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 February, 2011

category Attachments

Aerial Mask for Second Life and OpenSim

by V | 0 » | Feb19 11
Source: Mask Aerial Please see how to import this creation. Want to be a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB aerial mask [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB aerial mask" group="y"]
category Tutorials

TGIB speedbuild tutorial one: Making a sculpted mask

by V | 2 » | Feb19 11
This is the first one of a new series of speedbuild tutorials. These tutorials are showing in real time the making of one of my creations, which I try to keep within a "youtube" timeframe. In this first tutorial, I didn't quite finish the mask within the 10 minutes I set for it (and only later discovered that youtube actually raised ...
category Pictures

Fairy Queen

by El | 0 » | Feb19 11
One of the perks of doing the 52 weeks of color challenge is going thru that ENTIRELY TOO LARGE inventory and seeing what you really have tucked away in all those folders you call inventory! As I searched through mine, I came across this beautiful gown by Lillou Merlin. I often go to her shop when I am ...
category Attachments

Sculpted Mask for Second Life and OpenSim

by V | 0 » | Feb19 11
Source: Mask This is the finished mask of the TGIB speedbuild tutorial, with a shadow map applied to it. Please see how to import this creation. Want to be a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB tutorial mask [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB tutorial mask" group="y"]
category Ramblings

Augmented / Reality

by V | 0 » | Feb15 11
Mitch Wagner, one of the earliest journalists regularly reporting from SL, recently blogged about why he hardly goes to SL anymore, which inspired Pathfinder to write a response about why he disagrees with some of Wagner's points. I already commented on Pathfinder's article, but something in the discussion that evolved from it made me think about an answer that derails ...
category Tracked Daily

Valentine’s Day…A Simple Lesson in Love

by El | 0 » | Feb14 11
*Please note...this is not the “traditional” TD. Normally the TD is filled with love letters to my precious V. The TD has gotten SO much harder to write as I sit next to him everyday and am able to whisper in his ear those things that I could only write before...so on that note....my precious V, I love ...
category Announcements

The Architects Of Sleep

by V | 1 » | Feb14 11
Well met, our mission in year two of TGIB is community. To this end, we've already introduced several means to stay in touch and connected. I have to admit, the website is getting quite complex with all the different things added to it, and new users might probably feel quite lost among the many possibilities. Also, most people might not browse ...
category 52 weeks of color

Week 15 – Red!

by El | 2 » | Feb13 11
What Valentine's Day would be complete without lots of pink, white and RED!? So you can imagine my delight when I saw that this week's color challenge was none other than...red! I had already picked up a little dress from one of Siss Boom's daily specials ((Lestat Reuven has a "daily" special that consists of 2 or more ...
category Ramblings

What is wrong with Second Life

by V | 5 » | Feb10 11
This is a downer. I don't even know if I want to write this post, as I have already written several about the same topic in the past, and there's no shortage of blogposts criticizing it all around. However, it's not my intent to be a critic. You see, I've been writing a little on SLUniverse lately, and there is this ...
category Clothes

Pirate shirts male/female

by V | 0 » | Feb9 11
Tribute to the Redzone CDS, Gemini CDS and any other CDS out there. Please see the instructions in how to use this piece of clothing. Want to be a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB pirate top [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB pirate top" group="y"]