• Building - Create - Haleakaloha - Open Sim - Photography - Second Life

    What’s Up in #OpenSim ?  Rather a lot, really.

    March 17, 2018 - By 

    There’s a lot going on in this story, and I’m playing around with some of it. And ZOMG, I’m committed to something! #OpenSim #SecondLife OpenSim land area continued to increase gaining a total of 3,400 standard region equivalents this month — after gaining more than 9,000 regions last month. The number of active users also increased by 1,300. Source: OpenSim land rally continues – I’m running one of these little mini-grids: These stats do not include most of the mini-grids running on the DreamWorld distribution of OpenSim, or private company or school grids. DreamWorld has counted more than 8,483 mini-grids…

  • Photography - Second Life

    All Dressed Up And No Event: Revisiting Qoheleh

    March 12, 2018 - By 

    This event looked interesting so I dressed up in an older kimono and dropped by. But no one was there at the appointed time and date, though dinner was all laid out. Western Geisha Dinner and Chat Our long-standing chat meeting to discuss anything – RL, SL, OOC or IC – whilst enjoying delicious Japanese food and drink around low tables. Kimonos often shown off but not required! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Qoheleth/167/158/22 This is an older Fall’n kimono called Elegant – it comes with a lot of extras, such as 2 versions of the skirts and a fur wrap that can be “removed”…

  • Blender - Haleakaloha - Open Sim - Second Life

    Bowler Madness and OpenSim Sadness

    March 5, 2018 - By 

    Amazingly, I have been working on something in Blender and actually have something to show for it.               I’ve been obsessing about Blender lately, but not actually working in Blender. But I needed to get my head and hand back in the game, so here’s what I have so far. It will be a simple thing with a ribbon hatband, and possibly flexi-feathers on the side. I was thinking about doing one, and then saw a local production of the musical “Ragtime,” and was struck by the sight of many wondrous hats (gent’s bowlers,…

  • Second Life - St Helens Dry Goods - Steelhead

    GACHA: *DAWN* Beehive 000, Beehive 002, Honey Shed

    February 10, 2018 - By 

    Do people blog their gacha listings on the Marketplace? I have no idea! I set up my beekeeping enterprise out behind the shop in Steelhead Bay. I went to the Gacha Garden event with a specific goal – find a set of things that looked like they belonged in the dry goods store, not just for sale, but as part of the roleplay or ambiance, kind of like the funky “second-hand” shops my friend Kitty Vinje and others are doing over in SLURL: Bayou Chat Noir. I went out a novice gacha player, I came back a beekeeper, with pretty…

  • Blender - Chameleonic Possessions - Second Life

    Rework

    February 10, 2018 - By 

    Based on what I’ve been reading at the Creation/Mesh forum lately, I could really improve this. Using the excellent new mesh information tab on the Firestorm viewer, I can see that it has only 12 triangles (which is ridiculously low) but is not very well optimized, because it’s still 2LI. It only has the first two LOD levels (same file) and then I was lazy and left the last 2 LOD levels to the uploader to construct, so it degrades at distance. I think when I made this it was some sort of array arrangement. I did unwrap it, badly,…

  • Blender - Chameleonic Possessions - Second Life

    First Life Challenges and #SecondLife Obstacles

    February 10, 2018 - By 

    I should have a category just for “Is this thing still on?” posts. My First Life has been taking precedence lately; I’ve been “keeping time” mostly in Second Life and have several projects on hold or stalled, partly from my own self-created obstacles, but also partly due to time constraints. A former member of my extended family has been very ill for a long time, and it’s been a very hard time for her and her family indeed. Although we were never close, she’s facing the end of her life. The only thing I’ve been able to do for her…

  • Blender user checking mesh for errors
    Building - Second Life

    In Development: Possible Firestorm Local Mesh Feature

    January 9, 2018 - By 

    Firestorm may have a “local mesh” preview option, but developer Beq Janus notes it ain’t easy. “I have a TODO item on my personal project list for build tool improvements, to add local mesh support to Firestorm (and ultimately contributing back to the lab so everyone gets it). It is, however, a lot of work.” Via SL Community Forum: https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/416679-local-mesh-capability-in-some-viewer/

  • Chameleonic Possessions - Second Life

    St John Shop Closes 23JAN

    January 7, 2018 - By 

    As you may know, the St John estates are closing. My shop in St John Parish is open until 23JAN: When is St John going to close? Here is the St John estate closing schedule. Residents must clear their parcels when their tier expires or by 12:00pm SLT on the dates listed, whichever comes first. Friday January 5 – Bayou St John Sunday, January 14 – St John Woods Tuesday, January 16 – Lake St John Tuesday, January 23 – St John Parish Tuesday, January 23 – St John Maurepas I’ll be pulling furniture and things off my parcel, and…

  • Yes We Are Calm now SHUT THE FUCK UP
    Blender - Building - Photography - Second Life - SecondLife - St John

    Long After Last Call

    December 31, 2017 - By 

    I am bummed, because Kitty picked up most of his wonderfully eclectic junk from his bar in the Bayou, before I had a chance to take more pictures. Meanwhile Janus Rhiadra’s general store across the way is gorgeous, stocked with gacha stuff. Makes my old Dry Goods store look so 2007. So today I tinkered with a long-stale project in Blender, got frustrated several times, will keep trying and will review the basics. Again. Because I forget them from long disuse, again. I also chucked out some old products from the Second Life Marketplace and my vendors. I visited a…