Scuppered Servers…

Hello JedBlog Readers! You may have noticed that the old address of the JedBlog no longer exists, but, never fear, because it is back to it’s original location! My Blog now at http://www.3dsc.facennafineart.com/jedblog/ (here), So please update bookmarks etc.

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Files Compromised.

Now – for the curious amongst you, The reason that the JedBlog has moved for the second time was, again, out of my control. We at the Facenna household had two servers, and my blog was on one, my site on the other. We found the whole blog server completely emptied of all of it’s contents last week. The service provider said it was foul play from a third party, and they said that the “the information has been compromised”, but I’m not sure that I believe that. At any rate, the files have gone.

However, learning from my experiences of the past, I luckily had a back up from Jan 2010, and I have successfully restored it. Please enjoy.

The interim posts have been manually reinstated, some from the feed, one painstakingly decoded from a mangled version in my cache.

Thank you for your patience, and your continued interest in the JedBlog. Hopefully it will go smoothly from now! 🙂

The Handlink

(Saved from the old blog. Originally Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST)


I’ve always been a huge fan of Quantum Leap, and for the same amount of time I have been fascinated (you could say obsessed ;p) with the Handlink. The handheld device that Al uses to communicate with Ziggy (the hybrid computer with the big ego) from the Imaging Chamber. This particular one is the “Gummy Bear” version used from “The Great Spontini” in Season three, right through to the final episode, “Mirror Image” in Season 5.

I have attempted many physical replicas of this most infamous prop, Including this most recent one (when I was 14):

^My (physical) Handlink Replica

(Read more and see my NEW CG Handlink Replica!)
^The back of my (physical) Handlink Replica.

^Side of my (Physical) Handlink Replica

But all of them lacked in strength, and the proper electronics. So I turned to another medium – that would allow me to replicate the Handlink much more closely. Digital 3D using modo 401!

Here are my latest 3D works:

^”Al” Holding the Handlink – complete with trademark cigar.

^My digital (modo) replica of the Handlink.

Back of my CG Handlink replica.

^Back of my CG Handlink replica.

See these and more images of this piece at my Deviant Art account, or my Luxology Forum Thread, or the Al’s Place Quantum Leap Community. Leave a comment somewhere if you like it! :)

Hope you enjoy this “Rotten pile of gummy bears” as Al calls it! LOL!

Jeddie

Mallard the Duck

(Saved from the old blog. Originally Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:54 AM PST)

New piece for your enjoyment – an experimental character of a little Duck.

You can read more about Mallard at the Luxology Forum Thread or Deviant Art.

My little duck design and render. Made in modo 401.

You can also tell me what you think about him by commenting on this post, adding a comment to either of those link destinations, or sending a tweet to @JeddieFacenna.

Keep Quaaaaaacking!