A very juvenile giggle at the Stone Misery store to brighten your day.

SL Begats Primville?

Linden Lab will soon launch a light, game-like experience that’s separate from Second Life that will emphasize the SL values of creatitvity and alternate identities, but architected to run on the web and tablets.
     - Hamlet Au, on his blog today.

With so little to go on, let me speculate wildly starting with WTF?

So, in other words, this won't be Second Life. It sounds like a non-competitive version of Farmville or some other social network-heavy wannabe-successor. This doesn't sound like this is really for current customers (we are commodities to The Lab, mind you, not Residents) and it doesn't sound like implementation of the technologies to Our World in a capable Web browser as was tested late last year (Web). Rather than cultivate a new customer base or possibly mine the existing one by drawing them away from the current product, why can't The Lab give us a new, convenient way to keep doing what we clearly want to do?

Again, that is wild speculation. I could be completely wrong. But with The Lab's track record thus far ...

Cerridwen's Cauldron

An official pic from Elicio's own blog (Web).

Real Life is being a right poot at the moment so I'm not going to put in the work for a full post on the new Cerridwen's Cauldron (SLurl), a truly gorgeous new region from master landscaper Elicio Ember. Rather I'm going to do what I recommend you do: take the time to visit The Cauldron and enjoy everything with your full attention. The shop is magnificent (and everything is discounted for the rest of today), but take the Dragon Tour or just make your way to ground level to explore. Enjoy yourself and maybe I'll see you there!

Zyx Butt

Something I never consciously noticed in the Official Viewer because I seldom ran Ultra settings in Preferences > Graphics is the "Avatar Cloth"option. Since I've been enjoying lag-free use of Ultra with the Kirstens viewer, it's something I've noticed.

With that option active, your clothes "flow" as you move or even just on their own, it seems. I first noticed it when I saw my avatar's shirt flutter in filght then the cuffs her pants "wobbled" when she simply stood in place.


Now I've noticed that this skirt shows my butt cheeks a bit when it drapes low. It also drapes "interestingly" when I sit. Sure, I love this Explorer Lady outfit from Bare Rose (three colors, plus boots and gloves for L$150; Web), but I'm going to have to be careful if I'm going to remain modest. Well, only my wee pixy alt, pictured here, worries about that. But the outfit's front pockets  disappear when the skirt billows despite careful editing for the avatar's size. And like pant cuffs, the skirt moves as if it is breathing.

I thought I might adjust that with the clothing detail slider that ... wait, I must be mis-remembering. Wasn't there a clothing detail slider in the Preferences?

Noobie Builds & Windlight

The picture in question from The Lab's August Update blog post.

Hot on the heels of my "Why Full Bright?" post and my "A new term is needed" post about old-school builds and the inappropriate use of some build features, The Lab publishes a potentially attractive scenic picture in the "August Update" blog post supposedly demonstrating the benefits Windlight for a better experience, but in the picture is a large structure that is set to Full Bright, thus detracting from the overall effect. Honestly, I don't expect anyone at The Lab to read my blog (though I know a few do) so they know about this sort of problem thus increasing the chances of avoiding it, but I do expect a bit of common sense. Hire photographers. Use professionals. Steal something from the many Flickr pools and give attribution if you have to do so!! Or at least take lots of shots and let an informal selection of marketing people vote on which one should be used.

Dear Linden Lab:


You have my email address and my in-world contact information. If you find yourself in need a promotion picture of this variety again but of better quality, please let me know. I'd probably do it for free.


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