Magical Mystery Performance
Posted on October 10, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
Marianne Shan and Magdalena Bing (aka Lucy in the Sky and Lovely Rita) gave a treat of singing and acoustic guitar playing at their place, Magical Mystery Field. The two have little angel voices and do Beatles covers and some originals, but I have to say my favorite was the “We love you Shauna” song. lol
I sat on an amp in front of the stage, and shortly after musician Zues Merlin decided I looked like Santa. He plopped down in my lap, so I told him he was not getting anything for Christmas. He was not too happy about this as you can see from the picture.
Visit Inworld: Magical Mystery Field
Urban Spirit
Posted on October 8, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
Do you like the grunge/slum/post apocalyptic creations in Second Life? I do. So much so, that the style has become my favorite in all of SL. I’m not sure why horrible and demolished things call out to me more than lovely trees and elegant castles, but they do. Something about it makes me laugh. It’s awful but at the same time comforting to plop myself down on a beat up chair in a scuzzy looking alley in cyberspace.
In real life we often go out of our way to avoid the ghetto. But in Second Life give me a broken down couch with the stuffing pulled out any day over some sleek girly peach blob of “elegance.”
Astin Miles is a builder of grunge. He comes to us in the same spirit as Arcadia Asylum, making cool looking items and then giving them away for free. According to his public profile:
The most common question i always get asked is why do i build for free?
Awser: I enjoy building and like to share my work. Plus i think SL is becoming a greedy place. 400L$ for a pair of boots what a joke!
I mainly enjoy building decor for urban and neko/slum sims.
All my builds are free & full perm so please dont resell them only give them away.
Astin offers numerous items and textures, everything from fly infested garbage cans to “roadkill noob.” You’re sure to find something terrible by him for your private slum.
Roadkill noob is awful. You have to have a twisted sense of humor to find it funny (which is why you’ll find one at Dear Prudence) so only click the thumbnail if you’re not squeamish. I like to think of roadkill noob as a bot that has been reaped.
Anyway, Astin’s stuff is great and not all so gruesome as roadkill noob, though most of it does have flies buzzing about. Give his place a visit because it’s worth it.
Note: Astin appears to be a neko, but we won’t hold that against him.
Visit Inworld: Urban Spirit
Micro Noob
Posted on October 7, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
King Noob is getting his Andy Warhol 15 minutes of fame. People have been flying by Dear Prudence Arcade just to see him. Well, why wouldn’t they? He is awesome and they admire his awesomeness.
We got something else you might like.
Micro Noob!
Yamarontoast Dagger aka “Toastie” aka “The Toastmeister” has been at it again. Now you can have your very own mini noob. You can hug him and squeeze him and call him George–right before you tend the rabbits (ok well, really you can’t hug him and squeeze him but he’s still cool).
Unlike his big big brother who cost 899-1500 lindens, Micro Noob is just 200. He’s not big enough to draw traffic to your place, but he’s still a collector’s item. No mod, no copy.
Get him on the Web: Micro Noob at SLExchange
Get him inworld: Subculture @ Dear Prudence Rock Club
Jack Skellington Admires Gary Oldman
Posted on October 6, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
I get interesting visitors to Dear Prudence Rock Club. Aside from the Second Life Beatles (who are regulars and probably do not qualify as unique visitors anymore) I’ve seen Elvis, dancing purple hippos, all breeds of animals (the “real” kind as well as upright and furry), ogres and lately an actual Linden. Surreal.
Today I got a visit from Jack Skellington, my hero, the Pumpkin King! You know, from the Nightmare Before Christmas? I really dig that skeleton man.
Well, I think this was Jack. He was wearing a pumpkin head. He came to the arcade and started to “touch” Johnny Dagger, so I thought I’d be funny and ask if he was molesting poor Johnny.
Jack Skellington fled. (People run from me in SL, not sure why.)
I was upset that I scared my hero away with a joke, so I followed him with my camera. He went into the Dear Prudence jail and gazed up at my picture of Gary Oldman for some time. What a Kodak moment! It’s not every day I can post a picture of Gary Oldman and Jack Skellington in the same shot.
Shrooms Hog
Posted on October 5, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
I was at a large gaming place where they have the popular Second Life games like Zyngo, Shrooms, Hokus Pokus, etc. (Gaming is my new passion in Second Life, and zyngo money sure beats camping.)
Today I decided to play a game of Shrooms. I paid the machine. It did not come on right away, so I realized I needed to be wearing my group tag in order to play it, which I got on in about half a second.
I paid the machine again and . . . nothing.
Why?
I looked up, only to discover the Shrooms was now being played by some woman. She must have clicked it as fast as she could to get on it. I looked around curious to find her. I was the only one standing there, so where was she?
Lo and behold my camera found her. She was faaaaarrrrr across the sim, some woman deliberately playing the Shrooms so I couldn’t get on it.
How do I know she was playing it so I couldn’t? Because gamer ho was already in the middle of playing another game. She had TWO running at one time. There is no possible way she could play these two very involved games at once even if she were standing right next to both. Even if she could it would be rude. I mean what a shrooms hog!
I walked all the way over to her location, and she was clickety clackety on another game. “You’re supposed to play one game at a time,” I told her.
That’s all I said. I didn’t call her a skanky game hogging ho or anything. I didn’t even have my brother Rotten with me who is infamous.
She still fled in terror.
About 30 seconds later all of the games reset in that section, paying out the winnings. Gamer ho got 20 lindens from that game of Shrooms she blocked me from. She kept the big bad Shauna away from it, but it’s funny. I would have never topped her score anyway, as it was very high.
Rabbit Coat From Umi Usagi
Posted on October 4, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
I’ve been wearing this charming rabbit coat from Umi Usagi for a while now. While most are walking around in thongs, I’m more covered than a nun. Why? I’m a nonconformist and this is my way of sticking it to the man.
Oh all right, I just think the coat from Umi Usagi is pretty. Not only that but it has white rabbits on the collar and sleeve (”one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small/and the ones that mother gives you don’t do anything at all“). This has deep symbolic significance, I am the white rabbit and you are to follow me.
Umi Usagi has a new collection out, so my rabbit coat is so last season. The store has models showing off the new creation. I could not let this pretty model one up me in her fancy red coat. See me striking a pose beside her in last season’s rabbit coat?
You can find Kimonos, boots, and other things at Umi Usagi, and lovely non-thong wearing models up on the platforms showing off the girly clothes. Pretty! And most things are around 100 Lindens.
Visit Inworld: Umi Usagi
Giant King Noob
Posted on October 3, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
I bet I have something you don’t.
What, you ask?
Well I received a present today from Yamarontoast Dagger, and not just any old thing. The Toastmeister gave me something really unique: a giant noob the size of King Kong!
Not only did Toastie make a giant noob especially for me, but if you check creator status it has my name showing as if I made the thing. How? Toastie used a prim I had given.
I could look pretty cool claiming myself as the creator of this awesome thing, and I anticipate I might receive IMs about my giant dude. But I got to give credit where it is due for the coolest Second Life present!
If you click the thumbnail you will see the awesomeness of my own personal giant. That’s not Tinkerbell flying beside boy-next-door King Noob, that’s me! He’s on top of a building at Dear Prudence. If you want to see him come to my arcade and aim your camera up above the house. I am thinking Dear Prudence may become known as “that sim with the giant noob in it.”
If you would like your own giant noob get one from Toastie off SLExchange for 899 lindens. It is massive but only 16 prims, and way better than blinking lights or advertising signs to draw attention.
Get in on the web: Giant Noob at SLExchange
See it Inworld: Dear Prudence Arcade
Ski, Bike, and Surf . . . on the 8’s
Posted on October 2, 2008
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Contributed by Paypabak Writer
I confess: I tune into the Weather Channel during hurricane season! I can’t take some of their programs very seriously but there’s nothing like Mother Nature to grab one’s attention as can be the case when watching coverage of Ike this past September! So I am showing off my new Livestrong bike to Kim Broome and she shows me her bike that she got (for free!) at the Weather Channel island! I was on the next flight to The Weather Channel Island and I was not disappointed! This sim is very well done, a great mix of edutainment with full cooperation of the cast of the show narrating videos and audio components. I’ve done a fairly extensive photo essay on my Flickr account, so check that out.
At TWC Island you can watch various videos about all aspects of the weather, and you can visit four main activity centers that blend fun and learning. An Orientation area has been set up to encourage new avatars to try out skills with using cams, chatting with a parrot, and exploring other SL skills. How often does one see that? This was essential if a newb was going to fully appreciate the main activities of TWC. All along the way audios featuring TWC personalities explain what to expect as you explore and engage in downhill skiing, dirt biking, surfing, or flying through a hurricane.
Each of these activities require a visit to a “rental” shop for picking up free surfboard, skis, or bike, plus some accessories: various t-shirts, backpacks, and such. The surf shop also had beautiful boards you could buy for 525 lindens. So, starting with the surf shop, you get your board, take it out to the water, sit on it and paddle out toward the big wave and as it lifts you up you stand and surf! The graphics have some odd texture flaws, but it’s a fun ride!
Once you leave the ski lodge, where I bought a spiffy Luminousity sweater along with free skis, boots, and poles, you grab a lift to the top of the mountain. The view is great. At the top are several audio listening options for learning about how weather affects skiing. I’m pretty sure it was Jim Cantore’s voice announcing the avalanche that caught me about halfway down the mountain! Very cool experience. Skiing was tough and you can end up falling off the mountain and into the ocean where skiings is a lot easier.
The Moab Bike area was all desert mesas and sand, I rode during sunset for a great effect. Bike rental includes a great fat-tired mountain bike and helmet. You wear the bike and do the taptapW to ride. There’s a geology station to learn more about the desert surroundings.
Last but not least was Hurricane Gulf. All along this great walkway you have information stations about hurricanes, then you board this glider and it takes you into a swirling masses of clouds while listening to great audio. I have to say the hurricane was a little lame, this cloud oiling above the ski mountain.
All in all, though, I really enjoyed TWC Island and plan on returning with friends.
Visit Inworld: Weather Channel Island
How to Disable Camera Retraints in SL
Posted on October 1, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
If you’re new to Second Life you may just want to get used to the world first. If you need more general help see my post How to Look at Things in Second Life.
If you’d like a bit more than this, or are a more advanced user, here’s how to get the most out of viewing things inworld.
Disable Camera Restraints
1. If the “advanced menu” is not already showing at the top of your screen do ctrl-alt-D to bring it up.
2. Click “advanced” and go down the list.
3. Uncheck “disable camera restraints”.
What will this do for you? You can see much farther, and if you got your camera on a person you can see them fly or walk away for what seems like a mile. You can see under and inside objects you never could penetrate before. Trust me it is cool.
Experiment with it, and have fun! Once you disable camera restraints you will never go back to the old way again.
Dean Guitars at OD Designs
Posted on September 30, 2008
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Contributed by Shauna Skye
Received a message from OD Designs. They have an update on Dean Guitars. (Click the thumbnail.)
Greetings Rockers !!
LONG overdue.. welcome to the Dean Guitars Update ! 37 Beautiful full prim Dean Guitars in 3 body shapes: Razorback, ML, and RazorV. Most of the original Deans have been upgraded to all the latest goodies and are available at discounts to current Dean owners.
The new lot includes an impressive Cowboy From Hell made with photos of Dimebag’s ORIGINAL CBH guitar taken by my own hand. !! ROCK !!
OD Designs beings you the ONLY officially licensed Dean Guitars in SL.
ROCK ON
Check out the RL Dean Guitars Shredder Search at http://www.deanguitars.com
ROCK ON !!!
The OD Staff and FamilyWolfbringer Sixpack
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Visit Inworld: OD Designs
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