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 Ramblings

Why there is no inworld delivery for all of OpenSim

by V | 9 » | Apr19 11
Disclaimer: I am the provider of OpenSim Creations. Maria mentioned in the recent designing worlds debate (again) how great it would be to have some sort of marketplace on the web, that will deliver your purchases instantly to your inventory in whatever grid you purchased them for. And I agree on the greatness part, it's just that there are two problems ...
category Builds

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 ...
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 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"]
category Tutorials

TGIB Speedbuilding #4: Making a sculpted hat for Second Life / OpenSim in Blender

by V | 2 » | Mar14 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNBVqqPvigM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebef84KrzsY [EDIT 15th March 2011: Uploaded the second part again, since the audio stream got out of sync at the first try.]
category Attachments

Black sunglasses “Aimee”

by V | 0 » | Mar8 11
Source: Sunglasses Black Aimee Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation and the speedbuild tutorial on how to make them. Want to become a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB aimee sunglasses [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB aimee sunglasses" group="y"]
category Attachments

Orange retro sunglasses

by V | 0 » | Mar8 11
Source: Sunglasses Orange Retro Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation and the speedbuild tutorial on how to make them. Want to become a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB orange retro sunglasses [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB orange retro sunglasses" group="y"]
category Attachments

Black Sunglasses

by V | 0 » | Mar8 11
Source: Sunglasses Black Please see the tutorial on how to import this creation and the speedbuild tutorial on how to make them. Want to become a TGIB model? Add your snapshots to the TGIB flickr pool with the tag TGIB black sunglasses [slickr-flickr id="1578921@N24" tag="TGIB black sunglasses" group="y"]