Category Archives: Heterocera

… my most recent, full involvement in Rubi area (VWX Town of last winter) and am at point where I get heavy duty into the Rubi Forest, quickly uncovering a seemingly direct relation between the forest and what’s called the Lucas sequence, which is closely allied to the more famous Fibonacci series.

https://bakerbloch.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/rubi-treesgolden-mean/

Article on Lucas. Unusual death to note again, like I’ve chronicled before on this blog in places (Anderson, Harding, et al.).

http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/lucas/lucas.html

Besides uncovering the Lucas numbers, Lucas (under the interesting anagram of Claus) is credited with the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. This tower is also called the Lucas Tower or the Sagefool Stacks. It’s used as an intelligence test near the beginning of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes

The sequel is suppose to be even better, and just released this past summer and available on DVD at the end of December.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes

Collagesity, Rubi Forest style, is getting in shape. I’ve now successfully re-established both the Falmouth and Power Tower galleries containing the vast bulk of my newer collages. Cool… but I don’t relish the thought of moving the things again (!) Falmouth and Power Tower divide urban from suburban in the town, with the latter less finished than the former. I need to start thinking about a new town philosophy. If you count a caddycorner relationship, this is the *sixth* time I’ve owned land bordering the Rubi Forest down through the years now, and in all four cardinal directions as well. I’ll have to make a map sometime of the ownership history. I’ve never owned in Minoa, the sim I inhabit now, which makes it a new chapter of sorts. My new land also borders the opposite corner of the forest from the property I held in Hector earlier this year. They probably act as some kind of balance for each other.

I’ll make a town map soon. The downtown area in the southern part appears to be a step up in energy for Collagesity from Noru even, better integrating Sam Parr State College with several former exterior elements, like the Kidd Tower, Bodega Market, SoSo gallery, and X Spot Gallery. As stated before, President Karoz is now super excited after a bout of trepidation over the move.

Hmm. There actually is a village called Minoa in New York, the only one with that root name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoa,_New_York

I’ll have to think about possible links with the newest version of Collagesity in the Minoa sim.

This may be *it* — my final Second Life move. I’m very, very pleased with the outcome of the admittedly quite sudden uprooting. It helped a heck of a lot that I abandoned my Noru land and thus was able to gradually move a lot of the components over to Minoa before their derezzing (which still hasn’t happened in bulk). Although the Power Tower and Falmouth galleries were set up there as well, Hector never developed into a true town, like Collagesity in Noru did. Minoa successfully continues this incorporation. Another plus is the close proximity of the already established TILE Tower still in Rubi, along with a small bar there. Funtastic.

Here’s an exciting prospect as well. Even when I fit out the remaining buildings I might have upwards of 650 prims to still play around with in a skybox situation. I didn’t resurrect the Noru Museum, and I think that saved about 150 prims right there. On the other hand, the two Victorian houses I currently have in Collagesity didn’t appear in Noru. A happy conundrum, though (!)

“Power Tower and Falmouth: Done!”

The setup of the newest version of Collagesity continues. I have the “urban” area on the south side basically complete in its initial phase. The great majority of structures found in Noru have now been successfully relocated.

Karoz appears very happy now with the move, although he was physically sick at first upon hearing the news. Sorry Karoz! I’ll have to remember about his delicate stomach in breaking future news like this. But after it was set up and he toured the place he *loved* it, I believe. He realizes that there was nowhere else to go with Noru. We had to return to Rubi and its steady energy. He says he can feel a low hum coming from the forest. He states there’s more adventures to be found there — more information. Can’t wait.

The town diner has returned, but in the Sam Parr complex of buildings this time. It all makes more sense this go around. Sam Parr College *had* to be in the main part of town. Noru was too divided between north and south — just the way it developed and progressed. Oh, and the *train* and accompanying track has been successfully transferred (!) Very cool.

The northern side of town remains less finished. I still face the task of properly setting up the Falmouth Gallery and Power Tower Gowlery in the central area, made rather daunting because of the largeness of both buildings and the number of pictures within. These 2 side-by-side galleries remain my virtual axis, along with the neighboring main Sam Parr building housing the newest collage series. The older Art 10×10 continues a presence in the new village with the inclusion of the SoSo Gallery and its Oblong series.

I think it’s going to be an exciting place.

TEXT SOON.

Logged in tonight and found out cheapest parcels in Second Life available on mainland were right next to the Rubi Forest. So I abandoned my Noru parcel and bought ’em. I feel like I’ve come home. There’s some regrets, true. But… like the title says, what could I do? I haven’t developed my Noru property, really, since August. And I can sell the land and make a profit this time I’m sure. So, yes, I feel good about this heading into the winter season. We’ll see what develops!