Zimmi’s Adventures in Metaspace

There's a new SL™ Magazine out. See if you can guess what it's called *winks* It proports to be about SLs "Nightspots" and glancing through it, I guess this is so. Three articles on clubs, a DJ of the month, a Dancer of the month, and a cover story on (yay!) a live performer.  There's also a couple of editoral/columns (one on wearing clothing in SL -- Why would someone what to do that?) one article on shopping and another on fashion.  Just glancing through I'd say the articles are well written. I'm sure the information is well worth the price. Okay, according to the website, the magazine is not really new. What is new is the sim they've built. I've known an SL publisher or two. It's a thankless job that they claim makes money for them, but knowing the SL economy and the amount of work it takes just to edit 8 features together (assuming you didn't have to write them too) I have never been convinced there is a profit to be made there. And ...

When I first joined Second Life™ I knew that I wanted to stand out. Everyone here is (or can be) beautiful. You don't even need to have a lot of cash invested in your avatar, if you're patient and work hard to find the right freebies. (See my posting on Hunts). As a newbie, I looked for the right bikini, the hottest clothing, great hair. But what I found that got the most attention was a skin with tan lines. As in real life, tan lines seem to strike a cord with some people. It "draws my eyes.....over her body," said one beach comber. On-line research lead me to quotes like "their sexy as hell" and "they're fun to find." Now I haven't worn that skin in a long time, or really even thought about it. But he recent advent of a tattoo layer in some of the SL viewers prompted a friend of mine to create a layer of tan lines that would work with most any skin. No one in SL really needs to have tan lines. Since the virtual sun never really caresse...

I may have misinterpreted this grid wide hunt, but it wouldn't be the first time. Hunts are a great way to see more stores in SL™ than you would normally find. Some of them will be really nice. Others you wouldn't buy stuff from on a dare. Once you sort through all the stuff you picked up, I highly recommend trashing the boxes extra land marks and prizes you just can't use, (assuming that they are no trans). Here's a little trick for Imprudence viewer users. In the Advanced Menu there is something called Area Object Search. This is a very handy device for finding any object, but they work great for Grid-wide Hunts. You just need to know what the object is named and your on your way. Of course, there are some store owners who anticipate that and put out objects to mimic the prize or disguise the actual prize by renaming it. In that case you're one your own, this tool won't help you. Personally, I think that the store owners risk more by angering their custome...