tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36718803870737554912024-03-03T02:32:12.279+01:00The Drow DiaryThe personal blog of the designer and explorer Somehow Peccable. Expect black humor and a healthy amount of kink!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-9460284523516799962016-10-22T03:08:00.000+02:002016-10-22T03:58:36.507+02:00DJing Saturday @the Dark Wishes Halloween Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Expect rock, metal, oldschool goth and some oddities. Oh and there are prices to get: Likely evil RLV devices^^<br />
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Where? <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Night%20Wish/212/60/22" target="_blank">Dark Wishes Playground</a></h3>
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See you there!<div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-13367290035474475532016-08-18T22:13:00.000+02:002016-08-18T22:13:15.237+02:00Actually Exploreworthy: InvictusIts been a while since I posted something here. Partly due to RL reasons (good RL reasons!), partly because there haven't been so many interesting sims I have seen lately and none really which was worth to take some photos and blog about them.<br />
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Invictus though is different. Unlike most LEA installations it is more than just a plain surface, dotted with some more or less random abstract humanoid sculptures: It is beautiful, dense, gloomy and in its composition and emotional impact simply stunning!<br />
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Sure, the visual standard today has become pretty high in SL. Complex, mesh structures with baked textures and material effects are a commonplace, but aesthetically many creators are walking on a well beaten path. This sim though makes things a bit differently; has some edge and a certain vibe... and it did instantly captivate me.<br />
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Before I forget: the theme of the installation is a poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley:<br />
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In the fell clutch of circumstance<br />I have not winced nor cried aloud.<br />Under the bludgeonings of chance<br />My head is bloody, but unbowed.</blockquote>
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Beyond this place of wrath and tears<br />Looms but the Horror of the shade,<br />And yet the menace of the years<br />Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.</blockquote>
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It matters not how strait the gate,<br />How charged with punishments the scroll,<br />I am the master of my fate:<br />I am the captain of my soul.</blockquote>
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So yeah, <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA25/37/198/81" target="_blank">check it out</a>. Its not shit!<br />
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Level 2 - Parcel with 250 prims allowance for L$ 450 per week </h3>
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Level 3 - Parcel with 400 prims for L$ 750 per week</h3>
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Level 3 also have a spacious dungeon skybox included!<br />
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The new sim, Dark Wish, is just south of the Night Wish sim. You can just walk over there and check it out!<br />
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The dances are hilariously funny events and the highlights of the SL-weekend. See you there!<br />
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<a href="http://zandaproductions.blogspot.com/2016/03/dance-this-saturday.html?zx=c1b8b5743149f86b" target="_blank">Z&A "No Theme" Dance on Saturday</a><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-29005708946700708482016-03-31T02:19:00.002+02:002016-04-02T00:03:16.018+02:00SunstoneHere's now something less-Second Life related (yet somehow it is, but more of that later), but with a quite high BDSM content. I guess long-term readers of my blog don't object that ;-)<br />
You may have seen the drawings of Shiniez (or Stjepan Sejic, how he is known in the rl-world) hanging on some walls in Second Life (for example at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Night%20Wish/165/34/36" target="_blank">Dark Wishes</a>) or on his <a href="http://shiniez.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a> page.<br />
For those who are not familiar with him: His fetish-comic/graphic-novel series <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/sunstone-ogn" target="_blank">Sunstone </a>is about the Domme Ally and her Sub Lisa and their adventures together. Yes, in- and outside of their bed :p<br />
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Sunstone is quite something special: Besides the outstanding quality of the artwork, it also show BDSM as a fun activity between two quite believable persons, not just exchangeable one-dimensional fetish-figures with exaggerated anatomy, as it is the case in a lot of fetish art.<br />
You get to see them silly and playful, slouching around home in all-day clothes, bound and full of excitement, but also struggling with their self-doubts or with life's numerous ways to make things more complicated.<br />
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There is also an aspect in Sunstone which makes me wonder if the author has any experience with Second Life (hence the hint at the beginning of my post): He describes Ally as a (at times) hardcore MMO-player, so it seems rather likely that he is at least aware of it (and hence likely of its BDSM-scene too). Anyway, in Volume 1 he shows a bit of the backstory of his main characters and how they found each other and eventually came together. From BDSM sessions inChat to exchanging more and more personal details and sending each other pictures till finally meeting up in real-life for the first time...<br />
This is another aspect of the story which rings a bell for me, because that is exactly the way how Emma and I came together. Ok, we are less comical (hopefully!) but the pattern is the same and a lot of the feelings and thoughts which went through their minds could just as well been ours.<br />
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Sunstone also isn't shy of addressing the more serious aspects of BDSM like trust, health and safety (Safeword, SSC*), but usually not in a preaching way and very well woven into the story.<br />
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The only issue I really have is the visual uniformity of the characters. The girls all have more or less ideal body-shapes and all characters have quite similar faces and hairstyles (and not only that: tons of redheads, tons!)- and so far they are all white (I'm not waiting for Drows to appear though!).<br />
So that's a bit of a flaw, but not a big one really as it doesn't affects the quality of the story or the visuals. <i>(Edit: I was - at least partially - wrong: Harper, the owner of the BDSM club in Sunstone is actually black).</i><br />
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All in all Sunstone is a light-hearted and very well written (and drawn) series I am glad to recommend to everybody. Newbies to BDSM, who don't quite know where to start will likely find it just as entertaining and insightful as more experienced people who may find a bit of themselves in the characters.<br />
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Volume 4 of Sunstone was released recently and whilst you can get the series as digital copy or even as part of a humble bundle, I recommend the real deal and getting a printed copy. It is with $15.99 only insignificantly more expensive than the digital one ($11.99) and you can "forget" it innocently on your coffee table and see how your friends react to it ;-)<br />
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<i>*Three important aspects of any BDSM interaction. It should be: <b>S</b>afe, <b>S</b>ane, <b>C</b>onsensual</i><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-74834855447848898712016-03-06T19:04:00.000+01:002016-03-06T19:07:21.056+01:00Weird Saturday's Science!Me and Emma great fun last night at the Raven Park Dance. Thanks to Antony, Anna and Eve and everyone who came by for the <a href="http://zandaproductions.blogspot.com/2016/03/weird-science-dance.html?zx=26decc2446c7511d">great party</a>!<br /><br /><br />
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Strolling through SL often leads to meeting talented and interesting people - thats one of the things I really like it for. Like today at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tethers%20End/176/157/41" target="_blank">Tether's End</a>, when I met <a href="secondlife:///app/agent/8c99e2fd-6ca1-4f3d-9902-a43d2ee826d1/about" target="_blank">Mellow </a>- a bloody good photographer. It's definitely worth to check out her <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/133801766@N07" target="_blank">flickr page</a>!<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-7224561767473279332016-01-23T00:20:00.000+01:002016-01-23T00:20:54.698+01:00Games you really need to know about<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My friend Oiolosse is an avid gamer - and one with a good taste too. Its not only high-profile titles she is writing about, often the rather unknown indie titles are the most interesting really.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-44242377315477459352016-01-15T20:32:00.000+01:002016-01-16T00:40:52.060+01:00New Kraken Wars Chapter published!Friday is Kraken Wars Day! Read the 2nd part of Jack Tracker's epic steampunk story at <a href="http://drowscience.blogspot.de/2016/01/the-kraken-wars-part-2.html" target="_blank">the official Drow Science Blog</a>.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-24352823802660753072016-01-07T17:41:00.001+01:002016-01-07T17:43:34.223+01:00Introducing: The New Drow Science Blog!<div>
When I started writing my Drow Diary back in 2011, it was purely a personal Blog about my adventures (some call them shenanigans) in Second Life, like my bike-tours, Blake-Sea-flights and some evil adult fun. It all was and still is great fun and brought me loads of positive feedback! </div>
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Over the years though the focus of the Drow Diary shifted more and more towards my activities as builder and shop-owner, while I also kept posting more personal content. To cut the story short here: The content-situation became a bit messy!</div>
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The new year is a fine opportunity to clean this mess up a little by creating a new Blog, called <a href="http://drowscience.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Drow Science</a>, exclusively for my steampunk- and building activities. That should make it much easier for visitors to navigate and to find much faster what they are looking for.<br />
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Goes without saying that I keep The Drow Diary too. For more personal posts and things which don't really have much to do with Drow Science.<br />
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The Motörhead Second Life shirt freebie is now <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Motorhead-SL-Girl-TS/8297202" target="_blank">available at the Marketplace</a>. I hope you enjoy it! Live wild and loud and don't suffer fools!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-19103789492819890332015-12-30T00:13:00.000+01:002015-12-30T00:26:30.835+01:00Farewell Lemmy!Sad news about Lemmy's death. News like that always come too early and he was for certain somebody you would think would live forever. If you ask me, he certainly should have.<br />
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I made a Motörhead bandshirt a while ago (with the cool <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Kcreations-V-neck-T-shirt-Developers-Kit/4906857" target="_blank">full-perm mesh T-Shirt by Kat Fetisov</a>) and I find this is a good moment to share it. The T-Shirt is only available for ladies (sorry guys!) and comes in standard-sizing XXS-L, so one of them should fit you!<br />
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The T-Shirt is right now available as <a href="secondlife:///app/group/f9a76cd5-d47f-cd21-1998-dc9c8a729e8b/about" target="_blank">Drow Science group</a> gift and I will put it on the Marketplace too very soon (as soon as LL fixes it) - of course as freebie. I hope you enjoy it and show off your good taste for music!<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-74462119777087588932015-12-09T19:44:00.000+01:002015-12-10T18:45:02.124+01:00The Fun you have when you try to cash-out your L$ from Abroad<div>
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Since Christmas is coming closer, I wanted to cash-out some of my L$ to my account. Not a terribly large sum – enough to buy some presents and have some pocket-money.</div>
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I placed my order on thanksgiving day (not a great timing maybe, but we don't have that holiday in Europe, so what) and got a reply the week after, telling me that a support case has been created about my request and that Linden Labs is requesting further information. I got the slight feeling that this isn't going to work out like last time. </div>
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<i>As the winter nights draw in, I am reminded of a tale I once heard, while sheltering from a most tempestuous storm....</i><br />
<i>During the worst storm to strike the far off lands of Mirrormere, a most isolated region, which is a vast lake surrounded by jagged peaks and pitted with shadow filled valleys, a Dirigible bound for Never drift, found itself caught up in the 'Krakens breath' a term used by the Aethernauts of Old New Gate, meaning a storm strong enough to tear the envelope of an Airship and twist her structure to breaking point. And indeed the Airship was dashed on the rocky spires and all but three souls, were lost on board.</i><br />
<i>These three, a young couple and their year old daughter, found themselves lost and alone in the bitter encroaching cold, stumbling through the heavy pines rising up from the snow blanketed land and only compounding their dilemma by attempting to follow the frozen river, which ended abruptly at the edge of a precipice. Now cut off from any safe route, the slope to steep to return, all seemed lost...Until a figure emerged from the snowy night and beckoned to them, a lean almost thin figure, swathed in furs and glistening with hoarfrost, his long hair white as the snow which settled on it, and a beard bristling with frost. Without an alternative, the couple followed him, their precious cargo clutched tightly, for arduous hours they allowed themselves to be led by this would be rescuer, who never spoke, not a word, or sound from his lips emerged in that time. Finaly he paused at a mountain track which ran below the snow line, and placing his sack on the floor indicated the route they should follow to the village, which sprawled out below them, welcoming window lights in the gloom and the clattering of carts, more welcome sights and sounds than any, after such a chilly ordeal.</i><br />
<i>And then, without a word, the old man picked up his sack and climbed back up the mountain, beyond the tree line, up into the snow line and vanished into the clouds shrouding the peak...And was never heard nor seen from again.</i><br />
<i>The family now safe in the town below recounted the tail of this unspeaking guide and were met with some curious gazes from those gathered in the tavern. You see, in the most far flung and isolated corners of the world, superstition is abroad in all walks of life. The more level headed said it was just a kindly old Hermit, who lived up there high up in the ragged peaks who performed a charitable act. But some whispered of the Revenant of an old mountain guide, who perished above the snow line searching for a lost group of mountaineers, finally fulfilling his last promise to return the lost ones to safety...And some? well, some whispered that this was old Jack Frost himself, who for some reason, took pity on the man, woman and child, and in that moment, decided he would performed one kindly deed, and lead the family to safety...But as I say, there are places in the chilly furrows of the world where superstition is rife, or as some may say, older more intimate knowledge of the half seen world, we sometimes stumble across , as the shadows lengthen and the chill winds blow, in the dead of winter....</i><br />
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<i> 'My further travels across the 35th Dimension and other places'</i><br />
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Apart from the trampling aspect (which might have <a href="http://femdomhunt.blogspot.com/2013/10/creative-uses-of-hunt-path-2013.html" target="_blank">escalated</a> <a href="http://femdomhunt.blogspot.com/2013/10/creative-used-of-hunt-path-part-2.html" target="_blank">a little</a> in earlier hunts), there are also cool gifts to grab (that's even what the hunt is <i>officially </i>about!) and new places to explore.<br />
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Like it? Come and grab it at our store: <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kraizek/85/18/38" target="_blank">S & em (Hunt Location #11)</a><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-28588567594633073192015-10-01T18:43:00.001+02:002015-10-01T18:53:55.263+02:00Want to see the Prometheus in SL? Here are some places:Good news! The new Prometheus-Class is now on exhibit in its full life-sized glory at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Diamond/79/250/156" target="_blank">Never Drift</a> and <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Night%20Wish/223/37/2017" target="_blank">Dark Wishes</a>.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-20041379615285773482015-08-23T22:56:00.000+02:002015-09-09T20:26:53.524+02:00The Prometheus II Is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know some of you have been waiting for this release quite a while - too long actually. But real-life had quite a word in that matter and while I'd have loved to see it released at a much earlier date, that was just not possible.<br />
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But the long waiting is now over and I can honestly say that the Prometheus-Class II is by far the best ship I ever built. While it shares the same basic layout the old Prometheus-Class has (including 3 decks, elevator and a segmented bridge section), the new ship makes much more use of its space and looks also much more streamlined - and yes: a little bit more aggressive too^^<br />
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The Prometheus-Class II is now available on the <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Prometheus-Class-II-SteampunkDieselpunk-Aircraft-Carrier-PROMO/4858308" target="_blank">Marketplace</a>! I decided to put it on a promotional price for the first week - so better get it as long its cheap!^^<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-89475847101843371562015-08-22T12:59:00.002+02:002015-08-22T12:59:48.545+02:00Femdom Hunt VIGood news for kinky freebie hunters: The 6th Femdom Hunt is coming closer! It is a gridwide BDSM and fetish related gift-hunt, hosted by Z&A Productions (no hunting submissives, sorry folks!^^).<br />
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Antony does such a great job with designing the ads each year - lets have a look on the past ones:<br />
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The Femdom Hunt will go from October <b>16th till November 1st</b> and - as every year - some of the most known BDSM-related stores and sims will participate. Bad idea to miss it!<br />
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Just posting this here because... because!<br />
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Meyonia is a lovely little tropical micro state/banana republic (except they don't export bananas) and a pretty vibrant place. It is also pretty laid back with a more than subtle erotic undertone - and there is always something going on!<br />
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Currently the upcoming presidential elections are a big topic there. And frankly, much more entertaining than the elections in the USA next year! The latest reports are that the maids are on strike - with possibly negative consequences for one of the candidates...<br />
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Jack Tracker 99, from Sprokit & Kogg Publishers is the editor and writer of the Aeronaut Express - and he does a fantastic job. Each magazine contains a colourful mixture: News, coverage of past and upcoming Aeronautical events (ever heard the name Lawnchair Larry? if not, you missed something!), for example the famous Airship Regattas, infos about aviation/steampunk sims, recent air-kraken activity and much more. SL and RL builders will also apprechiate the freebie textures and the occasional DIY guide.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-16315469036965390772015-08-04T13:40:00.001+02:002015-08-04T13:40:22.298+02:00Lets Go Psychedelic! IIIts weird, its unsettling, its silly fun - and I couldn't resist to make more! I think the visual impact of <a href="http://drowdiary.blogspot.com/2015/08/lets-go-psychedelic.html" target="_blank">Google's "machine-dream-pictures"</a> hits you the hardest on the most common motives. The contrast between normal and - well - <i>not</i> normal makes it simply jump into your face ;-)<br />
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While this is a pretty weird effect of the company tinkering with neuronal networks, its of course only a side-product of their AI-research. But it kind of shows you where the direction is going at and how powerful that stuff already is. Just as humans can recognize a few dots and lines organized in a certain way as a "face" (like at the end of the paragraph above), they are teaching their machines to do the same: recognize and interpret patterns.<br />
If nothing else, it tells us at least a bit about how the human mind works. How it recognizes things like faces faces and what exactly happens when this pattern-interpreting runs a bit out of control (like when dreaming or hallucinating).<br />
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This time I added also some brief description under the original files. So you get some background information to the photo, but without distracting you from the impression the modified (or "weirdified") picture.<br />
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Ok, enough rambling and theorizing lets get you some creeps!<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-33643860950081095732015-08-01T01:01:00.000+02:002015-08-01T01:01:29.814+02:00Lets Go Psychedelic!Since <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2015/06/inceptionism-going-deeper-into-neural.html" target="_blank">Google was giving its neural networks LSD</a> a few weeks ago, I was desperately waiting for a way to make my own pictures of that kind (without having to deal with some hardcore coding that is). Today I stumbled over this <a href="https://dreamscopeapp.com/" target="_blank">lovely little link</a> and well - best see for yourself.<br />
My selection contains pictures taken roughly in the last 8 months or so. Beneath every weirdo-version is the regular one for comparison (and to settle your shaken minds again!). I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-69819514350327631942015-07-29T22:22:00.001+02:002015-07-29T22:22:24.614+02:00A Rezzing-Platform for the Gyrocogster!Some of you may remember the Airplane-rezzer we had at New Shoregate. While it was actually a pretty good idea (some friend were nagging me about having such a thing for quite a while, hello Prof, btw!), I wasn't quite happy with it. Once you took a plane from it, no further one would appear and the rezzer had the bad habit of stopping to work after sim-restarts.<br />
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To make a long story short: it really became time to make a proper rezzing system by ourselves, which rezzes a new vehicle, as soon it leaves the platform (and is in general a bit more robust and resource-friendly). As usually, I did the mesh-model (with a sporty land impact of 2) and Emma used her scripting magic to do... scripting magic!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And at the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Night%20Wish/228/100/48" target="_blank">Dark Wishes Manor</a></td></tr>
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A big thank you to Professor Wickentower and Talia Davidov for putting the rezzers at their sims. Please feel free to jump into the Gyrocogsters there and have a tour!<br />
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If you like to have your own Gyrocogster-Rezzer, there are available now at the <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Steampunk-Gyrocogster-Rezzing-Platform/7487720" target="_blank">Marketplace</a> and at the Drow Science Stores inworld, for example at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Diamond/144/99/121" target="_blank">Never Drift</a>, or at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tesla%20Isle/93/47/20" target="_blank">Tesla Isle</a>.<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671880387073755491.post-9792621070734664492015-07-03T18:58:00.000+02:002015-07-03T18:58:37.870+02:00Professor Wickentower's Transmissions through the Aether - Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>On an ancient chart, there is a tiny speck marked 'The corner of No and Where' at 360 degrees North of Improbable, 335 degrees West of Impossible...It is named Never Drift...And when it wrenched its self from the land, the waters poured into fill the earthen void...Only the Statue of the Sea king, which stood on the headland remained behind, some would say, he held his place in his realm despite the upheaval...Fishes came through the breach in the land that was, feeding among the Kelp, which has made this place a strong hold now, and the wreck of the once valiant Ironclad which patrolled the waters around the village, dashed to a watery grave, it's stalwart crew lost to the engulfing waters. But some Divers, searching the sea bed for the lost towers, do say they have seen 'other things' in the waters, amongst the kelp...Some even whisper that the Contraptionist, the mad inventor and watcher of the levitating lands, dwelling on one of the periphery islands, has met Mermaids and Mermen, down in the deeps!...Conversed with them, and made them welcome...Perhaps he may have...He is a curious creature and no mistake!...So should you come to Never Drift, the lands at the edge of improbability, perhaps you catch a glint in the waters? Just a fish?, perhaps, but perhaps that glimmer is the tail of a Mermaid, come to pay respects to the image of the lost 'king of the waters' or lay a wreath on the hull of the lost Nautilus, and the champion of the waters and of peace?... But maybe it is just a fish and Mermaids are like dreams...Just a passing memory...But in that case why do so many people will believe in them then?....What do you think?</i><br />
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Exert from "My travels in the 35th Dimension and other places" </div>
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By Prof.Z.Wickentower.</div>
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<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Diamond/154/82/22" target="_blank">Click for a journey to Never Drift</a></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">USPCQ7QMECY9</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17745080531270332514noreply@blogger.com0