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6th March 2005, 02:18 pm


to Bruce Sterling:

hey, Bruce!

I thought you’d be interested in something I’m discovering about the pseudo-MMORPG Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com) …

Second life is an _excellent_ ten dollar 3d modelling/virtual prototyping environment. I wanted to create a laptop stand for my treadmill so I can dork out while I’m getting a workout.. due to changes to the powerbook line, the magazine rack no longer works very well on al-books, so a stand became necessary.

prototypes in second life:

http://www.earthorbitdesign.com/oow3offline/index.php?album=2005%2F03_march%2F01_laptop_stand&dispsize=800&start=0

end result with real wood and metal:

http://www.earthorbitdesign.com/oow3offline/index.php?album=2005%2F03_march%2F06_laptop_stand&dispsize=800&start=0

What’s cool about second life is that you can log in with some friends and they can suggest ideas, or collaborate in 3d. Seems like this might be an interesting tool to try out in the classroom?

Hey, I love what’s going on with your blog! I’ve been keeping up since the veridian days, so thank you for such an interesting read!

my blog… http://www.earthorbitdesign.com/wordpress/

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  1. some sounds we like » Blog Archive » [kbsl001]-7 : Running:

    [...] This is the seventh and final track from My so called music, called Running. I was writing a track while I was on the treadmill (you may be asking how I write music on the treadmill), and this is the result. Around that time there was a story on slashdot on how ham radio operators were complaining about how Broadband Over Powerlines was screwing with their reception and creating a lot of interference. The story provided a quicktime movie of the evidence, which I somehow managed to hijack some of the audio and put into my track. [...]

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