Year: 2012

Second Life

Resolved: Use My Shared Profile Feed More In #SecondLife

By Lelani | by Lelani

I’ve been taking a long break from Second Life again – just when I was getting momentum on the Kipling Rock project, distractions from First Life cropped up. Nothing major; mostly it was lots of new episodes of favorite television shows, family stuff on the weekends, midweek choir practice, and afternoon naps! But I’ve kept up with blogs and SLUniverse, and ran across this reminder of an underused feature: Linden Lab is now marketing itself…

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Second Life Christmas Expo – Music Today (all proceeds benefit Relay for Life)

By Lelani | by Lelani

I got a group message from one of my Steelhead compatriots, Fuzzball Ortega, that he had a DJ gig going on T1 Radio at the Second Life Christmas Expo until 11am SLT. I had some time in the middle of the day, so off I went to check it out before having to get back to work: TUESDAY – 12/11 – All Today’s Music Sponsored by T1 Radio! 9 – 11am: DJ Fuzzball Ortega of…

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Are Digital Games Art? Are Immersive Virtual Worlds Art? The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones Thinks Not #ArtOrNotArt #SecondLife

By Lelani | by Lelani

The Museum of Modern Art will exhibit images from digital games and virtual worlds, but The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones thinks such images are not art. I’m no artist, but I think there’ s some pretty artistic stuff going on in Second Life, though Jonathan Jones will pooh-pooh the idea. The Guardian article posted a companion gallery of images from or for the exhibition, but didn’t bother to include any images from Second Life as examples of digital-game or immersive-world art. They did include shots from Sim City, EVE-Online, Myst, The Sims, and Portal along with other game screenshots.

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Through the Filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: Swing Dance at The Seraph Club

By Lelani | by Lelani

Two hours of Swing Revival, Jazz and a little Electro-swing, as only Edward Pearse can do. Friday night 30th November 7:00 – 9:00pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seraph%20City/64/80/106/ Link: Through the Filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: Swing Dance at The Seraph Club UPDATE: This was a really enjoyable event; I went dressed in a kind of gun-moll outfit and wore my Thadovian Man-Melter pistol (non-lethal) on my thigh. I also was at Cafe Wellstone listening to a comedy…

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Steelhead

Avi Choice Awards | SL’s Christmas Expo: Lotsa Steelheaders Nominated!

By Lelani | by Lelani

The Avi Choice Awards is the premier annual awards presentation recognizing the people and talent of SL’s amazing creations, completely chosen and voted on by SL residents. 2011 Avi Choice Awards response was tremendous and the websites saw an amazing 35000 visits and an staggering number of votes.The Avi Choice Awards will be presented during the Avi Choice Program held at The Christmas Expo, in the Auditorium, on Friday evening, December 14th, at 6pm SLT.…

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Kipling Rock on the Clackamas River: Add Rock, Blend Well

By Lelani | by Lelani

I tried and failed numerous times to create and bake a simple sculptmap of a blob. It was just a practice blob, and I got it to work ONCE, which was encouraging. But every other time, the steps seemed to be different. Things weren’t on the menu that had been there before. My inner volcano erupted, and much screaming, bad language, and tears of frustration ensued (luckily no one else was home except the cat, who wisely chose to remain upstairs).

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Second Life

Getting Back Inworld… Real Soon or Immediately Right Now

By Lelani | by Lelani

Yes, there’s been a lot going on in my First Life. Nothing bad, just stuff that was interesting or engaging. Of course, the election news was good for me and other reality-based life forms. And also mundane things like new episodes of favorite television programs, family get-togethers on weekends, and one or two very sad events that really brought everything to a halt for a while. After that, it was easier to just watch TV…

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New #SecondLife Premium Membership Gift Aeroplane – Also 50% Off Membership

By Lelani | by Lelani

Hmm, this little one-seater biplane looks pretty sweet, and I’m told the animations are cute. Second Life has been working lately to make being a Resident fun again (aside from the bug reports that aren’t interactive anymore and the lack of communication by the Markeptplace team with Merchants. Anyway, this gift is free to paid members and people with “concierge” level membership (ie they own entire islands and estates and pay a boatload of monthly…

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