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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread
- Thread starter Ken Gilliland
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DanaTA
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Here in southern California, the species we have do yearly hatches and very noisy
A very interesting read Ken.
Stezza
Dances with Bees
where I live we have a huge abundance of wild parrots big and small.. the last two years however we have seen fewer and fewer birds but the cicadas have been loud and continuous..
the only one benefitting has been our large water dragon who sits on the tree stumps and plucks the cicadas out of the air with majestic ease..
but last week the corellas visited a town 15 minutes north of me... the cicadas have gone quiet!
the only one benefitting has been our large water dragon who sits on the tree stumps and plucks the cicadas out of the air with majestic ease..
but last week the corellas visited a town 15 minutes north of me... the cicadas have gone quiet!
To be honest,... that Audubon article about Cicadas, plus one of the people on a podcast I listen to (Rational Security/Benjamin Wittes) going about Brood X inspired me to do the project.
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For everybody who missed my Audubon Sale, I guess I'm going to be having another one since I'm Renderosity's Vendor of the Month. I asked that the sale be delayed a little since we just came off the Audubon one, so it will start at the beginning on June.
And speaking more about sales... my two newly released products, plus the five re-releases are finishing up their introductory sale.
A very nice Vendor of the Month article to announce it too, and I "finally" know where Notung came from.
I've been wanting to ask you where you came up with that name, but kept forgetting.
A very nice Vendor of the Month article to announce it too, and I "finally" know where Notung came from.
I've been wanting to ask you where you came up with that name, but kept forgetting.
There's much more to the story than Renderosity put in... As it said, I started off my TI-99/4a software career at Asgard Software. When it came time for me to start my own company, I decided to stay with those Nordic roots and chose "Notung" as my software company.
Notung comes from the Nordic myth, "Ring of the Nibelungs", in which the hero, Siegmund pulls a magic sword from a tree in his hour of need to fight off his enemies (sort of the Nordic version of Excalibur). At the end of the battle, Wotan (the God) strikes down Siegmund and shatters the sword.
Years later, Siegmund's son, Siegfried, reforges the sword and names it, "Notung", which roughly translates to "Needful" and becomes the next great hero. He slays a dragon with the sword, tastes its blood, and suddenly can comprehend birdsong. He also finds a magical golden ring in the dragon's hoard which brings him great power but is also cursed.
If all this sounds familiar, it is... Richard Wagner created a four-part Opera called "Der Ring des Nibelungen" which pretty much defines opera as we known it today (think lady in pigtails with a horned helmet and spear-- a valkyrie), and of course, there's J. R. Tolkien's "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" that borrow significantly from the Nordic myth and Wagner's opera.
So there is it... Notung..."Needful" (or "Useful") Software
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Stezza
Dances with Bees
Ken, I'm trying to load one of my poser files with the swan. Poser is looking for the sbrm3_swan.obj.
Do you have ANY idea, which product that swan obj was in? I have checked numerous product files, including Swans of the World (which is sbrm3_swan2.obj), but can't locate sbrm3_swan.obj.
Do you have ANY idea, which product that swan obj was in? I have checked numerous product files, including Swans of the World (which is sbrm3_swan2.obj), but can't locate sbrm3_swan.obj.
I don't have a sbrm3_swan.obj in my runtime (only a sbrm3_swan2.obj) so I'm not sure... Swans of the World did undergo the "big" update in 2018 (as the sbrm3_swan2.obj file time stamp indicates) so my guess is that the sbrm3_swan2.ob must be from the original 2014 version which is obsolete. I don't think there were many major changes to the model in the 2018 update so you could try using the newer model's obj (copy and renamed it tosbrm3_swan.obj).
Fascinating! Monarch butterflies and their migration has always been an interest of mine.