Women of Second Life

The Means

2012-01-27T21:44:00.002-05:00

The Way

2012-01-18T17:46:00.002-05:00

Staying

2010-06-23T16:41:00.000-04:00

philip's apology for bad decisions speech philip's standing in for M speech transcript

So Long

2010-02-09T20:31:00.001-05:00

Longing

2009-12-21T02:27:00.000-05:00

Ridiculous Notions of Freedom, Hope, & Sanity

2009-11-29T18:17:00.003-05:00

this day in history 1947should you have any questionsyou are not aloneINVESTIGATE 9/11each of us believe what we need in order to live. some of us believe what we're told. there's a maxim i live by.i pray you can too.do your own thinking.Question AuthorityGOD SAVE AMERICALand of the FreeHome of the Brave

Bits & Pieces

2009-10-18T04:04:00.001-04:00

i don't know how to tell you this. if yer using the regular viewer or any of the other kinds of open source brands under development (such as Philip's Snowglobe branch) you are missing out on the Next Big Thing (NBT). now, i'm sure some of you might not think this newest feature is all that much to rave about. meh, SL's a social chat platform, who needs more bloated software to connect to a 3D

Burning Man History

2009-10-02T16:32:00.004-04:00

Dusty Linden (not as a representative of the Lab, but a long time participant of the rl Burning Man event) gave a talk to a few Burning Life builders the other day about the history and art of the Burning Man event. i didn't record it, it was on voice, but she and some other enthusiasts put out some links in chat that i'll include here. you SHOULD check them out if you are curious or are building

Survival

2009-09-15T16:17:00.006-04:00

i got a parcel on the Burning Life complex of SIMs!the manner by which one acquires the parcels is reminiscent of the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 when land stolen/appropriated from the native peoples were pieced out and opened to the white settlers for free. SL's simulation of this historical event provided 4 SIMs which were opened to us "Burners" at exactly 7:00pm SLT.any teleports before that

Pyramid Scheme

2009-08-18T06:53:00.002-04:00

been fiddling with the idea to construct a Pyramid (inspired by the Great Pyramid in Egypt...void where prohibited by law). of course, my mind was turned towards the illuminati / masons / secret societies / cabals, and the end of time. naturally i had to add a distinction allowing for this most egrecious portent. quickly, to the American dollar bill!THE BUILD:there's nothing inside the shell at

Xstreet SL Listing Guidelines

2009-08-12T23:10:00.004-04:00

whoa up there big fella.if you've read Pink Linden's blogpost you'll notice that the Lab's policies on just what type of Real Life product associations can be listed on Xstreet has some SEVERE implications for the world, as it exists now. i'd seen it coming, but not to the extent that they are dictating. seems that even suggesting your design was "inspired" from a real world brand is an

Passion

2009-07-16T11:01:00.016-04:00

well hello there all you happy people! just came back from a visit to me mom's. aside from increasing my dress size (no matter, mom's a crack seamstress too) i shot a bunch of piktoors of her lovingly cared for garden. she missed entering it into the local Garden Tour her town has every year but maybe next year ... after we kill that damned smoke bush:-)anywho, i won't bore you with all our

Patriots Act

2009-07-04T01:50:00.001-04:00

i must admit to a bias towards the United States of America. not the country's current state as it is interpreted and manifested through its damnable government upon the backs of its citizens but what the founding fathers conceived of it to be.for some reason, i have yet to discern it intellectually, i get goose bumps when i hear the American Oath of Allegiance and the National Anthem. it's like

Step It Up

2009-06-27T06:18:00.001-04:00

we've turned the corner into a future of even more remarkable superlatives. however you look at it, i'm using the new Snowglobe viewer in the above photo, the world's aesthetic challenges for our leading edge designers now include integrating dynamic shadowing into their art.you, as an artist or mass consumer of said art, must keep up. your sense of beauty won't stand for everyday commonplace

Selfish Designs

2009-06-16T16:40:00.001-04:00

Homesteads

2009-05-27T10:14:00.003-04:00

looks like all them funky deserters might have had an impact on the Lab.v., -sert·ed, -sert·ing, -serts.v.tr.-To leave empty or alone; abandon.-To withdraw from, especially in spite of a responsibility or duty; forsake: deserted her friend in a time of need.-To abandon (a military post, for example) in violation of orders or an oath.https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/land/blog/2009/05/26/

Willie McBride

2009-05-25T22:04:00.008-04:00

why do i break out crying at first sensing ya?damn the Scot blood in meupon further inspection (ya i'm okay now), i found the youtube artist Jesse Ferguson is from Cornwall. just a hop skip and jump up to the St Lawrence from here in Ottawa. check out his channel, eh.if ya wanna follow the exact lyrics Jesse sings (it's a wee bit altered from the original Eric Bogle song) you can follow my

ASpiRE! Island SIM No More

2009-02-28T05:16:00.003-05:00

some of you might know me from Bianca Darling's ASpiRE! magazine/blog. i was "hired" as a writer by Adrienne Beliveau, the appointed magazine editor at the time. the hiring process, as with all the coordination of Bianca's organization i experienced was, hmmm, shall we say relaxed? (B doesn't like to micromanage) essentially, my getting the gig with Aspire amounted to... i knew someone who knew

Peace

2008-06-01T23:41:00.001-04:00

it is so much nicer viewing the Fashion Planet feed of late. positive, uplifting, friendly, supportive; it's really indicative of the great hearts and minds within the fashion community here in SL. i really do appreciate and admire all the creativity that emanates from all the good (and pretend) bad girls.it's nice to see what people are up to, what's new. it's as if i know them, their stories

BEHOLD Woman

2008-05-21T06:23:00.000-04:00

adventureswithinform mind & time

Sunday Sermon

2008-05-18T15:06:00.001-04:00

people. you either love them or hate them. it all really boils down to that distinction. it doesn't actually matter how beautiful you are, inside or out. it doesn't matter how beautiful your art is. the expressive nature exists within all of us should one choose to ponder the tools available. you can be an absolute angel incarnate and you will still appear one way to haters and another to

Mind Set

2008-05-10T13:04:00.000-04:00

ya know, the deeper i dig into this Second Life Herald business the more interesting it gets. seems like my theories are proving out to be quite accurate. i'm not sure if it's my intuition or my investigatatory skills. let's just say the closer you get to the Core the harder your life gets. i ask myself why i choose to endure these hardships put in my way to the truth behind all this rabble.

And Another Thing

2008-04-21T11:44:00.002-04:00

i'm sure if anyone's following my exploits on this here blog, as opposed to the more serene and sedate Mayne Line Fashion blog, you'd see that the frequency of input here has waned quite considerably. it's not without fair reason. a number of issues seem to have come up, the least of which may have lead to my complete inability to produce any sort of content whatsoever. i'm not talking deep

Us & Them

2008-03-26T14:32:00.014-04:00

i've been toiling away on a tome that seems to be getting bigger and bigger as time goes by. seems everytime i get onto the damned game there's more intrique and suspicions taking up all of my attention. the pivotal moment of disconnect came when a close friend seemingly lost her grip over the Redgrave and Palen skin theft a while back. yeah, it seems like a mighty long time

Showing Their Hand

2008-03-08T00:26:00.004-05:00

there's a segment of our community that is not capable of moving on, adapting, or allowing themselves to integrate other points of view. yeah, that's right. the uncaring criminal element does have its feelers into the game. they have right from the very start. they are a known entity. it doesn't take a genius to distinquish them from the rest of us Linden fearing, Linden respecting brood. but it

I Live Here!

2008-02-20T20:57:00.001-05:00

i've always strived to fulfill my needs as they relate to the games i play. i found it impossible to make the time to provide an adequately increasing level/comprehension for my intellectual stimulation in all the games before second life. sure, the complexities of game level content creation is a bitch, but it also satisfies one's creative needs.playing around with all the various tools (in and

Let Wide the Gates of Glory

2008-02-13T11:07:00.004-05:00

Tao Takashi (python and linux geek Christian Scholz in rl) and his timely ability to add blogs to his Fashion Planet feed fell beyond the tolerance of a number of bloggers eager to have their blogs noticed on his popular site.Tao's worldofsl.com and subdomain fashionplanet aren't going anywhere. it contains, as of this date, nearly 400 blogs on its roll. the competition, announced by Melanie Kidd

Linden Bashing Time

2008-02-06T22:20:00.000-05:00

the monkey's have been banging at the grid again. first windlight, then havoc4, now mono. all good things indeed; but, as with all things in the 2 billion plus lines of code for the game, it will take a while for things to settle back down to normalacy, if indeed it ever will. keep those bug reports coming in people.i'm sure human nature begs for us to blame someone for all the various problems

Fame, Lust, and Origami

2008-01-31T09:09:00.000-05:00

i really don't know what to do with myself. the story's only just beginning to unfold. thank heavens other people have some entertaining things to do in between my arduous and mentally taxing chores as an sl girl reporter. it's all starting to jell. the worm's about to turn. my fame can only lead to notoriety and infamy. the circle returns from whence it started. and i'm loving it.so as a respite

Established Order

2008-01-24T21:18:00.001-05:00

i've been having too much fun to actually think about how the world is manifesting itself for the greater good. i know. deep thoughts and philosophical meanderings are my stock in trade. but when you find love it seems to supercede all other matters. a good roll in the hay with your partner really gives one perspective. it really doesn't matter to me personally just who's sneaking in from the

Kerfuffle on 25 Group Limit

2008-01-16T01:05:00.000-05:00

i left a comment on Veyron Supercharge's 22dec07 post as it regarded her pickup on the highly regarded request for new limits on the number of Groups one can have. yeah, i'm slow in warming to its significance. i've heard of the issue building in popularity in social discourse, the JIRA move was a masterfully orchestrated movement of respectful proportions. but, for the life of me i can't

We Are Love

2008-01-14T15:45:00.000-05:00

i'm not sure if enough people get it or not but right from the get go, this world we live in has consisted of the most valuable expression of love we have available to us. this field of creativity we call Second Life, this endeavour my Philip has given to us all (to paint pictures of incredible magnitude upon our hearts) is really one big happy love fest.i know, there are those among us who would

Stretch

2008-01-11T01:40:00.001-05:00

been fooling about with Qavimator creating poses and animations. yes, i can concentrate long enough to make pose/animations. and to prove it you can come over to my Behold shop and take a look. i've already amassed an incredible collection you can pop in your AO. or, you can set them into a pose ball. they are being sold for 20L copy/mod, no transfer. however you fire them off they are sure to

Win/Lose

2008-01-09T03:21:00.000-05:00

there are just so many many many things you can delve into when you log in to the world. of late (moments of change are occuring on an ever increasing frequency). i've taken to landing at various spots hitherto unknown to me. it is a vast unexplored place still. i am looking for that one shining example of humanity who will take me to the next level. and wouldn't you know it, the slots lined up

And Woman Created Man

2008-01-05T00:24:00.000-05:00

well i did it! i done built me a man. and, true to form, he's an absolute certifiably, off the wall asshole with one thing in his sick mind. m'excuse. his "persona" seems to have infected my discourse quite inextricably. exposing his unbridled social severity here may serve to illustrate the frightening nature of the beast i have

2008: The Year of the Linden

2008-01-02T19:02:00.000-05:00

i's back. and i hope some one cares. just one. that's all i care about. i'm all about individual connections. i live for it. probably too much really. i'm not into the conglomerate treat-people-like-numbers PR kinda thing. i normally stop the empire building mid stream to address any incoming IMs or virtual chats. (pushing me off a 300 meter high walkway does gather my attention quickly though.)

EnCore's Christ Matrix

2007-12-25T16:39:00.000-05:00

let me take this opportunity to describe to you what i feel the message of Christ means to us all at this time of celebration upon his birth. this encompasses those who have no faith, no religious belief system, those who attribute no higher force to which they defer their motivations and rationale. scientists and nihilists.i'm not sure if Christ actually existed as a physical entity. blasphemous

You Could Put An Eye Out with That

2007-12-20T22:14:00.000-05:00

there was a time when one could relate to people online without knowing any more about them than their pseudonym. their thoughts, as admirable or as horrid as they might reflect off your own beliefs, were their calling card. if you cared about the group dynamic enough to contribute, there were two types of chosen interactions for these individuals: shy away, or confront them with your learned

Our World is for Lovers

2007-12-18T01:07:00.000-05:00

nowhere else in the world is the title more evident than in aniine Susanto's Joy Isle build. i sopped up the atmosphere aniine has created there, on one of the many islands she has in her complex, and i must say it's on par with Svarga with its hauntingly beautiful scenery. but, while Svarga's mystical and mysterious surroundings are an end unto themselves, at least on the surface, Joy Isle has

The Secret's Out

2007-12-15T22:48:00.000-05:00

i've been holding back on this story for so long you can not imagine how deliciously naughty it makes me feel. and, to finally let loose and reveal all the tender bits to everyone, well; it's like stripping down butt naked and dancing down the middle of main street. in the snow! yeah, i've got plenty of pictures, and if the ones here in this post don't get you all exited, you can be sure you'll

A New Day Dawning

2007-12-13T00:51:00.000-05:00

well i don't know about you but if my second in command decided he was leaving i think it'd be a big deal. seems like Cory Linden, the lab's chief technical geek cobbling together billions of lines of code (yes that's what he said. 2.1 billion lines of code) is off to pursue other far less "entertaining" life experiences.now, since he is responsible for all the problems we suffer (see the graph

Enjoying Second Life

2007-12-11T00:48:00.002-05:00

hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. i went to the FACES modeling extravaganza. boy oh boy, if ever there was a venue showing just about every top model in the world, i don't know where it was. this was the place to be. i can't list all the famous supermodels and fashion personalities there. i never knew Aradia Dielli had so much oomph. ya don't hear too much from her these days but her name was

Give Take

2007-12-06T15:01:00.000-05:00

i sometimes think life would be a more special place if it weren't so damned busy. there are only so many things one can do. however one organizes their busyness, the more elements one juggles simply takes one farther away from the "customers" one hopes to serve. and you do mean to serve don't you? there are people in business who are only in it for the fame or fortune. god help them. i'm

Well Since Everyone's Doing It ...

2007-12-03T23:53:00.000-05:00

Myllie Writer passed this meme over. you've probably read everyone's at this point. so here's mine:Here are the rules:(1) Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.1. i will not eat peas. in any form. it stems from a traumatic childhood incident i'd rather not describe. just the thought of it makes me gag.2. my big brother brought me to his kindergarten class for show and

New Animazoo Dance Releases

2007-11-29T03:01:00.000-05:00

well bless his pointed little head. Dave Bellman of Animazoo animations has released some new dances. i was privileged enough to be included in his distribution to "press" representatives. when i plopped his Press pack onto the studio floor i was totally flipped out.he packed his dances, huds, and notecard into some weird rotating/morphing sphere. i was transfixed by it. it carries over the

ASpiRE! Gig Goes Bye Bye

2007-11-27T06:40:00.000-05:00

i've been trying to get my head around just how to express some emotionally trying issues that i've gone through with my gig at ASpiRE! Fashion Magazine recently. however important and emotionally attached i was to maintaining my writer/photographer status with them, i've had to let that go.i've got tons of images and thoughts flurrying past my brain at the moment from all the time spent with

Real vs Imagined

2007-11-24T01:31:00.000-05:00

well that's no way to spend your time. sheesh, that real world sucks. why the hell would anyone leave their life here for one that commands you conform to someone else's beliefs? haha, this can't end well. suffice it to say there are far better things in second life that i find more attractive to my development and the people i know that surmounts ANYTHING the real world has for me. like who's

Maintenance: Body, Mind, & Spirit

2007-11-17T02:29:00.000-05:00

i'm not blogging on the weekends anymore. thought i could implement this last week but hell i musta fergot. i'll be using this time for wetworld shit, absent minded staring, and general maintenance of the burgeoning empire's systems. i might not get inworld but if i do, i might be on a 56k line so anything more than IMs is out. not to worry, my posts will be up for Mayne Line Fashion and here on

Life is for Love

2007-11-14T15:52:00.000-05:00

the season is upon us. the spirit sun rises.the chill of the winter airlicks your cheeks.fill your hearts to overflowing.skate

Castles in the Sand

2007-11-12T16:21:00.000-05:00

it's all about you and me. however long you spend journeying inworld or reading the game's blogs, we are fulfilling a need unto ourselves. i'm glad you've chosen second life. i hope you find people to be approachable, friendly, and expressive. it's who we are. it's what we do.if you come to the world to enjoy our creations and/or company, all well and good. welcome to the gang. your own

We Are All Less

2007-11-11T02:48:00.000-05:00

i never meant to write anything today but reading each of the moving tributes to Ginny Talamasca from the second life fashion community prompted me to add my voice of sorrow and pain her loss brings to us all.my heart fills with tears.my throat gripped by grief.such sorrowat the suddendestructionof our heart.i am so sorry she's gone. ginny talamasca is, and shall remain, even at her passing, the

Believe Me

2007-11-08T15:27:00.000-05:00

how can i describe the incredible affect second life has on me? it's a joyous delirium let's say. how bout a drug high. a dream, a rapture, a vision. an incredibly fortuitous moment to moment celebration of life. a journey into the hearts and minds of all who i meet. is that not certifiable? uhuh. and that's okay. they don't know where to find me.i lose myself in second life everytime i log. sure

kin

2007-11-06T15:10:00.000-05:00

just what the doctor ordered.love.express it as you are. there's no escaping it.

A Proud Mother

2007-11-04T14:44:00.000-05:00

just a quick note, we're currently making room in the family for a few new members of the team so my time should be occupied with learning about their nurturing and feeding regimen. as it is, we're a little worried since their Enermax power supply won't energize more than the little green light on the Asus P5K SE mainboard.the intel EnCore™ 2 Quad processor cpu pack might not have even had a hint

Empire Building or Megalomania Unleashed

2007-11-02T16:39:00.000-04:00

welcome to the ancient celtic new year samhain.i wish i could clone myself into a thousand avis. each with the exact same intellect, memories, intuition, and foresight. me a thousand times over, populating the world with the wonderful elements of the vision unfolding before me each and every time i enter the world. the potentials are thick and addressing the vision is a matter of constant upkeep.

People

2007-10-29T17:10:00.000-04:00

let's not forget what we're doing in this game people. it's a social game. it's about interacting in a simulated 3D virtual world. it's about relating to the little green dots the system provides for us to recognize another living breathing soul. however you look upon the avis inworld, whatever your personal perspective, it amounts to the same thing. we are people playing with people. (this is

Make Me Do Anything You Want

2007-10-27T23:58:00.000-04:00

this world is a phenomenon of happenstance. i chanced upon the Brightown island sim just the other day while battling one intrusion into my mundane sedentary life after the next. choosing just which one to pursue is an exercise of mental acuity. i let the wind take me. best not to fool with decisions which i avoid at all costs.so i wind up in this sim that's reproducing Brighton, Sussex (you'll

Facility of the Mind

2007-10-23T21:01:00.000-04:00

i don't know about you, but if it weren't for second life, i wouldn't have no life at all. yes, it's pathetic, i know. my online existence, stoked with generous quantities of chit chat, musings, mary making (mary?), building, analysing, etc, is all, at their lowest level perspective, just self-indulgent smatterings of a life gone terribly wrong.i beg to differ.without second life and the

Day One of Year Two

2007-10-21T22:30:00.000-04:00

i had written up some long winded blog entry recounting the moments i'd spent in my year of existence within the confines of second life. this chore, as in real life, always seems to bring up some emotional issues which seem to cloud my overall enthusiasm for all things now. real or virtual. love life. as it is.as it is presently, i'm in a huge funk. not that it's any business of yours, but if i

Mind Over Matter

2007-10-19T04:22:00.000-04:00

in the past little while, i've been progressing, of a kind, towards my own little version of world domination. i've managed to slide out of my partnering with merely a small gash of degradation and heartache. just above my right eye. thank you very much. seems that mast and boom have more to do with second life than with sailing.while totally alienating my love interest, my electronic publishing

Commune-ism Defined

2007-10-17T15:09:00.000-04:00

we are a pretty small communal environment within second life. marshal mcluhan's global village is made real here. i truly feel deep down to my core that this medium is implementing, leading, and ultimately changing human social interaction. second life has no relevant competitors. there's just no choice in the freedom one has here. how could anyone leave? it'd be like dying. wouldn't it? can i

Passion Play

2007-10-14T15:35:00.000-04:00

if you want your fashion buzz for the day you'll have to see Arabeth Laval's post over at her new personal blog, idiosyncrasy. arabeth's not writing for us here, for reasons i'll get into later, but suffice it to say she continues to impress, educate, and inform all the fashionistas of second life who follow her (as i do, and will. at least until the police are called.).anyone from the feed

CaLLie Cline's aLLy Cat Coat

2007-10-12T21:52:00.000-04:00

what hasn't been said about Callie Cline already? i sure don't have anything but adulation for her stellar rise to fame. her connection with the corps moving and shaking our world (ivillage, pontiac, maxim) along with her many many collaborations has brought her to a well deserved spotlight. the fact that she's been with the ASpiRE! gang forever and that i'm completely blown away with her avi's

Kill the Chill

2007-10-09T10:50:00.000-04:00

got a few gifts from Myllie Writer the other day. she's such a dear. musta known the temperature's dropping pretty low around here in the great white north of late. not so much that you need mittens but the nip is definitely in the air. it was sure nice to pull on her thick wool sweater and knit tights.for this outfit, you might think that Myllie's tartan mini is a bit too summery. well, there's

Lilyana Dryke: new designer

2007-10-06T17:49:00.000-04:00

i got a notecard slipped under my door the other day by Lilyanna Dryke telling me about her new shop where she is displaying some clothing. i'm really busy these days, i'm building out my new retail space on Choerom, i'm getting married(!), my rez day is coming up, i've started a new blog, i'm trying to get a design commission completed for a friend, everyone i talk with is an emotional wreck,

Women of Second Life Comes to Fashion Planet

2007-10-04T23:13:00.000-04:00

shout out to all the Fashion Planet fashionistas. thanks for adding us Tao. both Arabeth Laval, my co-conspirator co-contributor, are looking forward to the many new eyes on our second life POV.anywho, i just wanted to say hi today. i'm currently working up a review which is going to come out a little bit later (i hate deadlines). i hope we'll be making some new friends with posts that i think

Fear, Intimidation, and Rule of Gang

2007-10-01T20:35:00.000-04:00

well, that's unusuali log on, pop over to pick up Evian's freebie RealSKINs (thanks to Fab Cherlindrea), bounce back a few IMs and while i'm floating about i get the logging off grayscale screen. okay, i musta been idle too long (it happens) but on this occasion i was right in the middle of a conversation. i didn't give it much thought (it is second life afterall) so i log back on and the Login

Derrieres

2007-09-30T02:43:00.000-04:00

got an unusual request from Shoshana Epsilon the other day. she was interested in photographing me. as she said: to be part of her "collection". now i had no idea what she was talking about but if Shoshana calls, you go.if you don't know shoshana's work, check out her flickr account. she's making some mighty big strides inworld and has gathered a ton of respect for her integrity and

Community

2007-09-28T12:27:00.000-04:00

my sim neighbour, Nami Katayama, is hosting a live performance on her sky build The High Street. if you can make it (2:00 pm SLT) come by and enjoy the stylings of Angel Stormwind. nami's a great gal and her partner Kaikou Splash rules the aquatic creations (the next sim over). you can be sure there'll be plenty of fun. who knows, we might get to pop down to our "other" neighbour.

Grief

2007-09-28T03:32:00.000-04:00

my sleepy little sim has recently been transformed by one socially retarded individual calling her avi Cooty Leroux. she used to populate her moderately sized parcel with some innocuous flying carpet devices within a parkland atmosphere. i paid her little or no mind, i had never even seen her. she certainly wasn't causing anyone any adverse concern. we can all live together, peace be upon her.i

Model Search

2007-09-15T23:05:00.000-04:00

i came upon Sizzdrox floating about Tellus Island IV's calendar contest. she was kind enough to provide me with ample time to snap a few shots. the result, as you see above, was flung together and truncated quite successfully using the audiofile "Rotten" by Godhead as background noise. the most inappropriate tune i could find. sheesh. i got to get some sleep. anyone else interested in wandering

Voice

2007-09-10T16:45:00.000-04:00

you have to get voice!i tried it out the other day with my other system. the one that's polluted with all sorts of random downloads, system corruptions, outrageously confused dendritic conundrums. i manage to dump my images for my safe and secure system that is dedicated to second life onto it every now and then. and, it comes in handy to try out new software without corrupting my Live

Data Massage

2007-09-06T15:21:00.000-04:00

lo, those many moons ago whence i had a life, i'd be culling data from our municipal government's servers here in the cold white north grabbing and accumulating dry statistical data of importance for the "tax payer" (hitherto unaware of the volumes afforded to the curious). council reports, staff reports, diagrams, charts (statistical and economical), and all manner of information was available

Evolution or Heresy?

2007-09-05T09:28:00.000-04:00

i adore ginny talamasca and her contribution to second life fashion. i wrote one of my first lovey dovey reviews on her Last Call grand opening. i was all gushy when she dropped some of her clothing on me. up to that point my inworld fashion sense was based on wearing freebies and zooming on live models. my occasional extravagant purchase seemed to suggest that there were more ways to paint

Photographer's User Interface

2007-08-31T03:05:00.000-04:00

everyone should take pictures in second life. to function at an optimum level one should alter their viewer's interface so that your images come out best. this entails turning off a few "atmospheric" features such as clouds, ground, foot shadows, and most importantly fog.all these features, presently, are found in the Client menu (if you don't have it showing hit Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D). drop the

Myllie Writer Meets EnCore

2007-08-29T05:45:00.000-04:00

had the occasion to log in the other day with a package awaiting me from Myllie Writer. who? yeah, i checked out her profile, she's a relative newbie, born jun07 and all, just what might be in store for me inside her nicely arted up black and white package?the box itself, if that tells you anything (and it should) was a glossy magazine quality design complete with her brand logo (PERSONA), photos

Inventory Glee

2007-08-26T00:50:00.000-04:00

whether you know it or not, this entire world is a creative art. if you are participating in the world, that makes you a creative artist. deal with it. let's not just sit on our duffs dancing, dallying, and dramatizing. you've been warned.as creative graphic artists (at the core of your being, you know it's true) there are practical matters which will enhance your art. the small matter of

Under the Bonnet

2007-08-25T22:30:00.000-04:00

i am terribly sorry to all my inworld friends. i've just seen my friend's list was altered so as to exclude anyone from knowing i'm online. kinda defeats the purpose of the game that does. i'm fixing it. anyone saying i'm not online 24/7 is lying.among other things on my plate (just built a huge dome onto my sky studio) i'm experimenting with making gestures. when i first entered the world i

Manchester Sim's Hacienda Exhibition

2007-08-24T22:12:00.000-04:00

looks like there's another build commemorating the eighties rave club "the Hacienda" being simulated here in second life. i don't mean the ORIGINAL i wrote about a little while ago. that build is rudie rickenbacker's. a great bloke and a fun group to be in love with. oops, involved with. oops, tangentially familiar. this next inworld build i'm writing about now was created by the real world

Rock Chic

2007-08-21T00:44:00.000-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzcoNio2Q6oi've just discovered a clever device to describe an outfit. below is the proof of theory. instead of: blah blah blah, i'm wearing, blah blah blah ... i give you 1000 words of descriptive details up to the attachment points. where better to find all this data than our inventory. click the photo to see a larger, more legible version.

Confessions of Love

2007-08-19T19:42:00.000-04:00

i'll admit it just this once and it'll never be heard emanating from my lips again. i'm in love. there i said it. let's leave it alone and have no more of it. it's a non issue. it doesn't colour my every waking moment, it won't define my very soul. it just is. and i'm fully enveloped within its Crystal Light bathing freely of its essence. oh, did i say i was really drunk at the time?but, there

At Your Door

2007-08-15T16:53:00.000-04:00

i'm always referring to my back channel statistics script which oversees the hits made to this blog. it has a limited useability as it regards real happy time analysis (i'm a bit of a freak when it comes to analysing data) but it is relevant for the most part in establishing the inroads from various sources making their way to us amongst all the billions of shining stars out there. i am

Introductions

2007-08-09T16:42:00.000-04:00

you'll probably notice a new name showing up under the Contributors to the blog list if you have a keen eye and a sense of discovery.i'm absolutely sure you'll enjoy the stylings of ms Arabeth Laval. everything else about her intriques me beyond normal comprehension. like, i have an intuitive sense when it comes to avis. but you can't have this much good fortune in one day. when's the other shoe

Pianissimo

2007-08-05T18:40:00.000-04:00

the real music comes after the myriad chores of post processing. stitching all the various bits and bytes together takes too much time away from my play time. thank god i'm not a workaholic. can dreamers be successful business people?

Mamba Samba

2007-08-03T23:12:00.000-04:00

a good friend of mine wandered by the hacienda the other day looking to confab on details of his twisted life. we danced. life is good. nothing more need be spoken. (this does not mean that i've given up on all my girls)

Philip Rosedale

2007-07-31T23:02:00.002-04:00

speaking @ O'Reilly Open Source Convention Philip's Vision of Escape sound bitefull video (.mov file)

Best of Breed

2007-07-28T15:04:00.000-04:00

there have been other reports on Stuff Magazine's virtual fashion show trickling into the slogosphere. millionsofus.com has a few good links on their site. i highly recommend viewing JenzZa Misfit's photoset hosted on SmugMug. my flickr set is here.as it is, in this second of three installments i thought i'd issue a compilation i'd produced which revealed the beauty secrets told to me by the

Bud Select/Stuff Magazine Lingerie Modeling

2007-07-27T00:14:00.000-04:00

just finished uploading my pix for the above titled fashion show. check them out on their flickr set. story to follow...the winner, scarlett niven wearing:camilla Yosuke'sINSOLENCE DESIGNsoft milk chocolatelaced-bra & panties stockings w/garter setUPDATE: youtube slideshow

WRONG or RIGHT

2007-07-24T19:20:00.001-04:00

this vid is me hovering over AlterNation, the island housing Kaysha Sion's WRONG clothing line (amongst other things). thought i'd show you the effect of having your rendering set to default as opposed to the tweaks which i feel are a must to do any flying and exploring.if your Client is not open in your viewer, just click Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D and it'll open up. it'll remain like that throughout

Big Not Always Better

2007-07-23T18:04:00.000-04:00

not sure how it came to be, probably that damned Pathfinder Linden (can i get away with sarcasm without the on and off tags?). nonetheless, it seems as if my appearance on twitter, which Pathfinder picked out, has sparked a torrent of newbies coming by for a looksee. i do so hope you stay. leave a comment lurkers.i'll try to be more entertaining than my simple fare of grumpiness, frustrations,

Hyperstring.net Brings BlogHer Conference to SL

2007-07-22T17:14:00.000-04:00

oooh, i'm all exited. can't remember exactly where i saw it first, i'm flitting from one link to the next most days, but someone mentioned (probably from my blogline feed) that blogher was integrating a second life component into their annual convention. now, you may never have heard of blogher, but their network encompasses an extra-ordinary amount of women (they report over 10,000 members on

Torrid Midnight's Gift

2007-07-18T13:02:00.001-04:00

well that was easy. now that i've handled embedding the vid (or do we call it machinima?) into the blog to aid in my description of ms midnight's design, all i have to do is come up with some text to describe its immaculate conception.first, i want to say, it's 10 lindens! you want me to go on? it's 10 lindens! sheesh, what more do i have to say? go there NOW! its display is on the south wall

Move the Camera

2007-07-13T11:33:00.001-04:00

wish i knew how to embed a video into the blog. until that day, you'll have to open the youtube link below.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWLcZ-2cXohope it works.

Celebrity Trollop Joins Millonsofus

2007-07-05T15:17:00.000-04:00

just why she hasn't made it more well known is anyone's guess. i've not seen anything on her Second Style blog. as you can see by her millionsofus profile she joined the crew at the beginning of June. there's been some redo of the blog but that was expressed as merely administrative stuff. maybe the millionsofus team have given it a makeover more suitable for their techies. until i know otherwise

This and That

2007-06-30T16:52:00.000-04:00

i really should put more posts onto the blog. it's been quite some time since the last one. however, and this is only one of the many built in excuses, but apropos for the momentary lackadaisical situation; i'm not "feeling" like it. it's not like the earth is going to explode, the great vacuous void is going to suck up all the good we have done, nothing could be farther from the truth. the world

Would You Buy Acid from Mitch Kapor?

2007-06-19T18:00:00.000-04:00

unremittently, unequivocally, unprevaricatingly, unremorsefully, down-dirty, humm-diller, whoopdidoo, yippee i yo ky yah. or words to that affect. exhuberance commands non traditional structure. forgive my enthusiasm. i've had a revelation.i've come to the blog to confess. i'm here most days anywho, why not take the time to reveal an aspect of my self that has come to mind of late. i'm obsessed

The Notion of Freedom

2007-06-08T06:00:00.000-04:00

can you tell when i'm totally whacked? i read the last post and i've resolved to never have anything to do with men ever again. it's that final. sure, they can be fun, but when it comes to having any sort of sexual relationship with them, i'm really not interested. they have no way of knowing what my needs are. it's as if they have absolutely no feelings at all. asking them to give anything of

Mind

2007-06-07T05:30:00.000-04:00

we're installed within an intensely wild and undeveloped mind. coulda figured i'd be here. what's your excuse?i had initially constructed a mildly revealing epistle regarding my sexual expression. of course, that's none of your business should we not meet in second life.if that becomes the case, i'm sure not to mistreat you or destroy your concepts of sexuality. i'm queer in the game. i don't

I Get It

2007-06-06T14:00:00.000-04:00

i came into second life as a free newbie avatar. complete. fresh. unassailed by notions i might normally bring with me into another world. a world of dream. one in which only your mind flows through the portal. unaffected by constraints of madness and horror that is real life.i live out my days in a fog of unreason. my daily travail revealed far too much of the uber collective's absolute control

The Pursuit of Happiness

2007-06-03T20:30:00.000-04:00

made a new friend the other day. quite a few actually, but one in particular seemed interested in pursuing a much more prolonged encounter. we met at athea brooks' little parcel on Keundot. now that's how land should be developed.she's got a 1024 square filled to the brim with neat little entertaining doodads. i flew by (it's on a sim close to mine) and noticed someone using her slide. he was