- Second Life weightloss study story on @NPR right now! My local station is @WBEZ ->
- Now I'll have "Oregon, my alma mater" stuck in my head all day #gofightwin ->
- RT @archinect University of Oregon ranked No. 1 for sustainable design education http://t.co/pqGO9HcloO ->
- @HolocluckHenly So sorry, are you still there? The later tweet sounds like youre a bit better now… ->
- #unfunsports Hopscotch on the rocks ->
- #unfunsports Batmitten (I actually played this one night in a bat-infested mountain cabin, it's a vigorous yet terrifying sport) ->
- Well, that's it for http://t.co/pboDvNphYA and Linda Kellie's content – but a number of sites will mirror much (or all?) of the assets ->
- @LizzieGudkov Thanks for the RT. It seems to be happening with Firestorm, Imprudence, & Singularity, I got a little delete happy. in reply to LizzieGudkov ->
- Need help with #Opensim #NewWorldStudio… I keep getting constant "missing baked texture" errors in the console. Whut? ->
- @MoodyLoner Eww. I'd need a whole-body immersion vat of sanitizer if that happened to me. in reply to MoodyLoner ->
- National treasure @GeorgeTakei responds to "traditional" marriage fans – Imgur (with awesomesauce) http://t.co/tWRQjhOf0A ->
It’s been a tough month or two for the typist; currently she’s on her fourth “ergonomic” office chair seeking a more comfortable balance of chair height, monitor height, keyboard height, mouse distance. Her RL job now involves MUCH heavier keyboarding, and she’s got 2 “offices,” one for work in an otherwise uselessly small little room (euphemistically called a “nursery” but she scoffs at such useage). Her mousing arm has been getting pretty painful and she’s duly been working through the ergo guides provided by her company and trying to avoid seeing a doctor, because BOTHERATION.
The RL work office has more adjustment possibilities, and seems to be set up for the most neutral position (keyboard, chair height, mouse angle) it can get without being installed on the International Space Station (they probably have an opening for a Twitter person).
The RL “play office” has a decently adjustable chair, but a crap desk purchased without much thought about ergonomics from Office Despot. And also an heirloom desk, solid maple, currently used as a return or credenza, which is completely the wrong height for keyboarding. We’re trying it out in a slightly different configuration today with some cobbled-together stuff that seems to be comfortable enough. We shall see if the typist’s daily consumption of Ibuprofen gets reduced.
I haven’t been following the recent controversy over Linden Lab’s decision to change the terms of service (ToS) to prevent third-party virtual currency excnanges from selling (and more importantly, buying) Linden dollars (that’s $L to those of us inworld).
I do know that this change has caused a lot of agita for those fortunate or hard-working enough to have a successful inworld business; people who are great content creators can make a small trickle of real world cash, and people who are REALLLY great content creators (like several people recently profiled in the Drax Files videos) actually make their real-world income from making virtual trees, animations, and so on.
The problem that let to all the third-party exchanges in the first place was that LL has a cumbersome system for buying Lindens in your home currency, and an even more cumbersome and slow system for SELLING Lindens and turning it into US dollars, Euros, or whatever your local ducats are called. Once a transaction is completed, it can take days for the funds to hit your local bank account, and at every step of the way, LL takes a little percentage. You can’t just click a button on the SecondLife.com website and request that an amount of LL gets put in your bank account as US dollars; you first have to convert it to a US dollar credit on the website, and then cash out from that to whatever entity – PayPal or your bank – you’ve set up. I’m actually not that clear on how it’s done, as I don’t have a very successful business (mostly because I don’t devote as much time to it as I should – it’s “play). I do know that turning $L into Euros or yen or kronor is a LOT harder and takes longer through the official Lindex, but was much quicker (though there were fees) to do it through one of the alternative exchanges, such as Podex, VirWox, or so on.
In today’s blog post, clarifying what has become a pretty turbid and murky stew, the emphasis is on a new “authorised reseller” kind of way to buy Lindens for cash – and how easy that will be once they get some resellers to request authorization through email (yeah, THAT’S SECURE). Only at the bottom does it address what many international Residents see is the big problem: it will still only be possible to SELL Linden Dollars through Linden Lab’s own Lindex currency exchange. And yes, it seems to be tied to some security and fraud prevention issues. At least they finally admitted that the cashout process takes an unacceptably long time, and make a vague promise to do something about it.
We successful and not so successful virtual shopkeepers hope they don’t hand off this task to the same team responsible for running the SL Marketplace, which has a poor reputation for transparency and responsiveness when there are problems. Just when the US (and it’s to be hoped, the world’s) economy is finally recovering, Linden Lab does its best to screw up the virtual economy and cause Residents to lose confidence in their ability to make a bit of cash from content creation.
Now, to give users more options and make it easier to purchase L$, we’re launching a pilot program of Authorized Resellers of L$. These sites are authorized by Linden Lab to purchase L$ on the LindeX and then resell those L$ using a variety of international currencies and payment methods. To be clear: per the Terms of Service, these resellers will not be allowed to purchase L$ outside of the LindeX (i.e. they will not be able to buy L$ back from users and cash people out). The list of Authorized Resellers participating in the pilot program is available here.
 If you would like to receive an application to the program when it formally launches, please send an email to LDollarSeller@lindenlab.com.
We know that users are also concerned about the length of the LindeX’s cashout process and the limited choice of currencies when selling L$. We’re currently investigating ways to improve that experience for users while still providing superior fraud protections, and hope to hasten the cashout process and offer new currency options in the future.
Via http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/More-Options-for-Buying-Linden-Dollars/ba-p/2011355
I’ve been using this Aesthete theme for years without much tweaking, but now one of the features I’d sort of been using to highlight products isn’t working. Maybe it’s a good time for a change; this theme doesn’t support post formats, and I could certainly use that for what I need to do.
time to go theme shopping, maybe. Hey.
Animated folding MESH room divider screen adds classic style and modern flair to any room. Touch to fold screen to the side, touch again to open. The screen panels are one retexturable face, as are the wood frames and the hinges. Keep a backup copy if you retexture (remember to retexture the folded screen too).
Here’s the way it looks folded:
The screen is available here:
I’ve been absent lately from my shop and my group events, owing to a pesky problem with arm and shoulder pain (stupid Real World Problems(tm) anyway).
But today I came back with a purpose – my friend Mistletoe opened the Festival of King Richard in Lionheart Ahadi – here’s the SLURL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//181/229/28
There’s storytelling and (I think) some music events planned – here’s Mist enjoying a tale:
I managed to get my little booth set up with a few minutes to spare – fortunately most of my products currently can go in various eras. But I managed to quickly put together 2 new wall fountain/windows with projection lighting, and also I had the Duc de Berry “Printemps” mesh folding screen from the Antique Grid Show. After that burst of productivity, I even managed to get them all listed on the Marketplace and loaded into my vendors.
Here’s the way it looks folded:
The screen is available here:
The new Celtic Rainbow Knot fountain – I tweaked a full-perm image I had so that it displayed in front of the water – it has the usual soothing water sounds and the ability to turn the volume up, down, off, and on.
It has projection lighting (settings must be on Ultra to view) and is found on the Marketplace here.
And this is a similar one with a Victorian stained glass window embedded in the waters – it’s dimly visible, but the projection lighting shows it clearly. The lighting effects for both fountains are on just one side – touch the gold lampshade at the top to turn it on and off.
This fountain is available here.
Latest products at this link: Second Life Marketplace – Chameleonic Possessions by Lelani Carver
- @Mar_SL4Nowt That is very similar to my problem: I had initially used a no-trans texture, was still on a hidden face. Glad it's fixed. ->
- @Mar_SL4Nowt It was a bug, all perms considered… ->
- @Mar_SL4Nowt Had a similar problem recently. One script or one texture was the problem. Painful! in reply to Mar_SL4Nowt ->
- @Mar_SL4Nowt Just commented – can you subdivide and do a swap? ->
- The Pizzles. Love their song "I Wanna Hold Your Slice." #ReplaceBandNamesWithPizza ->
- I like Coldpizza. #ReplaceBandNamesWithPizza ->
- RT @m_ethaniel #ReplaceBandNamesWithPizza Florence and the Pizza. ->
- @m_ethaniel Old fave Northwest ska band The Crazy Pizzas #ReplaceBandNameWithPizza ->
- Going back to NPR coverage, that Boston newsradio is starting to ham up the coverage with synths and drama. ->
- #nowplaying All News (WBZ) on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 with @TuneIn http://t.co/0mKGIvkBgo http://t.co/0zKYw3kGIa ->
- #nowplaying Manhunt in Watertown on Boston Police, Fire and EMS Scanner with @TuneIn http://t.co/yxBGBKPu2W http://t.co/KIwdBeCAzT ->
- MT @LanternCityTV A special message from co-creator/executive producer of "Lantern City," @boxleitnerbruce: http://t.co/TfIfmuq8St @C2E2 ->
- @m_ethaniel Won't be going too far with this, stopped watching about S1 Ep 3 ->
- RT @AbelUndercity "False Flag:" Two words that will earn you a frequent flier mile and the print of my Converse on your ass. ->
- @m_ethaniel You're not wrong. Can haz dwagon? ->
- Whenever a bomb explodes anywhere, we are all wounded. ->
- How about we declare a moritorium on the ironic use of the phrase "Your tax dollars at work?" Because they were sure at work yesterday. ->
- @rivenhomewood Great idea, and celebrate it on the day our taxes are filed. ->
- RT @MuslimIQ RT if you are non-Muslim & condemn those ignorantly blaming Muslims for the horrific #BostonMarathon Favorite if you are Muslim ->
- Good lord, how many of the @WaitWait regulars were reporting from the finish line? ->
- @xeni Thanks, Xeni. Spreading around. Be well. ->
- The Guardian doesn't know its 3D ass from a holograph, comedy ensues: Kama Sutra sexed up with 3D app http://t.co/Rlqa9jjGXf ->
- @RobertPicardo You're welcome. It might have been an electrical emergency. ->
- SF fen and English majors LOL, all others say wut? RT @RobertPicardo Chris Barrie: We are the holo-men…
[ apologies to T.S. Eliot] -> - I just used #Shazam to tag Rumble And Sway by Jamie N Commons. http://t.co/J28HQivxMZ ->
- Memo: Shady Falls Saurday ->
- No meeting scheduled tonight, no choir… hmm, tonight seems like a good night to screw up my websites. ->
- Should I be worried that the local public library has a "budding writer's workshop" series planned? Or intrigued? Gulp! ->
- r, "LRL" ->
- @Tish_Coronet H! HW R Y? R FN! LL! in reply to Tish_Coronet ->
- RMGRD! N VWLS N TWTTR! ->
- @InaraPey Looks like Firestorm Mobile is the answer to all our prayers. Also, it runs Angry Birds! ->
- Firestorm Mobile will revolutionize #SecondLife just in time for Disneyfication. Very timely offer, one day only http://t.co/6bFn5bCYEy ->
Interest piqued by DrFran Babcock’s SL Newser posts about the oldest places in Second Life, I went back and got a map from SLUniverse:
(click for full size
The posts DrFran has done so far: Da Boom, Ritch
Link: What are the oldest remaining places in Second Life? – SLUniverse Forums
Who’s the maker? It looks like Draxtor’s work (that looks like him in the goggles). I recognize a few content providers, artists, builders, and products (I have that one Wasabi Pills mesh hair with the side braid in red). Seems to me Linden Lab is finally taking Resident suggestions to heart in marketing SL:
- Make it look COOOL.
- Emphasize the CREATIVITY
- Show people DOING STUFF like building, dancing, and shooting ZOMBEHS
Interestingly, this video does not have any dialogue – just pounding music, jump cuts, saturated colors, and some text on-screen: “Explore. Share. Create.” and the classic “Your World. Your Imagination.”
That sound at the end? It’s the sound of being sucked down the Matrix’s digital rabbit hole, immediately after taking the Red Pill, which is pretty ironic when you consider that the Red Pill allowed you to escape from the Matrix, “pulled the plug” on the artificial reality, and flushed you into the sewers. The Blue Pill let you stay in your comfortable, womb-like pod.
Link: Second Life – YouTube