Otenth Paderborn

Hello all!

hope everyone is doing smashingly well,

so this weekend is finally New England Fan Exp!!!!! 8D i myself will be attending the saturday of the convention ;w; alone xD cause no one i know is into cons and dressing up <.< ;w;

but! regardless, i will be there the 14th, for a grand portion of the day, if you happen to see me coe by and say hello! ad mingle! xD o_O will anyone actually be going? ill be wearing one of my steampunk outfits, my theme for this oufit is "traveling" so ill be carrying an old vintage traveling bag i found and a blue coat. i will also have a bunny tail and ears one <.<.. xD & ill be wearing a metal claw on my left hand! 8D

i had nothing better to do today beforeclass so i tokk pictures of myself in the outfit, ill post one up so ppl know what to look out for!

anyways, im sure itll be a blast! see you all there!!!

- k

www.kibiru.deviantart.com

( Pictures! )

   Go over to pgdf posting in theinferior4 and follow the links he gives to the amazing robots being built in Boston, which include a plan for a squishy robot -- soft-bodied and able to contract like a leech, but with legs like a millipede. No prototype on that one, but theo thers are up and (literally) running.  Very Uncanny Valley.  Comic, nightmarish, and wonderful all at once.

It makes you wonder what a species of discrete individuals powering themselves and moving in an environment (as opposed to a giant spreading fungus, or other model) has to actually possess in the way of powers, senses, etc.  Depends on the environment, I suppose; but the models for these bots are clear (dog, bug, person).  Does the physics constrain? 

You can have health care as long as you give up your right to abortion.

I may have read this wrong. I don't think so.

Thank you opalnipotent.

If you've missed sitting around the campfire at October Country... you'll look forward to its return! Martian Wei is busily arranging the logs and striking a match for the bonfire. The first show will begin at 5pm SLT on Saturday, November 14th. Location to be announced.

Get back in the loop for updates and news:

Website: October Country Radio

Twitter: ocradio

Second Life Group: In "Search", go to "Groups", search 'October Country', join.

Spread the word!

I am sorry for getting to this so late...anyway, there's a couple of things going on this month, so...

Nov 12: Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH

Nov 13, Nov 27: the return of the Salem Vintage Dances

(also note there are additional dance events listed on the Vintage Dance Events Calendar)

That's what I have so far for this month. Did I miss anything? Mention it in the comments!

 Here, I hope, is a very brief video shot at the Haunted House in the Massachusetts village where I live.  My neighbor builds an elaborate circuit within his house and barn and the kids (and grownups) come; there are four or five stations and the locals act out skits etc.  The theme this year was grade school -- the nurses's station, detention, the evil janitor in his closet etc.  You can imagine.  Last was graduation.  That was my venue.  (I've done this several times before, as Igor awaking Frankenstein while Mahster is away, etc.)   What you see here is the end of the previous skit, which was about getting through the MGAS (as are all such events, ours is big on bad puns.)  There is a brief period of total black then as my piece begins -- actually the audience could dimly perceive the graduates in cap and gown facing the dais.  I built the puppet with my neighbor, and I am manipulating it and speaking.  The head is actually a radio-operated talking skull.  At the end the spiel continues as the graduates charge the crowd, but it's drowned out here.


Here!

www.youtube.com/watch

Have a look at this alternate viewer which uses a web cam to figure out what emotion you're expressing, and copies it to your AV! Don't know if it works or not. I have a web cam of sorts, but haven't tested it yet.

Going on now at Sapphire Moon! A night of fun, music, dancing and best dressed movie character/costume!

Midalah Ballinger will be spinning the tunes as we dance the night away to songs from various movies.

$500L prize for the person wearing the Best Movie Character or Best Movie Costume. Bring your friends and join us for a great time!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chicahuac/224/224/2

Party tonight at Sapphire Moon for a night of fun, music, dancing and best dressed movie character/costume! Midalah Ballinger will be spinning the tunes as we dance the night away to songs from various movies. $500L prize for the person wearing the Best Movie Character or Best Movie Costume. Bring your friends and join us for a great time!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chicahuac/224/224/2

Anyone else getting this today?

wow o.o every SL lover should see this vid. skip to 1 minute in for it to really start.
http://www.youtube.com/v/VzFpg271sm8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1

linked to me by hydra shaftoe

Hi there.  We are in need of a costume designer for An Ideal Husband which will perform Dec 3-13 at the YMCA Cambridge.  Here is a link:  http://www.badhabitproductions.org/shows/season/husband.html.  Our designer had to drop out last week, which leaves us with a Victorian period piece and no sewing skills!
This would be a great opportunity for a student or recent grad looking to add to their portfolio.  There will be a professional photo call and production shots.  We are a non-profit theatre company.  If interested, or if you know anyone, please contact me at hiyosue [at] aol.com.  Thank you!

The Deadwood Gulch Hospital is recruiting!

Set in 1878, in the hills of the Territory of Dakota, Deadwood is an Immersive Role Play Sim where the owners are pretty much hands off and the community is self determining - a virtual old west world that is run much like the folks at Linden Labs have hoped Second Life would be embraced as. We've recently had an infusion in activity and as such the Hospital is a bit understaffed.

Do you have medical rp experience and are you looking to work with the folks who are immersive role players, or would you like to learn medical Role Play in a historical era?

Now is the time to come apply - come apply in character at the hospital on the corner of Sherman and Wall Street in the Deadwood Sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20Pass/202/150/651,) drop a message on the forums at http://theroadtodeadwood.com to Doc Devon or message MorriBrighid GlenDevon in world and we can talk about if this is something you are interested.

Signed,
one over run, pregnant in-world Doctor in Deadwood
Doc Devon

 All, right, maybe just for me, but sff_corgi  has this story on the Night Witches of World War II, which is a really neat tale for between Halloween and Remembrance Day.

Then there is an icon from my childhood that turns 40 this week, Sesame Street! Of the remaining original cast, there is one that does not get mentioned often enough, Dr Loretta Long.You might know her as "Susan", but she has a Ph.D. in Urban Education, earned while she was on the show, and using Sesame Street as the focus of her dissertation.

Ah, well - time to get back to homework... and brush up on my HTML.

See the stories at Metaverse and the Linden Blog.

I can only think that they're creating this product so that each business can have their own enclosed and controlled world, away from the grid. For someone who's dual attractions to SL are the diverse and wonderful 3D environment, and the wonderful and diverse folk that one meets there, I just can't see the point. Also, why pay $US 55,000 when they could, say use OpenSim?

Dann Russo (Dann Numbers in SL) has been published at a new website designed for working (or wanting to work) musicians. The article is about the awesomeness of playing Second Life Shows. And the website is pretty good too.

Check it out here: http://www.headabovemusic.com/second-life-by-dann-russo-dann-numbers#comments