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Hi all!

Greetings all!

Well been a while since I have updated this blog, so decided it’s about time I post something here and let you know what I been up to and what’s news.

Products: First, I am working on a new product in Second Life. Based on an old thing I made for my role-playing group, I decided to redo it and make it compatible for most situations. The coding is so to say done, some building still needs to be done and some designs need to be finished, so overall, it’s about 90%. Be sure to watch this space, as I will launch it soon.

Movies wise, there is an idea for a movie but some details need to be looked over so no confirmation that is going to be filmed yet. I am also currently working on a promotional movie for a pretty cool region. More details and the video coming soon.

For the Drax and Vi fans, there has been a lot of talk and ideas flying around for a new movie with them. People really seem to like it, so the possibility of one happening is very likely, but the ideas have not been put on paper yet, so it will still be a little while.

April Script Frenzy... well sadly I ended up not taking part in it. I was spending my time more on other stuff and decided in the end that I just do not have the time for it.

Journey to the Top... Well it has been entered into the Machinima UWA III competition and people seem to really like! The winners will be announced at an event on the 22nd of May. Be sure to check out the official post at the UWA in SL Blog for info how you can even take part! Oh! In addition, check that video while you are there!

Ants! I recently posted about an ant problem in my external hard drive. Well, I tried out the cinnamon powder as suggested on some websites, but sadly, it did not seem to have much effect. Seems like they will avoid it slightly, but if their determined, they are not bothered. Maybe some other types of ants do not like cinnamon powder, but I do now know enough of ants to confirm that. In the end, I won by switching off my external hard drive when not in use, meaning it is cold a lot of the time and they lose interest.

Well that is all from me for now, watch this space for updates to come :D

Oh! I updated the sidebar of the blog a bit, so you more easily find post under certain topics!

New Product Series Released!

Yes, they are finally done and for sale over at the marketplace! Film productions products off all kinds to enhance your machinima production just that bit more! There is a Film chair, Boom Mic, Movie Camera, Camera Crane, Movie Star Trailer, Movie Light, Clapperboard, Megaphone, Tripod and Studio Camera. Some of them offer free updates as well when I release new ones ^^

I was busy making my most recent machinima “Journey to the Top” when I wanted to take some photos of me doing filming when I realised I need to make cameras! From there idea after idea flowed in my head and I just made more stuff ^^.

I also updated the boxes that my products are delivered in. They have an unpacker now to give the box’s contents neatly in a folder for you. With this, it also animates the container, like opening it up with a nice sound effect. Check the pictures below.

I am offering full support for all my products once again and I will be looking at my old products in the near future and updating them if need be. Now stop reading and go do some shopping! :D

Ants in my external hard drive cover... again!

Yup, believe it or not, I have a ant problem in my external hard drive's cover... again. I have a Seagate 1TB external... so it wasn't that easy to open it up to get the buggers out. Last week I had the problem and took care of it with a vacuum cleaner... seems like they are going after the heat of the external. It was then that I took this picture. (sorry for the quality, was a little bit in a hurry to get rid of them).

Ants ants ants... oh and little white eggs....

So tonight I discovered, they have returned again! Not so many as last time, but there were a few eggs again. Took care of it and read online as well that ants don't seem to like cinnamon powder.. so will be getting some tomorrow and testing it out. Ill update soon to let you know how it works.

PS. The hard drive is still working :P

Logo's

Hi all!

Well I been busy working on that series of objects I want to release soon, but in the mean time I decided to spend some times on logo's as well and decided to share them here too.
One of them some of you most likely already saw and that is the one of Taernoc Productions. It is the new name of my machinima productions and can be seen at the start and end of my newest movie, "Journey to the Top".

The other logo is a redesign of Braclo Novo, my Second Life store. Since im going to release my new projects and begin updating my old ones, I found it appropriate to start with a new logo aswell.

Watch this space as I will be updating it with pictures and descriptions of my new products soon.

New Movie and Production Name!

It is finally done, the movie I have been working on for the past few weeks!

This one is called "Journey to the Top" and its a entry for the MachinUWA III: Journeys Challenge. The theme of this challenge is Journeys, so it is pretty open to what you want to do. Also one major rule is that the Journey start/end at the Winthrop Clock tower at the UWA sim.

Heres the story: "Drax is a Micro that is always in search of adventure, with his newest inspiration being to journey to the top of Winthrop Clock tower at the UWA sim. But what is any adventurer without his friends, so he decides to convince Vi to join him to be the first Micros to reach the top of Winthrop Clocktower."

This is actually my first machinima with voice acting and also the first one that I have so many songs in one movie.

Taernoc Productions is also launched! :D This is the new productions name that my movies will go under from now on ^^. You can see the new logo and intro at the start of the machinima and the logo and name is already on my Youtube page. I'll probably update the theme soon too ^^

So here it is, Journey to the Top!

Busy, Busy Update

I haven't posted for a while so I decided ill give a quick update on what I have been doing and what I still have to do!

Movies:

So for everyone that has been waiting for a new movie from me, yes, a new one is on the way and no, this isn’t just a trailer for a game like my recent movies. I have actually written a movie script for it so you can expect a story in this one! Current status on the movie is that the pre-production is done and filming about halfway. Depending on how it goes this weekend, I might be releasing it sometime next week. I’m trying something new in this movie that I haven’t really done before, but more on this later. What I will say for now is that the filming is being done in Second Life.

Second Life & Animations:

I am pretty active in Second Life these days and not just because of the movie I am making there. I'm building and scripting again. My newest series of products will also probably be done before the end of next week. Also, I have started learning to do animations in Daz Studio. These animations will be used in my products and will be handy if I need custom animations for my movies.

Script Frenzy:

Script Frenzy has started! Currently the idea is to write a movie script for an idea I had a while back and hopefully I can achieve the target of 100 pages or more this month for Script Frenzy. Maybe I’ll even use this script for a future movie. Will see how this goes and probably update the blog as it goes.

So yea, between building, programming, filming (and movie editing soon), learning animations and having to start writing the Script Frenzy script, it’s a pretty busy life. Ill update here as things progress!

Glowing Mozilla

If you do not know yet, Firefox 4 has been released. Quick Review: It has has a new look and seem to work pretty well the bit I tested it out. The layout has been changed a bit as well and the menu bar has been removed, but can easily be enabled again with the options or right clicking next to the tabs on the top of the screen. The Add-ons manager looks pretty cool now and can be easily configured. Its worth downloading!

Anyhows, something that I find really impressive is glow.mozilla. It tracks everyone that click to download or upgrade Firefox and display it on a world map. It also display the amount of downloads so far and you can even check out how much per city have downloaded. Pretty interesting seeing how many people at different places is downloading the new browser.

So head over to http://glow.mozilla.org/ and see that counter go!

New Themes

The plain black and white theme I had for this blog previously was a bit to boring for my taste. So after playing around with some textures, and since I really like paper style themes, I created the theme you can now see on this blog. Like you can see most stuff from the logo to the color of the text has been changed to fit in with the new theme.

Also check out my theme over at Youtube. The blue theme I had was getting boring and decided it was time to change it too. I did not create that theme as you will see by the website address on the background, but I might give it a try sometime and change it as well. The theme actually fits well with my most recent trailer of Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive.

If you are wondering where I got the background paper texture, head over to fudgegraphics.com for free textures and brushes where several can be used for personal and commercial use!

Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive

I recently discovered one of my old games and decided to start playing it again. Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive, released in 2001, its a real-time tactics game with a wild west theme.

You start with one character called John Cooper, a bounty hunter, that is interested in the bounty on a gang leader's head for robbing trains. First you will need to get a few friends to help out, and as the story progress, it becomes a lot more than just a bounty. The story is really good and with well done cut scenes and voice acting, it will keep you interested for a long time.

The game play is point and click where you basically select a action and perform it. There is a total of six characters that gets introduced as the story progress and each character also have their specific actions they can do with shooting being a general action for all characters, although the type of weapon is different for all. Fun thing about the game is, each time a new character joins your team, the following mission will be a kind of tutorial mission where you will learn each action of the character.

A lot of the game play depends on strategy. With the right actions at the right time, anything can be done. On that topic, you can also select a action for later use, and with the space bar, initiate that action, giving you the ability to focus on something else while your character does the action.

So for example what you can do, Kate O'Hara can lore a man in with showing a bit of leg. As soon as the man is close to her, she can kick him, knocking him out, allowing Samual Williams to tie him up. You can then use John Cooper to pick him up and hide him in a house or dark area where his friends can't find him and untie him. This is just one example of what can be done and with six characters, the possibilities are massive.

You can check out some more information and get the demo over at Spellbound. Its worth a try so I would suggest downloading it and trying it out.

Since the pre-production of some movies I have planned is taking some time and that I really like this game, I decided to make a short trailer for Desperados, showing some of the game play and cut scenes. The music I used for the trailer is by EagleGuard. You can check out the full song over at Newgrounds.

Japan, Media Rant, How you can help.

Most of you will already know about the earthquake and then tsunami that have hit Japan. Its really horrible, and something that really makes me sick is the way the media covers it, and its not the first time I have seen this.

Each time there is a major natural disaster, the media is all over it with news and footage. This is good if you want to know what is going on, but I have seen times where the facts are hyped up and footage of people really needing help. Of course, instead of helping, all the media does is filming.

I see no point why they can't help out, and don't even give me that bull "but the world has to see what is going on". Thats just a weak &"&£^$* excuse to sit and do nothing. Put down that camera and help some people! Use the resources you have for filming people suffering the whole time and get people food, water and any help they need. You will do a lot more good helping some people than showing the world the suffering.
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Onto what you can do to help:
If you would like to help out by donating, and your in Second Life, go and buy a Relief bear from Linden Labs. All the proceeds will be donated to the relief effort and there is different priced and type of bears you can buy. Read more here!

Linden Relief Bear and I