• Dhughan - Second Life

    Oh, For The Love Of Primkin And His Momma (and Poppa)

    As a new virtual kitty uncle, I’m sure that these stats are dreadfully ordinary to most KittyCatS breeders, but it IS a milestone; the first kitten born to my Minnie. I shall name it Primkin, as it’s the first, it’s made of prims, it’s small, and it’s kin (the gender isn’t known until the box is unpacked, or “birthed”). The proud parents are snoozing in the background. I thought something might happen yesterday when Dash reached “100% Love,” while Minnie had reached the middle 90’s. She was having feeding issues of some kind a few days ago, fixed by taking…

  • Building - fashion - Second Life

    Getting good Body Proportions in Second Life (Bug, Please Take Notes)

    This seems like a good starting point for Bug, who needs to mess with the sliders a bit to make herself look more… like the little red-headed tomboy she’s supposed to be. The bulk of what I’m posting below is my own re-phrasing of a guide posted on the official forums by Penny Patton. The forums have a habit of disappearing or getting buried, so I wanted to make a blog post with the same general advice. I know, only in SL would anyone consider a blog to have more viability of lasting than the actual official forum…Apart from the…

  • Dhughan - Second Life - Virtually Anything

    Not Possible In Real Life: Star Destroyers Over Cathedrals

    It’s Sunday, let’s go to church: Constable’s “Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden” is massively improved by these Star Destroyers, no? Yes. Of course. This would be quite easy to accomplish in Second Life, as star destroyers are actually more common than cathedrals there. As an occasional churchgoing man, it might be amusing to turn up for Morning Prayer at the Anglican Cathedral wearing the new “steam punk Zeppelin” new-player avatar. In unrelated news: my KittyCats pet Minnie has informed me that she had her first kittenbox! Miss Lelani and I have been quite distracted with the creatures (her pet…

  • Second Life

    Weekly Tweets 2011-07-10

    @MoodyLoner Those damn fascist house gremlins! # @hbahimself I've got Picasa pretty organized, sorted everything into folders based on subject: trips taken, events, #SL groups, etc. # @hbahimself However I also use a Picasa2Flickr widget to make uploading to Flickr pretty painless! # Made a neko tail last night at KittyCatS in a class taught by Myrddin Janus. Evangelize the shoppers! Go forth and build! #SecondLife # @hbahimself Ah, but you can organize them in Picasa, and batch upload to Flickr with a plugin: http://is.gd/T6Qxz5 # @hbahimself Editing in Picasa is possible, though I use GIMP for anything more than…