Huckleberry Hax's Blog, page 31
June 2, 2016
16
A twilight gathering of four. Birthday salutations and years wished many more. Perhaps forced frivolity has become too much a chore. Perhaps it’s just too painful when she knows there’ll be no more. For she listens to them talking but she just stares at the floor. And she whispers, as they are standing at the […]
May 29, 2016
Uncanny Valley, a sci-fi VR short
This remarkable short sci-fi film from 3dar depicts a disturbing convergence of virtual reality and drone/robotic technology. It’s an incredibly well-made nine minutes of independent movie-making. The shock discovery five minutes in is superb (I’ve been playing around with a similar idea for a possible sequel to Beside an Open Window). And there’s a ‘making […]
May 25, 2016
Birthday preparations
Happy 16th birthday, son. I’m sorry I can’t be there. This card is just to let you know I will always, always care. Happy 18th birthday, son. I wish I could be with you. Be sure to raise a glass to me and I’ll send a little sun through. Happy 21st birthday, son. How does […]
May 24, 2016
Fifteen minutes
Beautiful. Really beautiful. Heart touching. Perfect. Perfectly melancholy. Inspiring. Beautiful. Awesome. Cool. Fascinating and gorgeous. Beautiful and mind blowing. Wonderful. Inspiring. Very nice, good. Interesting and impressive. This is amazing! Wow! A catchy read. A great piece of work… it’s awesome. Simple and on point. Wonder video. Great video. Awesome. Great. Amazing. Stunning. Lets talk. […]
May 21, 2016
That word
That word used to be a huge place, a soot-darkened, glass-paneled ceiling, a marble-floored arena of crossing paths, of newspaper stands and coffee outlets and roll-along suitcases and ticket stubs and distant double whistles and slamming doors. And echoing announcements. That word used to be the temporary end to the same old pattern, a gleaming […]
May 17, 2016
FROM SL WITH LOVE
A bit of fun to brighten an otherwise overcast sky: here’s my response to Strawberry Singh’s Movie Poster Challenge 2016. Mesh head and body: Adam by Absolut Creation. Suit: Peak Suit Tux by Deadwool. Car: HM As5 by Haru Motors Bigger version here.
May 14, 2016
Eurovision, Brexit, the UK’s ridiculous euro-insecurity and the role of Sir Terry Wogan
I’m not ashamed to say that tonight is one of my favourite nights of the year: the 61st Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Stockholm this evening, with Russia hotly tipped to win the competition with Sergey Lazarev’s ballad, “You are the only one.” Apparently, President Putin himself is keen on securing Russia’s second […]
I will steal your pain
I will steal your pain. I will market it. I will brand it. I will stand on platforms and shout about it. I will point at it and photograph it and shed tears over the injustice and dare others not to share my acerbic remarks on it. I will steal your pain. I will extract […]
May 12, 2016
Second Life Pic of the Day
I think this is the first time this has happened… one of my Flickr pictures got chosen as the SL Pic of the Day. Thanks, Linden photo selecting people/person (it’s probably just one person, right?). It was taken earlier in the week at The Looking Glass, which is an awesome build. I’m not done there […]
May 7, 2016
Trailer for Project Sansar revealed
Hamlet Au posted this video yesterday of the media used by Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg at last week’s Collision Conference to discuss virtual reality and show off the first moving images of Second Life 2 aka Project Sansar in action. I’ve fast-forwarded to the beginning of the ‘trailer’, but once you’ve watched that, fainted, […]
