tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42604444740668822172024-03-13T05:21:34.950-04:00Made MootFictional views on the real world. Real views on fictional worlds.<br>As if there's a difference ...Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.comBlogger520125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-64332588316283956652012-03-11T21:06:00.000-04:002012-03-11T21:06:15.789-04:00MovingI have finally moved over here: http://www.mooseplum.org/
Who knows, maybe I will even start posting more often again.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-29487295294693511262011-11-20T19:29:00.001-05:002011-11-20T19:29:26.828-05:00Why the Japanese are better at marketing than we are.Nope, nope, that about says it all.
Just look at the link: http://www.sunokotan.com/index.html
Perhaps it is the benefit of an animist culture? Or one that never went through an extended phase of industrial form as aesthetic?
It is a much deeper question that an aluminum cooling stand might indicate.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-42615359139360710072011-10-12T17:39:00.002-04:002011-10-12T17:42:51.305-04:00Miss Kitty Fluffington would be so proud!
Dr. Seuss Lovecraft via failblog.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-29492663025886641122011-09-25T12:47:00.001-04:002011-09-25T12:49:10.850-04:00BlindMootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-58372112360058717722011-07-20T19:29:00.002-04:002011-07-20T19:31:46.397-04:00GIGOThe technical term is "pissing in the pool", or why Google translate failed.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-23079938340302576422011-07-19T22:02:00.006-04:002011-07-19T22:16:51.844-04:00BioCoutureKeep referring people to this and having to look it up again, so here is is. You too can wear organically grown faux leather that looks pretty much like dried skin.
BioCouture
If the product doesn't take off, at least they have a future making props for post-apocalyptic horror movies.
Okay, I will probably want this when the transparent vinyl jumpsuits of the 1970s make a come back, this Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-75783955225237361982011-07-16T15:34:00.004-04:002011-07-16T15:39:40.274-04:00Biiru
Though it fail to explain why Japanese beer by and large is ... ermmm .... very mild.
Okay, except for Hitachino Nest and other microbrews.
Via One Inch Punch.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-47420176795676744882011-07-10T14:03:00.003-04:002011-07-10T16:14:47.239-04:00The Poet of the United StatesCleaning out old AdBusters magazines and found (or perhaps refound) this little story, which someone was nice enough to post online for all to read.
The Poet of the United States
Enjoy.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-29487284314452179912011-07-09T21:49:00.003-04:002011-07-09T22:01:56.433-04:00SLArt MuseumI mentioned in the last post I went for a walk in Second Life down a good old Linden road. An honest to goodness walk. The walk ended up here:
A collection of museums of mostly Second Life art that takes up a good chunk of the mainland sim it inhabits. Won't say all of the art was good, but much of it was, and some was really must see. Like the framed pictures in the above image. The Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-87702664942859095922011-07-05T11:53:00.003-04:002011-07-05T12:08:26.055-04:00WaterfallsI did something unusual yesterday, at least for SL. I went for a walk.
Now, I will often buzz out in a random direction flying over sims looking for interesting things, but this time, I hopped on the nice Linden road half a sim from my mainland holdings and just went for a walk. Or perhaps, since I was being something that walks on all fours, a canter.
Walking about on mainland SL can be a Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-85464237091404950992011-06-13T10:44:00.002-04:002011-06-13T10:46:30.475-04:00A day made of glassInteresting, but is it really the future we want? On the other hand, now that the idea is there, will we even have a choice in the matter?
Via Next Nature.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-81785794693534800192011-06-11T18:03:00.001-04:002011-06-11T18:05:49.996-04:00When Worlds CollideThis just plain made my day ...
Via TreeHugger.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-41920883256440862192011-06-06T12:01:00.003-04:002011-06-06T12:08:31.365-04:00God ComplainsSome lyrics, worthy of contemplation. No images, just words
Via Randomness Thing.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-75739253385620155832011-06-05T10:02:00.007-04:002011-06-05T10:50:49.201-04:00New Look for 2011
My new look, if anyone is interested. The horribly broken wrists courtesy of the pose ball. I'm not in pain, honest. (I should have taken a picture of what it did to my back. Ooof!) Can someone get me something to drink ... with a straw? And possibly a stretcher?
Same me, not counting some small bits of tweaking not visible in this picture, different skin.
My favorite Infinity skins, by Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-45274491477271607602011-06-04T23:28:00.004-04:002011-06-04T23:42:30.244-04:00Review: Mamaa Saiz
Haven't done one of this in a while, and am totally out of practice, but here goes ...
A wonderful hour just sitting here in SL listening to Mamaa Saiz siging what he sings. A mellow combination of music with R&B overtones, or maybe that is his voice.
The guitar work is masterful and you feel each little pluck and strum playing on the strings of your heart. A sort of warm, ever so slightly Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-49688620103928673432011-06-03T13:58:00.000-04:002011-06-03T14:00:05.963-04:00Cuteness can be terminal ... who knew?
Via Randomness Thing.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-66750328253887683812011-06-01T12:29:00.006-04:002011-06-01T12:46:17.343-04:00The Education CycleLet's look at a typical business proeject cycle. It looks something like this:
There are more complicated models, but this one is nice and simple and covers its bases.
Now let's look at a comparable education cycle. It might look something like this:
It is a problematic model. One might even argue that it is not a cycle at all:
Now it is easy enough to argue that these three images Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-20238962807027564312011-05-26T08:49:00.002-04:002011-05-26T08:52:45.644-04:00Corruption GardenA PV for Vocaloid Luka ... actually made me cry ...
Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-22917280826270765902011-05-21T21:48:00.001-04:002011-05-21T21:51:24.590-04:00Blackberry
via Next NatureMootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-42068506649459133862011-05-16T17:04:00.000-04:002011-05-16T17:05:16.545-04:00We're Doomed!Cats in Tanks from Whitehouse Post on Vimeo.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-50302646972227782552011-05-16T12:49:00.004-04:002011-05-16T12:59:49.212-04:00The Monoculture of American EducationAn important read on why the United States educational system is a dangerous monoculture that has been abstracted from reality.
Mike Rowe's Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation via the Discovery Channel
See also Mike Rowe Works.
I will resist the urge to say Bloom's can suck my big rubber implem- ... oh, wait.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-14722860223655852482011-05-16T10:33:00.000-04:002011-05-16T10:33:00.310-04:00Spy On Your Camera!Did you know that digital cameras include tracking information on exactly what camera took the picture? It is public information. You can call it up in Adobe Photoshop and look at it. (Which, by the way, also stores information on who editing the image, but in encrypted format so Adobe can spy on you and make sure you are using a licensed version).
Now, has your digital camera been lost or Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-24761794037174555462011-05-15T09:57:00.003-04:002011-05-15T09:57:00.247-04:00Want!
Via Handmade Charlotte, whose entire blog really merits a look.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-86562201513466375382011-05-14T09:50:00.003-04:002011-05-14T10:00:15.151-04:00Want!
Via DeviantArtMootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4260444474066882217.post-61948560602692338132011-05-14T09:06:00.003-04:002011-05-15T14:23:53.515-04:00A Busy MarketplaceThis video is strangely compelling. It says something about the adaptability of human nature.
Via gizmodo.Mootly Obviatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975296227398855468noreply@blogger.com0