Crubo Carver’s blog

Is this Sick or what

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:13 -0700

Emerald opens with a photo from some spectacular sim, and I love clicking "visit this location" before logging in. This time I landed in a sim called Sick (S.I.C49). And of course I took some sick photos for your viewing pleasure, because my frien...

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Lovely Las Arenas

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:08:30 -0700

This beautifully rendered tropical island, Las Arenas Rosadas (the pink sands) showed up as an opening screen on the Emerald viewer, which features a link saying "visit this location" that transports you there upon login. The place includes a stor...

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More Lovely Lunacies

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:25:29 -0700

We traveled to the surreal landscapes of Templum to try more photos of Arta in his beautiful Lunil avatar. It would be nice to post one or two on the Wraeththu sites, and I can't make a decision. The colors vary according to settings in the viewer...

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Emerald Viewer Photo Phreakiness

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:13:32 -0700

Some of the viewer settings get a little more weird - ranging from bleak to bloodless to hellish - for example:

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Emerald Viewer Conventional Photophun

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:09:23 -0700

On Kala's excellent advice I downloaded the Emerald Viewer and started messing with the various sky and lighting presets. Talk about your fun!! I revisited settings I have posted before, as well as some new ones like the Great Wall, Mont St Michel...

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It's Only Wright

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:57:57 -0700

Since I was quite amazed by the few Frank Lloyd Wright builds I've actually visited IRL (ex the Rookery atrium in Chicago), I searched out the FL Wright exhibit in SL. A bit less awesome than Mont St Michel, yes, but quite meticulous. In some ways...

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Up On the Roo-oof

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:46:41 -0700

I know I'm kinda goin post-crazy this week but don't worry, I'll soon revert to weeks of inactivity. I just took some snaps I like so there. Please IM if you feel like it and come on over, you can sit on the Tiny Planet or the swing or even laugh ...

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Just like the real Japan except no skyscrapers or cinderblock

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:31:11 -0700

Since my missed and longed-for chesnari was not feeling well Saturday, Spikey consoled me with a tour of some lovely Asian builds, including the truly stunning Japan Kansei, Hosoi Mura. Spikey was taking snaps too with that new hot rod puter. I ne...

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Who Came As Bottom?

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:21:43 -0700

Wednesday night I was maddened by a lightning-induced connectus interruptus because Kala had invited me to the "Midsummer Night's Dream" event at Seven Ultra Lounge. The connection resumed 10 minutes before the start and I hadn't even bought wings...

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Now We Just Need A Gas Grill

nobody@vox.com(Crubo Carver) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:34:23 -0700

On the recommendation of the trend-aware Mercury and Spikey, Arta and I visited Aina Yoshikawa's Shop of Good Playful Objects. Actually it's just called Aina's Shop, I was unsuccessfully imitating funny Japanese-English translations. Aina makes wh...

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