So Many Posts….So Little Time….

It feels SO good to be back and I am SOOOO glad I am out of the hospital, but this week has made me realize that I am far from 100%  There are SOOOO many things that I would love to blog right now, but it seems like I just cannot get things moving as quickly as I would like. ...

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

Builds Articles

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The Victorian Lady

by V | 1 » | Apr5 11
Source: Victorian Lady Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation. This build was made by the Cobbler's Trading Company of OSGrid, and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can find it (and many of their other creations) on Wright Plaza on OSGrid. Also, there's an amazing amount of textures available as well to customize this built ...
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Sculpted table cloth for Second Life and OpenSim

by V | 4 » | Apr1 11
Source: cloth This zip archive contains only the sculpt maps. For a tutorial on how to make them, see the latest speedbuild tutorial, and for some instructions on how to use them, please have a look at the sculpted stairs entry. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB table ...
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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"]
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Commie Star

by V | 0 » | Mar1 11
Source: Commie Star A little something I made for last year's Bay City birthday parade, I'd love to dedicate this creation to Avination and every other closed grid. 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 commie star [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB ...
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The Ravenstone

by V | 0 » | Mar1 11
Source: Ravenstone This is a "low prim" version of the house, as I made this one for use in SL (yet, it still counts 275 prims). Still working on a more detailed one with a better staircase, attic, indoor walls and doors, etc. Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add ...
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TGIB fan service

by V | 0 » | Feb20 11
Source: Fan Service This package contains a sculpted announcement notice and a special version of the blend screen. Both are set up so they will load images from the web. Please put the web image on a prim script in both objects so they will load their according textures from the web. By default, the script will load our announcement.png, which ...
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Portal

by V | 1 » | Jan26 11
Source: Portal Can be used with hypergrid scripts. 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 portal [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB portal" group="y"]
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Oriental Sky Palace

by V | 0 » | Jan24 11
Source: Oriental Skybox This build uses megaprims, so import to Second Life will result in most prims being the wrong size. 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 oriental sky palace [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB oriental sky palace" group="y"]
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Aurora

by V | 0 » | Jan23 11
Source: Aurora This is a tribute to the Aurora project. 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 aurora [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB aurora" group="y"]
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The Geometrician’s House

by V | 0 » | Jan12 11
It's strange how it works sometimes. A few days ago I woke up from a dream, in which I built this house, detailing how to make all the elements - the roof, the arches, the bottom, everything. I finally sat down and built it for real, so here it is. Enjoy. Source: The Geometrician's House Please see the tutorial on how to import ...