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I confess to being a fan of Layton Destiny. If you haven't seen his Cornish Steam Engine in Caledon Moors, you should make the trip. He has created another masterpiece: a fanciful steam driven orrery and observatory.

You must sit in the chair to operate the engine. See it at the Alchemy Sims.

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A teaser trailer for James Cameron's new 3D movie "Avatar" is now available and it looks incredible.

It is certainly not steampunk, but this sci-fi adventure makes heavy use of 3D computer graphics straight from a virtual world. Set in the 22nd century, humans are attempting to deal with the indigenous humanoids on another planet. The mind of a human operator (the protagonist) is somehow linked to a genetically engineered body made to appear identical to the aliens. Since he is a paraplegic, he… Continue

At a clandestine workshop, unidentified members of the resistance work feverishly on a secret weapon.

It appears to be a mechanical steam kraken.

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I hope I may be forgiven a bit of shameless self promotion. The Air Kraken has been featured in Miss Bettina Tizzy's blog "Not Possible In Real Life."

If you have not yet been kraken hunting on Lovelace Liberty, well....I understand. It's not for the faint of heart....:)

More that once I have been asked how I managed to get several kites flying near one another to move in similar directions. Of course the answer is that the kites are just following the wind, but it has dawned on me that many people don’t realize that Second Life has Wind. It’s actually a very windy place.

I shouldn’t be surprised that some of us are strangers to the SL wind. After all, our avatars can’t feel it directly. Generally, it takes a script to detect the wind and react to it, although… Continue