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Diluting the morass – why the Facebook crowd will be good for SL
Second Life has around 750,000 hard-core users with around 500,000 who come in at least once every couple of months. It’s around 7% of the total number of registered accounts. These numbers have been pretty constant now for the last 12 months.… Read the rest
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Tweet of the Day
A tweet (From a non LL employee of course) XStreetSL currently unavailable – We’re adding a category for Stolen and Ripped content, labeled “Bargain Bin.”about 6 hours ago from web There’s nothing like a good reputation now is there?
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WTF? Second Life – A Thieves Paradise
So, Linden Labs are running true to form with their response to content theft on a grand scale. 4hrs after a major theft was reported to them they have still taken no action. Situation normal I suppose. From their behaviour you could quite easily believe that they don’t actually want anyone inworld to be under the impression that they care and that all the talk is just for the press. … Read the rest
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Using the word “Lame”
I’ve never been a big fan of the word as I’ve always thought there are better descriptions. I finally understand how appropriate the word can be. To me, the epitome of lame is those people who keep turning up in your life with different avatars and think you don’t notice.… Read the rest
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WTF? XStreet SL and the Halloween Spotlight Promotion
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/commerce/blog/2009/10/22/halloween-spotlight-offers-virtual-tricks-and-treats Am I the only one that thinks it’s a bit tacky that LL organise a marketing event for Halloween and use items in their publicity pics from a merchant who didn’t even know the marketing event was happening because LL didn’t tell him? … Read the rest
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Shop Closure
The shop has closed. Most of my items are available through XSL and there’s a selection on Apez. If you fancy being an affiliate then in the next couple of weeks I’ll post the link to the affiliate vendor that you can grab and set up. … Read the rest
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Second Life SL6B – Now We Are Six
With apologies of AA Milne of course 😉 © Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. So, Second Life has reached its 6th birthday and once more the residents have come together to provide most of the content. I was invited to the press preview and managed to spend 4 almost lag free hours roving my camera over the builds.… Read the rest
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Templum ex Obscurum
© Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. I went to Templum ex Obscurum. I didn’t realise just how many years it has been since I was last at Relic and it appears it has well and truly gone now 🙁 It seems that somewhere on The Nameless Isle is this organ but I couldn’t find it. … Read the rest
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*NDC* Big Bear Hug
He’s designed for those days when only a big bear hug will do. 🙂 He’s big at around 4m high but can be resized. There’s nothing nicer than plonking yourself down on his knee and giving him a big hug. The animation is specially made for this.… Read the rest
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Just A Random Thought On Art in Second Life And In General
If your only motivation for making art is to sell it and your main intellectual preoocupation is not the work itself but how to productise it, then you’re not an artist. You’re just a self-stocking shop. Hazel Dooney: How Not To Sell Your Soul http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article6793-hazel-dooney-how-not-to-sell-your-soul.aspx… Read the rest
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Grid Hunt Etiquette Pt 1 – Hunter Etiquette
I know, how boring of me. More lecturing and hectoring 😉 But for the first time in a couple of years I’ve agreed to be a merchant in a hunt. I’ve been a hunter a few times since then and the same problems seem to keep raising their head. … Read the rest
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Serenity. A Clock Sculpture with a difference – and a story :)
This is my first release for 2009 and it’s not just any old release, this piece has taken just shy of 2 years from original conception to it finally being finished. What should have been a simple thing turned out to be a saga of rogue prims, the search for the perfect scripter (think Cinderella here..… Read the rest
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A few more Valentine’s Day trinket ideas
My belief is that there’s not enough snow globes in this world, so I’ve created a couple more for those of you who are shameless romantics… Valentine’s Snow Globe A little Valentine’s trinket for the love of your life. When touched, the snow will start to fall and it will say: “You are very special to me, Be my Valentine?”… Read the rest
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Saint Valentine’s Day Present Ideas
Valentine’s day is coming soon (February 14th for those who have forgotten) and it’s time to start thinking about gifts for your special somone. So let me make a couple of suggestions from my catalogue: The Infinite Heart A one prim sculpture representing infinite love. … Read the rest
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I’ve got a new blog, so I’m broadening my horizons
I have opinions. Those of you who know me from the various forums I inhabit or have had any conversations are well aware of this. I like to think of myself as forthright.. most people aren’t that kind when they describe me lol I’ve set up a new blog. … Read the rest
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Happy New Year!
Best wishes for a fabulous 2009 🙂
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Happy Christmas everyone!
May you have a wonderful Christmas.
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XSL Winter Wonderland
Xstreet SL is having a yuletide bash on the 20th of December. They’ve created a beautiful sim with the theme ‘Winter Wonderland’ which will be open until the New Year. That snowglobe of mine made it into the goodie bag they’re giving out, they obviously agree with me that there are not enough snowglobes in this world!! … Read the rest
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…and while I was setting up the exhibition I made a few christmassy things..
Partway through setting up the exhibition I decided to make a christmas snowglobe.. then got a little carried away and made some christmassy footstools… So here they are.. I just loved the textures as soon as I saw them and they go so well with the footstools.… Read the rest
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:) Exhibition over and one happy “artiste” with her feet up (sans booze)
Well, I’ve just packed away the exhibition and it’s been fun. During the last couple of weeks I’ve had a chance to catch up with people I haven’t seen in ages and it’s all been good 🙂 The opening night was great, lots of people passing through to say hello and check it out.. … Read the rest
