• Steampunk robots dancing cheek to cheek
    Cafe Wellstone - Second Life

    SL9B: The After Party, And The Trolleyman Cometh

    July 2, 2012 - By 

    I took some time on the last weekend day of SL9B to go around on my own and experience a few more exhibits. Strangely, I didn’t take pictures, I just… played. I especially liked the ‘History of Second Life’ exhibit, and spent some time there reading notecards and making “bonk” noises going through. Then I spent a lot of time taking pictures of various stages. Unfortunately, the “mesh” Lake stage photo didn’t get saved properly – forgot to refresh the image. ARGH! Here’s a small gallery of photos… mostly of stages and friends’ builds. I ran into my friend Mistletoe…

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

    Weekly Tweets 2012-07-01

    July 1, 2012 - By 

    Get a better graphics card. Better yet, get a better quad core processor with 2G memory. #SLInsults # Eat my pixeldust. #SLInsults # Yer momma wore prim-heel army boots. #SLInsults # @GoAngelo Okeydoke! Keep on tweetin. #

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

    Linden Labs’ Server Side Heavy Lifting: Less Pink, More Shrink If First Hour Issues Not Addressed

    June 30, 2012 - By 

    Torley must not have written this LL blog post, he’s ALL about the pinkitude (hey! They remembered they had a blog, stop complaining). Reports of hardware upgrades and colo consolidation and texture and object caching are good, except that it would seem to be positioning LL for making Second Life easier to access and display on lower-end machines… or the Web. Their recent acquisition of some kind of shared-narrative company might might be part of it, again aimed more at potential customers in the “mobile and social game ecospheres.” Less load on our machines is good, but they still need…

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

    Who wants pie? I WANT PIE at the end of the party #SL9B

    June 25, 2012 - By 

    At the end of an informative talk about the Steamlands at SL9B by Herr Baron Klaus von Wulfenbach, someone mentioned that punch and pie had been promised. And so someone set out a variety of virtual desserts. Well, I don’t have punch, but here’s some family-recipe pie. Long story about this pie: it’s strawberry-rhubarb, and in my family it’s called “Damn Sour Pie.” One of my adult cousins requested it be made several years ago for a big family gathering (it was a sad yet happy gathering; a memorial party for an elderly relative that was truly a party). It…

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

    Weekly Tweets 2012-06-24

    June 24, 2012 - By 

    @LindaKellie Don't worry about it, more people are absurdly grateful to you for the work you do. # @theguild "Pantsing Vork Scene" is a cover band waiting to be formed. # I am technically "working from home" tomorrow. Suspect I will be "waiting for installers." #checkingSL9Bschedule # Hey! My friend Dano is DJing… At 2am my time. Hmm. May need pencil in nap tomorrow. #checkingSL9Bschedule # Have house phone in one pocket, cell phone in other. I'm the phoneslinger. #waitingforComcast # It's an absurdist play: a woman, a cat, an empty room. #waitingforComcast # Typically, the office furniture arrives first…

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

    Weekly Tweets 2012-06-17

    June 17, 2012 - By 

    Typist is in the "cheering and moar cowbell" tent for American Diabetes Assn #TourdeCure http://t.co/A4DnVNgz # @HolocluckHenly Lookng forward to #SL9B because of AVs like you. Also, whats the location for that cathedral radio class? 😉 # Formal attire for #Whovians http://t.co/BoA1cGib #

  • Steampunk robots dancing cheek to cheek
    Second Life

    Weekly Tweets 2012-06-10

    June 10, 2012 - By 

    Looking forward to #SL9B Had a peek at @m_ethaniel 's cute build. Now I have the song stuck in my head # Who is paying for the dirty tricks robocalls in Wisconsin?? Walker has plausible deniability. # RT @Salon: Dirty tricks in Wisconsin? Voters claim robocalls said they dont need to vote if they signed recall petition http://t.co/g6Nxd8Wp # My #musicforlunchbreak Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine. http://t.co/ydGcibVg # More #musicallunchbreak Fitz And The Dizzyspells by Andrew Bird. http://t.co/CF6my7md # Hey! #Shazam has LyricPlay on some songs. Karaoke anywhere! Singing "Valerie " by Steve Winwood. http://t.co/m286DZWx #…

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

    Weekly Tweets 2012-06-03

    June 3, 2012 - By 

    @peterwingfield Well done! # @rivenhomewood I like glimpses of a more literary life. I used to be a voracious reader of books, now I read feeds. # RT @m_ethaniel Dog bless #Amercia # Vote @mittromney and take a dump on Amercia! #mittens2012 #dumpmitt #pt http://t.co/9HhlB60g # @m_ethaniel Cant sleep, might as well have fun. # Political hot potatos no problem for @mittromney in 2012. #ovenmitt2012 #withovemitt #p2 http://t.co/28ISTJzv # RT @aac Some poor app designer is getting strapped in a cage on the top of a car and driven across country tonight. #amercia # RT @aschweig That did not take…

  • Steampunk robots dancing cheek to cheek
    Second Life

    Weekly Tweets 2012-05-27

    May 27, 2012 - By 

    @HolocluckHenly Wish I could be there. Play it loud for me. # We're in the "holding our breath" stage, apparently. # We're in the "holding our breath" stage, apparently. # We rode the worlds most depressing elevator yesterday. # Just now I said Yay! (yay) in response to something lame. /yay #SLgesturesinRL # @adrianpaul1 LMAO! May I share this with HIGHLA-L? Its been active lately… # In my original virtual life I was a #HIGHLANDER fan (in fact I created the old fan area there). Good virtual times. # I should take pictures of all the #HIGHLANDER shirts I own.…

  • Chameleonic Possessions doodle
    Relay For Life - Second Life

    Endgame Approaches

    May 21, 2012 - By 

    Still have not been inworld much aside from attending the Steelhead StHelens volcano party, which was a much-needed distraction (and great music by DJ Fuzzball and much SQUEEE-Ing by the presumptive Missus Ortega). It was a wonderful evening. Pictures are on my inworld profile feed. It appears our dear one is in the endgame. We can only hope for comfort and peace. She is certainly not alone, and neither are we. If you can spare some Lindens, please donate generously to the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life.