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Off the Beaten Path                       Press - Off the Beaten Path Home Page. Discussion Forum - S.W.A.G. When the Twitter Mob Came for Me. Setting up the Game. Destinations/Creating a Destination. In this tutorial, we will walk through creating a Photogrammetry Environment.

Destinations/Creating a Destination

There are three main steps to creating a Photogrammetry Environment: Taking photos Creating a 3D model from the photos Creating an Environment out of the 3D model If you already have a 3D model or environment in OBJ or FBX format that you would like to make into an environment, you can skip to this step. What you will need In this tutorial, we will be using RealityCapture to calculate our model. Psychoanalyst Author: Mothers Are the Best Early Caregivers of Their Children. What used to be a biological imperative is now a point of contention.

Psychoanalyst Author: Mothers Are the Best Early Caregivers of Their Children

Mothers staying close to their babies, nurturing and nourishing them in their early years, was how our species survived and thrived for millennia. Now, an author and psychoanalyst who dares to suggest that mothers should be their child’s primary caregiver, at least for the first three years of life, is under fire for fueling the “mommy wars.” Erica Komisar’s book, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters, details the scientific evidence that mothers are the best early caregivers of their children and that substitutes—daycares, nannies, relatives, even dads—are not comparable to the care that only mothers can provide. National Novel Writing Month. Mata Nui Online Game II. This ‘Seinfeld’ 9/11 Spec Script Is Insane and Incredible. Fan films better than big budget blockbusters. OpenToonz.

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C.S. Lewis Was a Secret Government Agent. Mashup of “Uptown Funk” and Hollywood Golden Era movie dancing (VIDEO). Nerd Fest UK put together this genius mashup of “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) and iconic dance scenes from old movies.

Mashup of “Uptown Funk” and Hollywood Golden Era movie dancing (VIDEO).

It’s a companion piece of sorts to an earlier mashup with the same song, except this time it’s filled out with Golden Age classics. The result is totally infectious—the song’s been stuck in a lot of people’s heads for some time already, and this is not going to help one bit. The Index.

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My Online Chess. Creative Commons. Geneaology. Games. Art. Writing. Writing. Let us go then. Top 100 Anime Movies Of All Time. Tolkien. Along with half the rest of the world, last weekend I went to see 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'.

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My reaction was probably in line with half the rest of the world's, too: awesome dragon, shame about the love-sick elves. But with my academic hat on I was also playing 'spot the medieval motif' which, as always with Tolkien, is not difficult ('medieval motif Tolkien bingo' would not be a very long-lasting game) but is both rewarding and fun. With The Hobbit it's even easier than with The Lord of the Rings because - well, mostly because there's a dragon. Whatever flaws the films might have, it's still an exciting experience to see scenes from much-loved medieval stories brought to life on screen: dragons and goldhoards, competitive riddling, Gandalf the Odinic wanderer, fierce dwarves with lovely Norse names... the list goes on. Godlimations.