January 2016 – Blogula Rasa

Mini-Posts

As a beginning Blender user, I've struggled with the concepts but managed to produce some low-poly mesh bunting for #MardiGras in #SecondLife. The hardest thing right now is keeping materials and textures in the right order and remembering to assign green apples to green apples, and oranges to oranges. Currently alphabetical order matters with materials so it might be smart to rename any assigned textures in Blender in the same alphabetical order. Unfortunately, I am not that organized so it was a carnival of blunders until I got it sorted.

January 23, 2016 - By ginny

G+: As a beginning Blender user, I've struggled with the concepts but managed to produce some low-poly mesh bunting for #MardiGras in #SecondLife. The hardest thing right now is keeping materials and textures in the right order and remembering to assign green apples to green apples, and oranges to oranges. Currently alphabetical order matters with materials so it might be smart to rename any assigned textures in Blender in the same alphabetical order. Unfortunately, I am not that organized so it was a carnival of blunders until I got it sorted. These "bunting banners" could be even lower poly so…

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Twitter

Tweetly Weeks

January 17, 2016 - By ginny

Workaround for Last.fm: Universal Scrobbler: I listen to a LOT of music via Internet radio streams,… https://t.co/B6cRsm0N9W 2016-01-10 Today and Yesterday and a couple of days after tomorrow: Today my husband David and I got together … https://t.co/0L04OTXKOf 2016-01-10 Godspeed, David Bowie. I'm feeling shocked and bereft. 2016-01-11 RT @DavidBowieReal: January 10 2016 – David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle… httpâ€¦ 2016-01-11 Listening to Internet streams playing #Bowie today. https://t.co/AbderpGVWY 2016-01-11 Listening to radio streams playing #Bowie. Lyrics keep jumping out: "I am a DJ. I am what I play." #Bowieisms…

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Originally shared by +Dave Hill:

January 13, 2016 - By ginny

G+: Originally shared by +Dave Hill: "It's the advice I always give" It’s the advice I always give Maybe I should put this in my medical directive. View on Google+ Share!Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Share on Facebook (Opens in ne… Read at Google+

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♫ "David Bowie – Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 2 US Promo 12") – 05:22" on A_A Bowie (Tunemark Radio)

January 11, 2016 - By ginny

G+: ♫ "David Bowie – Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 2 US Promo 12") – 05:22" on A_A Bowie (Tunemark Radio) Yes, this weird. Read at Google+

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♫ "David Bowie – Blackstar " on Polygon of Voracious Audio (Tunemark)

January 11, 2016 - By ginny

G+: ♫ "David Bowie – Blackstar " on Polygon of Voracious Audio (Tunemark) ♫ "David Bowie – Blackstar " on Polygon of Voracious Audio (Tunemark) #SomethingHappenedOnTheDayHeDied Read at Google+

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♫ "David Bowie – Space Oddity" on Devil's Night Radio! (Tunemark) listening all day to

January 11, 2016 - By ginny

G+: ♫ "David Bowie – Space Oddity" on Devil's Night Radio! (Tunemark) listening all day to ♫ "David Bowie – Space Oddity" on Devil's Night Radio! (Tunemark) listening all day to #Bowie, very little repetition Read at Google+

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David Bowie: No Longer Changing

January 11, 2016 - By ginny

G+: David Bowie: No Longer Changing … and the world is poorer for it. http://youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw Read at Google+

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Twitter

Tweetly Weeks

January 10, 2016 - By ginny

RT @Oregonian: The Bundy family vows to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge HQ near Burns for years https://t.co/OfuNNh4uZX https:/â€¦ 2016-01-03 If You're Young, Here's Why Old Bernie Sanders Looks Good: Young voters, please read: https://t.co/feLwDTmRKy 2016-01-04 Robert Llewellyn's Amazing Underwater Solar Powered Electric Car: Expect @bobbyllew to fix a typo… https://t.co/iJT8IJN8Eg 2016-01-04 Ask @bobbyllew about his amazing underwater solar powered electric car – https://t.co/o3O6Vf5R8i 2016-01-04 Also wondering what @bobbyllew thought of Pres. Obama's recent joyride with that unoriginal comedian. 2016-01-04 Hey, #PeppyEpiphany, everyone, let's lighten things up. #Episcopal https://t.co/pnpt6T89lw 2016-01-06 @ExpanseSyfy yes, I want to play with those ship…

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Connections - Today

Today and Yesterday and a couple of days after tomorrow

January 10, 2016 - By ginny

Today my husband David and I got together with my father-in-law Shel, and Shel’s lady-love Linda for lunch. We had dinner together last night at Bahama Breeze, because COUPON. And we’re having dinner with them Wednesday for the purpose of congratulating my niece Naomi on graduating (early) from high school. I’m not sure where we’re eating, but I bet a poo-kon will be produced at the end. Such an exciting life I lead! We eat out based on whichever of us has the best restaurant coupon! It’s not that we can’t afford this stuff; we count ourselves lucky on that…

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Music - Radio

Workaround for Last.fm: Universal Scrobbler

January 10, 2016 - By ginny

I listen to a LOT of music via Internet radio streams, and until August, I used to be able to put a nice list of "Listening" tracks on my various blogs. That was courtesy of Last.fm, which used to be the main place people could gather or "scrobble" their personal music libraries as they listened to iTunes or CDs on their computers or listened to radio stations online that provided the right kind of track medadata.

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Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries
Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

Text:

”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise
LIVE STREAM Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing - NASA+

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Watching now!

”Carrying NASA technology and science, Intuitive Machines is targeting no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6, to land its lunar lander on the Moon.”

Link: Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing - NASA+
Slava Ukraini!

This font might work for a quilting project inspired by recent events.

Gathering some fabric from my stash and some new fabric next.

www.fontspace.com/sunflowers-font-f50996
Living On Blue Island In Lake Illinois

A local bike riding friend remarked today that he feels like he’s living on a blue island. I made sure he sees this.

”JB Pritzker trolled the president on Friday by claiming he planned to rename Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay.”

Link: Illinois Gov. Ridicules Trump's 'Gulf Of America' Proposal With 1 Of His Own

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