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    Blender

    To Do List in #SecondLife

    July 14, 2025 - By 

    DFS drawdown continues: this picture from last year shows stuff that’s all gone. Currently I have just some old collectibles and seasonal ingredients that will be heavily discounted this evening. I have extra fields to sell – very old school ones that aren’t “cool” and should be sold for $L40 or less. I may plant them to make them more sellable. The remaining ingredients are being “cooked down” and loaded into “lunchboxes” that hold the EP (energy points) that are also set for sale. DFS recipes can be maddeningly complex – with secondary or tertiary recipes that have to be…

  • DFS Digital Farm Systems - Second Life

    There’s No Place Like Home. With Virtual Goats and Chickens.

    July 10, 2025 - By 

    My quest to get rid of the DFS stuff in my #SecondLife inventory was put on pause while I re-jiggered my parcel of virtual land. And then I thought “Hey, I could have just a *small* farm, a *cute* farm, and do it without having a store or stall or shop selling produce or meat.” HAH! Of the stuff I put out for sale, some has sold and I’ve been trying to send sales announcements at least every other day. I hate marketing. The funny thing is, I keep having to replace tools and plants that I sold off the…

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    Cafe Wellstone - Steelhead City - Virtually Anything

    Still Alive, Still Kicking (Weakly)

    July 5, 2025 - By 

    I’m still here! Alive! And getting better. I had a stroke 2 months ago and it’s been a struggle. But I’m still in #SecondLife and hope to reconnect with old friends. Also joined the Virtual Ability group, as they offer support. Virtual Ability Meanwhile, bought a virtual medical-grade cane, and Dhughan has plans to revive his walking stick shop to add an animated cane for someone who walks with difficulty. I was dancing earlier at SL22B at an event, that was very nice! Now trying to stay calm and keep up with blood pressure meds…

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    Asides - Chameleonic Possessions - SecondLife

    Palia looks like an interesting MMO, but am I a Girl Genius?

    November 17, 2024 - By 

    I’ve been enjoying light farming while downsizing/cooking down my excess #DigitalFarmSystem inventory in #SecondLife and ran across some reviews of other games and MMOs in the SL Newser blog. Girl Genius and Palia appeal to me, especially the former game. One of my longtime communities was based on the GG comics. Link: Other Grids: SLNewser Blog

  • Blender logo with “keep calm and don’t ragequit”
    Chameleonic Possessions - Helpless Flailing - Second Life - Steelhead City

    Customizing #SecondLife – So Many Bodies, So Much Junk To Sort

    October 30, 2024 - By 

    There are dozens of #SecondLife mesh bodies and hundreds of virtual fashion designers. Creators have to design multiple versions to rig to different mesh body brands. Last year, I bought the one that’s insanely complex but extremely adjustable and modifiable. I’ve barely dipped a virtual mesh toe in all its features, but I’m good at screwing up the settings. Buy the innovative Star Mesh Body. Second Life’s most advanced & realistic female mesh body & head combo with advanced HUD & editing options. It’s a little TOO realistic but fortunately the HUD can turn off the visibility of the naughty…

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    Got Inworld, Barely

    October 26, 2024 - By 

    I’ve got back rent to pay and a mess in my inventory; some of my mainland parcels went poof and it’s time to scale back even more. It’s time to think about deleting a lot of my “store” and try to unload the no-copy DFS items that technically can be sold. Dhughan may be scaling back greatly, also. The latest Firestorm is too much for my 12-15 year old CPU and I was limping along on a “Legacy” PBR viewer. I looked weirdly shiny and only lasted 20 minutes at a friend’s DJ event before I got a memory error…

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    Chameleonic Possessions - Helpless Flailing

    PBR Materials Broke My Brain

    October 19, 2024 - By 

    This is one reason I fell out of Second Life. Technological advances that got beyond my ability to adapt. Lost interest after making some progress in classes, as the new techniques got more complex. Also, I was waiting for Firestorm to update, as I dislike the main viewer. I could no longer get excited and make things. But hey! There’s other reasons to log in, like socializing, shopping, etc. side note: I deleted the mirror site at WordPress.com as there was no reason to keep it, and it was having a tech issue. Via: PBR Materials

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    Chameleonic Possessions - Second Life

    Fell Out Of The World Again, Hate When That Happens

    October 12, 2024 - By 

    It’s been a year since I last logged in to Second Life, or updated here. Why? I got frustrated with trying to learn Blender yet again, with PBR just coming in I got frustrated with feeling like stuff I had created was hopelessly outdated I felt pressured by another resident to be! Friends! In! Voice! And felt skeeved. I realized that I no longer wanted to take the time to “craft” and “sell” stuff. I recognized that my desktop computer might need to be replaced with PBR coming. First Life got busy over the holidays My couch was much more…