• Keep Calm and Change the Subject... turn that crown upside down!
    Building - Photography - Second Life

    Tiltviewer: Awesome 3D Display Of Your #Flickr Stream Except It Requires Flash #iPadSad

    January 18, 2012 - By 

    Thanks to a pointer from @LindaKellie, I explored the downloads, scripts and recommended tools for Second Life at Ferd Frederix’ incredible site Phaze Desmesne. This Flickr viewer thing is so very shiny. I had already spent days looking at the scripts, then realized thanks to a link from Linda Kellie’s free sculpts page that there were awesome sculpts and links to free tools at Ferd’s site. I can’t wait to play with this later, but I’m on an iPhone and this requires Flash. Thanks, Ferd! It’s people like you and Linda Kellie who keep inspiring content creators (just look at…

  • Second Life avatars dance around a bonfire in fantasy garb.
    Second Life

    Weekly Tweets 2012-01-15

    January 15, 2012 - By 

    I enjoyed the Snowflake Ball vicariously… I puttered around clearing inventory but listened to @radioriel as they did a live stream. # Star Warz Cat-Cat attak ur base! #LOLCatCat #pewpewpew http://t.co/LZTjtmVi # @m_ethaniel Augh! The Linden Hop! So simple, like the jitterbug, yet it plumb eluded me. # RT @hbahimself "RT @TLEclipse Squirrel Appreciation day in Steelhead Boomtown January 20th at 7pm SLT" http://t.co/ivzdAuoe # @hbahimself I am really looking forward to Squirrel Appreciation Day. I'm nutty like that. # RT @TLEclipse "Lunar New Year's January 27th in Steelhead Shanghai at Shamian Alley at 7pm SLT." http://t.co/F65DWIZr # Better get…

  • Second Life avatar sitting on a market stall stacked with empty inventory boxes
    Building - Dhughan

    Listened to Radio Riel: Una Música Brutal Last Night, It Soothed The Savage Builder

    January 10, 2012 - By 

    Dhughan here, recommending Music For Builders. Whilst messing about with floating lanterns that fell 500 metres and buried themselves in abandoned mines in Steelhead St Helens, I listened to an excellent programme, hosted live by Carter Denja. Radio Riel is essential to maintaining one’s cool while excavating down to the Second Life water table to find physical objects set to float… wait for it! on the surface. My other floating lantern, which Miss Bug made in a class project, floats so enthusiastically that it would go into space if not constrained by a ceiling. Clearly, more study (my take, break,…

  • Steampunk robots dancing cheek to cheek
    Building - Dhughan - Second Life - Steelhead Shanghai

    Dhughan Suddenly Reappears Out Of Nowhere And Makes Stuff #SL #ItsAnAltThing

    January 10, 2012 - By 

    Yes, yes, Dhughan here, very slack of me to disappear like that. I happened to be very busy avoiding as much work as possible during the holidays. Back again in good old Steelhead Shanghai, and there certainly are interesting things happpening this week. —- Chinese New Year 2012: Year of the Dragon – Breathing Fire into the New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012. Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year…

  • Second Life screenshot shows a fantasy cottage with lots and lots of scripted DFS trees and plants.
    Second Life - Steelhead

    Chinese New Year in #Steelhead: Be There Or Be Eaten By Gojira

    January 9, 2012 - By 

    Ooh! Fun events to entertain and distract the discerning Steampunk resident: R.S.V.P. to Mr TotalLunar Eclipse; be there or he’ll eat you and stomp on your house, in that order. That may seem unnecessarily harsh, to destroy your home after you’re dead, but dragons are notoriously hot-tempered and really hold a grudge. Better mark your cslendars, I’m just sayin’. Also, too: SQUIRRELL!!1! Link: Eclipse: Chinese New Years in Steelhead 2012

  • Yes We Are Calm now SHUT THE FUCK UP
    Second Life

    Weekly Tweets 2012-01-08

    January 8, 2012 - By 

    Many funs had last night, dancing at Lacamas Reading Room/Cafe Wellstone in #SecondLife I made some dumb Occupy signs to wear. # Trying #Firestorm again (sorry so late) RT @InaraPey "Blog post: "Firestorm 3.2 Release: In-depth" – http://t.co/dVmluLXh #SL #SecondLife" # Had weird problems with V3 last night, then muted myself in Imprudence (older version). So, #Firestorm .. How you doin'? # In #SecondLife I flirt with third party viewers like some people hang out at infohubs. # @MoodyLoner you could ask Michelle Bachmann that, but the answer is always "GOD SAYS I SHOULD BE PRESIDENT." # RT @torley "We're…

  • Get Excited and Make Things - the crown image is made of wrenches
    Building - Second Life

    #SL Blender dropping COLLADA support – DON’T PANIC, Keep Calm And Carry On

    January 7, 2012 - By 

    As forum poster Chosen Few helpfully noted: After the initial posting, cooler heads prevailed, including Gaia Clary, who’s the Blender/JASS/Primstar maven at Machinimatrix. And then Domino Marama weighed in – the creator of the scripts that so many Second Life creators have relied on (both free and paid versions). Re: Blender dropping COLLADA Reply to Chosen Few – Chosen Few wrote: Nothing’s been decided yet, so nobody panic yet. If worse comes to worst, and the Blender devs do cease official support for COLLADA, I’m sure enterprising SL residents will just create their own COLLADA exporter for Blender, and release…

  • Second Life - Steelhead

    #SL Fundraising: Picture Taken Down After NWN Post Gives Wrong Impression

    January 7, 2012 - By 

    For the second time this week a picture used to illustrate a Second Life news blog caused a false impression and seemed to link a respected event or charity with scandal. Yes, it’s another NWN post by Hamlet Au causing the confusion. No linky-love for him, Google amongst yourselves. The first time was bad enough. Fortunately, Au took the image down late last night or early this morning. Unfortunately his blog is widely read and the damage has already been done, not easily to be repaired by an update buried in the comments. This time, an event picture from the…

  • Yes We Are Calm now SHUT THE FUCK UP
    Second Life

    Red Dragon Dance

    January 7, 2012 - By 

    And an amazing time was had by all. Taken with Firestorm, var. V3, with most graphics (distance, LOD, trees, terrain) set to max and the Fine Day preset. Red Dragon Dance, originally uploaded by Lelani Carver.

  • Second Life cows and bulls
    Building - Second Life

    Qarl’s 3D Printed Snowglobe Of His House On BoingBoing.net #SecondLife

    January 7, 2012 - By 

    Yes, that was “our” Qarl in that BoingBoing post earlier today. Gee, he’s not busy enough deforming mesh for fashion-forward avatars, he has to create a tiny model of his house as a snowglobe holiday gift for his wife. If you feel like sending him money to make you one, by all means… but some of you may be able to figure out his process based on his blog post. Posts about the mesh deformer were all over my feed, so when I saw the BoingBoing.net post about “A clever fellow named Qarl,” I knew it had to be him…