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

Through The Blue Articles

category Through The Blue

09 Embrace The Tide

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
09 Embrace the Tide Oh, can there be an eternal boundary? (Only you and only me dancing around infinity.) Come, look through the glass, into the pool, tell me what you see. (Only you and only me dancing around infinity.) Two worlds: One beyond and one on your side, And what in between? What in between? There's a third world where realities embrace, A boundary separating earth from ...
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08 The Empire Beneath The Silver Carpet

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
08 The Empire beneath the Silver Carpet Tranquillity, eternity. Beneath the sea is where I'm free. Misery, serenity, all these I have left behind me. Liberty, infinity. I can see what lies before me. Calamity or victory? Which will it be? Well, we'll see. Now we've come to number three, The blue darkness on the bottom of the sea. Sometimes, when the tide is turning, you may ...
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07 Dis

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
07 Dis Sinke sacht in sanfter Sorge, Zeit vergeht, ich gehe auch Lebe heute ohne Morgen, Sonne stirbt in weißem Rauch. Mal mich an mit Freudenfarben, schwarz und weiß und bleich und tot, Dunkle Kleider die da darben Nacht zu atmen, Morgenrot. Die Metropolis, sie ruft mich, schreit mit Stimmen voller Blut, Schwarze Schwingen schweben schwerlich, Engel, Mensch und Gottesbrut. Dies ist das feurige Verlies, ist das ...
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07 The Black Queen

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
07 The Black Queen Sinking soft in sadder sorrow. Time is past and so am I Live today like no tomorrow, sun is dead and clouds roll by Paint my face with happy colour, black and white and pale and dead, Dressed in dark and all dressed up for breathing night and feeling sad. The Metropolis is calling shrieking with a voice of blood. Float on ...
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06 Der Leuchtende Pfad

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
06 Der leuchtende Pfad Neun Wege zur Unendlichkeit, die Tür noch offen steht. Der alte Weise sieht uns zu, wohin der Weg auch geht. Der ewig stille Wald bist du, ich bin die wilde See. Komm' laß uns dort zum Schicksal geh'n und ihm ins Auge seh'n. Von Westen kam die Geisterschar, der Himmel ward uns offenbar Als unter Eis, Äonen tief, der stille Wächter nicht ...
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06 The Shining Path

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
06 The Shining Path Nine ways lead to infinity, one door is open still The ageless sage is watching us and look at us he will The timeless silent woods is you, the changing tide is I. Come, let us go to destiny and look it in the eye. The western sky was overcast when the phantasmal forces passed And under ice, in ages deep a ...
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05 The End of This Town

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
05 The End of This Town Tonight I'm sitting here alone, Tonight I'm watching my fate on the tv screen Tonight I jump out of windows of purple glass And descend upon streets where the neon men pass Tonight I meet my friends at the end of this town. So I slide through the rain and again and again I hear stories of everyman's freedom and pain And ...
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04 Und wenn ich aus dem Feuer komm’

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
04 Und wenn ich aus dem Feuer komm' Nach dieser Nacht war‘n die Himmel nicht mehr, Hab‘ Kämpfe verlor‘n und ein paar Meter mehr Auf einem Hügel, grün im Sonnenschein Stand ich und ein Baum weit und breit ganz allein. Oh, dort im freien Feld, oh unterm Himmelszelt Ein schönes Wesen von hoher Gestalt. Oh wie die Augen glüh‘n, oh wie die Wolken zieh‘n Wie neugebor‘n und Jahrtausende ...
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04 Even The Sun

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
04 Even the Sun When I awoke those skies were gone, Some battles were lost and some yards have been one. I looked about and found myself alone, Rose up to my height and I picked up the stone. Out in the clear, a being high In beauty and radiance, a son of the sky. With eyes like an ocean I scan the horizon, A thought enters being ...
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03 Die Schwelle

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
03 Die Schwelle Draussen auf der Schwelle steht ein Mädchen, starrt die Sonne an. Sie hält so still wie sie nur will und Farben wirbeln ohne Plan. Und sie sieht mich an und fragt mich: "Sag' mal, weiß ich, was ich fühl'? Ist dies das echte Leben oder nur ein Schattenspiel?" Der Turm erhob sich in das blaßazurne Firmament Wo zwischen weißen Wolken eine Spatzenschar verbrennt. Und ...