Good to be Back!

I just spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital. It was horrible. I hope I never have to do that again. I have spent the last week or so seeing different docs and adjusting meds. It has been NO fun. The whole time I just wanted to feel good enough to blog. SO....now I do...and I have been thinking and ...

Midnight Rant 07: Copyright

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/G64m3-PFkwI[/youtube] (Note this was recorded about a month ago and I didn't get around to publish it at the time. Also, I was scared.) Links: TGIB on Kiva TGIB on Kickstarter TGGrid Neb's Racer Kit Neb's Death Race  

5 things to pay before the money runs out

I've been quiet the past two months, which is mainly attributed to a much-needed holiday vacation and subsequent stressful getting-back-into-work period. All this is complicated by the fact that El's currently staying in the hospital, but hopefully will be out again sometime this week. Anyway, as you can imagine, there wasn't much time to do anything productive, so I don't ...

Kandy and Victory Modan

For those of you that have followed my blog for very long at all, you will know that I model hair for Ali & Alli.  This CUTE little updo is one of their newest releases aptly named Kandy.  When Alice gave us the hair she simply asked for "something sweet" . . .and I can see why.  I LOVE the ...

3 of a Kind – Jeans

A few weeks ago, as I was looking through the feeds and flickr photostreams I came across a pic of an avi . . .just a simple pick.  The picture showed an avi in casual clothes, various poses but all together and I had a thought . . .perhaps I should start a category in my blog where I shot ...

Siss Boom, Eclectica and R2 Fashion

I was going to do a Q&D for this post . . .I PROLLY should have done a Q&D (Quick and Dirty) for this post, but I once again became so enamored with it once it was done, that I just HAD to talk about it a little.  There are SO many things about it that are SO pretty. It has ...

Midnight Rant 06: The Hypergrid

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arblVyxn0qQ[/youtube]   Links: Interview with Justin Clark-Casey Hypergrid Business - The Hypergrid is a social web Chuck Prophet on Archive.org Douglas Coupland and William Gibson on the KWLS William Gibson in Second Life (Part 1 | Part 2) Jeremy Bailenson on Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life and New Worlds Aloha

Ever an’ Angel

Don't you hate it when people aren't nice? Sometimes I wonder. Sometimes it seems like some people just want to be hateful and don't give two squats about what others want or need, or what is right or wrong. They live on the “me” level. And I find that SO disconcerting. It is NOT that I have never “visited” that ...

The Missing Image 04 – Meeting Justin Clark-Casey

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNWidQrgf8[/youtube] Links: Open Simulator Overte Foundation Justin Clark-Casey's Master's Dissertation on Internet-Scale Virtual Environment Architectures Hypergrid Unity 3D Second Life Experimental teleport between Second Life and OpenSim Diva Distro Kitely OpenSim Creations Topics: 1:30 How do you become an OpenSim core developer? 8:00 Can OpenSim become the "3D web"? 14:00 Does OpenSim need asset security? 24:00 Does OpenSim need feature parity with Second Life? 31:30 How do you decide which features are in OpenSim core? 37:30 The state ...

Donna Flora A to Z C is for Cerry

   Several years ago, when I was just a little bitty avi, I stumbled upon a shop named Donna Flora.  I still do not remember how I found it.  It was probably through one of the numerous groups that I am a part of...always looking for a bargain.  But I remember looking around and thinking that I had found THE ...

Midnight Rant 05: OpenSim and Unity 3D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/JnUPx0dF5h8[/youtube] Links: Archive 3D Blenderswap Pathfinder's Virtual World Presentation Lag in Second Life and OpenSim and how to deal with it

e!…Ingenue, Essences, Dark Mouse

    A while back my wonderful partner, Vanish suggested that I stop making my blogs SOOOO detailed and just blog about the one or two items of each outfit that really caught my attention.  That is SOOOO hard to do when there are SOOOO many pretty things just staring back at you!  The funny thing about it, is that this outfit ...

Archive for January, 2010

category Ramblings

Dream Harder

by V | 0 » | Jan28 10
Dream Harder Why OSGrid? Apple introduced the iPad yesterday. To be honest, I'm not too impressed with the device. But it shows one thing: The internet is pervasive. It creeps into every corner, into every home, into every part of our lives. Mobile devices are the new black, because they allow us to take the internet anywhere we go on our daily ...
category Creations

Status report

by V | 0 » | Jan26 10
Okay, only 4 days to go to the first live performance on OSGrid, and the end of my first 'official' month. Time to get a few things in order. Ever 01 is slowly taking shape. It'll be built bit by bit, and I'm aware that there are still lots of things that need to be done. However, we got quite far ...
category Tutorials

Using TGIB XML files

by V | 0 » | Jan25 10
[Update May 11th 2010: After recent leaks about data mining and exploits directly related to Emerald developers, I can no longer recommend this viewer for any reason whatsoever. This article is also outdated. Please see the newer version for imports using the Imprudence viewer. Thank you.] On this site, you'll find occasional downloads of xml files of my creations. These were ...
category Builds

Art Deco Furniture

by V | 0 » | Jan25 10
Art Deco Living Room (sofa, chair, coffee table) Source XML files: Living Room Set Art Deco Dining Room (table and chairs): Source XML files: Dining Room Set Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB art deco living room or TGIB art deco dining room [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB art deco living room" ...
category Ramblings, Stories

Exiles – Part I

by V | 0 » | Jan25 10
Exiles Pt 1 Disclaimer: I had wanted to write this article for a long while now, and am still hesitant to do so, but I believe it's of interest to the public and may help others who might run into the same situation as myself. I joined Second Life (SL) on 31st March 2007. I made myself a couple of avatars back ...
category Ramblings, Stories

Exiles – Part II

by V | 2 » | Jan25 10
Exiles Pt 2 The closest thing to what I was looking for was OSGrid, which I joined just a few days after the incident on 9th of November 2009. I have to admit, I was sceptical at first, as the project appeared to be very bleak and years and years behind of SL by number of residents, performance of the grid, ...
category Ramblings

Aerial

by V | 0 » | Jan25 10
Space and time, frozen Distance is behind. - Thirteen Senses, Automatic
category Tutorials

Using TGIB Skins

by V | 0 » | Jan23 10
The skins on this site are freely available on OSGrid at Ever 01. Additionally, I offer the source texture files for download to use them in any other grid, including Second Life. To make a wearable skin, first download all textures needed for the skin and upload them to the grid you like to use them into, or get the ...
category Skins

Black Base

by V | 0 » | Jan23 10
A thousand times I shed my skin Changed my colour and my kin Sought not to flee and not to win But to be free of right and sin - The Grey In Between, "Life" This skin is based on templates offered for free by Eloh Eliot, without makeup or modifications. It serves as a base for all rosy black skins, the body allowing for different ...
category Skins

Blonde Base

by V | 0 » | Jan23 10
A thousand times I shed my skin Changed my colour and my kin Sought not to flee and not to win But to be free of right and sin - The Grey In Between, "Life" This skin is based on templates offered for free by Eloh Eliot, without makeup or modifications. It serves as a base for all rosy blonde skins, the body allowing for different ...