Despite my best efforts, I received a submission at ScienceFictional.com. I rejected it. I really wanted to accept the story, but I found that it wandered a bit and lost focus, at least for me. I read about half of it before I made up my mind on it. I have to figure away to […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Teenage Wasteland – The Who at MSG 9/18/2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
It must have been my senior year in high school. One hangout for teenagers that I knew was Paone's Pizza in Nyack. It was at the top of Main Street and an easy walk for me from home. They had a pinball machine with spaceships on it, a jukebox turned up loud, and the best […]
Fooling around with Bryce 5.0
Monday, September 18, 2006
I played with Bryce today for about an hour trying to get some art for my websites. I made some interesting landscapes and learned how to do space and stars. I still need to add some characters to make it work. I may have to actually buy poser or 3d studio and figure out how […]
Girl with the Error Message Eyes
Monday, September 18, 2006
This is from a blog about the online Second Life game/rpg/environment. The picture is a fantastic idea – very Gibson-like or P.K. Dick. There was an error when the software started to render the eyes, so instead of eyes you see the error catch message. This should make a good flash fiction entry or maybe […]
Bryce 5 Free Download
Friday, September 15, 2006
You see quite a bit of 3D art produced by programs containing canned images – for example, Poser. The better the tools the better the output. I have gotten in trouble criticizing the faces created by poser as having vacuous expressions. (It’s true!) I can spot a Poser girl a mile away.I need better tools […]
ART 144: Introduction to Web Site Design
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
I got a call from Don, one of my poker buddies. He is the head of the Art Department at Rockland Community College. One of the instructors suddenly quit and he needs an instructor to fill in with a course called Introduction to Web Site Design. He called me and I agreed do it. It […]
Stories
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
I put Please Leave A Message up at Sciencefictional.com. This story was very short anyway, so it fits as a (longish) flash. I liked the concept of this story, but I am not really a horror writer. The story is even more crime fiction than horror. I sent it once to Cathy Buburuz at SamsDot […]
Dana Wheeler Star
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
At my FreeNameAStar.com website, I have to watch the star names. I sometimes have to delete stars named by spammers and little boys with potty mouths. Sometimes the dedications are heart breaking. I just got this one: Dana Dutcher Wheeler {7/3/1979 – 9/10/2006}This star was named for “Daddy’s Girl” in memory of the beautiful baby […]