Cartoon of The Day: Flying Saucer

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen. So how would a flying saucer end up in the hands of a working class human? Well, I could think of a few possible explanations.
 
By Bixyl Shuftan
 

Ster Trek USS Enterprise Bridge Over Caledon

Caledon is a noted steampunk / Victorian themed community and location. But Caledonian Andrea Jones set up something a little more interstellar in a skybox far above: a build of the USS Enterprise's bridge area. She had placed the build to help people celebrate the fifty-third anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Star Trek's original series on September 8, 1966.

A place to visit for this weekends Star Treks Anniversary

In deference to the Anniversery of Star Treks TV debut.
I have placed a recreation of the bridge of the Enterprise  NCC1701 . Feel free to pop in and enjoy it and have the local sounds turned up.

 Role play is welcome to any one who wants to use it.

The bridge is very detailed, with some buttons making sounds when pressed. The most notable example is the captain's chair, which can play various sound-effects from the show such as the alert siren. The buttons at the helm area can control what the screen shows, such as traveling through space, other spaceships, or being in orbit. The build is a total of 132 prims.

"Star Trek" was originally aired from 1966 to 1969. It was a trailblazer in science-fiction, and achieved a loyal fanbase that remains active to this day. NBC cancelled the show for supposedly poor ratings, a decision that TV Guide would call one of the top ten blunders in television history. But the show would do very well in syndication. When the network finally realized it's mistake a few years later, there was talk of doing more seasons. But when they looked for the sets, props, costumes, and other equipment in their warehouses, they found the items had been "scrapped, given away, or simply stolen." So they did two seasons of The Animated Series. The franchise would go on to make a number of movies and TV series.

Hat Tip: Cynthia Farshore

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge%20Village/38/72/2561

Bixyl Shuftan

Space Frontier Saturn V Moon Rocket Ride (2009)

It was fifty years ago last Saturday that Man first landed on the Moon. There were many celebrations over the weekend, just as there were around the time of the forty year anniversary. It was ten years ago that in Second Life, Wicked Quasimodo built an interactive Saturn V rocket. Bixyl Shuftan wrote about the massive space vehicle in detail.

Read the 2009 article in the Second Life Newspaper Archives.

Reader Submitted: Space Engineers "The Walkyure"

Besides busy modding her outfits, Valkyrie Ice has been busy in the MMO "Space Engineers." Here is a work of hers that took over a year to make: "The Walkyure, an exercise in large scale ship building." But as the game is in early release in beta, it has been subject to change. Among the changes were some that made the ship impossible to finish as planned, at least for now.

Well, at least you can see what I spent over a year building, only to have SE's "PVP balancing" make impossible to finish.

The Ship made to use the Leviathan Engine wings, The Walkyure was supposed to be a massive carrier ship, able to support multiple fighters, manufacture more at will, defend itself against entire fleets of pirates, etc.

Instead, she's an unfinshed hulk that is likely to never be finished until Keen decides to make the game friendly to BUILDERS again, instead of PVP combat junkies.

Oh well. If you have any interest in ART instead of blowing each other up, feel free to load her. It's a world, and will load all mods. It's primarily Shao mods, with a few others for specific items. You can fly through most of her since the game has turned the majority of her into a ghost, and made it impossible to add any more blocks.

SL Video: "Galaxy Girl - Finally Found You"

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From Earth Primbee on Jan 2008, "Galaxy Girl's first official Second Life music machinima video directed by Earth Primbee"

"Relic The Memories" Part Eleven : Club Zero Gravity Is BACK!

Club Zero Gravity, the sci-fi themed space station club of the Sunweaver/Angels community is back and better than ever. Tonight is it's grand-reopening event, with DJ "Sexy Lexi" spinning the tunes.

The time of the party has not yet been announced. Stay tuned for details.

Part eleven of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc." presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

"Relic The Memories" Parts Nine and Ten

Parts nine and ten of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc." presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

"Relic The Memories" Part Seven and Eight

Parts seven and eight of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

"Relic The Memories" Part Five and Six

Parts five and six of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

"Relic the Memories" : Parts Three and Four

Parts three and four of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

"Relic the Memories" : Parts One and Two

Parts one and two of a cartoon mini-series strip from Ranchan Weidman, Nydia Tungsten, and friends, edited by Matoazma Kazyanenko, "Guardian Angels Inc presents, in association with White Vixen Enterprises,  An anthropomorphic tale:  'Relic the Memories'. "

SL Video: "Furry Space - Second Life"

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From Furry Andy, done to music by "Velvetine." Nydia Tungsten commented, "very well done! and the wipes on the backgrounds with the beat is very impressive."

Space Frontier Saturn V Moon Rocket Ride (2009)

Forty-five years ago this Sunday, humankind first landed on the moon. Five years ago in Second Life, as a tribute to the Apollo landing, Wicked Quasimodo built an interactive Saturn V moon rocket that took off every half hour, taking up anyone inside. In this article from Second Life Newspaper in 2009, the build is described in detail.

Read the article in Design.