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During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of 'yoi' (dances), are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs. Participants in these ceremonies are painted with turtiyanginari (the different natural ochre colours) in varying designs, transforming the dancers and, in some cases, providing protection against recognition by mapurtiti (spirits). These designs can be applied in different ways. Ochre is applied to the body and face. These significant artistic designs collectively are called 'Jilamara'.

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z75 - It Will Go On
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
keep em comin n awesome work
P.S. Sorry for a crappy reply!
good reply ;)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
The beginning was great. The middle was great. The end was great. Everything was great! Three greats for you!
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What an awesome song man!!!
The beginning made the song sound like it was going to be an ambience song but then I was surprised by how everything changed throughout the song!
I like the pads, and strings.
The effects are ncie, and you mastered everything perfectly!
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P.S. I hate 0 bombings.
When I was making the song, it was going to be an ambient song but then I decided to turn it into a trance song.
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
Was it as good for you as it was for me?
lately I have been hearing and seeing a lot of trance songs on Newgrounds, but I am a fan of all music and I must say that you did a nice job with this song.
I really liked the pad work you did in this submission. the panning is also good I don't if you did that on purpose but it worked out nicely for you. Very strong kick that drove the song and balanced it all out, like sanryd said the song has direction.
good job, and good luck with all your future posts
Thnx man, now if only everyone else had the same mind you and Sanryd have ;)
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
I liked it.
The intro was great!
The gradual slow piano was enjoyable and made the song feel more emotional and intense.... allowing me to really enjoy the piece.
The song had direction, (intro, lull, chorus / growth, story and melody, lull, climax, an ending)
It was great!
One thing I would do (and this is just personal taste) is make the climax more intense and faster and complex. However as it stands this song is great.
Yes, thanks for the review.
I just luv piano mixed in with techno/trance.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42946665596483324312017-07-28T08:46:47.333-04:00Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!Notes From Second Life - Advice for the New AvatarLindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-47202044624618976502017-07-20T20:07:00.000-04:002017-07-20T20:07:25.657-04:00Indescribable Indie TeepeeA few weeks ago a woman I didn't know contacted me. She had seen some of my Second Life forum posts, and had some questions about land and permissions .

And that is how I found out about "Indie Teepee". It's an annual event, and this year it runs from July 21 through August 6.

What is it? Well, I'm not sure I can really answer that question, even though I helped them set up the region. I visited their official website too...here it is: http://www.indieteepee.com/ The website was very helpful in describing what was going on when, and who was doing it! But I went away scratching my head a bit, still wondering whether there was some sort of overall unifying theme or goal.

Finally I got it through my head that this was because the aim of Indie Teepee isn't something concrete and specific, like, oh, Hair Fair, for example. No, its vision is broader. It's about virtual worlds, our virtual lives therein, art, creativity, and individual expression.

Indie Teepee has something fun for just about everyone. There's a double handful of live performances. There are DJs from popular SL clubs. There's theater, and there are workshops, and a bunch of content creators are offering wares ranging from clothing to landscaping to makeup for mesh heads. Oh, and there's something I haven't seen anywhere else in SL ever: a Speed Dating event...with poseballs!

Visit the website, visit the event! It's wild, it's eclectic, it's indescribable. It's Indie Teepee 2017.Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-3662450360220669822017-07-18T22:13:00.000-04:002017-07-18T22:13:23.354-04:00Those Bouncing Boobies
Last night, my new friend Hikari asked "How do you make your boobs jiggle?" I explained about avatar physics.

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Oh, have I lost you already? Avatar physics have been around for quite a long time in Second Life, even longer than Mesh. Avatar physics is a way to make your breasts, belly, and butt jiggle when you move. The settings are controlled by a special Physics layer. It's worn just like any other clothing layer (although it's invisible). When you edit it, a set of sliders appears to let you adjust the amount of bounce. Strawberry Singh has a very complete tutorial about it.<o:p></o:p>

But then my friend asked, "Does that make my Mesh clothes jiggle too?" and I had to pause for a moment. I knew that SOME mesh items (for example, my Maitreya Lara mesh body) were affected by physics. But I also knew that a lot of my Mesh clothing didn't jiggle at all. In fact, with some close-fitting tops, I had to turn off physics or adjust my alpha mask settings, or my boobs would peep through with every step or bounce.<o:p></o:p>

So I did a little research. It turns out that Mesh clothing CAN be rigged in such a way that it responds to avatar physics…like the Maitreya body, it will jiggle when you do. But a lot of Mesh clothing makers don't take the time to add this rigging to their products. Moreover, most creators don't specify in their advertising whether their outfits offer this feature.<o:p></o:p>

What's the answer? The only thing I can suggest is that you carefully try out the demo for any Mesh clothing, and if it's not rigged for physics, decide whether you still want it enough to buy it. <o:p></o:p>
Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-31534824715387847302017-07-04T11:17:00.000-04:002017-07-04T11:17:48.221-04:00Creepy PeopleYesterday, I put on my Fourth of July festive outfit and was setting up fireworks displays at the Masocado Resort. All was going well, until I got a message out of the blue. Here's the log, with the name changed (although he doesn't deserve it) to protect his privacy.

[2017/07/03 11:23] Creepy Resident: spanish english?
[2017/07/03 11:23] Lindal Kidd: I speak English
[2017/07/03 11:23] Creepy Resident: nice dress
[2017/07/03 11:24] Lindal Kidd: thank you...but I don't see you?
[2017/07/03 11:24] Creepy Resident: From?
[2017/07/03 11:25] Lindal Kidd: this is creepy. How can you see my dress? I don't see you in my nearby list
[2017/07/03 11:28] Creepy Resident: This is a dum game, yes but I am very far from you Nautilus MARINA
[2017/07/03 11:29] Creepy Resident: You are a beautiful Laidy
[2017/07/03 11:30] Second Life: Creepy Resident is offering friendship.
 Would you be my friend? (By default, you will be able to see each other's online status.)
[2017/07/03 11:31] Second Life: Friendship offer declined.

The strange thing about this was that, even though my radar will show people up to several regions away, Mr. Creepy was not on the list. When I tried to use the clue he provided and looked around the various Nautilus City regions, I couldn't find him there, either. Yet he obviously had his camera on me. I never did figure out where he was perving me from.

Perhaps even worse, Mr. Creepy's profile showed him to have been in SL for over five years. You would think that after that much time, he would have developed at least a little understanding of the social mores of our virtual world. Yet his conversation...the immediate request for Real Life personal information, the focus on my appearance, and the unsolicited Friends offer...were those of your typical newbie horndog.

After declining his offer of friendship, I blocked him and then banned him from Masocado's parcels.

Then I logged off and washed my hands.Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-18444121133337502962017-06-07T22:26:00.000-04:002017-06-07T22:26:00.599-04:00Here Comes the Big One - SL14B!Every June, Second Life celebrates its Birthday. This year marks the 14th year of Second Life, and it looks like the celebration will be one of the biggest and best yet.

I'm not going to go into details here. I would either have to leave out a whole lot of stuff (and probably the one thing YOU would be most interested in!) or this post would go on for pages and pages.

But for those of you who haven't been to a Birthday before, here are the basics:

Every year, Linden Lab sets up a number of special regions. On those regions, Residents create what is essentially a World's Fair of Second Life...hundreds of exhibits, games, and attractions. There are also nearly continuous live performances on several stages throughout the area. One of these has traditionally been the "Cake Stage"...a venue in the form of a gigantic birthday cake. At the end of the Birthday Week, the Cake is destroyed...and it's quite a sight to see such a large structure come apart.

This year's theme is "Carnivalesque". That should tell you that you are in for a real mind boggling, colorful, surreal experience! Maybe even more so than usual, and I will tell you that every time I've visited the Birthday sims, it's definitely a case of Sensory Overload.

So mark the week of June 18-25 on your calendars, and be sure to share in Second Life's biggest annual celebration.

Here's the link for more information: http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/

Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-12879240071305660572017-05-20T18:30:00.000-04:002017-05-20T18:30:16.103-04:00Two Bits of Bad NewsNormally I like to be upbeat in these pages, but today I have to report a couple of pieces of annoying news.

First, there's a poorly implemented feature in your Inventory that could cause you to permanently lose thousands of items if you aren't careful.

There is a helpful notice that now will pop up if there's a large number of items in your Trash folder, saying "your Trash is overflowing". It's not, really...there is no set limit for how many things you can put in there. But this helpful reminder to empty your Trash can combine with a bug or with user error (we're not sure yet if it's just one or the other, or both). In any case, folders that you had no intention of putting in Trash can wind up there. There can even be subfolders inside them, and the total number of items can be very large.

If you get this notice, and empty your Trash without taking a VERY careful look at its contents, you could easily lose major amounts of your inventory!

For more on this, see this Forum thread: https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/405425-warning-dont-let-this-happen-to-you/

Second, Linden Lab posted a notice that they re-set everybody's Place Pages to the default values by mistake. If you have Place Pages, re-visit them and reload your settings and photos! For LL's official "I'm sorry" post, see: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/2167-re-experience-the-fun-of-customizing-your-place-page-a-tale-of-oops-from-ops/

Don't know what a Place Page is? Check out: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2017/04/place-pages-new-way-to-advertise-your.htmlLindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-77180948218250044392017-04-08T00:23:00.000-04:002017-04-08T00:23:39.777-04:00New Avatar Limits for RegionsThis week, LL posted some upcoming changes to how Second Life regions will manage avatars.

Since the dawn of time, SL regions have had a maximum number of avatars that they will support. For full regions, this is 100. It's less in Homestead or Openspace regions.

Access has always been first come, first served. Anyone can get into the region, but if it reaches its capacity, no one else can get in until someone who is there leaves, making room.

But Linden Lab is making some changes to that. First of all, region owners and managers will always be able to get in, even if the region is at its maximum capacity.

Second, and perhaps more significantly, the maximum capacity of regions is being increased. Instead of 100 avatars, now full regions will allow up to 110. Homestead regions go up from 20 to 25, and Openspace regions from 10 to 12.

But there's a catch. The new higher capacities are only available to Premium members. If you are a Basic member, and a region you want to get into already has 100 people, you will still get the "Region Full" message. But your friend who's a Premium member will be able to get in.

Probably a fairly minor Premium benefit, but they do add up.

Read more about this change in the official Linden Lab blog post: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/2145-improved-region-capacity-and-access/Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-48977515626542683082017-04-01T11:26:00.001-04:002017-05-21T09:24:41.125-04:00Place Pages - A New Way to Advertise Your LandLast week, Linden Lab mainstreamed a feature that they'd been experimenting with, called Place Pages.

If you own land in Second Life, you can go to a URL for this. Clicking My Places will display all the parcels you own. If you have elected the "Show in Search" feature for a parcel (this costs $L30 per week, per parcel), you can display a "Place Page". On it, you can include a description of the parcel, an ultrawide "Hero Image", and up to three additional images. If you want, you can use a Project Viewer that incorporates the new spherical panoramic photo function to create the Hero Image. If you choose this option, the image can be panned by the visitor to show a complete all-around view.

The Place Page includes a SLURL link so a visitor can teleport directly to your Place.

I have found what appears to be a minor bug in the system. Although my land is Moderate, in the window where I view my Places, the parcels are listed as "Adult: Yes." However, in the actual, viewable Place Page, the Moderate rating of the area is shown correctly.

This is a great way to give a little bit more advertising exposure for your store, club, or scenic spot in Second Life!

See the official blog post about Place Pages here: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/2138-personalizing-your-place-page-is-now-available-to-all-landowners/

Here is a Knowledge Base article about Place Pages: https://community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/place-pages-r1420/Section_.1.1

Visit your own Place Page page here: https://places.secondlife.com/

Here's the Place Page I created for Masocado: https://places.secondlife.com/parcels/5393/masocado-resortLindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-47222097932683173302017-03-31T14:03:00.002-04:002017-04-01T18:43:58.472-04:00The Return of the Neverending ThreadHello, gentle readers!

As you probably know, I spend a lot of time on the Second Life forums. A long time ago, when the forums used a very different software engine, one of them was called "Resident Answers". It was unmoderated, and besides providing a lot of very helpful answers, the "regulars" on this forum engaged in quite a lot of frivolous, but fun, badinage.

Somewhere around 2008, one of the regulars, Lexxi Gynoid, posted a question. She found her own answer almost immediately, and edited her post title to "Just Ignore and Let This One Die," figuring that it would quickly fade into obscurity.

Well, the other regulars were just contrary enough to NOT ignore it and let it die. Instead, it became what was to be called the Neverending Thread, or sometimes just "The Thread." People would post in it to say hello, to tell jokes, or to riff off of other people's comments. It ran on and on and on for YEARS. With occasional exceptions when people would get involved in arguments (some of them deliberately provoked and maintained by a few troublemakers) it was a source of fun and community, and considerable amusement.

When LL changed the forum software, the unmoderated "Resident Answers" forum became history. The new forums were moderated to an extent that did not permit the continuation of the Neverending Thread, although a few abortive attempts were made.

Now, LL has changed the forum software again...and the Neverending Thread has risen from the ashes, as a thread in the General Discussion forum. Many of the old regulars have already rediscovered it and have gathered to say hello.

The forum regulars don't limit their community to the forums, either. There is an in-world group, open to everyone, called The Forum Cartel, and the group maintains a clubhouse in world. You can visit it here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Allana/217/34/27

Won't you join us? https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/402851-just-ignore-and-let-this-one-die/Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-83293239960441082832017-03-31T13:02:00.000-04:002017-03-31T13:02:22.289-04:00LL Changes Rules for Cashing Out of Second LifeWarning! This is a bit of a rant.

This week, Linden Lab imposed a new financial limit. There have always been limits on how many Linden Dollars you could buy or sell within a 24 hour or a 30 day period. These limits are generous, and I have never even come close to hitting them. The only time they bother most people is during the first week or so that someone wants to begin buying or selling $L. During those early days, the limits are quite low, as a fraud prevention measure.

Last Monday, LL imposed limits on the amount of money you can take out of SL via a Process Credit transaction. In this type of transaction, you transfer money from your $USD balance on your Second Life account to your PayPal or Skrill account.

Unfortunately, the limit they set for this is fairly low. In my case it was set at $999 USD. (That's LOW? Come on, Lindal!) Yes, it is low. I have considerably more than $1,000 invested in SL, in the form of land and $L accumulated from renting it out to tenants. If I decide today to sell my land and cash out, it would now take me well over a month to do so. What's more, I would have to pay fairly hefty transaction fees on several Process Credit transactions.

It's those transaction fees that annoy me. Only a few months ago, LL increased the amounts they collect on Process Credit transactions. Now it appears they are trying to increase their revenue in this area, by forcing residents to break up large transactions into smaller ones, and collecting several fees in the process.

For LL's unctuous blog post on this development, see this link: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/2136-new-adjustments-to-monthly-process-credit-limits/Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-21450749263941188622017-03-14T23:37:00.000-04:002017-03-14T23:37:05.680-04:00FLASH! SL Community Forums Are BACK!Yes indeed. And they are...um, well, according to Linden Lab...new and improved.

New they most certainly are. The new organization and interface are VERY different from the old forums. I'm not going to say anything bad about them here, at least not yet. We're all going to need some time to explore them and get used to the new layout.

No, I take it back. I will make one complaint now: The various Search functions seem to be VERY wonky. However, I'm hoping LL will be able to fine tune this over the coming weeks. They managed to fix a lot of problems with the recent Search update to the Marketplace, which is encouraging.Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-55808060348606685722017-03-06T21:37:00.000-05:002017-03-06T21:37:11.479-05:00Second Life Community Forums OfflineMany of you have probably noticed this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. The week before last, Linden Lab announced that they were updating the Forums on the Second Life website for a "new and more user friendly" experience.

That's (maybe) good news...for years, residents have complained about the shortcomings of the current forums (which replaced a set of forums that MOST of us rather liked and were comfortable with.) Of course, until we actually see and use the new setup, we won't know for sure whether it's really good news or not.

Anyway, the plan was for the forums to be down for just three or four days while the new software was put in place and the old content migrated over to the new platform. But, as is often the case, that estimate proved to be over-optimistic. LL posted a notice saying that the switch would be complete by Friday...and that deadline was missed too.

The forums are still down as I write this, with a blog post by LL apologizing for the delay and asking us to be patient...

I wouldn't have believed that I'd miss the opportunity to tell someone, for the umpteenth time, to reboot their router and do a clean install of the viewer.

Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-60839519460486162562017-03-05T12:14:00.000-05:002017-03-05T12:14:21.138-05:00Are You Buying on the Marketplace with $US Dollars? Don't!

Hello, gentle readers!

Most of us use the Second Life Marketplace from time to time...some of us even do ALL of our shopping there. And no wonder, there are over 2 million items for sale on the Marketplace.

The vast majority of us use Linden Dollars ($L), the currency of Second Life, to make our Marketplace purchases. However, there's an option to use $USD if you prefer, or if you don't have any $L.

But, if you're doing this, you should not be. Things on the Marketplace cost quite a bit more if you buy them with $USD instead of $L. Here is what Linden Lab has to say about it:

Charges and Costs When You Use US Dollar Pricing:<o:p></o:p>

We Set the "US Dollar" or "USD" Price For Each Sale In Our Discretion<o:p></o:p>

SL Marketplace merchants may select the price of their virtual goods in L$, at their own discretion. However, regardless of that L$ price, Linden Lab provides SL Marketplace buyers an additional "US Dollar" or "USD" option, as a convenience to buyers and sellers. Buyers may select, on a per-transaction basis, whether they wish to pay using the L$ option or the USD option.

It is important to note that the USD price we charge for an item that is also listed in L$ is not based on the US Dollar price that the L$ would cost on the LindeX exchange. Rather, the USD price is generally between ten (10) and fifteen (15) percent percent greater than what a user would pay, were the user to make that same purchase with L$ already purchased on the LindeX -- and at any given time, the USD price may in fact be greater than that. For the exact exchange rate (i.e., how many L$ are provided per US Dollar) at any time, please see the "*Rates" disclosure that appears in your shopping cart.<o:p></o:p>

In addition to this, we charge buyers who use the USD purchase option an additional $.30 "Purchasing Fee" per checkout. We may increase (or decrease) this Purchasing Fee in our sole discretion. If we increase this Purchasing Fee, it will be clearly and conspicuously disclosed in the user interface. Thus, buyers seeking the best value should purchase L$ on the LindeX for use on the SL Marketplace, in order to obtain the best price. (emphasis added.)<o:p></o:p>

Set up a payment method and buy some $L before you go shopping on the Marketplace! <o:p></o:p>
If you are looking at a Marketplace page and saying, "What is she talking about? I don't see a $USD option," here is where to find it.

Go to your cart, click the Check Out button

Click "More Payment Options"

Click the PayPal (or Skrill) Option. You must first add one of these to your Payment Methods

Notice the Price Difference! Almost $L100 More!

Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-27464273977897772572017-02-09T21:16:00.000-05:002017-02-09T21:16:25.686-05:00A New Marketplace FraudJust when you think that you've seen it all, someone comes up with yet another nefarious scheme.

This one takes advantage of LL's policy of tracking down transactions made with fraudulent $L or by phishers who have gained access to a person's account through trickery.

Here's how it works.

The scammer creates two accounts, Avatar A and Avatar B (or, there may be two scammers working as a team.)

Avatar A purchases an item on the Marketplace, and sends it to Avatar B as a gift. He may do this several times, hitting a number of merchants, or buying multiple things from one merchant.

Avatar A then files a support case with Linden Lab, claiming his account was stolen and that the transactions were not made by him.

Linden Lab investigates. If they ask Avatar B if they know Avatar A, who sent them a gift, Avatar B says, "No, I don't know him...I have no idea why he sent me a gift." This supports Avatar A's claim that he didn't make the purchases, it must have been someone who stole his account.

Linden Lab then takes the money that Avatar A paid to the merchant back from the merchant, and returns it to Avatar A. They tell the merchant, "we reversed the payment because it was a fraudulent transaction."

So, in the end, Avatar A pays nothing, Avatar B has some nice freebies, and the merchant is stiffed.

LL takes this stance because most merchants who sell their creations on the Marketplace have an unlimited supply...so according to their logic, the merchant isn't really harmed. But this is not true; the merchant IS harmed, in at least one of two ways.

In all cases, a free copy of his creation, which ought to have been paid for, is now out there in the world. And if the merchandise is a limited edition or one-of-a-kind item, he is also robbed of the item itself, as well as the payment he should have received.

I have always had my reservations about the Marketplace, for many reasons. This is just another one to add to the scales. Sure, I think the MP is a great place for creators who only sell a few items, or who are just starting out and can't afford to pay for land for an in-world store. But as soon as you can, you really should set up a store in world. It's a lot safer, as well as a lot more fun.

I hope that Marketplace merchants will be on the lookout for this latest scam, and carefully report instances of it to Linden Lab.Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-65462830528162997522017-01-17T01:16:00.001-05:002017-01-17T01:16:53.344-05:00All Hail the Resident GeekSome of you who follow my blog and Second Life forum posts may have heard me mention the "Resident Geek."

He's my husband, my love, and my IT Department.

Recently, the Resident Geek has been messing about with our home network, trying to set up a video server so that we can watch media on any computer or device in the house, or even when away from home.

As a result of this, he's become very grumpy. It seems that my main computer, the one I use to access the internet and Second Life, isn't doing what it should. He diagnosed one problem, a bad cable between my computer and the FIOS internet router in the hall closet, and fixed that. But it seems that even though my computer says it's connected correctly to the network, and I can use the internet just fine, videos from our home theater PC won't play on my machine.

I explained that I don't really need that. I use this machine to get into Second Life, to type entries for this blog, and to read my email and do photo and video editing. I don't need to watch TV at my desk.

He just grumped at me and said, "But it's SUPPOSED to be able to do that!"

He's obsessive about things like that. The other day, he showed me a picture that he'd made of our home network. I had no idea we had all that Stuff, and that it was all connected! When I said that, he smirked and said, "And that doesn't even show all the Smart switches and appliances!"

I am worried that he's going to kick me out of my office and start rummaging around inside my computer (again!) But if he does, I can console myself with the thought that when he's done, my machine will be faster and better than ever. He takes a while to get there, but the man can produce miracles. At least until the next power outage.

Or maybe a power outage would be a GOOD thing...it might keep my refrigerator from telling me I need to go buy it some eggs.Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-11398016078315486762017-01-07T22:40:00.000-05:002017-01-07T22:40:57.589-05:00You Can't Please EverybodyWay back last April, I found that Meike Heston had left a full perm, free version of her excellent Hug & Kiss 2.0 "hugger" HUD with us in Second Life when she left SL.

I put up a vendor in world in the lobby of my apartment building, and another on the campus of Caledon Oxbridge University, so everyone could enjoy this excellent little gadget. And I blogged about it: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2016/04/free-hugs.html

A few months later, I became aware that a large number of people were selling versions of Meike's HUD on the Marketplace, for a very wide range of prices. Regardless of price, all of these were no more than Meike's original HUD, which was available for free.

So, I made a Marketplace listing of my own and offered the hugger for free: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Meikes-Hug-Kiss-202/9714182 . Sales have been pretty constant, with about six or eight people a day grabbing a copy.

But one person wasn't satisfied. She left me a one star review, claiming the product was not full permission, as I'd stated, because the animations in it were No Copy. Well, that's quite true. Once you wear the HUD, the animations DO become No Copy. Not only that, the scripts at the heart of the HUD are both No Copy and No Modify. You can't see them to copy or alter the code. This is pretty standard practice for the makers of HUDs and other devices that contain content that's valuable in and of itself.

However, the HUD itself IS full permissions. You can give a copy of it to anyone, and keep a copy in your inventory. The animations transfer right along with the HUD. And the HUD is modifiable; you can take animations out, and you can add your own. You can change the textures and colors of the buttons.

I must admit that I'm miffed. Here is a great product, for FREE, and I went to quite a bit of trouble to create the Marketplace listing and put it out for sale...and I get a one star review and a complaint. Some days you just can't win.Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-79088914664112203222017-01-07T10:54:00.000-05:002017-01-07T10:54:56.134-05:00Some Common Second Life ProblemsHello, gentle readers!

Today's post is a bit of a recap. There are a number of questions that we see over and over again in the Second Life help forums. Here are some of them, along with (hopefully) helpful advice.

How do I play Second Life?
You need to be at least 16 years old in Real Life. You need to sign up for an account, and then you need to download and install the "viewer" software. See this post: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2014/04/getting-started-in-second-lifean-update.html And also read this: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Second-Life-Quickstart/ta-p/1087919?lang=en-US

Can I play SL on my phone/tablet/chromebook?
In a word, no. Second Life requires a fairly powerful computer and a fast internet connection. However, if you own an Android phone or tablet, there are a couple of viewers with a reduced feature set that will let you log in to SL. See "Mobile Grid Client" or "Lumiya" in the Play Store. My preference is for Lumiya. Sorry, iPhone users, neither one is available for Apple devices.

I'm confused. How can I learn more about SL?
There's a great walk-through tutorial, and live helpers, here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/103/184/27 You can find other resident-run help areas in Search, too. Look for "New Citizens Incorporated" or "New Resident Island". The Second Life website has a huge amount of help. Check the link "What Next" at the top left of your Dashboard page, and also the Help/Knowledge Base link.

I'm confused. I made an avatar, and did the initial tutorials. What do I have to do now?
You don't HAVE to do anything! Second Life isn't like a traditional computer game with rules, quests, or levels. It's like life! You decide what you want to do, where you want to go. You can do anything you want with your Second Life, just as you have free choice in your real life. This amount of freedom is upsetting to many people, I admit. Having endless choice, they can't seem to choose. If you are one of these, maybe SL is not for you.

I'm bored.
See the above answer. You have endless choice and endless possibilities in Second Life. If you're bored, you're Doing It Wrong.

I bought $L, and I never got them.
You placed a "limit buy" at an exchange rate that no one is interested in. See this post: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2016/08/i-bought-l-but-i-never-got-them.html

I took off my clothes, and now I'm mostly invisible.
Mesh clothing is now the norm in Second Life. Mesh clothes and body parts come with an "alpha mask" clothing layer that hides part or all of your avatar body to keep it from poking through the mesh and making you look moth-eaten. Either put the clothing back on, or right click yourself and choose Take Off/Clothing/Alpha. You can also fix your appearance quickly by clicking the "Avatars" button, the one with a symbol of two people on it and choosing an avatar from the pictures that are displayed.

I bought something, and it's only a picture of the thing. And it's stuck to my hand!
You have a "boxed item." Many things in SL are delivered inside a box, and you have to open the box to get the stuff out. See here: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Opening-boxes/ta-p/700185

I can't get to Adult areas.
You must be at least 18 years old to access Moderate and Adult areas in Second Life. You set your maturity preferences in three places.

In Me/Preferences/General

In the viewer Search window (the magnifying glass button, or CTRL+F)

In My Marketplace on the Second Life website. Follow the Shopping/Marketplace link.

You may have done the above and still not be able to go to a particular location. Many owners of Adult venues limit access to accounts that are older than 30 days, to cut down on visits by troublemakers. You'll just have to be patient for a bit before visiting these places.

I see some avatars as being all one color.

You can set a limit on how complex an avatar your viewer will render and display, in Me/Preferences/Graphics. A higher setting will give you poorer performance, especially in places with a lot of avatars. A lower setting will improve your performance, but make some or all of the people you see appear as ugly "jelly dolls." For more information, see this: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Why-are-all-these-people-made-of-colored-jelly/ba-p/3031255

I was unfairly banned from a location.

Tough. A landowner has the right to admit or exclude anyone she likes, at any time, for any reason...or even for no reason at all. You can send an IM or note to the landowner and politely request that they reconsider, but you are probably out of luck. There are thousands of other places to visit in Second Life. Go find some of them, and try not to repeat the behavior that got you banned.

I'm being griefed and stalked.

Your best tools to deal with persistent griefers or stalkers are Mute, Ban, and the Abuse Report. Also, do not talk to or respond to the person in any way. Ignore them as completely as you can. Griefers are encouraged to continue their harassment if they see that it is bothering you. Abuse report each incident, and refer to previous reports. In extreme cases, you may want to create a new account, an "alt". If you do so, be very sure to not visit your previous favorite locations and be careful about which friends you tell about your new identity.

I bought something and I never got it.

This could be due to several reasons. One common cause is that you are in Busy (Unavailable) mode. If you have set this flag, items sent to you are automatically refused and they are lost in cyberspace forever. It might have been a glitch in Second Life, or a mistake on the part of the merchant. Some stores have redelivery terminals. Make use of them if they're available. If not, check your Transactions History on your Second Life Dashboard web page, find the transaction, and send the information to the seller in a polite notecard and/or IM, requesting a redelivery. NOTE: The seller is not required to send you a replacement item, although many will. If you bought an item on the Marketplace and got nothing but an empty box, you might be the victim of a scam. In this case, Abuse Report the seller for fraud. Here's more about that: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2014/04/an-example-of-empty-box-scam.html

How do I have sex in SL?

See: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-mechanics-of-cyber-sex.html and also http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2015/03/kinky-pixels.html

Help! I'm pregnant! (Or, how do I get pregnant?)

Pregnancy in Second Life is a type of roleplay, often supported by various props. If your boyfriend's pixel penis tells you that it's made you pregnant, that's just a prop talking. You can ignore it if you wish. Or, if you want a baby, you can go along and roleplay your pregnancy to any extent you want. See this link: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-does-babby-grow.html

Help! I've been hacked!

Second Life accounts are never "hacked"...broken into right out of the blue. But yes, your account CAN be compromised. The most usual reason is that you clicked on a link someone sent you and you entered your login information on what appeared to be a Second Life web page. However, it was a "phishing" scam, and now the scammer has access to your account. He changed your password and stole your $L. If you suspect this has happened to you, immediately follow the instructions here: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Password-and-account-information/ta-p/700017#Section_.5

Besides phishing scams, the second most dangerous scam in SL is the account debiting object. For more on this type of hazard, see: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2011/09/disappearing-dollars.html

That's all for now...but if you have more Common Problems and Answers, leave a comment!
Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-35402437394655660592016-11-21T22:33:00.000-05:002016-11-21T22:36:51.335-05:00A Visit to Gee's Wonder IslandThere are many magnificent builds in Second Life. My fellow blogger Inara Pey just posted about the return of one such, Mont St. Michel. There are even more tacky builds. But there are very few places that can lay claim to being both! Recently, I found one on my very doorstep.

As many of you know, or suspect, I'm not a great explorer of Second Life. I'm a homebody, and spend most of my time on my home region of Masocado or at Caledon Oxbridge University. A few weeks ago, I noticed that the large parcel in Impish Glee, the region just to the north of Masocado, that had been up for sale had been purchased. And soon I began to notice some building activity going on there. Would it be a competitor offering rentals? Another marina? Something atrocious like the ninety meter tall pink Barbie castle that had infested the parcel for a couple of months?

A few days ago, my curiosity got the better of me and I popped over for a closer look.

It was an amusement park. I love amusement parks, and have visited some really great ones in SL, so I wandered about and started playing with the rides and attractions. The first one I rode was an enormous roller coaster with loops and a 360 degree roll. The cars ran on a pink track. The ride was properly thrilling, and at several spots I threw my arms up in the air and challenged gravity and speed to do their worst!

There was a Tornado, a tower that blows a column of air up and lets you skydive while hovering stationary. An archery game. A water pistol arcade challenge. A gypsy fortune teller. There was a rocking Pirate Ship, a Beanstalk, and a hoverplane ride. There was The Geyser...a platform that got blown aloft atop a powerful fountain of water. A Ferris Wheel. And of course, the Clown College Bumper Boats.

In fact, the place seemed to have just about every carnival ride that ever caused a preteen to lose her funnel cake, and they were all scattered about without much rhyme or reason. In nooks and crannies between the rides were kiosks selling drinks, hot dogs, hamburgers, and all manner of junk food...the better to help you enjoy the rides, of course! There were also pleasant gazebos and other places to sit and chat and rest up for another go at the rides.

Clown College Bumper Boats, Beanstalk, Ferris Wheel

Eeek!

I See Motion Sickness in Your Future

Mine Ride

Skating Rink...and skates!

The Tornado Tower

Gee's Wonder Island

In addition to all this, there was a large open space with helipads, to accommodate visitors arriving by air, and spacious docks for those arriving by boat. If you forgot to bring your own vehicle, there were rezzers to try out various forms of transportation, and a number of vendors with helicopters and aircraft for sale.

At about this point, I met the author of all this, Geetaraa...or "Gee" to her friends. She explained that the place was called "Gee's Wonder Island" and offered to show me the rest. "There's MORE?" I said.

And, as it turns out, there was. All that I'd seen was only the ground floor. There are three sky platforms in addition, which boast even more coasters and rides, plus an ice skating rink and a War of the Worlds game.

Gee's Wonder Island is laid out with absolutely no discernible plan or theme. It's a hodgepodge. But there is, I think, an underlying motif: Carnival Tacky. The place conveys the unmistakable air of an old fashioned traveling carnival. You can practically smell the caramel corn and the sawdust, and feel the soles of your shoes sticking to the pavement. Gee herself describes it as "unique, one of a kind," and it is most certainly that! Besides which, it's a ton of fun!

Wonder Island is living proof that you don't need the latest Mesh models, or have to be an incredibly talented architect or 3D artist to create something of worth in Second Life. Gee obviously put a lot of effort into it, and just as obviously had fun doing it. I think if you visit, you'll have fun too. But don't wait too long; Gee told me that unless the visitor traffic justifies keeping Wonder Island open for a while, she'll move on to new projects in a few months.

Gee's Wonder Island SLURL

Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-35196651779623067912016-11-20T17:52:00.002-05:002016-12-10T08:25:29.578-05:00The Horizons HomesFor a long time now, Linden Lab has offered a free Linden Home to Premium members of Second Life. These were always intended to be "starter homes" and as such, they have a number of limitations. The most obvious is, they're small. They are on 512 square meter parcels, and until recently only allowed 117 prims (the recent prim limit increase to Mainland regions has raised that to 175.)

Besides being small, you can't get rid of the Linden Home and put a house of your choosing on the parcel, or place a skybox above it.

Linden Lab is attempting to address these limitations with a new offering in the Horizons regions. The Horizons Experience is a quest-type game against the clock, featuring a number of challenges. But besides the game, the new Horizons regions offer residential parcels. These are 1024 square meters in size.

You can rez your choice of several pre-installed Horizons-themed houses (which don't count against your 350 prim allowance, similar to a Linden Home), or you can place your own structure.

Horizons parcels are NOT offered as a free Premium benefit. You can, however, use your 512 sq. m. land allowance and apply it to your Horizons parcel. That means that you will only pay tier on the remaining 512 sq. m., or $5.00 USD per month (in addition to your Premium membership fee.)

Horizons parcels are currently being sold on the Land Auctions page. After they've been auctioned off, the only way to get one will be to buy it from another resident, or find one that has been Abandoned by its former owner and purchase it from "Governor Linden."

Surprisingly, the Horizons regions are rated Adult. This is a departure from the Linden Homes, which are on Moderate regions. I would never have expected LL to associate themselves so closely with Adult activities...heck, just a few years ago they scraped up all the Adult stuff on the Mainland and exiled it to a whole separate continent, Zindra.

For lots more about the new Horizons land parcels, see this Wiki entry: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Horizons_Parcel_Ownership

I'm sure these will be of interest to many people, especially those fairly new to SL. But, as a landlady, I'm feeling quite grumpy about them. Once again, Linden Lab is setting itself up in direct competition with the Residents. Phooey.Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-19680126114681396772016-11-04T12:09:00.000-04:002016-11-04T12:13:55.351-04:00Prim Increases - Pros and ConsThis week, LL increased the land capacity of Mainland regions, and they will shortly be increasing the capacity of Private Estate regions as well. Here's a breakdown of the changes:

While full Mainland regions are getting a boost from 15,000 to 22,500 (a one third increase), full Estate regions will only go up to 20,000. That's still a nice increase, however. Plus, LL says that for an additional $30 initial fee and an extra $30 per month, Private Estates can increase their land capacity up to 30,000.

Homestead and Openspace regions will also be getting an increase, to 5,000 and 1,000 respectively, across the board.

What does this mean for us?

For the ordinary Second Life resident, it's terrific. In effect, prims have just become about 33% cheaper. Alternatively, you can think of it as being able to add 33% more Stuff to your home.

This is especially beneficial to those with small parcels of land, such as Linden Homes. Instead of 117 prims, now you can have 175!

It's an incentive to creators to make more realistic content, too. Regions can now support more Mesh objects with higher levels of detail.

On the other hand, I see some downsides.

For those of us who are in the land business, land has just, in effect, been devalued by a third. The price we pay to LL has not gone down, but instead of being able to charge, say, $L 7 or 8 per prim for a rental, we'll now be faced with charging around $L 5 per prim. We can make that up, but ONLY if our tenants are willing to rent more prims from us. If they aren't, then we'll have to think about renting smaller parcels to our tenants, and squeezing more tenants into a region. With SL slowly shrinking, I do not think this model is going to be very attractive.

Some landlords may not be willing to pass the additional prims or the lower cost of them on to their tenants. This will probably result in some changes in who's living where, as people seek the best deal for themselves.

The additional prims available to Linden Homes and the owners of other 512 square meter parcels may reduce the incentive for them to upgrade to a larger parcel, or to rent additional square meters and prims from a landlord or Private Estate owner. This will further increase the pressure to reduce rental fees, and could result in more landlords being unable to remain in business.

While we're talking about devaluation, you may also have noticed that the Linden Dollar has been devalued a bit as well. A couple of months ago, the exchange rate for selling $L was about $L250 to $1.00 USD. Now it is steady around $L261: $1.00. (If you go back a few years, the normal rate was around $L270 : $1.00, so if you take the long view, this change may not be all that significant.)

One may speculate on any number of reasons for these moves on the part of the Lab: for example, the coming of Sansar, or declining interest in SL. Whatever the reason, though, SL is still alive and well and I expect it to be so for a good long time to come. We'll adapt to these changes just as we've done for many others in the past.Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-50774778042160331202016-11-01T21:24:00.000-04:002016-11-02T20:05:11.518-04:00FLASH! Mainland Prim Allowance Increase!!!Linden Lab is rolling out some changes. We're told that the full announcement will be made this Thursday, November 3...but astute observers have already noticed one of them: The prim allowance (Land Capacity) of Mainland regions has increased from 15,000 to 22,500.

This is wonderful news to those of us who suffer from Prim Addiction! It means that for a 4096 sq meter parcel, you'll now have 1,406 prims available instead of 937, and on a little 512 parcel, you'll get 175 prims instead of 117.

Wow.Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-69101844393232125792016-09-18T09:23:00.001-04:002016-09-18T09:23:31.062-04:00FLASH! Latest Viewer Includes an Outfit BrowserEver since Linden Lab added the ability to make and save Outfits...and then to change looks with a single mouse click...our inventories of Outfits have been growing like mad. I have hundreds of Outfits in mine! The only problem is, it's hard to remember just what a particular Outfit looks like. I try to give them descriptive names, but even so, I find myself putting on one Outfit after another, just to find the perfect one.

Well, the software team at Linden Lab has come to our rescue! The newest viewer has an Outfit Browser in it! This looks a bit like the starter avatar browser, the one you get by clicking the Avatars toolbar button.

Read all about it here: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Visual-Outfit-Browser-is-Live/ba-p/3066497

And, for more about Outfits, see my blog post here: http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-ins-and-outs-of-outfits.htmlLindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-78007019548975827742016-08-17T08:42:00.000-04:002016-08-17T19:38:36.463-04:00Calling Out Two Intellectual Property ThievesI haven't ever done this before, but today I'm going to publicly clobber someone. Two someones.

While searching the Marketplace for couples animation HUDs for a friend, I came across this listing:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/HugKissPounceDance-Animator-HUD-Fully-Customizable/4018235 being sold by Epic Trapdoor.

This device is a straight ripoff of the Meike Hug&Kiss Deluxe 2.0, originally created and sold by Meike Heston. Meike has left Second Life, but she changed the permissions on her HUD to allow it to be freely distributable.

That was a marvelous present to the Second Life community, and I reported it in an earlier blog post.

Epic Trapdoor has taken advantage of Meike's generosity, and is re-selling this freebie for his/her own profit. For shame!

Further searching turned up another probable ripoff of the Meike HUD, this one at an even more exorbitant price. It's being sold by Link Zero. The description and the pictured animations lead me to believe it's the Meike, although this listing does not show a picture of the HUD itself. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Valentines-Special-Hug-n-Kiss-Deluxe-HUD-Final/4078067

Anyone who wants this HUD can get it for free. There's a vendor in the lobby of the Masocado Resort, and another vendor in the College of Avatar Motion at Caledon Oxbridge University.

EDIT: I have placed the free, full permissions version of the HUD on the Marketplace! Get it here:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Meikes-Hug-Kiss-202/9714182Lindal Kiddhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-56708700737867081972016-08-16T19:56:00.001-04:002016-08-16T19:56:15.881-04:00FLASH! New Marketplace SearchLinden Lab announced the arrival of a new (and, hopefully, improved) search engine for the Second Life Marketplace.

The new Search still supports Boolean logical operators (NOT, OR, and AND, typed in all capital letters.) LL did not specifically say so, but this writer hopes that the new search is less sensitive to the case of search terms!

The new Search, according to LL, is "smart", in that it will learn from your searches and get better with continued use.

Read LL's announcement here: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/New-Second-Life-Marketplace-Search-is-Live/ba-p/3057353

(And, for any of you who are new readers, this post, like all "FLASH!" posts, is a very short announcement of an item of late-breaking news!)Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-67093611197944731312016-08-11T21:12:00.000-04:002016-08-11T21:12:46.519-04:00I Bought $L But I Never Got ThemWe helper types are seeing this question appear more and more on the Second Life forums. So in today's post, I'll talk about the most common reasons for this. There are three of them.

If you are buying $L for the first time, you have to first register a "payment method" with Linden Lab. LL will accept most major credit cards, or a "verified" PayPal or Skrill account. They will NOT accept prepaid credit cards, debit cards, or gift cards.

"Verified" means that your PayPal or Skrill account has been backed up by linking it to either a major credit card or a Real Life bank account. The procedures for doing this can be found on the PayPal or Skrill web sites. The process will take a few business days.

There's one point to keep in mind here. If you use a bank account, you must be careful to keep enough money actually in the PayPal or Skrill account to pay your Second Life bills. Linden Lab won't wait several days for money to be transferred from your bank account, to PayPal, to them. They insist on instant payment, and if they don't get it, the transaction will simply fail.

When you set up a payment method for the first time, LL will make a $1.00 test transaction. This test transaction will be quickly reversed, but if you are quick to check your balance, you'll see it. Don't be alarmed, it's not a real charge to your account.

So...the first reason that people claim they bought $L but didn't get them is because they used a payment method that isn't accepted by LL, or there wasn't enough money in the account, or there is some other problem like your credit card being past its expiration date.

The second trap that people fall into is the "limit buy". You buy and sell Linden Dollars on the Linden Dollar Exchange, or LindeX. This is a market of buyers and sellers, just like a stock market or a Real Life currency exchange. The price of the $L fluctuates a little bit over the course of a day, just as the price of a stock goes up and down in response to the market pressures of supply and demand. Linden Lab, acting through its own account, serves to stabilize the market, preventing large swings in the price.

When you open the "Buy $L" page on the Second Life website, you will see two windows. On the left is a window where you can place an "instant buy"...a purchase at the current market price. If you use this window to buy your $L, you'll get them immediately.

But to the right is another window, and it says "Best Rate". This tempts a lot of people, because who doesn't want to get the best rate, after all! However, if you use this window, you are making a "limit buy." Here, you specify not only the amount of $L you want, but the exchange rate that you are willing to pay. If the current price of the $L is $L265 per $1 USD, and you offer to buy at $L270 per $1 USD, your order won't be filled right away, since no one is willing to sell at $L270 when they can get the better price of $L265 (it's a better price because the seller has to give up fewer $L in exchange for a dollar.) So, your order will just sit there in the queue until the price of the $L gets to $L270:1. Depending on the market, and how greedy you are, that could take hours, days, weeks...or never.

Besides market movement, another factor that can affect how long it takes is how many other people are ahead of you in line. Limit orders are filled on a first come, first served basis, so if there are many millions of outstanding $L orders, it can take longer for yours to be filled. You can use the Market Data provided by LL to see what might be a reasonable asking price to buy or sell.

Using the limit buy option can often get you a better deal, if you are patient and not too greedy. But people who don't understand about limit buys use this window, and then wonder why they have never gotten the $L they paid for.

NOTE: When you make a limit buy, the money is taken from your payment method (or your $USD balance, if there's money in there) immediately. It's held "in escrow" by LL until the order is either filled, or canceled by you. If you cancel the order, the money does not go back to your credit card or PayPal, it goes into the $USD balance of your Second Life account.

The third reason that people sometimes don't get the $L they tried to buy is, of course, the one that people always think is the cause: Linden Lab messed up. Sometimes, the payment system is down for maintenance, either planned or unplanned. In this case, your purchase might actually fail halfway...you're charged, but don't get your $L. It's much less common than people think, but it does happen on rare occasions. If it does, you can call LL Billing. Here are the phone numbers:

US/Canada: 800-294-1067
France: 0805-101-490
Germany: 0800-664-5510
Japan: 0066-33-132-830
Portugal: 800-814-450
Spain: 800-300-560
UK: 0800-048-4646
Brazil: 0800-762-1132

Long distance ( not free, but you can use Skype to save some cost ) : 703-286-6277
**Note: Support is offered only in EnglishLindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294666559648332431.post-85800778383676307282016-08-08T21:31:00.002-04:002016-08-08T21:34:39.624-04:00FLASH! Firestorm Gets Avatar Complexity SettingsA new version of the Firestorm viewer, 184.108.40.206527, is now available, with the new Avatar Complexity functions. Now you can adjust your viewer to get better performance, at the expense of seeing more complex avatars rendered as monochrome "jelly dolls."

Get it here: http://www.firestormviewer.org/downloads/

To see more about these functions and how to use them, see this: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Why-are-all-these-people-made-of-colored-jelly/ba-p/3031255Lindal Kiddhttp://email@example.com


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A Quick Review of Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay Inks/
I love art materials that are versatile and flexible, materials are inherently building blocks to art. These india inks are thoroughly engaging and now happily incorporated into my creative endeavors.
This month, I'm playing with inks every day, creating abstract pages and dip pen lettering. This is the third year I'm playing with inks for the Inktober Challenge. Each year I dive into a different aspect of ink and am always amazed to see what I can accomplish in just month of experimenting.
Two years ago I splurged on Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay Inks Set One & Set Two {thus 12x2=24 bottles}. I'd been using their black & white inks for a few years and wanted to see what the other colors were all about.
The Bombay inks are pigment based india inks, acid-free, archival grade, lightfast, waterproof & non-toxic. Pigment-based means that fine pigments are suspended in the liquid medium. The ink comes in 1oz. glass bottles with a built-in dropper inside the lid. The inks can be used with a brush, diluted with water with watercolor-like techniques, dip pen, dripped from the dropper, etc. Various sites state that this ink can be used in a technical pen but my concern would be that it would be difficult to clean. So I'm not using it in my fountain pens.
What on earth are they? How do they compare to other mediums?
Let me give you a non-scientific fluidity spectrum based on my experience. Fountain pen inks are highly fluid {i.e. J. Herbin dye-based ink}, then next the Bombay india inks, then acrylic inks, then fluid acrylics. Of course there are other products along this spectrum, but I wanted to give you a frame of reference. India inks are thinner than acrylic inks, while retaining that intense saturation of color. If you take acrylic ink and add water, you lose color intensity so acrylic ink + water does not equal india ink. These inks are more dense and opaque than fountain pen inks. So if you want an ink that is light and airy and potentially translucent straight from the bottle, this is not it.
The black is especially crisp & consistent.
An opaque waterproof black for your collection.
With india ink, you can achieve interesting watercolor-like variations. Yet these inks are permanent when dry, whereas of course watercolor is not; so there are interesting options for layering.
Pros & Cons
Pros: The colors are opaque, lush, rich, intense & saturated out of the bottle. They move around sort of like watercolor paint, but with a thicker consistency. Opaque directly out of the bottle, they can be beautifully thinned with water or watercolor mediums and dry fairly quickly. If not diluted, they have a bit of a sheen when dry.
Once dry, they are waterproof so you can add more layers or write on top with more ink or add watercolor and the earlier layers of ink will not intermingle. I love using these inks with a dip pen or brush. Try them with salt water for a glittery look! I love that the inks don't feather or bleed.
Per the manufacturer website, "These highly pigmented India inks not only remain lightfast and permanent, but are also totally waterproof when dry. They adhere to nearly all surfaces and are non-clogging when used in pens. Inks can be diluted with water and used with brushes in traditional watercolor techniques or in dip pens, technical drawing pens, and airbrushes. All colors are brilliant and transparent, except black and white, which are opaque and have excellent covering power."
Definitely versatile: you can use them in a dip pen, with a brush, dripped from the dropper that is part of the lid of the bottle. You can use objects like plastic gift cards & chopsticks to make marks and slashes, splatter from a brush, etc.
Older pages have retained their brilliant color. They work on watercolor paper, bristol paper, moleskine drawing paper, etc.
Cons: If you don't shake up the jars every month or so, they will begin to settle and ultimately separate. This is not true of all inks. For example, the colors I haven't used at all {and thus never thought to shake up once in awhile} in two years {i.e. ochre and brown and gray} have completely separated and are yucky. Like unused nail polish, if you want a reference point. That's the con. So they will not last forever. My J. Herbin inks don't require any shaking and none have separated. So the Bombay inks are not going to last a zillion years.
PS. I only review materials that I've used for at least 6 months
In order to share useful information with you guys, I feel like I need to use a material in all sorts of circumstances and combinations for at least 6 months. I need to understand the material. The pros & cons. There are a lot of things that you don't discover until you've tried the materials in different ways, on different papers, even to see what happens as the containers sit on your shelf or after your pages have long dried.
Two videos about these lovely inks!
a) Groovy Inked Papers
b) Making Ink Color Swatches
More details about the process in the Groovy Inked Papers Tutorial.
A super quick 1 minute prompt for you to create swatches to make up color palettes or to get a better understanding of the colors and as a reference grid as well. Try this with almost any art material!!! More details about the process in Prompt60 #22.
If you are just going to use a few colors, just get perhaps black, white, aqua, blue, magenta, yellow, tangerine & grass green if you can find them sold individually at reasonable cost. I found it less expensive to get the sets {about $36/set} even though there are some colors I never use. If you want to start with one set, definitely get Set One, because in this set you get a great assortment of colors including black & white. The key missing color is orange. Set Two adds lush colors as well as orange.
This review is not sponsored by any entity; I purchased the materials utilized. They are not ads. Links to Amazon are affiliate links, and if you purchase through them Daisy Yellow gets a tiny rebate. If you find value in the continuing free content here, you can help support my endeavors.