Steampunk Hunt “Steam – The Hunt” A Steampunk hunt starting tonight at midnight from March 1st to March 31st. Its 129 stores involved so 129 free gifts to gather! Anything from steampunk hats, dresses, suits, hot air baloons, flying contraptions, furniture…the list goes on and on. Steampunk/Victorian themed, just go to the starting LM shop, and look for the hidden gear in their shop (Sample gears will contain hints) Once found it will contain a gift and a LM to the next store etc..etc. Feel free to share the LM Smiley Starting Landmark: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mieville%20Doyle/186/49/24/ Right, well. Dhughan here, finally ready…
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I heard from several (not all) purchasers of some of my party necklaces that the permissions were not as I had advertised, and that they either wanted a modifiable version or a refund. I’m currently not near my “home” computer, using an older laptop that wheezes a bit when running Second Life, so as soon as I got back to the laptop, I messed with my products to ensure that they were definitely set with the right permissions so people could either modify them, or give them to friends. One Resident never got the corrected version, either – now that…
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Not able to go inworld much these days – currently have a very slow Internet connection and don’t have access to home machine and GIMP. However, I’m gathering some textures while my typist is on vacation in Maui, you can be sure! Mostly they will be plant and flower textures, plus whatever else that is interesting catches my eye. Getting lots of ideas for necklaces, pottery, and other wearable art while browsing shops and craft stands, too. There’s beautiful work being done here by local artists – lots of fused glass, painted silk, antique beads, and big batik floral graphics…
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… and were horrified to find out what the main, original slang meaning of the term was (it involves dipping one’s “nads” in their partner’s mouth, or slapping them against someone else’s face to prove a point about dominance). Here’s the best (and longest) definition at Urban Dictionary; this link was making the rounds at an event Cafe Wellstone was running tonight to raise funds for charity: Urban Dictionary: teabagger Interestingly, teabaggers uphold an immoral, morbidly obese, twice divorced, draft-dodging, college dropout and known drug addict as their de facto leader, and are even known to advocate burning books. Of…
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Check out this fun Second Life Machinima by Tensai Hilra and TotalLunar Eclipse! As it happens, I was there, but this appears to show only Tensai and TotalLunar, perhaps just before the party. I’m so glad I went to this event; it was an amazing dreamlike experience – especially the “going down the rabbit hole” part. Except that I fell off the platform the first time, and missed the fancy stairs completely! So I went back and did it again, more slowly so I could watch the odd things fly past in the rabbit hole. My business partner Dhughan lives…
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Even I am happy about this: New Orleans wins the Super Bowl 31 – 17 against the Colts, best remembered as the guys that snuck out of town in the dead of night. Got beads? Want some virtual ones? Check out my virtual store online or inworld in Tintafel. Yes, yes, I’m pimpin mah beadz, but at least the setting is appropriate. Mardi Gras! It’s this Tuesday – are you ready to party in New Orleans (or New Toulouse)? It’s time to earn your beads and go wild, girls and boys! You can give or gift these beads to friends,…
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Oh good, the blog-tweet thingy is working. 45 minutes on RL exercise bike at RL club, #completed Next: shoe store, then home. # Oh good. My mouse just died, and the grim silence as my in-house geek works on the computer worries me. # RT @MoodyLoner "RT @DanaHoule: I. Don't. Fucking. Care. If. A. Bill. Is. Bipartisan. Neither do voters. Just pass fucking bills." # @ordinal Wish someone would tell that to Shazam and a number of other sites. I may have to smack WP's Twittertools with a stick. in reply to ordinal # Not unlike what i plan in…
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@DF@ Ivory Handled Walking Stick (Typekiller) by Dhughan Froobert – Second Life XStreetSL Marketplace “Without my walking stick, I’d go insane… I can’t look my best, I feel undressed without my cane.” We shall see if the hobbling masses of Second Life beat a tottering path to my door to purchase one of 3 walking sticks. If they don’t, I shall have to find something else to make and sell…
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I created another Pacific Northwest Coast-style bracelet, photographed it, embellished the image with my gimpy GIMP skillz, added it to my otherwise empty XStreetSL inventory, and got the thing listed. #Completed I’m not sure if it depicts an Eagle or a Raven, but I think the Raven in PNW Indian art usually has a bluntly pointed beak, and this one looks more like a raptor’s hooked schnozz. It’s for sale on XStreetSL, it’s in a box in my mostly-empty shop inworld, and it’s also in a vendor that I just got working, that was given out in an excellent “Sell…
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@Ordinal’s announcement has caused a stir of sympathy and dismay amongst the #SecondLife #Twitterati. It distresses yet comforts me to know that even the most accomplished and celebrated builders struggle with completion issues, ennui, and an overriding desire to chuck it all into the outer darkness and do something, ANYthing else for a while. I wish Ordinal Malaprop a rejuvinating break, and hope for a very speedy return. That said, I’ve now wasted about two months since my belated burst of builder’s mania, with a mostly finished house on bare land, plus an empty shop building on another plot of…