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 [...]
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
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
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.)
Somebody STOP ME!
Hi, my name is Graz and I’m an impulsiveaholic. There I’ve done it, faced my inner demons. Like being at alcoholics anonymous, I’ve stood up and admitted to the world that I do have an addiction to doing random acts. Not just any random acts mind, random acts of a retail nature. This impulsiveness is [...]
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?!?!
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
The Malware That Was
This morning I looked at Moonletters only to freak out when I saw hyperlinks all over various words. I knew for sure I didn’t put them there, and at first I thought it might be because I installed some new plugin in WordPress. So I went through all of the plugins to see if deactivating [...]
The Rant That Was
Earlier today I wrote a lengthy rant which, on reflection, I decided not to publish. It had this picture as the header. I was reminded of an article I wrote last year called The Second Letter which explained how I often write something scathing and over the top to start with, to get it out [...]
The Highest Man in SL
BY GUEST WRITER SLATE MCLEOD It’s funny how reading one blog can lead on to reading another. I read one of Shauna’s yesterday, and below it was a link to a related article by Jellie Arrowmint written in 2011. It described her attempt to get to as high an altitude as she possibly could in [...]
Weird Feeling
This may sound unusual, but since I’ve gotten back from my road trip I’ve felt something “weird” is happening in Second Life. I’m not talking about Linden Lab updates or the normal stuff associated with technology, but the human element. It’s a vibe among certain people, an undercurrent . . . . I sense change [...]
What a Strange Trip It’s Been
Graz started yesterday’s post by saying “This will be a short one from me because I’ve been away on holiday for the past week” but then he went on to write a thought provoking article. (He does stuff like that!) Me? I was on a road trip too, but unlike Graz I came back so [...]
Down in Albion
This will be a short one from me because I’ve been away on holiday for the past week. I rarely leave London these days but I was feeling a bit of burnout and needed some time away from the hustle and bustle. So there I was in the beautiful English countryside, miles from the nearest [...]
On The Road
Thought I’d check in. My “out of town” trip has taken longer than we expected, and at the moment I’m in a motel just outside of San Diego. I’ve been through several areas of California over the last couple of days and most of my time has been in the car. At one unknown location [...]
Oops
After all my work building on a house I accidentally unlinked the darned thing. I thought ok, no problem, I’ll just remove everything here and rez another copy of the house. Well, I did save a copy — or so I thought — but when I rezzed it again it turned out only part of [...]
The Big Picture Game
Hi gang. As of last night I’ve become a beta tester for the clever creator / scripter Fnordian Link. He’s given me the new game he’s come out with called The Big Picture, and once I got the hang of it I found it to be a lot of fun and kind of addicting. I’ve [...]
Nostalgia (Part 2)
“Listen mate, life has surface noise” – John Peel, Radio DJ This week I finally beat the flu virus into submission and you know how it is when you’ve beaten a nasty bug, you get a burst of endorphins and feel top of the world. But as with most good things it was all too [...]
What I’ve Been Up To
I still have the remodelling bug so started on a house for myself in Moonletters Town. It’s funny to realize I have a whole town and a private platform in the sky for working on clothes, but no actual house. I used to have one and shared it with friends Dugi, Aston, Pay, Seren, Jellie, [...]
Slate Wins Bull Riding Contest
Slate McLeod is today’s bull winner, and it wasn’t for lack of trying from the rest of us either. Congratulations Slate “King of the Mods” McLeod. Your prize will be delivered today. While I’m mentioning Slate he DJs tonight at Soul Mods (same as every Friday) some come on out and have some fun at [...]
Be Yourself
Though there have been complaints about bias in Second Life toward certain shapes, clothes, heights and skin tones — and there’s truth to all of it — I still find SL residents more open to diversity than what’s experienced in first life. There will always be forms favoured by certain groups — no escaping that [...]
Nostalgia (Part 1)
How are you? Did the rash clear up? Good! Me? Oh I’ve had a pretty rotten week. Despite me taking the precaution of having a flu jab late last year some mutant strain still managed to overrun me. I’ve been working on a project recently which involved recording lots of different actors, and most of them have come in [...]
Dugi Rubble Wins
This week we brought the bull riding contest back to Moonletters Town. A few of us gave it our best shot trying both threats and praise on the bull, but in the end Zorro liked Dugi Rubble best. Congratulations Dugi. Your “prize” has already been sent. Visit Inworld: The Bull
Mood To Remodel
Yesterday I was in a mood to remodel. I try not to make drastic changes in Moonletters town, but now and then I like to see something different. Well, I found something I liked at Inverse. It’s a fully furnished ocean cottage called Malibu. I love nautical things, paintings of ships, etc, so this build [...]
I Miss The Penny Lanes
The Penny Lanes Circa 2007 (yes that’s me in the red!) In my first couple of years in Second Life the friends I spent the most time with were Marianne Shan and Magdalena Bing. We three clicked together having a deep love for music and all being friends with the SL Beatles. We had similar [...]
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