A Cyberbohemian's Blog

Hello dear Cyberfriends,

during the last days, our main focus was on OSG3B.
OSG3B means "3rd birthday of osgrid". The virtual world of OSgrid now exists for 3 years. Cyberbohemia exists now one year in the OSgrid, and we are more than satisfied with this virtual world. We love the freedom and openess of a free, opensim based virtual world.

During our first months in virtual worlds, our gallery region existed in a closed virtual world. It has it advantages to be in a closed world. You rent a space on a server, and thats it. No hassle with restarting regions, no opensim and windows updates, no server restarts, no fear of hackers using your own server as a platform to do evil things. Everything is managed for you, and you can work on what really counts: the content, the buildings, the creativity.
But it also has major disadvantages. The worst under those is imho, that you are not really the owner of your content. If your provider doesn't want, you will never get a complete save oar of all your content. This is such a big disadvantage, that we decided to move, rent our own server, and be the masters of our small island.

And, we never regretted our change to OSgrid. It gives us a great freedom, and OSgrid is a wonderful place to be. The people are nice, the admins are very helpful, and the stability is usually very good. Unfortunately, during the time of the birthday celebration, the grid was not really stable, and we had many crashes.

We made a small showroom on the OSG3B birthday region to present our gallery to the public. It has become a nice, small exhibition place, that we will use in the future as an exhibition place on Cyberbohemia. Soon, we will publish a machinima of the OSG3B birthday region, a birthday party, and our nice exhibition place

So there is only one thing left to say now:

Happy birthday OSgrid. We are so happy that you exist, and we will do our share to make you a blooming and living place. Best luck for the next year, and thanks so much for accepting us as part of your community

Greetings,
Galen

Dear art lovers,

in this new Cyberbohemia video, you can see H.J. Kaeppeler's exhibition "Eschatological Landscapes" in our gallery.



The whole exhibition, with all pictures, can be visited inworld.
Special thanks go to Mr. Kaeppeler, who was the first artist, that made an exhibition in our virtual gallery. This was about one year ago, when our gallery was still located in the OpenLifeGrid. Soon after the exhibition, which took place in a wonderfully designed japanese garden sim (Dreamrezzer Island), we moved our gallery to the OSgrid.

If you like to have a printed catalogue of the exhibition, or one of his high quality books, please contact us.


Love
Galen

Dear friends,

we now added our new video of Rolf Erhardt's exhibitions on Cyberbohemia to youtube.
Enjoy the nice views.





Love
Galen

Dear visitor,

today we added Rolf Erhardt's series of neosurrealistic paintings to our gallery.

Please enjoy the phantastic pictures.
To get to the pictures, click on "Gallery" on top left of this webpage, or just follow this link:
Cyberbohemia Gallery


You can enjoy more of Rolf Erhardt paintings (our gallery pictures plus many more, that are exclusively exhibited in our 3D based gallery ) in better quality and in a perfect surrealistic atmosphere in our 3D virtual world gallery "Cyberbohemia" in the OSgrid.

You just need to install the viewer software on your PC, register an avatar on the OSgrid website and login to our gallery region "Cyberbohemia".

Instructions, how to get inworld, are on the OSgrid website in the help section, or follow this link to get to the OSgrid's help page.

If you need further help, don't hesitate to send us a mail to webmaster (@) cyberbohemia (.) net

Love, Galen

Dear visitor,

today we added the new Rolf Erhardt series "Monolithe" to our webgallery.
Please enjoy your visit and the pictures in our gallery.

To browse our gallery, klick on "Gallery" on the top left of this webpage, or just follow this link:
Cyberbohemia Gallery

Love and light
Galen

Hallo liebe Freunde,

folgenden Text, den ich auf www.nachdenkseiten.de gefunden habe, möchte ich Euch nicht vorenthalten. Ein Schrei nach Hilfe, den man zumindest nicht ignorieren sollte, auch wenn man selbst aktiv nichts dagegen unternehmen kann. Aber zumindest kann man helfen, diese von den Massenmedien nicht verbreitete Information, weiterzuverbreiten.

Peace on earth
Galen


Mail aus Kirgisistan
von Raushan Aitkozhaeva:

“Wir befinden uns inmitten eines Krieges (Kirgisien, Stadt Osh). Hier passiert gerade etwas Furchtbares, Unvorstellbares!!! Das Erschreckende ist, daß in den Massenmedien nicht einmal ein Zehntel dessen wiedergegeben wird, was hier vor sich geht. Eine “Ethnische Säuberung”, wenn man so will. Ganze Stadtteile mit von Usbeken bewohnten Häusern sind bis aufs Letzte abgebrannt, Menschen werden in ganzen Familien inklusive Frauen und Kinder niedergemetzelt. Draußen sind ganze Berge von Leichen und Verletzten, denen niemand Hilfe leistet. Ganze “Armeen” junger Menschen kirgisischer Herkunft wüten in aufgebrachtem und oft nicht nüchternem Zustand bewaffnet durch die Stadt; sie töten und verbrennen alles, was ihnen in den Weg kommt.

Das ganze wird von der Politik unterstützt. Der innenpolitische Konflikt ist lange gereift, sodaß jemand jetzt auf sehr listige Weise davon Gebrauch machen konnte. Es scheint, als ob gerade deswegen die Staatsoberhäupter stillsitzen und darüber schweigen, was hier passiert. Mein Eindruck ist, daß das Weggucken unserer Regierung irgendwie durchdacht, geplant ist.

Sergey (mein Schwiegervater) ging heute morgen auf hohes Risiko und zu unser aller Schrecken aus dem Haus, um Lebensmittel zu holen. Auf der Straße lag ein verletzter, sterbender alter Mann. Sergey wollte ihm helfen und drehte ihn auf den Rücken um. In dem Augenblick kam eine Gruppe von Jugendlichen angerannt und begann, den Alten mit Füßen zu treten. Einer von ihnen schrie: “Das ist doch ein Kirgise!”; ein anderer entgegnete: “Nein, er ist Usbeke! Komm, wir zünden ihn an!” Als Sergey in Hilflosigkeit wegging, lag der Alte bereits tot und in Flammen auf der Straße.

Von offizieller Seite her wurde gesagt, man solle alle Gewalttaten und Chaos verhindern, aber daran hält sich hier niemand. Das Zugucken geht weiter! Helikopter fliegen herum und Autos fahren mit Blaulicht durch die Gegend, aber das alles passiert nur zum Schein – es gibt keinerlei aktive Hilfe von Seiten der Polizei oder offizieller Organisationen.

Letzte Nacht hat eine Kämpfergruppierung ein Militärgelände, nicht weit von unserem Haus, eingenommen. Dort gibt es Waffen, Helikopter und vieles mehr. Sie haben schon davor eine riesige Menge an Waffen gehabt (wir fragen uns, woher die ganzen “einfachen Leute”, die gegeneinander kämpfen solche Schusswaffen bekommen konnten?), und jetzt werden es immer mehr, und dazu noch schweres Kriegsgerät.

Für uns hier bedeutet das Ganze, daß wir nicht mehr an Lebensmittel kommen, vielen droht schon jetzt reale Hungersnot, denn die Reserven gehen zuende. Es wird uns verkündet, daß es Hilfslieferungen gibt mit Essen, Wasser und Medikamenten, aber das ist nur ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein. Brot ist gerade geliefert worden, aber seltsamerweise bekommen die Russen davon nichts ab. Wir wollen kein Brot! Wir wollen Leben!!! Warum wird in den russischen Nachrichten gesagt, daß sich der Zustand hier stabilisiert hat, obwohl hier alles immer schlimmer wird? Es gibt nur eine Antwort – jemand möchte nicht, daß die Welt davon erfährt. Oder sie tun einfach nur so, als würden sie es nicht bemerken.

Mein Ziel ist es, diese Nachricht so weit wie möglich zu verbreiten – daß so viele wie möglich weltweit von der Situation hier erfahren. Wir fürchten, alleine gelassen zu werden mit unserem Leid!!! Die Tatsache, daß der kleine Anteil an hier lebenden Russen bisher verschont wurde, ist wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit. Die wütende Bevölkerung hat Blut gerochen, den Kampf angesagt und gesehen, daß sie ungestraft davon kommen würden. Wir haben hier Todesangst! Jeden Tag wissen wir nicht, ob wir ihn noch überleben werden. Bitte, gebt diese Nachricht an alle Möglichen Seiten weiter, stellt sie in die Nachrichten und Foren!!! Bitte lasst uns nicht alleine!!! Dies ist ein ernsthafter Hilfeschrei!!!”

Today, we proudly announce the opening of our new web based gallery.

In the gallery you will find the amazing and wonderful paintings of the german artist Rolf Erhardt. His neosurrealistic paintings are exclusively exhibited in the Cyberbohemia project.

We opened the web based gallery for the convenience of all the art lovers out in the world, who are (not yet) able to visit our 3D gallery "Cyberbohemia" in the OSgrid. Hopefully, one day you will all be able to visit this wonderful place easily, without the need of any technical knowledge, how to install the viewer software etc.

We hope you enjoy all the wonderful pictures as much as we do...and you are always welcome to leave comments in our guestbook.

To get to the gallery, click on "Gallery" on the top left of this webpage or just follow this link to the gallery

Love and light
Galen

Hello dear Cyberfriends,

with our new video production, I've entered a new, fascinating world. The possibilities of experimental machinimas are endless; the combination of video and virtual worlds ends just at the border of human imagination...

A very exciting outlook for me is the new connection to the Akasha project. This wonderful artist does very deep research in tunes, waves, harmony, all based on mathematics and harmonical theories. My english is not good enough to write an essence of his knowledge here in this blog, but you can read a lot about his project on his website www.akashaproject.de, and you can find some very good videos when you browse youtube for "Akasha Project".

Well, what he creates in audible wavelengths, we can do in visible wavelengths. Every tune can be transposed into a visible wavelength. Every tune equals a specific color, so basically music can be transposed into colors.
Akasha transposes different frequencies (tunes) into music; for example the frequency of the earths year, or the frequency of the hydrogen molecule. This complex method results in wonderful music, and much more, in music that can create physical and mental effects. Just because they are in tune with the molecules of your body.
The next step for us will be to make a video, where the colors fit to the music; where the colors of the video are the transposed tunes of the sound.

Our video -"a psychedelic dream" was made with the different environmet settings offered by the viewers windlight settings. I have used Akasha's track "blue mercury" as the underlying sound. In this first step, the sound was just added, but i didn't take care, if the colors are in tune with the music. Anyway, its a wonderful combination.

In one of the coming projects, i will take care of the correct fitting of sound/color. I'm really looking forward to it, I am myself very curious about the resulting effects. For sure, it will greatly enhance the experience for the viewing person.

On the other side, the preparations for Rolf Erhardt's pictures are at work. We finished the gallery for his "tableau pictures", we will now add his "ghost pictures". Then we have to add his "stone pictures", his portraits, his oil paintings and his aquarelle pictures.... soooo much work, but such an exciting work.

Enough for now, happy gridding,

love and light
Galen

Hello dear cybertravellers,

today i proudly announce our newest video on youtube:




I made this video with my new pointer device 3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro. Its a really amazing piece of hardware, a great tool for producing videos and also a totally new way to experience virtual worlds. The flycam option of the SL viewer is just fantastic.
I can spend hours and hours just flying around in the cyberspace and enjoying all the amazing views with the camera.

The music of the new video is from the Akasha Project, which we recently found on youtube (www.akashaproject.de). I hope we can get into direct contact with the Akasha Project and maybe we can combine our skills to create new fantastic sound/videoprojects in the future.

Love and light
Galen

Hello dear friends,

some time passed since my last posting, but RL consumes a lot of my energies these days. Anyway, I like to keep you informed of what's going on on Cyberbohemia:

-first of all, Rolf is back from hospital and good condition. Welcome back Rolf, I'm really glad and happy

-we decided to start a freebie shop near the welcome area of Cyberbohemia. I'm sure, you will find some very interesting and exclusive items in there, once its finished
-we will make a freebie-download section here on the blog, where you can download free xml files and free dreamrezzer terrain files
-the setup of Rolf's tableau pictures is nearly finished in our newly designed Stargallery inside Laputa. The ghost pictures are following now....
-serious thoughts about an opening event on Cyberbohemia are in our minds.
-I got myself a 3Dconnexion Spacepilot. A fancy, great piece of technology, but i can't use it in virtual worlds at the moment. I'm waiting for a response of the technical support, i hope they will reply soon. I can't wait to explore our world with this shiny new item. As soon as it works, i will post a detailed description of the hardware, and how to set it up properly.

Love and light
Galen

Hello dear friends,

today I have to tell you a sad news; Rolf had a stroke and is in hospital at the moment. As far as I know, fortunately it was a minor stroke, and he probably will recover very good.

Rolf, our prayers and energies are all with you, all the best wishes, my friend ....

Currently, i do a rework of Cyberbohemia's galleries. On Laputa, i create a new, modern gallery space. I recently discovered the inside part of Laputa's buildings, and actually, its a wonderful, modern piece of architecture, with smoothly curved walls, round roofs etc. I'm sure, this will be a great place for some nice artwork.

Mr. Huebners pictures, that were in the center gallery of Laputa, will move open air on one of Laputa's terraces, and Rolfs pictures will be put up in the center gallery. I found a nice "spacy" design for the gallery which is a perfect synthesis of futuristic space style and ancient architecture. The view of Laputa's archs and walls through a transparent spacewall is amazing, I just love it.

When the exhibition is put up, it's time to think about an official opening event of Cyberbohemia. This is long overdue, but I'm sure we will have it in the near future. Hopefully, Rolf will recover very soon, so we can make a life event, where you can talk directly with us.

So much for now, love and light
Galen

Hello dear Cyberfriends,

today I can confirm, that voicechat with Freeswitch and opensim is really possible.
I've put up a freeswitch server a while ago, but I never really could test it. I made a test with TonyB where it worked for a minute, but i got disconnected very soon, beacuse my clients internet connection was too slow.

But yesterday, Julius and I had a very long voicechat session, and it worked really good. After some starting difficulties (a restart of Freeswitch and the region helped), we had a clear and good quality voice session. Sometimes, the connection was interrupted for a second, so some sentences could not be clearly understood, but to summarize it: it was a great experience.

Julius an I work together for more than a year (i think it must be 18 months ago, when we first met), and we never heard our voices before. For me it was a fantastic experience to hear his voice, it gives you a much deeper felling of connectedness.

If someone needs help putting up his/her own freeswitch server, I happily help. We can take my config files as templates, they do work.

Right now, we do many experiments in how art can be exhibited in virtual worlds. So much is possible, and we only scratched the surface of what is possible. Until today, we made our exhibition in a "natural" environment. The cooperation with Rolf Erhardt's neosurrealistic paintings leads us to explore surralistic ways to put up a exhibition. On Cyberbohemia-The Underworld you can get a first impression of our experiments.

Love and light
Galen

Dear Cybertravellers,

the welcome area on Cyberbohemia is currently redesigned. We move the welcome area from the flying castle of Laputa down to the ground. Julius Balogh made a very nice building for the new welcome area, and also the gardening outside the building. It looks very promising; Julius does a great work.

Yesterday, I received the first pictures of Rolf Erhardt's collection of pictures for Cyberbohemia. We decided to put up the pictures in the cave of Cyberbohemia-The Underworld. I already started to rework the pictures and resize them.

There is usually always a problem with photographed paintings. If the photographing of paintings is not done really professional, there are always problems with contrasts, colors, shadows, and especially reflections from the camera's flashlight. I have the impression that most "professional" photographers out there have no idea how to photograph paintings correctly. I usually have to digitally rework every single picture, and slowly I'm becoming an expert in digital restauration. Sadly, the quality will not be as good, as if the picture were photographed in the right way.
Also, I'm working on new methods for a good presentation of the pictures. The idea is to make a path in the cave, where visitors will walk through the highlights of the cave combined with Rolfs pictures. Also I'm working on a concept to present some pictures in total darkness.

The next great challenge is to develop a new technique for presenting Rolfs "ghost pictues". He created many pictures in a painting style, where you can see the pictures only, if you stand right in front of them. From the sides, you can see nothing than the grey canvas. This is done by painting with very low contrasts and only black/white or grey/white. I already experimented with different techniques, but none of them lead to real success.

If you have an idea, how this could be done, let me know

Love and light
Galen

Hello dear friends,

yesterday, I got my home connected to the internet with a Telekom 6000 kbit DSL connection.

Theoretically that means, 6000kbit downstream, 576 kbit upstream. Great numbers, and really, during the morning hours everything was very fast and smooth. The Cyberbohemia regions loaded fast, without any missing or grey textures.

During the afternoon, the connection got somehow slower, youtube videos loaded only in small steps, like it was before with my slow 386 kbit (downstream) connection. In the evening, it was still the same, although a DSL speedmeter reported 5000 kbit down/330 kbit up.
Well, i will watch it closely during the next days or weeks. Hopefully, those wonderful numbers are not only theoretical numbers that are possible, when 80% of our villages residents are sleeping, at work or in holidays.

Btw., voicechat now also runs fine. As i guessed, with a 386kbit down/96 kbit upstream connection, voicechat with Freeswitch is not possible. With my new specs, voicechat seems to run nicely without problems. I'm looking forward to have many interesting talks with you.

Love and light

Galen