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[Trailhead] Bluebird/Kyle Vandercamp
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Muskie
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It doesen't show the ending. just a "back of the DVD synopsis", that anyone can really figure out if you're Genre Savvy. I believe the only thing that's really a spoiler is the name of a second character, seemingly the Villain in this little story of ours.

Seeing as Bluebird likes to break Immersion Far too much by blatantly disclaiming the fact that it's an ARG everywhere we go.. ugh.
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Muskie
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I won't post the document, However, I will as I said before, announce the proper Start Date of April 27th. One week before the fun really begins! Razz

(btw, the chatroom's up, #bluebird. also, Check the #bluebird Tag on twitter, i'll post any (ingame) info I find.)
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luci
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more links

Another Aussie interested in what the ABC is doing locally Smile

Agree with you Muskie that they've done an overkill with the 'this is not real' warnings! I suspect the team behind Bluebird would have been happy to be more subtle but to get it through the layers of bureaucracy of a big tax payer funded organisation had to signpost everything.

Anyway, reason I'm posting is that I watched a video on Now You Can Change The World, and worked out some more links to add to the collection:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Eco-billionaire Harrison Wyld has a website http://possiblefutures.us/default.htm
and a twitter account http://twitter.com/HarrisonWyld


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NickOfTime
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I get a "403 Forbidden" when I click the LOGIN at PossibleFutures - that is, I can't even reach the login screen. Is that a geolockout (I'm not in Oz) or...?
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The Core
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NickOfTime wrote:
I get a "403 Forbidden" when I click the LOGIN at PossibleFutures - that is, I can't even reach the login screen. Is that a geolockout (I'm not in Oz) or...?


I get the same thing, and I live in Australia - so it's not that.

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Muskie
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We're probably jumping the gun on the trailhead. remember, the ARG doesen't launch proper till the 27th, so until then, not all sites will be up and running. There better be somethign there on Tuesday, though!
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_june
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Fantastic to see an Australian ARG developing!

Also stoked that "we can give ourselves the time to save the planet" - sounds like we're going to freeze time to come up with a climate change solution.

I really hope we get to use a freeze ray...

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degravedi
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*starts singing dramatically*
With my freeze ray I will stop ...the world
With my freeze ray I will
Find the time to find the words to... *cough, hack, cough* Wait, what was I saying? Razz

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_june
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Looks like the sites have gone live.

We have:
http://www.otakudaddy.net/kyle/the-end-is-built-into-the-beginning/ Where we have Kyle's whistleblowing video
http://www.lulurich.com.au/ Where www.stopbluebird.com.au is redirecting to
Also, files from their intranet that Kyle mentions in his video.
Quote:
To access the files I mention, copy and paste ftp.otakudaddy.net into a browser, then:
username: kv_bbSPLATotakudaddy.net
password: TrVr6284


He also supplies us with his delicious bookmarks as a way of familiarizing ourselves with the subject matter:
Quote:
Here is an index of links to the subject matter. Like I say, it's far from science fiction:
http://delicious.com/kylevanc


Unfortunately no freeze rays as yet...

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_june
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Considering this is information that I'm sure Bluebird don't want distributed, I've taken it down and put it in a Google Docs folder just in case it gets taken down.

*Edit*
I've uploaded the images, but UF won't allow the .kmz or .ftpquota to be attached, so until I find another solution, here's the Docs folder with the intranet files and a screen cap of Kyle's video:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5NH4wywQWZUNzE2ZDBiZTItZmFkNS00NzM1LWI4M2EtNzU5NzQ0Zjk4MWI4&hl=en
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luci
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Odd... Kyle actually has 2 Flickr accounts...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylevanc/ - this one is listed on his dandyid but doesn't have anything interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/climatron/ which has all his photos used on his blog... plus some extras.

degravedi wrote:
He's also got a Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/climatron/

Edit: And some other links, with nothing there really.
http://twitter.com/kylevanc
http://digg.com/users/kylevanc
http://www.dandyid.org/id/19140


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_june
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It looks like the only verified link of Kyle's on DandyID is his twitter profile.

Maybe the the Flickr kylevanc is just be someone with coincidentally the same username?

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luci
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Working out location of Bluebird Lab

Kyle makes comment that he won't say where exactly the lab is located in the physical world... am wondering if this is a clue that we're meant to track it down?

I've been looking at some of his photos to work out where they might have been taken... http://www.flickr.com/photos/climatron/


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
His boarding pass back to Sydney is from San Francisco (26th April).

He uploaded a heap of photos on April 14th, though it's not clear the date they were actually taken:

1. "My best slleep" (sic): Photo of a white horse statue rearing in front of a sign that reads 'Castle Motor Inn'.

I think I've located where this was taken, near Niagara Falls. There's a place called Rodeway Inn that sometimes uses the name of Castle Motor Inn, and has the same white horse out the front. If you look at it on Google Maps in street view, it looks like it is the same place except that time has passed between photos.

2. "Mt Washington Steam": a steam train with some writing on the side... I can make out the words 'Mt. Washington' and 'Summit', but not sure of the additional text under 'Mt. Washington'... perhaps 'Cog Railway'?

I found a place in New Hampshire that look similar, but their trains are painted differently, so I'm not sure...

Interestingly, in the flickr comments section a Mr Twekesbury has written:

"I can't believe you posted this photo! I thought we all agreed never to speak of this again... ever!

I can't believe you're putting your own selfish interests ahead of the safety and wellbeing of the world.

Beware... they ARE watching.

All the best,
Mr Twekesbury"


Which would suggest that this is an important location.

3. "mesoliths": shows a desert with an unusual rocky outcrop.

Funny thing about this, is the title. He should surely have called it "monoliths" which means a rock like monument. 'mesolith' doesn't seem to be a real word, closest would be 'mesolithic' which refers to a period of human development between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age...

am wondering if there is a clue in the titles, as this is the second mistake.

4. "roadside above Yosemite" : road bordering mountains, a lake in the distance, a truck approaching.

This would be Yosemite National Park in California, but I'm not sure exactly which part.

5. "new england fire station view": picture of forested mountains and a lake... could be anywhere.

6. "Arizona bottle": could be a bottle found in Arizona, or an Arizona bottle found elsewhere. The words on the bottle say "private stock", it has some kind of crest, and it's hard to make out the rest of the writing. I think one of the words might say "garden" but that doesn't make much sense

7. "the green diesel": a green train caboose with a logo on it, and number 12894

8. "Horse in the desert": says it all... looks like an old photo (black and white) rather than one Kyle would have taken.

9. "moonbeam for sale": an old black and white photo of a building with a sign "moonbeam international".

Not sure if I've tracked down the right info on this, but there was a healthspa/restuarant/club by this name back in the 1980s. It was located at 2311 N. Main St., Kissimmee.


I know I'm only just touching the tip of the iceburg, would be good to know what you guys think of this, if you have ideas that fill in the blanks.

Thanks Smile
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NickOfTime
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Thanks luci for your observations and speculations. The mesolith/monolith discrepancy is interesting – could it perhaps point to Mono Lake, which is near Yosemite? The terrain east of the Sierras is similar to the "horse in desert" photo and of course we are getting into an area famous for its secret labs (Andromeda Strain, Area 51 etc.) And Mono Lake has its own enviro-disaster history in RL.

The "Arizona bottle" seems to be Garden Deluxe tokay wine, or more properly, tokaji. (Wikipedia)

"Garden Deluxe" has a literary history, I guess: it's a cheap drunk. (McMurtry)
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Just thought I would post a quick update of whats occurring Smile

Kyle's got a new video posted concerning a new character Lun3terr3,
Quote:
For now though, in her own cryptic way, introducing Lun3terr3. More soon! K




YouTube: Link


Lulurich also has a new youtube video up about this week's activities concerning Project Bluebird. Also some rl campagining in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from stopbluebird.com (aka. lulurich.com.au)

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