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

category Terrain

Desert 4-sim megaregion terrain .RAW files

by V | 6 » | Jul6 10
Source: desert4 On how to create these terrain files, see the tutorial. Also, have some sand textures for the ground. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB desert 4-region [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB desert 4-region" group="y"]
category Terrain

Desert RAW terrain file

by V | 0 » | Jul6 10
Source: desert.raw On how to create these RAW files, see the tutorial. Also, have some sand textures for the ground. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB desert terrain [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB desert terrain" group="y"]
category Deutsch, Tutorials

Land in Sicht

by V | 0 » | Jun19 10
Haftungsausschluss: Ich habe keine Vorteile für das Abfassen dieses Artikels erhalten, und möchte auch keine. Es ist ein Bericht meines eigenen Wissens und meiner Erfahrungen mit Land in Virtuellen Welten und nicht mehr. Ich will hier keinen Vergleich verschiedener kommerzieller Angebote ziehen. In virtuellen Welten dreht sich alles um Land, und Land ist nichts weiter als Serverspeicherplatz. Wenn man eine Weile ...
category Deutsch, Terrain, Tutorials

Wie man Megaregion-Terrain .RAW-Dateien für Second Life und OpenSim erstellt

by V | 0 » | Jun19 10
Als Fortsetzung zu meinem vorherigen Tutorial über das Erstellen von .RAW-Dateien für einzelne Regionen wird dieses Tutorial nun zeigen, wie es möglich ist, nahtlose Terrain .RAW-Dateien zu erstellen, die sich über mehrere Regionen erstrecken. Als Nebeneffekt löst dies auch das bisher ungelöste Problem, wie man diese Dateien in Photoshop bearbeiten und drehen kann. Erstellen Sie zunächst ein Terrain in Terragen, wie ...
category Deutsch, Terrain, Tutorials

Wie man .RAW Terrain-Daten für Second Life und OpenSim mit Terragen erstellt

by V | 0 » | Jun19 10
Werkzeuge: Terragen Bailiwick .Net 2.0 (um Bailiwick zu starten) Backhoe (für den Bonus Track) Nach mehreren Anfragen, die meinen kostenlosen Insel-Daten gefolgt sind, habe ich versprochen zu erklären, wie man diese mit freien Werkzeugen herstellt. Zunächst einmal weiss ich zwar, dass Terragen 2 bereits eine Weile erhältlich ist, aber ich verwende noch immer den Vorgänger, da ich mich mit der neuen Bedienung einfach nicht ...
category Terrain

Bay 9-region terrain raw files

by V | 0 » | Jun11 10
Source: bay On how to create these terrain files, see the tutorial. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB bay 9-region [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB bay 9-region" group="y"]
category Terrain

Mountain Lake 4-region terrain raw files

by V | 0 » | Jun11 10
Source: mountain lake On how to create these terrain files, see the tutorial. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB mountain lake 4-region [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB mountain lake 4-region" group="y"]
category Terrain

Mountain Range 9-region terrain raw files

by V | 0 » | Jun11 10
Source: range On how to create these terrain files, see the tutorial. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB mountain range 9-region [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB mountain range 9-region" group="y"]
category Terrain

Marshland 4-region terrain raw files

by V | 0 » | Jun11 10
Source: marsh On how to create these terrain files, see the tutorial. Want to show what you did with TGIB creations? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB marshland 4-regions [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB marshland 4-regions" group="y"]
category Terrain, Tutorials

How to create megaregion terrain RAW files for Second Life and Opensim

by V | 9 » | Jun5 10
How to create a megaregion As a follow-up to my previous tutorial on how to create single-region terrain .RAW files, this advanced tutorial will show how it is possible to create seamless terrain raw files that stretch across multiple regions. As a side-effect, this will also solve the previously unresolved problem on how to rotate / edit these files in photoshop. First, ...