Today

Today

Shauna has writer’s block.

I'm DJ-ing Tonight

I’m DJ-ing Tonight

I’ll be DJ-ing at Soul Mods tonight, 1pm Second Life Time (9pm UK). If you like The Kinks, The Who, Small Faces, Motown, and ska come join us. Visit Inworld: Soul Mods

The Corner of Revolving Time

The Corner of Revolving Time

Found an interesting place called The Corner of Revolving Time. It has furniture, kitchens, beds, plants, decor, houses, and party items among other things. All looks pretty decent too. But you know what the best part is? Everything in the store is free! So if you need a few things check this place out before [...]

Sky Dome - Multi-Textures Sky & Ground

Sky Dome – Multi-Textures Sky & Ground

Some interest was shown in the reBourne skybox I mentioned the other day. Since their discount price of $6,250 is still pretty steep for many of us, I thought I’d share a less expensive option from The Dreamer Creations. It’s a Sky Dome 100 x 100 (so yes, you do need to have some space [...]

R.I.P. Ray Manzarek

R.I.P. Ray Manzarek

Founding keyboardist of the Doors Ray Manzarek has passed away today in Germany. The cause according to his publicist was bile duct cancer. He was 74. This is sad news. Our prayers go out to Ray’s family, friends, and fans.

Summertime (and the livin’ is easy)

Summertime (and the livin’ is easy)

OK it’s not really summer yet, and the livin’ isn’t actually THAT easy EVER, but the weather this weekend has been splendid here and I even got to enjoy a kick-about in the park with my bandmates without freezing to death. Surprisingly even the London air tasted better this weekend, like the blanket of traffic dioxins and [...]

reBourne Multi-Scene Skybox

reBourne Multi-Scene Skybox

If you want a home in the sky but aren’t sure what environment you’d like with it, reBourne has released a multi-scene skybox. It contains 111 backgrounds to choose from. It does come with a building but that’s really just a viewing area rather than a home. If you prefer, you can remove that and [...]

In Search of a Home

In Search of a Home

Hard to believe that I have an entire town in Second Life but no real “home” in the residential sense. Not long ago I was building on one — even had it looking cool enough to invite Paypabak Writer over to watch telly with me. But then disaster struck. Much of the house got ruined [...]

Chat and Crash

Chat and Crash

Ever just meet a person in Second Life and while you’re in the middle of an interesting conversation your computer decides to crash? That happened to me tonight. Right in the middle of a chat my computer morphed into a blue screen and said it was going to restart due to some “errors”. There was [...]

A Compliment -- I Think

A Compliment — I Think

While visiting Seren’s blog and having a laugh at her post about being scary, lo and behold I saw myself listed as “officially the scariest person in sl ever.” YEE YAW! I have arrived! (She was just teasing, but I’ll take it as a compliment anyway.)

Happy Mothers Day USA

Happy Mothers Day USA

The Inevitability of Fate

The Inevitability of Fate

Back in 2010 I mentioned the art landscape Susa Bubble which I found memorable and intriguing. Well, today, I visited another landscape by the same artist, Rose Borchovski. It’s a surreal exhibit called The Inevitability of Fate set in an environment that could have been taken from one of my freakiest dreams. It’s really hard [...]

Linus Makes a Comeback

Linus Makes a Comeback

Linus Radford, aka Randal Prater, was one of my first friends in Second Life (and the only person I knew in first life before second life). Yesterday he invited me to hear him play, and though I don’t usually go to concerts in SL anymore I was pleased to see Linus back at it — [...]

Do You Know Who I Am?!?!

Do You Know Who I Am?!?!

Most of the people I hang out with in SL are easy going individuals who just want to socialise, hear a few good tunes and have a laugh. I think once you’ve been a Second Life resident for a few years you tend to recognise the drama llamas, griefers and trolls early on and do [...]

Illinois Nazis

Illinois Nazis

Tonight at Soul Mods the topic turned to politics. While I myself am not keen on political discussions in a club setting (which is supposed to be fun) this was nothing too serious. Most of it was banter, somewhat light hearted and everyone was having a good time — or so I thought. After some [...]

May 3 Bull Riding Winner

May 3 Bull Riding Winner

Congrats to Shyion Resident for winning the bull riding contest today. Your prize has been sent! Ride The Bull

Punk Rock Still Offends People

Punk Rock Still Offends People

I was nearly deleted from someone’s Facebook friend list last night because I posted God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols. They said that they were about to delete me for it but God told them not to because He (God) loves me. Thumbs up, God. Thanks for sticking up for me! (Maybe tell [...]

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

As many of you know I love science fiction, and though there are many sci-fi films and tv shows I enjoy, I’d say Stargate SG-1 (1997 to 2007) ranks in the top five of all time. I loved all the characters. First there was Samantha Carter played by actress Amanda Tapping. Samantha was the brains [...]

Wonderwall

Wonderwall

This still makes me laugh.

The Colours of SL

The Colours of SL

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m more colour sensitive than most. Often I will like or hate the way a place looks based on one thing: what colour it is. I’m not sure if me having synesthesia is related to my extreme reaction to colour, but the brain is a complicated thing so it [...]

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

Years ago, long before SL was launched, there was a real web industry buzz about virtual worlds. I remember a meeting I had in the city with a web startup company who were looking for a programmer for their latest project. The fresh faced, wacky haired “creative” was enthusiastically telling me all about how the [...]

Bitstrips

Bitstrips

There’s a new application on Facebook called Bitstrips where you can make “instant comics starring you and your friends.” I first saw it on Divine’s page and she found it from Simon’s page — and I’m not sure where he found it from. It’s entertaining. You create your own avatar for it and can add [...]

EZ-Note Messsage Board

EZ-Note Messsage Board

Found a cool message board at Supa Shangs Aquatic Pet Store & Gadgets. It’s on special offer for just 99L. I’ve put one next to the bull in Moonletters Town and already someone has has declared love to their partner, while another person lost a horse. Allow your visitors to post a wide variety of [...]

Bull Winner: Couerdelion1 Resident

Bull Winner: Couerdelion1 Resident

Today’s winner for the bull riding contest is Couerdelion1 Resident. Congratulations C! Your prize has been sent. Ride The Bull: Moonletters Town

Classic Paintings Art Gallery Museum

Classic Paintings Art Gallery Museum

Have I mentioned lately that I love art galleries? Well, I found a great one today. The Classic Paintings Art Gallery Museum. It has three floors filled with art you can lose yourself in. The gallery is tastefully done, and I spent ages there determined to look at every painting. Much of it you can [...]

Brighton Rock Set 10L

Brighton Rock Set 10L

Back in April 2011 I wrote about a furniture set by Lisp Bazaar called Brighton Rock. Even though the prim count is higher than what I like, I paid full price for it when it came out. It’s not often one finds good looking retro mod furniture, and named after Brighton too! Well, I’m happy [...]

Firestorm 4.4.0.33720

Firestorm 4.4.0.33720

Firestorm has upgraded its viewer. This is a required update you will need to get if you want to keep up with what Linden Lab has planned with “server side baking.” I’m not a techie so I won’t go into any of that. All you need to know is that if you’re on Firestorm or [...]

Mmmmm pie

Would you be my friend?

It’s a weird concept this whole “Friend” malarkey isn’t it? In real life your friends have traditionally been those people you spend time socialising with, sharing gigs, beers, chats, bongs, whatever floats your boat with. Then along comes the internet and all of a sudden the whole idea of friendship gets thrown up in the [...]

Subculture Inworld

Subculture Inworld

Hi gang. I’ve been having technical difficulties with the Second Life Marketplace since they eliminated magic boxes. Even though I’ve tried to follow their new method the site crawls like a turtle for me and doesn’t show the new stuff I’ve sent to it. I would encourage anyone who shops at Subculture to come to [...]