My shabby chic apartment

I have this thing with interiors in SL, that whenever I start decorating, I end up with shabby chic style. I love it all - white wood, soft floral fabrics, vintage accessories... Plus, I adore all things country when it comes to home decor. No wonder this theme often sneaks in :)

I recently switched to a smaller and more cosy skybox, which I built myself, and which by the way I am going to release in my store very very very soon (update: it's released now!). And you can definitely notice shabby-chic-country-love influence in my decor. But I really like it - it's so mine and so comfy! In fact, I like it so much, that I'm going to submit it to 'Tiny, cozy space' contest organized by SL House & Garden Group.

Enjoy the pictures, and if you happen to like the items I used, you will find credits below.















Prefab:

• Skybox: [MAGIC NOOK] Summer Skybox - coming very soon to the store! update: it's released now!

Entrance:

• Door: Curio Obscura - Anywhere Door, retextured with beautiful texture from Shabby Doors set by Distressed. The door is actually a teleport to my working platform :)
• Rug: [North West] Birds Rug - oh, I love everything Lili creates, and the rug is just fantastic
• Shelf: Self-made
  
• Clothes rack: [MAGIC NOOK] Shabby Mug Rack - hehe, I'm a fan of multi-use ;)
  
• Hat: Surf Couture - Straw Cowboy Hat (old hunt gift)
  
• Bag: Tres Blah - Striped Tote Bag
• Umbrella: it's a freebie I picked up somewhere, by yaman Oh
• Basket with slippers: **DP**yumyum Shoes - sabot/omake - old gift if I remember correctly... they always have awesome gifts!
  
• White slippers: 2g - Babouche - love them, and it's a freebie!
  
• Heels: Armidi Gisaci - Dalia Pumps
  

Bedtime area:

• Bed: Little Boxes - Antique Bed Blondie Choco/Blue - oooh, country style here
  
• Chair: CROWNLING *livingWoodChair2_White
• Luggage: m.fox - (Avery Collection)- closed luggage-small (pnk) - not available anymore
  
• Plant: -CLEMATIS- ficus umbellata
  
• Picture frame: Insight designs - Vintage Skies - beautiful hunt gift!
  
• Curtain: NODe+ - Curtain - I tinted it pink
  

Storage shelves:

• Bookshelf: {what next} Blogger's Office Bookshelf - I removed the tint to match the rest of the furniture
• Vase: Gumi's Flower Shop - hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) arragement A
• Magic 8-Ball: [MAGIC NOOK] Magic 8-Ball - I made it long time ago, and it's still fun to use ^^
  
• Book: Once Upon a Time - Rhyme book(wear)
  
• Plant: -CLEMATIS-green pot
  
• Blue baskets: m.fox (LP)- Baskets (not available anymore)
• Wheat baskets: *Y's HOUSE* [Display] Kago01_OMAKE - freebie, cool as always
• Bag: Tres Blah - Tote Bag - subscribo gift
  

Working desk:

• Desk: {what next} Blogger's Office Desk - I removed the tint to match the rest of the furniture, and I changed the texture to one I made
• Chair: CROWNLING *livingWoodChair2_White
• Lights: Strawberry Lights by Sienia Trevellion, they were free at the Strawberry Festival, and I think they're not available anymore
  
• Laptop: Self-made
  
• Book and papers: m.fox (LP) - The Little Prince Book & Loose Papers - not available anymore
  
• Box: fri.day - Gift Box (Closed) - Tan
  
• Incense: *atmosphere works* incense D*-001 (BL)
• Desk plant: Drowsy plant2 Pink
• Sweets: Feather - CandyBowl - old but cute hunt gift
• Paper bag: Feather - Paper bag - free at the store - you'd definitely find a similar one on my RL desk, and it would be full of yummy sweets
• Mug: [MAGIC NOOK] Mug (Gingham Heart) - I drink tea all the time, preferably hot, even in summer... give me a gift of quality tea in RL and I'm happy :)
• Writing book: Self-made
• Pencil: [MAGIC NOOK] Pencil - Pink Dots, part of Study Hard! FREEBIE
• Envelope: Picnic - envelope - sweet
• Phone: /artilleri/ 60ies phone (5 prims) *color change* - aww, old phones were so cool
• Big plant: :YONEYA: Strelitzia (augusta)
• Milk can: *atmosphere works* tinplate milk bottle x tub
• Picture frame: .vena cava. - picture frame - inside I put a picture I found on the Internet, with cute owls and text saying 'when we're not watching, owls like to juggle' ^^
• Curtain: NODe+ - Curtain - I tinted it pink

Bathing area:

• Divider: ~La'Licious~ Shutter Divider - Ocean
• Skirt on clothes hanger: oyakin*longskirt*(powder)
• Rug: [North West] Blue Rug
  
• Table: WILDO - low boad 01 size&tex change
  
• Basin: +mocha+ - part of Happy Bath Time [Orange] gacha item - I added water and made it pretty with Naima waterCaustics (dense small) from Las Islas
  
• Bottles: +mocha+ - Bath & Bodycare [Hair Treatment] Honey - part of Happy Bath Time [Orange] gacha item
• Cream: 101 - Famous Cream (by Pixel Price)
• Soap: +mocha+ - Bath & Bodycare [Soap] - part of Happy Bath Time [Orange] gacha item
• Towels: *~MMG's~* Towel#02-5texchange_1prim
• Toilet paper: a freebie I picked up somewhere, by Brownie Honi
• Mirror: work in progress, I'm going to release it soon at [MAGIC NOOK]
  

Reading corner:

• Daybed: m.fox - (Avery Collection)- Cot (not available anymore)
  
• Book: m.fox (FT) Book- Alice in Wonderland (not available anymore)
• Picture frame: Insight designs - Vintage Skies - beautiful hunt gift!
  
• Lamp: lamp.creamflower by Jordan Giant, free!
  
• Plant: :YONEYA: Strelitzia (reginae var juncea)
• Poster: Funky Punk Canvas - Flowers 0001
• Curtain: NODe+ - Curtain - I tinted it blue/green

Relaxing area:

• Rug: [MAGIC NOOK] White Fake Fur
  
• Pouf (left): *Y's HOUSE* Pouf KP/Muji
• Pouf (right): *Y's HOUSE* Pouf [v2010/shiro]
  
• Book: *Y's HOUSE*Cafe GIFT/inemuri01_book(Rez) - old group gift - I love books, how could I resist? ;)
  
• Table: MudHoney Table Winter Short
• Pudding: Feather - Pudding_tray(S) - the best pudding in SL
  
• Coca-Cola: Belle Belle - Coca-Cola Bottle Classic (old hunt gift)
• Books: m.fox (LP)- Book Stack (not available anymore)
• Ceiling lights: [North West] Petites Lampes (only 1L$, so worth it!)

Happy third rezday to me!

Wow, three years in SL and I'm still enjoying it :) I was wondering how to celebrate my rezday this year and finally decided to take the Poppins Challenge. It's a little SL tradition to jump on your rezday from the sky, naked, with an umbrella, as a symbol of 'jumping into the unknown world of Second Life'. I decided to jump in Murray region - it's the sim I rezzed in after Orientation Island and it was my home location for a long time. There's no welcome area there anymore, but it's still a place close to my avatar's pixel heart :) I covered myself in flowers (since it's PG area) and jumped!











It was kinda refreshing :)

Ayumi's necklace

My friend Agnieszka has made some jewellery that is named after me! Whee! :) I really like it when designers do that ^^

Ayumi's necklace is a lovely neck adornment featuring a flower with delicate strings, and polished pendants.



It comes in four colour versions, and you get a matching bracelet with your purchase. The sets are available on Xstreet SL:

• Black necklace / white flower
• Black necklace / black flower
• White necklace / black flower
• Black necklace / red flower

When you're there, check out other jewellery sets by Agnieszka :)

In case you are interested in the sunglasses I'm wearing, these are Hepburn sunglasses from [glow] Studio.

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) :)

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

Open Grid joke :)

Yesterday evening I went with Sql and Uzi to Open Grid. No, no worries, I'm not leaving Second Life. I'm just exploring the possibilities ^^ My first impression was that it's how early days of Second Life must have looked like - if you want someting, create it. We were busy chatting, testing stuff and teleporting around when suddenly our avatars turned into stick figures. But these were not really the kind of stick figures you are used to. These were really weird stick figures with all body parts in wrong places. We tried relogging, cache clearing and so on, but we couldn't figure out what caused the problem. Then finally Sql realized it was 4 minutes past midnight and April Fool's Day started :) We took a picture, trying to look our best - well, as much as a stick figure can look ;)


From the left, majestically floating: Ayumi, Uzi and Sql

Happy April Fool's Day! :)

Sh-sh-shape ;)

A few days ago my friend Linka IMed me with a nice surprise message: she named one of her shapes after me. How cool :) Ayumi shape is girly and sweet, and it totally rocks. She looks innocent, but there is something seductive about her.



The shape is modifiable, so you can adjust it to your needs. You can buy it on Xstreet SL for 250 L$. Go there to see the picture without my 'censored' tabs ;) Also see other shapes from Linka's DeLyn line - they are one of a kind!

PS. Please note it's not the shape I use, it's only named after me.

Mistletoe and wine

I know it's not the time for Christmas yet but I just couldn't wait with these news :) My friend, Cytryna Matova, together with her artistic group Mechaniczna Cytryna, has recorded a cover of Cliff Richard's Christmas song - 'Mistletoe and wine'. She decided to make a videoclip to the song in Second Life with a plan to air it in Polish national TV during Christmas time. The idea of the video was to show Polish SL community, things we do, things we like, all in Christmas spirit. The project involved a lot of Polish avatars, and several days of recording and post production. My avatar appears in a few scenes, and that is the wedding scene (as the maid of honour - in teal dress), the carousel scene (in red jacket and yellow scarf) and together with Sql in a scene where we go up the mountain on a skilift and then slide down on sled. I think the video turned out very nice, so here it is for you to enjoy:

Newbie's nightmare ;)

Reading your comments under my rezday post was really fun - it's great to listen to other people talking about their early experiences in Second Life. So I decided to post one of my recollections of Ayumi's newbie days, hoping that you'd do the same :) Here's the task: share your first 'noob-scary' experience in SL ^^ Here goes mine.

During my first week in SL I mostly explored the world. One day (and it was very early, I think it could be my second day in SL or so) I arrived at a beautiful shop. It was furnished in Arabic style. The floors were covered with embroidered carpets and numerous pillows, heavy curtains were hanging on sandy walls and the place was full of decorative vases and other atmospheric accessories. Somewhere in the middle of the shop, there was a big mirror with a sign saying 'Touch me'. Now, what would you do? I already knew that touching objects in SL would start-up interaction. The place was really nice, so without much thinking I touched the mirror. And there I was... not graceful as a belly dancer... but walking around like a baboon :P A baboon! One hand on the hip, one hand scratching my head. At first I laughed and the joke seemed hilarious to me. Then I decided to stop the animation. I touched the mirror - nothing. I touched again, and I kept touching and touching and nothing happened. I was a baboon! When I started panicking, a girl teleported to the shop. Full of hope I asked her what I should do. She suggested trying "Stop all animations" option from the menu. I did... and still - I was a baboon. And that's the time I really started panicking ;) The previous day I spent a lot of time adjusting my avatar's appearance, and I thought I'll need to create a new one, adjust all the sliders again - and I wouldn't even have the name I wanted. Haha, how could I know that relog would help? :P

PS. I did relog - intuition I guess ;)

Second Rezday ^^

Yup, it's been 2 years since I've become a resident of Second Life. And SL changed so much since then. When I meet newbies I feel like saying "when I was your age..." ;) I've been reflecting on what actually has changed and came up with a pretty long list, which most likely is incomplete. So... When I was your age:

• Group limit had just been extended from 15 to 25 groups
• Flexi prims and local lights were relatively new features
• Profiles had a built-in rating system, to help residents build their reputation. There were three things you could rate: behavior, appearance and building skills, costing 25L$ each. Here's how it looked like.
• There was help through live chat for everyone, started from SL viewer
• The first land program (getting 512 sqm of land for free) was still on
• SL newsletter, Second Opinion, was still active. Here's the issue from the time my av was born ;)
• Meeting someone from my country was almost impossible. Now there's a huge amount of Polish residents, and more coming in, each time a TV show about SL is aired. There's a rumour that last time LL registration system crashed due to a huge number of Polish people trying to join SL.
• Banking and gambling were flourishing. In fact I camped for the first time at a casino :)
• There was no VAT for Europeans
• Shop OnRez was called SLBoutique at the time and took commisions
  
• SL hit 1 million Residents the previous month (sounds pretty small now, doesn't it?).
• Avatar's height wasn't so close to RL as it is now. If you look around, you'll see older avatars are taller (unless they adjusted their height to the new trend).
• There was no such thing as optional SL update :) All updates were mandatory and usually happened on so called 'Update Wednesdays'. At the time you never ever scheduled your important events on Wednesdays ('SL Update… Coming to a Wednesday Near You!') and T-shirts with 'I hate update Wednesdays' prints were selling like hot cakes.
• There were no sculpted prims! No, really. No sculpted clothing, no sculpted furniture, no sculpted trees :) I think more residents from that time know how to manipulate prims into unusual one-prim objects, like a leaf or a flower, while nowadays people don't, since they never really had to learn that (not that sculpties are easier to learn, they're not :P).
• No windlight (how beautiful SL is now!)
• No web tab in your profile
• SL was much more unstable and a lot of things would constantly break. Imagine that in-world search doesn't work, you can't buy land (not to mention that your Linden Dollars balance isn't showing up), the map is not loading, teleports and money transfers are failing, a lot of regions are unavailable, a lot of regions keep crashing, and most of all, inventory loss happens all the time. That was everyday life in SL. You'd constantly read on the official blog about 'database issues' and 'grid temporarily down'. It changed, a lot, for better. I see people complaining now that SL is unstable. Believe me - one stale transaction is nothing.
• At those times logins were often closed to all except Linden staff. If you were logged in and managed to stay in-world somehow, SL would become quiet and tranquil - quite an interesting experience.
• Oh, right, there was also that "shoe-in-your-bottom" bug, also known as "hair-down-there" bug ;) Who remembers that? If you often teleported, you'd notice all your attachments would be stuck in your... erm... pelvis attachment point :P So anyway, despite what you may think, there's been a huge increase in stability, and ocasional problems that might occur are nothing in comparison to what used to happen around the grid. Oh, those were the funny days.

So that's pretty much everything I recall at the moment. That's a bit of SL history, isn't it? :) Who remembers more?

Developer's Manual: the full collection [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: September 13, 2008] Since Flickr resized my files from 2048px to 1024px making them hard to read, I decided to make a file pack with the articles, which you can download here.

[UPDATE: October 20, 2008] I re-uploded the file pack to a new server, this time it's reliable (thank you, Sql!) :) Sorry to those who couldn't download it earlier and thanks for the heads up everyone! Here's the new link.

As most readers of this blog know, I used to be the editor of Developer's Manual section in SL'ang Life magazine. Since the magazine is closed now, I decided to make all my Developer's Manual articles available here (don't worry, I have the permission to do that ;)). They feature some useful SL knowledge that might come in handy every now and then. Another reason is that my scripting article (the one written for sixth issue of SL'ang Life) got quite popular - it was linked on a few blogs, and I recieved some nice feedback in-world, so I want more of that too ^^. I guess there's always a need for education in SL (how positive!). So without further ado, here are the articles:

SL'ang Life no. 01: It all starts with a cube





SL'ang Life no. 02: Textures explained!





SL'ang Life no. 03: Copy, modify, transfer... velocity?





SL'ang Life no. 04: Your first sculptie





SL'ang Life no. 05: Client parameters





Comments are welcome!

When avatars live a life of their own

Aaaah, so yesterday my avatar stopped listening to me. She was partying without me (I know that, cause people saw me online) while I was struggling to login. I was going to ask you that if you came across me in-world those days, tell me to come home, cause I missed myself ;) But it turned out she only did that because she wanted me to study for my driving licence exam ;)



PS. No, I wasn't online constantly for the last 24 hours. That was her ;) And I wasn't ignoring you when you IMed, I just wasn't in control of my avatar for a while ;) Luckily, it's OK now.

PPS. Linden Support rules. <3 Thank you Francesca, Eilyn, Lotte and everyone who worked on this issue.

PPPS. Yes, I passed the theoretical internal exam and I'm going to actually start learning to drive! Ha! :)

SL'ang Life no more [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: March 29, 2010] I removed all SL'ang Life links - they don't lead to SL'ang Life website anymore (since it doesn't exist), but to one you wouldn't want to go to ;)

I can't believe I'm writing this, yet it did happen: our beloved magazine is closed now. We've been struggling to save it for the last few weeks, but there's no way to keep it operating unless we find a new investor.

Working at SL'ang Life was an amazing experience. I love all the people I met and worked with, and I have some great memories to treasure. I was very proud each time I said I worked for SL'ang Life magazine - was it RL or SL. And I did shed a tear (not only one tear, actually) when I realised we have to put the project on hold.



Now I feel as if someone has taken away a part of my identity - I'm no longer SL'ang Life journalist. I need to find a new way in my life which I'm sure will be great, but I'm sad for the things I need to leave behind. The most scary thing of all is the possibility of splitting with SL'ang Life team - we come from different cities and some of these people have never been in Second Life - but I do hope we will manage to keep in touch. I really got to like them a lot.

We did a lot of fun stuff together. I'm going to miss those crazy nights at our island - fooling around, laughing and chatting on voice with our readers. I'm going to miss even more the meetings in RL, which were full of laughter as well (and silly silly activities at the hotel). I feel connected to these people and I want to keep that connection. If you guys are reading this, I love ya.

If you love SL'ang Life as much as I do, come to SL'ang Life island on 10 July 2008 at 10 AM (SLT) - we're planning a little goodbye party for our readers. I hope to see you there. Let's have fun and remember SL'ang Life the happy way.

Happy birthday to me :)

Probably some of you noticed that the number on the About me widget has changed from 24 to 25. Yes, I turned a quarter on May 23rd. Happy birthday to me! I probably should have posted it on Friday... I was too busy celebrating though ;)

Finding Magellan Linden

Today I joined a growing list of SL residents looking for Magellan Linden. If you don't know what I'm talking about, start with this blog post: The Search for Magellan Linden Starts Now!, this forum thread: Where In The World Is Magellan Linden? and a movie by Osprey Therian:



So today I went to see Magellan's camp site at the new continent, Gaeta, and to spot Magellan in-world if possible.



I've been teleporting to the green dots appearing on the map, but all these were other explorers in search of Magellan. The region itself isn't really helpful. It is often producing green dots where there are no avatars. Sometimes your dot stays in the place you teleported from and in result many explorers keep chasing their own ghost dots.

So many green dots, and none of them was Magellan. Where could he be?



I noticed his ship wreck under water, and more metal pieces under the beach nearby, but there were no clues.



I wonder if all the explorers are missing something... After all, Magellan asked the brave ones to follow him. There must be a clue somewhere.



As I sat at the dock to think, more explorers came. And so I met HeadBurro Antfarm and Teetah Beck. We quickly became friends, being on the same mission. Discussing together, we found some new information but it was nothing that would move us forward. At some point Dee and Guy Linden appeared. We asked them about Magellan, but they didn't see him around. Or so they say.



As we've been trying to discover some new trace, more and more explorers were joining us, including Natacha Chernov, who said she saw Magellan just yesterday!



Our findings:

• There's a new addition to the camp - a FIC badge. It wasn't there yesterday, and I think it wasn't there in the morning today. It must have fallen out of Magellan's pocket, which means he was there very recently. And probably too busy to notice the lack of the badge.
• There are two parcels belonging to Magellan. One, with the camp site, and land description: "Let those follow me who can!" and the other one, with the ship wreck under water, and description: "Follow me who dares!". A challenge, definitely a challenge.
• Just recently a "no-fly" restriction was added to Magellan's parcel. Why?
  
• As you look at the mini-map, you can notice a weird square object where the dock is. We flew very high using various devices to see if there's any platform in the sky, but there's nothing there. So we started to look under the dock, but nothing there as well. Does it have anything to do with Osprey's letter to Magellan? There's a part saying: "It's all water under the bridge now. I hope you understand". Is it really a coincidence?
• We tried to create an online indicator to see when Magellan is online and we noticed the script can't retrieve Magellan's name from his key. This might have something to do with his profile, that is showing up only in newer Second Life All tab search. Just in case, we retrieved Magellan's key from his tent and we can confirm it is the same one as posted in SL forums.
  

That's all we found, and mostly these are new questions, not the answers - but maybe this will inspire someone else to find the right track?

In the meanwhile, I created an aparatus checking whether Magellan is online (provided that the key we have is really the one). The aparatus should start emiting particles, say that Magellan is online every few seconds and stream a continuous sound alarm as soon as Magellan logs in.



I was going to give the aparatus for free, but I realised it could be used as a griefing tool. It is designed to be quite noisy, so that I can notice Magellan's presence even when switched to another application. But you'll probably get to see it, as I'll be taking it with me to Gaeta now.

If you notice anything new, I'll be very happy to know. Also, don't forget to contact Salazar Jack who leads the group of explorers - sharing information will help us all find Magellan faster. Good luck on your search!

llFunny

I've been a member of the Scripters of Second Life group for quite a long time now and I think it's my favourite SL group so far. Not only are they very helpful but being in the group is sometimes really entertaining too. I couldn't stop myself from posting some of the funny situations, though I'm pretty sure they will be funny to scripters only. So if you're a scripter and want some laugh, read on. If you're not a scripter, you're welcome too, but it might not be funny for you at all. If you're a member of the Scripters of Second Life group, this may bring back memories :)

GG: is there anything i can do if i have something that's now missing from database?
TD: Clear Cache, Relog, and prepare to cry
GG: tissues please? =/
TD: *hands you the box*

JR: w00t got soap working with LSL :)
GW: good to see someone finally cleaned it up
TP: llScheduleBath()?

IC: how can i add passion to my scripts?
HC: llPassion() :p
SM: print it out, take it out to dinner

HD: wow, you guys are good... I see a reply posted at 11:52 to a question asked at 11:53

RP: hi everyone, looking for 30.000,30.000,0.010 hudge prim anyone have that size :P
JR: no but i do have a crude duck for your pond if you want it

IS: How can I sit inside a rotating object without falling out?
SG: glue

MX: i made a following prim and it wont fllow anyone but me
MK: great, you wont ever lose it
TR: Perhaps it just likes you?

SC: hey guys
SC: why is that making the object say its name twice
SC: llSay(0, llGetObjectName() + " tacos are cool");
SC: lol woops
SC: never mind
SC: i see why
HG: lol
JF: Because you told it to?
SC: duh
JF: Nothing says humility like announcing your mistakes to a group of your peers.

VH: baby u so sweet
PM: awww
GG: O.o
DD: aaaw
SO: O_o
AC: awww :)
EE: you can raise my z axis anytime baby

On Talk Like A Pirate Day:
SJ: Is there an llParseString2Pirate function call?
TP: llShiverMeTimbers()

AC: a quick question: you can't detect avatar gender through script, can you?
CM: Nope.
WU: llGetSex(Key)
WU: .. soory it's a joke
YK: I don't believe there is an actual avatar gender, is there?
HS: Some avatars you can't tell by just looking either.
AC: llGetSex sounds like something else hahah
WU: lol
VS: llNoneForYou(noKeyRequired)
AC: lol
SS: lol llgetsex(now)
WU: integer size = llGetSex(key);
VS: llNothingLikeTheRealThing()
YK: integer exaggeration = llGetSex(male);
WU: float dream = llGetSex(Key)
YK contemplates the effect on the grid of llGetSubmissive(gorean);
AC: haha, I so love this group
TT: llUseProtection(TRUE);

SA: Meaning, "We have no clue what our own functions actually do." jk LoL <{;o)~
TP: llWeArentSure()

BM: Anyone have that smiling thing that makes you smile now and then? ^^
LB: fig newtons and a glass of milk?
DD: ;ppl at the new bug

JH: guys. do you know how can i disallow the entrance of people with vehicles to a region? PushObject doesn't seem to work when teh avatar is sitting on it
TA: try a fence. :)

SM: on the local axis, curl you hand around one axis, with the thumb pointing in the direction of the arrow...then any positive rotational value will be going around your fingers to the tips
MZ: S..you make rotations sound so sexy :)

Have a good day everyone :)

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I did it!

I defended my thesis today! The thesis, as some of you probably remember, was about Second Life and it really brought lots of good things to me. The title in English would be: Using the virtual world of Second Life in companies and institutions' activities. I'm quite proud of how it turned out, I proved my points and also learned a lot about the business aspect of Second Life (even though I thought I knew it all before ;))). I'm very happy and hopefully will have more time for everything now, including blogging. As I know I'll be receiving my MSc diploma very soon, it's quite scary I'm not a student anymore. On the other hand, I've got so many goals set, and so many projects going on, that I don't think my life could get boring anyway. I'll miss the classes (but not the essays, the exams and all that jazz) but I feel I can really focus on what I want to do now. Yay!

SL'ang Life No. 1 - a sneak peak! [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: March 29, 2010] I removed all SL'ang Life links - they don't lead to SL'ang Life website anymore (since it doesn't exist), but to one you wouldn't want to go to ;)

My copy of SL'ang Life magazine arrived yesterday, so I thought I'd post a sneak-peak photo for those of you who are still waiting for the delivery. Since you already know the cover, I'm posting a picture from the inside. It's actually one of my articles (surprise surprise ;)).

I'm very happy with the magazine and I hope you all will be too. Expect your copy soon, and those who haven't subscribed yet, you know what to do, it's free!

If you have comments on the articles or would like to ask some questions, just recently we opened a forum where you can do that or simply just come to chat.

And don't forget to let us know what you like about the magazine!

1...2...3... of me

I've been tagged by Daedalus, so here are eight random facts about me:

1. I have very clean and legible handwriting. In fact, my RL friends often ask me "Can you print it for me?" instead of "Can you write it down?" :)

2. I read a lot. I'm a very fast reader and can read a whole book during one evening (and I often do if the book is interesting enough).

3. I love all things Japanese, which means music and rhythm games too. Particulary, I'm addicted to StepMania (example video), UltraStar (example video) and Frets On Fire (example video, but watch the tutorial too, it's hilarious). These games are great for parties... and believe me, they're fun!

4. I have way too much ideas in my mind and they come to me really fast. Tell me a concept and a few hours later I'll have a thousand suggestions and ideas for you. I have a txt file where I write down all my ideas for things I want to create in SL. The file is very messy and big. Once I checked and it turned out to be more than 40 A4 pages long.

5. I'm a perfectionist. I notice things (this needs to go on a t-shirt lol). If you make a spelling mistake, I notice it. If your shoe lace is untied, I notice it. I loose so much time because I make things perfect.

6. My favourite web comic is xkcd and it's absolutely the best web comic ever. My favs are the "my hobby" series and I can't help but call blogs their xkcd name - blags :P

7. I quickly get attached to people and places. I don't really like changes. Even if the change is for better, I still have a hard time giving up what I'm used to.

8. I don't like it when people use my computer. And I rarely let them do so. It's one of the very few things they're not supposed to touch.

I don't think there's any blog in SL left for me to tag. But since I should try at least, I tag the first 8 readers of this blog entry to post their random facts :) Post them either in the comments or on your blog if you have one (but please leave a link!).

SL'ang Life is here! [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: March 29, 2010] I removed all SL'ang Life links - they don't lead to SL'ang Life website anymore (since it doesn't exist), but to one you wouldn't want to go to ;)

Dear residents, we finally have a printed RL magazine about Second Life! And I'm proud to be a part of it (as a contributing journalist). Starting January 2008 SL'ang Life magazine will be delivered to subscribers all over the world by post for FREE (no delivery costs either).

The magazine will consist of four major sections: SL Life, SL Culture and Style, SL Economy and SL Entertainment. This means interviews, stories, events, business, music, fashion, art, travel, technical advice and much, much more. As Macciej Schumann (CEO) said during the opening ceremony - the aim is to present opinions and comments about SL expressed by avatars and journalists, both from SL and RL, in a wide international perspective.

If you want to receive a brand-spanking-new 48-page (A4 format) issue every month, visit SL'ang Life island and use one of the vendors there to subscribe. The first unique issue will have a limited distribution and it's filling up fast, so don't wait for the last moment. Subscribe and stay tuned for lots of great articles!