrounded circular area with a tiny bridge crossing the small river that runs along one side in an area in the otherwise busy Caledon Brigadoon steampunk sim. There were a few other avatars, along with myself and one visitor exclaimed about the village disappearing and how they missed their photo op. What I did see before it faded was a small village with houses, surrounding a pillar with a rabbit sculpture atop. I was lucky enough to capture a few photos.
Of course I needed more history on this mysterious village and went to Wiki which states, "Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical, such as "Almost Like Being in Love" have become standards. It tells the story of a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years, though to the villagers, the passing of each century seems no longer than one night. The enchantment is viewed by them as a blessing rather than a curse, for it saved the village from destruction. According to their covenant with God, no one from Brigadoon may ever leave, or the enchantment will be broken and the site and all its inhabitants will disappear into the mist forever. Two American tourists, lost in the Scottish Highlands, stumble upon the village just as a wedding is about to be celebrated, and their arrival has serious implications for the village's inhabitants. The original production opened on Broadway in 1947 and ran for 581 performances. Brigadoon then received a West End production opening in 1949 that ran for 685 performances, and many revivals followed. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. A 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk." Wiki here: See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadoon
Caledon Oxbridge is a pleasure in itself and well worth a visit with or without the mysterious village present. It is home to the independent state of Caledon's Community Gateway University of Caledon Oxbridge, which also hosts a fencing team in this Victorian micronation with steampunk elements. Near the disappearing village I found the adorable Hummingbird ballroom, a glass window enclosed build that has many adorable dances, some of which I've not seen before in SL. Ravelli Ormstein, a small bear of an avatar and a University professor at Oxbridge University in Caledon, provided me with some history/notecards upon my request about the sim. He said he's been a resident for 2 years. He said Caledon Oxbridge University is usually the heart of Caledon and a good place to start. Desmond Shang is mayor account. Ravelli also spoke of the Hall of Caledon that provides a lot of info about this micro nation and he offered this web page of additional information. http://www.steamlander.com/forums/ and the steampunk Wiki: http://www.steampunkwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page The history note card provides additional information stating Caledon is a 19th centruy Steampunk Victorian micronation existing within Agni, or the Main grid. The terrain is mostly towns, forests, mountain ranges and countryside mostly interconnected by rail, carriage and airship and houses houndreds upon hundreds of active residents. There is a Royal Caledon Air Force, libraries, and Oxbridge. Residents of the area are members or citizens of the group "Independent State of Caldeon" and it is a invitation-only group, but membership is not difficult to obtain by asking a citizen who can get you in with no requirements.
Here is a direct link to the Oxbridge University too: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/251/131/22 direct link here: OxbridgeUniversityHere. Besides the university I was told some of the other special special sim sites and activities include: the sandbox, welcome center, Magellan Templemore, Fencing, Chess Park, Victoria City, hospital, blue Mermaid, Falling Anvil, Gaiety Theater, Pub Dodo Redux, World's End, numerous art galleries, libraries and museums, including an H.G. Wells Memorial Branch Library, various areas of site seeing such as the Airbase "Iron Cloud", Blimps, Mines, Graveyard, Royal Society for Natural Sciences, Rail Station, etc, a great number of intriguing shops and many many other places, events and sites to behold. I was very impressed with this large area and I will definitely return for hours of adventure. Don't miss out.
"Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States." Wiki
I have an anime avatar, Miku, and found info. on a concert from last night indicating she is apparently all the rage. Hatsune Miku was at Nokia Theatre for the Anime Expo 2011. This Vocaloid appeared live onstage for the first time in the U.S. but obviously is not really live. Hatsune Miku is a character developed by Crypton and associated with Vocaloid synthetic voice software. She's been remixed visually and musically by fans. According to one review here:http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/07/hatsune_miku_live.php or direct link here: LAWeeklyblogsMikuHere. "....Miku, on the other hand, appears on a reflective screen in the middle of the stage. The human band members play to the side of her." See link for details.
So my anime character is pink but Miku is blue... they have the blue too though which I found in SL with full avatar, skin, shape, hud, clothes, etc at Terrorlve here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Niigata/25/21/26 or direct link here: MikuHere. and also another brand that is quite a bit less expensive is here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beat/113/220/41 or direct link here: AnimeHere. This is Audax, Inc, Anime Hangout and RP. My anime is GN SakruMiku. Search appeared to have several other places with similar avatars for sale. Anyway.. I couldn't help making a short video.
For a Youtube review of the real Miku, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI or direct link here: MikuYoutubeHere.
One of the things I love about SL... meeting and getting to know people from around the world. Happy Canada Day to my many Canadian neighbors to the north that I have met and grown to love through SL. Photo is from Creative Commons http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Free+Creative+Pictures+canada&view=detail&id=776DA1DE4313A1A4195A2221D3EB6BB5931C7646&first=301&FORM=IDFRIR
On Canada Day, Canadians celebrate the day the British North America Act was created by the Canadian federal government on July 1, 1867.
"British North America Act, 1867Main article: Constitution Act, 1867 The act, also known as the BNA Act, comprises a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The Act entails the original creation of a federal dominion and sets the framework for much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its Federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system. It received its current name in 1982, with the patriation of the constitution (having originally been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom). Amendments were also made at this time: section 92A was added, giving the Provinces greater control over non-renewable natural resources. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867" Per Wikki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America_Acts
