I tried and failed numerous times to create and bake a simple sculptmap of a blob. It was just a practice blob, and I got it to work ONCE, which was encouraging. But every other time, the steps seemed to be different. Things weren't on the menu that had been there before. My inner volcano erupted, and much screaming, bad language, and tears of frustration ensued (luckily no one else was home except the cat, who wisely chose to remain upstairs).
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Hands bloodied and soaked from the waist down, Rudyard Kipling was happy. Not just happy, "utterly, supremely, and consummately happy," the famed author wrote, lying on the bank of the Clackamas River next to the first salmon he'd ever caught. Today, historians and fishermen say it was actually steelhead Kipling and his two companions nabbed that day in June 1889, but it's a minor discrepancy in an otherwise fondly written account of the trip that has resonated with anglers and local residents for more than a century.
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I’ve been watching this issue on Firestorm’s JIRA for a month or two, and it appears that the Flickr uploader has finally been fixed. UPDATE: Ooops, the release was withdrawn, something about a bug. It’s not affecting me, but I’ll have to download the fix once THAT is released. New in 4.2.1.29803 – Skin improvements to Starlight, Vintage, Metaharper, FS High Contrast and Ansastorm. – New windlight sky settings, including Ambient Dark, Grey and White and a new Tron Legacy series. – Added pathfinding LSL functions from Linden Lab. – Ability to disable group chat on a per-group basis! –…
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And now, at last, some time this week to work on my offering for the upcoming STEAM Hunt 7. The theme this round is “Time and Space,” highlighting the work of H.G. Wells, who got a little steampunk love (and a surprisingly effective gender change) in a recent story arc on the aetheric vidshow “Warehouse 13” last season. There was, until a year ago, a little and very grimy-looking shop near Seven Dials, over which, in weather-worn yellow lettering, the name of “C. Cave, Naturalist and Dealer in Antiquities,†was inscribed. The contents of its window were curiously variegated. They…
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As my RL vacation ends I look forward to building again, and will try to comprehend Blender once again. Every time I make a start, I get stymied by class schedules; it seems best to just go the tutorial route as below. It took me about three days to learn how to do in Blender, albeit clumsily, pretty much anything I can do with prims, starting from having looked at Blender a couple of times and thought WTF. I expect it’ll take me the rest of my life to learn how to do it really well, though. For what it’s…
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I’ve got several deadlines to meet before the typist goes on vacation to the western wilderness in a mumble-mumble days’ time. One of them just got pushed back, which benefits Dhughan rather than me, as I’ve finished converting my SL Marketplace listings (such as they are). We have extended the Magic Box migration to October 1, 2012 and will be providing a more complete Marketplace/Direct Delivery update within the next couple of weeks.We’d like to remind those of you who see any issues to please file a JIRA or contact support with your issue so we can confirm and address…
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The change will allow avatars to fly unassisted to 4,096 meters. Any device that adds PUSH to an avatar, to overcome the old limit, will likely launch avatars on an exciting ride. I got to test my flight feather in ADITI. They are no problem. They work fine. The neat part is they are not needed below 4,096 meters. via #SL News Update I Week 15 Seems like a good time to test my old flight feathers and the “flight assist hat” that I have up on the Marketplace and in a Relay for Life vendor. Counting the hours until…
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Thanks to a pointer from @LindaKellie, I explored the downloads, scripts and recommended tools for Second Life at Ferd Frederix’ incredible site Phaze Desmesne. This Flickr viewer thing is so very shiny. I had already spent days looking at the scripts, then realized thanks to a link from Linda Kellie’s free sculpts page that there were awesome sculpts and links to free tools at Ferd’s site. I can’t wait to play with this later, but I’m on an iPhone and this requires Flash. Thanks, Ferd! It’s people like you and Linda Kellie who keep inspiring content creators (just look at…
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Dhughan here, recommending Music For Builders. Whilst messing about with floating lanterns that fell 500 metres and buried themselves in abandoned mines in Steelhead St Helens, I listened to an excellent programme, hosted live by Carter Denja. Radio Riel is essential to maintaining one’s cool while excavating down to the Second Life water table to find physical objects set to float… wait for it! on the surface. My other floating lantern, which Miss Bug made in a class project, floats so enthusiastically that it would go into space if not constrained by a ceiling. Clearly, more study (my take, break,…
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Yes, yes, Dhughan here, very slack of me to disappear like that. I happened to be very busy avoiding as much work as possible during the holidays. Back again in good old Steelhead Shanghai, and there certainly are interesting things happpening this week. —- Chinese New Year 2012: Year of the Dragon – Breathing Fire into the New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012. Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year…