1 Year Old Today

Today I am an avatar. Or at least I’m an avatar that’s been around for a while.  I first logged in to Second Life a year ago today, you see, and what a long strange trip it’s been!  In that time I’ve changed houses three times, started a business, and seen places that one wouldn’t believe.  [...]

Convention Administration: Never Fun

Conventions are no fun. At least if you’re part of the staff — and have a relatively normal mindset. If the organizers of this year’s SLCC had no experience with this iron truth of con life, they surely do now.  Whether you believe the figures offered up by the organizers (800 registrations), or the attendance estimate given [...]

Old Masters, New Dresses

I discovered Lady Thera Art and Fashion the other day, when I was reading an article by Kitty Otoole.  She was talking about what she claimed was “Possibly the most beautiful gown in the virtual world,” and the piece looked attractive enough to me that I decided to check it out myself. This is the gown [...]

Air Pollution?

I popped in to my store this noontime, and was getting ready to work, when a thought struck me.  (Yes, I know, it’s unusual; but it does happen at times.)  I normally keep my draw distance set to 128 meters, which is usually a good compromise between having good sight lines and the client taking [...]

Articles on the Anglican Cathedral

Interest in the Anglican Cathedral in Second Life is spreading slowly.  You can read this article from Episcopal Life Online by Lisa Hamilton, which talks about Epiphany Island and the worshipers who attend service there.  In particular, the article spoke about the effort to build a true community, one of the hallmarks of the Church.        [...]

I’m Sari…So Sari

(I am sorry [no, I'm not!], but that title was jumping up and down like Donkey on the DVD menu for Shrek.) I saw a lovely silk top the other day on another blog — can’t remember which one now — and it led me to the seller, Daara.  It’s a nice shop with what the [...]

The Power of the Press

…when you’re picked up by someone with more readers, that is (grin). Remember my little piece two articles ago (and yesterday) on “Looking Good with Low ARC”?  Well, Hamlet Au picked it up and linked to it when he ran a shortie in New World Notes.  The results:  my traffic for today has shot through the [...]

Machinima by Lainy Voom

I’ve found far too few machinima in my time, but when I do stumble across one and it’s good, I like to publicize it.  Now’s the time. Thanks to Hamlet Au at New World Notes, I was led to Vimeo and a pair of recent pieces by machinimist Lainy Voom.  Both were 24 days old (as [...]

Looking Good with Low ARC

Before the addition of the ARC meter to the Advanced menu of the Linden SL client [1], organizers at high-attendance events like fashion shows and similar shouted for you to leave off the prim skirts, remove the facelights and AOs and other scripted items, and generally strip down to almost the bare avatar.  This was [...]

A Retraction re: Wherefore Art Thou, Eric?

One thing you get used to when dealing with blogs:  the newest stories are always at the top of the page.  You know this; you expect this.  If you want your fish fresh, look at the top of the page. That’s what I was expecting when I went to Reuters’ Second Life page.  And I suspected [...]