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To my daughter for 2020: “You shall prevail.”

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Wooden document holders. Pretty routine, but practice is practice. #Blender3D

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My son, volunteering at the local food bank.

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Stack of wooden desk trays with metal supports. #Blender3D. Normal map, glossy map; mahogany, walnut and beech variations.

My goal in trying to do an object each day is to familiarize myself with the workflow, so that I…

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Geometry and color maps for wooden desk tray. #Blender3D #practice

The blue image is a “normal map,” which graphics engines use to fake extra details on flat geometrical surfaces. I…

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Richard Halloran / Owns Home Computer.

“Engineers now predict the day will come when we get all our newspapers and magazines by home computer.” https://youtu.be/5WCTn4FljUQ

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Why ‘Cats’ the Movie Fails So Flamboyantly

I can’t seem to get into superhero movies. The non-stop CGI onslaught just leaves me cold. As an English professor…

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Brass desk lamp, with translucent green shade and glowing light bulb filament. #blender3d

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The Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)

Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation after a 20-year break Starfleet offers Riker his own command and sends his estranged…

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Desk trays, with procedural wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3d