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 March, 2011

category Shapes

Rod the Vik

by V | 1 » | Mar22 11
Source: Rod the Vik.xml Please see how to import TGIB shapes. Want to be a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB Rod the Vik [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB Rod the Vik" group="y"]
category Ramblings

Second Life’s Transformation into a Porn Site Seriously Threatened by Second Life Users’ Hate and Fear of Change (1st of a Series)

by V | 2 » | Mar22 11
Users, anyway. Who needs them, I ask you? After all, me, all my friends in high places, CEO's, board members, journalists, you know, everyone who's REAL, we all could have so much more peace and quiet, if it wasn't for all the users interfering with our stuff, writing blogs, commenting on the website, even using Second Life. I mean, how ...
category Ramblings

What Second Life did right – Part 2: Give, don’t tell

by V | 0 » | Mar22 11
This is another opinion piece. I honestly don't know if they come across well, since most people will know this site for the creations, and won't bother too much with my babble about SL, OpenSim and copyright. But after watching one of Pathfinder's speeches on VWBPE on Sunday, I've had to think a bit. Focussing so much on SL and OpenSim ...
category Tutorials

VWBPE Class – Building in OpenSim

by V | 4 » | Mar21 11
Class held on the Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education conference on 20th of March 2011. VWBPE building class Links from the class: LibOpenMetaverse: http://lib.openmetaverse.org/wiki/Download Backing up with LibOMV: http://rock-vacirca.blogspot.com/2011/03/moving-objects-between-opensims.html Imprudence Viewer: http://blog.kokuaviewer.org/ Previous versions of Imprudence: http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/Imprudence:Downloads OSAvatars: http://osavatars.com/ Rexxed: http://www.rexxed.com/ Jon Brouchoud's website: http://jonbrouchoud.com/ TGIB: http://tgib.co.uk/ TAOS (TGIB forum): http://taos.name/ Hypergrid Adventurers Club: http://becunningandfulloftricks.com/hypergrid-adventurers-club/
category Attachments

Sculpted Ankh necklace

by V | 0 » | Mar21 11
Source: Ankh Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation and the speedbuild tutorial on how to make it. Want to become a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB ankh necklace [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB ankh necklace" group="y"]
category Tutorials

TGIB Speedbuild Tutorial 5: Making a sculpted Ankh for Second Life / OpenSim in Blender

by V | 1 » | Mar21 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiP1SSLYLtI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIU-YNxABqU [Edit 22nd March 2011: Re-uploaded the videos, used the wrong aspect ratio on first upload.]
category 52 weeks of color, Pictures, Ramblings

Week 20…Sky Blue

by El | 2 » | Mar19 11
“I will not wear a gown....I will not wear a gown....I (omg...I had forgot about this one) will not (and it IS the perfect color!) wear (Did you see it has a hat????....omg...it has a hat!) A GOWN!” (It is not really a gown...it is more like a long dress. It is not like a BALL gown...and anyway...if I ...
category Ramblings

Help find Shiloh.

by El | 0 » | Mar18 11
I know this is a little off message for TGIB....ok...so it is a LOT off message, but it is something that is heavy on my heart...something that is eating at me...and has been since it happened. You see one of our fellow virtual world friends is in REAL trouble. She was in Japan at the time of the earthquake/tsunami. She ...
category Builds

The Umbrella Club

by V | 0 » | Mar18 11
Source: The Umbrella Club This build uses megaprims and can't be imported properly to Second Life. Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB umbrella club [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB umbrella club" group="y"]
category Attachments

TGIB sculpted hat

by V | 0 » | Mar14 11
Source: Hat Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation and the speedbuild tutorial on how to make it. Want to become a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB speedbuild hat [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB speedbuild hat" group="y"]