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 ...

Stories Articles

category Ramblings, Stories

Gems

by V | 0 » | Feb18 10
And Dream looked at him, his perfect creation, wanting to give it the one last thing he still had that no other creature had. And he pulls out the beautiful glowing gemlike figure. It glows in his hand as he looks at it lovingly, knowing what it will do. And he gently reaches DEEP inside him, as he winces, feeling ...
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 Stories

Was wir vergessen

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Er saß auf einem Stein am Wegesrand und starrte ausdruckslos über die Felder, die sich vor ihm ausbreiteten. Er sah mich wohl nicht einmal kommen, jedenfalls nahm er keine Notiz von mir. Selbst als ich an ihm vorbei ging verriet er mit keiner Bewegung, ob er mich wahrgenommen hatte. Als ich vorüber war, hörte ich jedoch plötzlich, wie er sagte: ...
category Stories

Telefonseelsorge

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Gabriel? Ja, guten Abend. Hier ist Gott. Guten Abend Herr Gott. Herrgott... das ist ja schon Ewigkeiten her, dass mich jemand... also, ich wüsste... ähm... ich würde sie gerne etwas fragen, Herr Gabriel. Schöner Name übrigens... erinnert mich an... Worum geht es? Wie? Achso... tut mir leid. Ich bin nicht mehr daran gewöhnt, mit Menschen zu sprechen... Jedenfalls nicht so... Also, ich wüsste gerne, was ...
category Stories

Seichte Gewässer

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Wir sind die am höchsten entwickelte Spezies dieses Planeten. Wir haben die Sprache entdeckt und das Bewusstsein, die Fähigkeit, unsere Umgebung zu gestalten und schließlich die Fähigkeit, uns selbst zu verändern. Wir hatten uns auf das Meer zurückgezogen, als das Festland unbewohnbar wurde. Wir passten uns diesem neuen Lebensraum perfekt an, wie wir uns überall anzupassen vermochten, denn wir hatten ...
category Stories

Antwort auf Plato

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Nun, sagte er, streift aber jemand seine Fesseln ab, wendet sich um und sieht, dass die Höhle keinen Ausgang hat. Er und alle anderen sind auf ewig darinnen gefangen, auf ewig dem Schattenspiel ausgeliefert - ob als Zuschauer oder als Spieler. Er sucht und sucht und findet keinen Weg, der Höhle zu entkommen. Er läuft im Kreise, immer und immer ...
category Stories

Der leere Planet

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Bericht an den Rat der sechs Sterne, Reisezeit 228: Wir treten jetzt in den Orbit ein. Ersten Messungen zufolge sind Klima und Atmosphäre nicht gesundheitsgefährdend für menschliche Lebensformen und sogar recht angenehm. Stabile Biosphäre und eine ausgeglichene Flora und Fauna mit recht hoher Artenvielfalt. Bericht, Reisezeit 230: Bei einem ersten Erkundungsflug haben wir Anzeichen von intelligentem Leben entdeckt. Aus einer ...
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Bis dass die Zeit den Tod besiegt

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Mir gegenüber an der Straßenecke glomm diese Werbung von Vitatec, die einen immer und überall verfolgte, egal in welchem Viertel man sich gerade befand: "Die Seele durch die Sinne heilen - Vitatec", prangte es an der Wand eines dieser luftigen Häuser, die mit blassen Farben bemalt waren und in denen vorwiegend Reiche wohnten - oder solche, die sich dafür hielten. ...
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Das Haus, das Jack gebaut

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
Ich weiß nicht, wozu dieser Knopf dient. Ich soll ihn bewachen. Den Knopf, den niemand jemals drückt. Und das Gebäude, in dem niemand wohnt, niemand arbeitet, niemand hineingeht oder herauskommt. Bewachen, nur bewachen. Der Knopf ist nochmal extra gesichert. Wozu er wohl dient? Er muss wichtig sein, wenn man ihn bewachen lässt. "Als die Gefahr... die Gefahr eines Atomschlages noch als wahrscheinlich ...