Friends Bibi and Count Bayliss are the happy, over-worked owners of a set of sims that I became acquainted with via racing. On one of said sims, Snowpeach, Count set up an homage to renowned British motorsport venue Brands Hatch, which we use in both MotoSL and FormulaSL. But this post isn’t about racing, it’s about the Museum of Robots next door on Kubrick. This is a comprehensive, well-curated and polished display of the electromechanical cybernetic stars, sidekicks, and villains from Hollywood classics and the shelves of toy stores all over the world. It’s all there, from Metropolis’s Maria to the Terminator, infinity and beyond!
Eric Joyner and Bibi Baylis: a conversation at MoR
Now Count and Bibi have put together an art exhibition of the work of Eric Joyner, based on the artist’s forthcoming book, Robots and Donuts. On the evening of Monday the 15th Eric was on hand to open the exhibit, graciously taking time away from his Famous Artist Duties to present a talk, and then engage in a Q&A with the gathered throng.
So you missed that bit, but chin up: the exhibit will run through August, so just go browse the collection, ok? And take a look at Eric’s website and blog. Maybe read this article from the San Francisco Chronicle on the man’s work. See what’s up at the San Jose Museum of Art, where Joyner is a part of current show “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon“. Or pick up a copy of Robots and Donuts (in pre-release) on Amazon! This is seriously fun stuff. Seriously.




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Speedlimits is a mixed-reality exhibition focused on the pivotal role played by speed in modern life. The exhibit will mark the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto proclaimed “the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed.”
The images here are of a model of the Montréal CCA space I’ve set up on 

This is the first option, of three provisional designs. When I offered to do this on Hotgates, I didn’t realize just how big it was going to be! It’s not quite a quarter-sim in area, but it’s close. Prim count is up there, too…
That’s the full set, 3 days later. From this, following some walk-throughs and machinima presentations, the d.school people can pick and choose among some alternative layouts for different bits of the building, and then I can get to work on a model of the final design.
This is the first thing I’ve built in SL that isn’t for my RL lab or some research project! So now all you stressed out, bothered and uncentered avatars can go to Silk Bamboo Health for your reiki treatments: “energy healing and balancing” by a true professional.


Ace modeler, texturer and procrastinator Vincent Nacon (that’s the proud daddy admiring his handiwork) finally found some slack in his busy schedule to squirt the paint on the OMG Magazine team bikes for the impending MotoSL 3 season. Definitely worth the wait, Vince did a great job of applying my annoyingly complicated design to SL’s fussy prims.
Of course teammate Xia Mirabeau and I had to do a bit of vamping on the new toys. Here we are on the quay at Les White’s Misp Shipyard, all dolled up in our custom Szentasha Fashions leathers (sponsor plug!), ready to roll. The bikes should be in the rezzers starting today!