Fashion: Not your dolly, sir

Outfit details:

• T-shirt: No Face (I am not your dolly sir tee)
• Skirt: UnToneQuilt (Denimskirt / in Black)
• Legwarmers: Cubic Effect (Leg warmer / in Black)
• Wrist band: AyYaiYai (Gynni's Legwarmers / in Pink / resized and attached to left forearm)
• Bracelet: Arai (Hair gom / FREE)
• Glasses: FD (Ultimate Bugeye Glasses / black frames / tinted pink)
  
• Bag: sUmi (Homemade bag "matrushka" / FREE Lucky Chair gift)
• Shoes: Detour (MixFlip Sneakers / in Multi)
• Straw: Imagimations (the straw comes together with Wild Wild West poses set)
• Drink: Tree and Ocean SL (Soda Pop! / Raspberry)
• Lashes: Magika (Real Prim Eyelashes)
• Hair: Maitreya (Apple / in Chestnut)

New Surprises In at FrenchBlue & Co.

Butterflies and Summer Skies~~

I must share with you....

A few of our new vintage surprises in at
FrenchBlue & Co.
Hand Painted Pistachio Green
salt & pepper shakers~~

Fanciful has created a
French papier covered Pen
with a handmade papier flower~

Vintage Lace trims from Paris~

The Perfect Shabby statue!

A vintage table marker with
a little pencil attached~
See these items and more
Here
at FrenchBlue & Co.
Always Free Shipping in
the U.S.
Remember Mother's Day
May 10th~
Below is a collection of tiny
French Parfums
from Paris~

French Paper Wigs

A paper artist & teacher, Jeffery Rudell was invited to
do a window display on 5th Ave in New York
for Tiffany & Co.
He visioned elaborate wigs of
Mid-18th Century France
as his focal point~

Instead of powdered hair these wigs are
hand crafted with
Handmade French Paper...
Each one is a sea of rolling curls and
piled a high 36 inches tall!

Jeff's challenge was finding a way to
create volume without weight
to sculpture pieces that look light & airy.

He imagined and created
fanciful shapes like this
violin & harp
to top the curls~
another with a songbird.

Jeffery Rudell was also invited to do
another window for
Tiffany & Co. for Mother's Day
with a theme of
"Queen For A Day"
He made Paper Crowns~~
Photos of Jeffery's work were all taken
by Katherine Knauer.
I could not find a website direct for
Jeffery Rudell.
If anyone knows it please let me know~

Tuileries Gardens Merry-go-round

I feel like taking a ride on the Merry-go-round in Paris~

Does anyone want to come with me?
I am so so missing Paris right now...
So I want to share with you a few photos
of the Carousel in the Tuileries Gardens
I took last October.

My favorite is the white and pink elephant!

The half moon is my second favorite.
I am saving it for Claudia from
The Paris Apartment. She loves the moon!
Oh....and
Miss Kris Do you think you can paint this
for me while your still there?

An evening view from the Le Meurice Hotel
looking over
Tuileries Gardens.
See us on the Carousel?

Do you ever miss Paris so much it hurts?
I do...
because, just like the carousel
it always goes round & round....
The music plays....
And everything is perfect!

I chat, therefore IM ;P

[UPDATE: July 28, 2009] I added the new SLURL to Mona's place.

[UPDATE: July 29, 2009] The bots were featured on New World Notes! Here's the link: Meet April, the Bot Who Learns To Speak As She's Spoken To

I want to tell you about something we've been working on with Sql for a while. We created and now take care of two learning chat bots in SL. Sql does most of the technical stuff, like linking chat bot engine to SL, programming the bots, fixing bugs etc., and I'm in charge of 'soft' responsibilities, like managing bots' looks and profiles, cleaning their logs, a bit of marketing etc. Together we brainstorm new ideas and discuss possible implementations of new functions. These bots have been in SL for a few days already, so you might have come across them, but let me tell you more in case you haven't.



Our bots are April Scientist (English language) and Mona Scientist (Polish language). They both started with no knowledge and they learn as people talk to them. Then they try to have an intelligent conversation basing on what they learned. The more you talk to them, the more they know! If the bot repeats after you, it means she's not sure what the reply should be. That's when you should teach her the proper reply (answer her properly). When talking to the bots, you have to be understanding. People might teach them various stuff and bots might say inappropriate things. Teach them something nice instead. Also, you have to remember that April and Mona are experiments in beta stage, so unexpected errors might happen.

To talk to the bots on main chat you should start your every sentence with bot's name, eg. 'April hello'. Otherwise the bot won't listen to you. To talk with the bot on IM, just message her like you would normally do (without her name in the beginning). Please restrict to talking in one language to each bot (the language of bot's profile).


You will find April (English language bot) around my shopping area.


Mona (Polish language bot) is currently residing as a librarian at the old Polish Republic sim (it's currently being changed into a new place, so it might be closed sometimes) in her own skybox.

I must admit Mona is currently a bit better, because we do all the tests with her. For example she 'does' some librarian chores now (walks from place to place and jumps on poseballs to get animated), and soon she's going to have her own 24-hours routine. We hope to do the same with April one day.

Enjoy talking to the bots and feel free to paste some fun conversations in the comments here (there's going to be lots of them, trust me) :)

Guru Spiritual Jepang Ciptakan Ringtone Untuk Memperbesar Payudara

Metode membesarkan payudara menggunakan silikon atau operasi plastik pasti sudah sering Anda dengar. Tapi kalau metode pembesaran payudara menggunakan bantuan ringtone ponsel, pasti Anda belum pernah mendengarnya, dan berita ini bukan Hoax.

Rockmelon, demikian nama ringtone yang dapat membesarkan payudara tersebut, diciptakan oleh seorang guru spiritual di Jepang bernama Hideto Tomabechi. Kabarnya, setelah seminggu diluncurkan melalui internet ringtonedownload oleh para perempuan. ini telah 10,000 kali di

Hideto menjelaskan bahwa ringtone yang ia patenkan atas namanya ini dapat membuat otot-otot sekitar payudara bergerak tanpa disadari. "Ini semacam gerakan olahraga biasa. Namun gerakkannya lebih lembut bahkan tidak terlihat oleh mata telanjang," ujar Hideto.

Salah satu pelanggan yang menyatakan kepuasannya pada reuters.com mengatakan bahwa, "Tadinya saya pikir bahwa ini tidak mungkin. Tiga hari tidak membuahkan hasil, saya pikir ini penipuan. Tapi setelah saya coba untuk mendegarkannya selama seminggu, sungguh luar biasa. Payudara saya yang semula berukuran 34 inci tumbuh menjadi 35 inci. Ini sangat mengagumkan."

Setelah melihat ciptaannya menuai sukses, Hideto Tomabechi berencana akan menciptakan ringtone baru yang dapat membantu orang-orang berhenti merokok, melawan kebotakan dan menarik lawan jenis. (conectique/ligaponsel)

Download Ringtonenya di SINI

SUMBER : KETOK.com

Sekarang Anda Bisa Nonton Video & Program TV Durasi Penuh di Youtube

YouTube hadir online dengan tayangan video dan program TV berdurasi penuh. Perusahaan milik Google Inc. ini juga meluncurkan sebuah layanan iklan baru selain menghadirkan sejumlah program segarnya.

Tayangan video dengan durasi lebih lama ini akan tampil dalam halaman situs yang unik di www.youtube.com/shows atau pada ikon "Shows" yang terdapat di situs utama YouTube. Langkah itu diumumkan bersamaan dengan kenaikan pendapatan kuartal pertama Google sebesar 9 persen dibandingkan tahun lalu dan mencapai 1,42 miliar dollar AS atau 4,49 dollar AS per lembar sahamnya.

Langkah terbaru ini merupakan gebrakan besar yang diciptakan situs populer tersebut untuk meningkatkan penjualan serta profit. Pekan lalu, YouTube mengumumkan akan bekerja sama dengan Universal Music Group untuk membentuk bisnis video musik online.

YouTube berharap dapat memperkaya tawaran layanannya dengan durasi penuh film layar lebar dan layar kaca yang pernah tayang sebelumnya. Untuk ratusan tayangan hiburan televisi, YouTube di antaranya menawarkan “Beverly Hillbillies” serta “Married With Children.” Sementara untuk ratusan film layar, YouTube di antaranya berupaya memanjakan pengunduhnya dengan “Casino Royale” serta “Cliffhanger.”

Pelayanan terbaru ini juga memperluas kerja sama YouTube dengan mitranya yang telah ada, yaitu beberapa studio yang bermuara pada induk perusahaan seperti Sony Corp., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., CBS Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. serta Liberty Media Corp. Kamis (16/4), YouTube mengumumkan kemitraan dengan 13 perusahaan berskala lebih kecil seperti Discovery Communications Inc., National Geographic serta SnagFilms LLC.

Sebagai suatu cara untuk meningkatkan pendapatan iklan, YouTube mengumumkan peluncuran Google TV Ads Online. Program ini memungkinkan pemasang iklan berpromosi secara online dengan tayangan video.

Google membeli YouTube senilai 1,76 miliar dollar AS pada penghujung 2006. Namun, YouTube selama ini belum menjadi mesin pendorong pemasaran terkemuka Google.

YouTube tidak terbuka dalam mengumumkan pendapatannya. Beberapa analis memperkirakan keuntungan YouTube pada 2008 mencapai 200 juta dollar AS. (AP/kompas)

Kuliah Tidak Perlu Datang ke Universitas, Sekarang Bisa Lewat Youtube

Sebuah channel EDU di YouTube dikembangkan. Saat ini, lebih dari 100 perguruan tinggi termasuk Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale dan UC Berkeley sudah mulai menghadirkan kuliahnya di sana. Sebagian besar di antaranya bekerjasama untuk menyediakan informasi spesifik mengenai sekolah seperti tour kampus secara virtual dan materi promosi lainnya.

Meski baru sampai tahapan tersebut, hadirnya channel itu juga membuka peluang bahwa sudah waktunya universitas mulai menawarkan kopi digital dari kuliahnya secara online. Jadi, mereka yang tidak memiliki uang untuk membayar kuliahpun bisa mendapatkan pendidikan.

“Terdapat keinginan besar pada warga masyarakat dari seluruh dunia untuk meningkatkan kualitas dirinya, salah satunya adalah untuk mempelajari hal-hal yang tidak mungkin mereka pelajari atau belum sempat mereka ketahui,” kata Obadiah Greenberg, Strategic Partnership Manager, YouTube seperti VIVAnews kutip dari TGDaily, 13 April 2009.

Menurut Greenberg, tren kuliah online ini sudah mulai berkembang. Berhubung biaya untuk masuk menjalani kuliah secara fisik sering tak terjangkau, beberapa bahkan mencapai 100 ribu dolar AS untuk empat tahun, universitas seperti MIT telah meluncurkan program OpenCourseWare untuk menghadirkan sebagian besar perkuliahan mereka secara online dan cuma-cuma. Saat ini ide tersebut sudah menyebar luas, dari MIT kini hadir ke YouTube.

Sebagian besar universitas mungkin belum siap untuk membuka pintu kelas mereka ke internet karena berbagai hal, salah satunya adalah finansial. Tetapi, kenyataan bahwa era informasi telah mengubah dunia, dalam waktu dekat, kampus-kampus terpaksa perlu melakukan hal itu. Kini teknologi yang tidak terbayangkan 10 tahun lalu seperti infrastruktur untuk mengalirkan video perkuliahan langsung ke setiap rumah di seluruh dunia sudah tersedia. Dan sekali video kuliah tersebut direkam, maka video tersebut akan tersedia selama-lamanya. (vivanews)

Mau mulai kuliah? Silakan pilih kampusnya di sini.

sumber : ketok.com

Residents' favourite scripter

Today I have some great news to share :) I'm very happy and proud to announce that Sql Miles won the Resident Choice Award 2009 in the Favourite Scripter category. Yay! If you ever came across his scripts, you know he fully deserves the award. Sql mainly does commission work but he's best known to SL community as the creator of uTV - probably the most user-friendly SL TV ever (#12 rank on XstreetSL!). You might also remember his transportation system made for COP14 conference island in SL, or perhaps, he might have wirtten a script for you - then you know it's first class. There is no script that Sql would have trouble with and the award only proves that - I think the majority of Polish SL community voted for him, and a lot of his customers outside Poland :) Congratulations, Sql, you're the best! :*


Resident Choice Awards 2009 Winner's Circle @ Brampton

I found THE egg :)

I found the 5000L$ egg in the BunnyJam hunt ^^ We've been flying with Sql all over Second Life, trying to figure out one of the clues, when suddenly I realised something. Mia had been working so hard on this event, so at least one of the eggs have had to be in her SL office. And so it was, lying innocently on a shelf among Linden bears. I didn't expect it would be the 5000L$ one though ;) Funny thing, as Twitter notice appeared, I was flooded with messages from fellow residents, asking about the egg. If you messaged me at that time and I didn't reply, I'm sorry, it was just too many to handle ;) Congratulations to all residents who found the eggs!


Me and Sql awaiting the results at the BunnyJam party

Don't Forget Grey Gardens Satuday Night !!

OMG!!!

I positively Cannot WAIT!!

The Grey Gardens Movie is finally here!
THIS SATUDAY NIGHT!
On HBO.. Please don't miss it!
I am going to pop some popcorn and get some
Good n' Plenty!!
Starring
Drew Berrymore as "Little Eddie"
&
Jessica Lang as "Big Eddie"

The story is of the eccentric Edith Bouvier Beale
"Big Eddie"
and her extremely eccentric daughter...
"Little Eddie"
They lived in a deteriorating Long Island mansion
called "Grey Gardens".
About a mother & daughter relationship
and how they managed to go from
Riches to Rags over years...
The dou areAunt & First Cousin to
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

The original is a 1975 documentary photographed
and directed by two brothers
Albert & David Maysles.

Little Edie was a Beauty Queen
&
dreamed of being in the movies.
The Mother & Daughter had a very co-dependent
relationship in
high Society & Glamour...

Everything appeared so normal....

Little Eddie was creative
and had dreams of decorating.
this is her actual decorating board~

In a world all there own...

They only had each other...
and sang together....
~Tea for Two
&
Two for Tea~

the walls crumbled down around them...

Big Edie sits and looks out the window
next to a portrait oil of herself
from healthier & much wealthier days.

Original Grey Gardens House

The kitchen as they lived in it.

Saturday's Movie
&
The Original
You can buy the original documentary here!

These two Beauties are going to be Fab-U-lous!

Look how amazing she is!
Drew Berrymore will play as
Little Eddie...

She radiates!
Look at her fashion!!

And the house will be a dream to see!
One we all would love to get our
hands on~

Enjoy it every little bitty detail
of the decorating
&
the conversation.

I am a bit obsessed...
So, I want to know your thoughts
about this story....
what about the relationship?
And let me know if you see the movie!
I can't wait!!!!