Pay
Paypabak Writer, who most friends call “Pay,” is a recreational avatar: a semi-retired roleplayer, semi-retired exotic dancer, completely retired Latex Bondage Doll . . . a Second Life explorer, who used to write for ROLE Magazine’s travel section until it ceased publication. As if her life wasn’t complicated enough, she continues to handle customer service for MechanizedLIFE operations in Second Life. She is a member of SL Bloggers. By all means IM her with your favorite LMs and just say “hi!”
Sweet Lovely Cute: Watch Your Body Language!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER After providing some help on handling animation overrides, I thought I might point readers toward a store I discovered, new to me but well-established, called Body Language SLC. If you go to The Deck rather than the Main Store, both SLurls listed below, you can also check out Adorkable for [...]
How To … Animation Overrides 201
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER A few weeks ago, I wrote about how to set up an animation overrider that uses a HUD. Imprudence (complete docs here) and Phoenix both developed built-in AO devices that cut down on scripts and the use of a HUD. You basically move all your animations into a designated folder, [...]
Heavy
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER A tip of the hat to The Laverne Unit for the lead on a very different handling of eyes. Two styles of eyes, Illusive (shown here) and Deus (shown in Laverne’s blog), are offered and you change control of various aspects of the color of your eyes. With the HUD, [...]
Collectible Figure-Based Game: Time Battles
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Launched awhile back, then postponed because of first life complications, Time Battles is coming out strong with a core set and expansion available for L$35 per random figure, and L$275 for a starter set. The starter set comes with seven figures, three maps, rules, and HUD-based system for rolling 10- [...]
Occupy: At the Intersection of Actual and Virtual
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER It opened last week. In a small beachfront house, Kaycee Nightfire has put together a gallery of terrific photos she took during Occupy Wall Street in New York City. A sign above the doorway into the house reads: “More people have been arrested today at Occupy than have been arrested [...]
How To … AO Programming 101
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Last year, just as I was making the effort to get beyond the limitations of this Animation Overrider (AO) or that AO package, Phoenix and Imprudence started incorporating the AO into their browsers. I thought I might share my knowledge for those who have yet to take the plunge. The [...]
FilterCam 2.0 Expansion Pack #1
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER It’s no secret that I work for MechanizedLIFE. My boss Codie Redgrave has just released an expansion kit with 50 more filters for Her FilterCam HUD that can be used with her MachinimaCam device or separately. Here’s a demonstration of the FilterCam: There are a bunch of people writing about [...]
Tukino-Wowweeee!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Another one of the stores that intrigued me way back at Hair Fair 2011 was Tukinowaguma. I am very impressed with this store, but it can be very confusing in terms of hair color choices. The hairstyles themselves are outstanding, with completely over-the-top Cyber hairstyles than defy easy descriptions. Personally, [...]
Costumes, Latex, and Ninjas
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Ninjas have always held a fascination for me. The foundational concept of utilizing anything as a weapon and concept of misdirection in ninjutsu makes an interesting counterpoint to the tenets of the Samurai, with their rigid code of honor. So I came across this latex ninja outfit from MdC Vanilla [...]
Mankind Tracer Mega Concert
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Since Shauna is off the grid and gave permission to post an extra article, I’m taking the opportunity to share a notecard I saw about Mankind Tracer, who is apparently quite a SLelebrity and might be of interest to our readers: On November 6, 2011 12-2PM SLT Mankind Tracer is [...]
Another Inspired Halloween Special Event
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Beaverhut Death (Chicago, IL) By Pierce Laurel A woman died yesterday at St. Jude’s Hospital after choking to death on the mega-pickle garnish of her beaver burger. Millicent Grace, 42, was enjoying an unusually large gherkin when her grip slipped, and the massive morsel powered it’s way unexpectedly down her [...]
Blue Galaxy: Out of this World!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I was wondering where this landmark turned up and as I was going through my Hair Fair 2011 folder noted the [BG] Goodies Gift bag* … hmm … BG? Blue Galaxy is amazing!!! Yes, three exclamation points’ worth of amazing; very cool clothes, incredible outfits and accessories for outer space [...]
Does Drama Define an SL Family?
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Lately, I’ve been caught up in targeted skydiving as part of our G3 Spartens Army tournament. I’ve been involved for about a year now, and am the captain of the Falcons, currently in FIRST PLACE. FALCONS RULE!!! Everyone else drools! Rah … er … um. */me slaps herself and shakes [...]
My Banned Books Week Challenge Article
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Last month, I issued an SL bloggers challenge to commemorate Banned Books Week in SL, by writing about a favorite book that had been challenged at libraries in efforts to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it happens, and you would be so surprised at what books do get challenged. [...]
The Story in Your Eyes
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I read about Poetic Colors in Stacia Villota’s Virtual Neko blog about the new Cat Eyes series and had to check them out. I discovered a wonderful shop for many other kinds of eyes. So just in case you aren’t interested in Neko eyes, you may still like this wonderful [...]
The Good Life
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I don’t know why I have a feeling I’ve written about DrLife before, though I did have screenshots from a visit back in April. A second visit this week has definitely inspired me to write about marvelous skin and hair products from someone who’s been around a long time. Much [...]
Reintroduce Yourself to DamselFly Hair
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER As I may have mentioned in a previous post, before I attend Hair Fair, I go through my hair folders and ruthlessly winnow through the items that have no future sitting on top of my head. I have no idea whether these hairs were bought or freely gained on hunts [...]
Solitude Together in Meditation
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Welcome to Moonletters.com Spirituality Week! LOL! I guess my Tuesday blog has inspired Feral Mossrider to deliver another thoughtful article on spirituality, so I hope what I have prepared isn’t putting our dear readers into zzzzz-life! I’m not going to go into a lot of first life detail here but [...]
Spiritual Journey in SL
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Over the past month or so, I’ve used my sister alt, Pay Writer, to join groups in order to receive notices and explore groups and sims that seriously pursue contemplative practices in Second Life. I did so because Pay is stripped down in groups and friends so as to explore [...]
U-FO: Look to the Skies!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Looking for friends? Want to make some fast? Then why not abduct them?! Using the Lacerator, it is possible to capture people and drag them around behind and below your ship. The Lacerator can target people by name, so if your target is standing in a group, you can be [...]
Steampunk Nirvana
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Steampunk fans probably don’t need to be told about JD Mechanical Toy Factory, but just in case you haven’t, here’s me telling you: grab that landmark below and poof now, I’ll wait for you … This amazing store has buildings, aircraft, avatars and costumes, furniture, gadgets and accessories, and LMs [...]
SL Bloggers Challenge: Your Favorite Banned Book
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Last year, I got involved in promoting Banned Books Week in Second Life. For instance, the librarians of Second Life held a machinima contest about banned books with some very fine entries, the winning entry earning the creator a 10K Lindens prize! Read more about the upcoming event on the [...]
Big Sale at Bryce: Not Just for Guys
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Three-color, four-color, and greedy (all colors) hair packs are on sale for L$100, half price for this week only at Bryce Designs Store! Great news for guys, and great news for girls who enjoy a Tomboy look. My biggest issue with Bryce Tully is the lack of anime type colors [...]
Fiction & Chaos
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Another store I wouldn’t have discovered if not for the Hair Fair, Fiction & Chaos (F@C) earned a visit to see what else was being offered besides the cute hat/hair combo that was given out. (Thumbnail shows Tirade hair I purchased and have been wearing ever since … save for [...]
Ninjas of SL Unite!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I’m in a quandary in presenting this article. The huge main mall of this sim should be brimming with stores and instead there are only a handful: Jaffa Alliance, Gateway Too Cosplay, Birth (hair), and F.A.C.E. In May, when I first visited the mall, the teleporter took me to a [...]
Paypabak Confidential
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER It’s been a long time since I’ve shared what goes on in my personal SLife. Not sure if it was policy or just a season, but I’m in a very good space in SL. I would like to tell you about it as well as thank some of my sponsors [...]
Where the Action Is
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I’d been to the Action store probably 15 months ago and saw some nice hair and clothing there. On just that lone experience, I decided to take up the Hair Junky Group offer that was part of Action’s Hair Fair gift, paid my L$250 and picked up the stuff given [...]
The Great Wall of China
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I wrote about the Great Wall for ROLE Magazine(November 2009, Atomic World in Pixels) two years ago and was very happy to see the place is still there, no worse for wear, and still a wonderful simulation of an actual place, although for the sake of economy and the restrictions [...]
Vintage City of Lights
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER With so many sims disappearing from the SL landscape, it’s good to see Paris 1900 still hanging in there. Fours sims (Moulin Rouge, Les Champs Elysees, Eiffel, and Couture) long, there’s much to see and admire about this place. One of the best recreations of a real place, though set [...]
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I know it’s been a couple of weeks since the end of the Hair Fair but it’s taken awhile to go through the various goodie bags I picked up and work out a strategy for commenting on what once again was an extraordinary exhibit of the incredible creativity that residents [...]
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