dropdeadcute: Hmmn, so little progress, so much time

Friday, February 1, 2008

Hmmn, so little progress, so much time

Maybe this is a bad time to say this? Consider that I'm too tired to think straight so of course I'm tempted to take on a whole amorphous project involving putting up a tutorial on the very most basic notions of 3D design as it applies to making sculpties.

What would this actually entail? Break it down:

Let's talk vocabulary. What is a NURB? What is a UVmap and why does it give off so little light, and not actually get us any place real? Which terms are the biggest bugaboos?
What does someone with no prior 3D modeling experience actually need to know to be able to understand sculpties?
Is understanding overrated? Maybe we just need tutorials that focus on walking us through making something very useful (or very destructive)?
What's the fourth question?
Where's the UPS guy with my Japanese grammars and dictionaries?
Does any of this have anything to do with Edward Albee's newest play, Me, Myself & I?

Attempted answers to these questions should be forthcoming if I can find my way to my bed and deal with that UPS guy.

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Still not the quality of vimeo, but this player accesses slightly more video. While YouTube has its share of problems, it remains the site everyone knows, and the one where you can get more random exposure without trying too hard, than just about anywhere. Of course, so can anyone and everyone else. So it becomes harder and harder to cut through the noise.

This gadget now shows my main "channel" in a somewhat odd way, not reflecting much the way that I've structured the channel to emphasize some items. Instead it seems to show the most recent uploads. But it can be used as a portal to the channel on YouTube itself, almost constantly in flux.

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Azadine Umarov, co-designer|proprietress
Saroyan Stransky, co-designer|proprietor

Please visit the main boutique in Second Life, on the northern edge of the Huineng region. The link in the name is a SLURL! Now I need to wash my mouth out with soap.

(It's probably simpler to find the location from my own Picks list. At least as long as SL continues to discriminate against mainland sims by making the SLURL page look like you're teleporting into the middle of an ocean. Still, despite the scary view, the SLURL will get you there too.)

- Azu & Saroyan

Azadine in Second Life

I do a DJ gig in Second Life, where I go by the avatar name of Azadine Umarov. I have an art gallery there, among other things. You may have been referred to this page by my link from Sasun Steinberg's network of kiosks and her sources of information on art in Second Life.

My regular gig is at the Velvet on Fridays, running from 6 to 8 p.m. (Pacific Time). I also play from 7 to 9 (or later) at the Crow's Foot on Wednesdays.

If you don't want to explore Second Life, you can also hear my shows at those times by way of my Shoutcast stream: http://albeelicious.serverroom.us:4780/ Especially with the Wednesday show, I tend to go overtime if anyone is actually listening.

Also, don't be afraid to contact me if you'd like me to play at your club or event.