Zimmi’s Adventures in Metaspace

I haven't been able to write anything this week. The demands of RL have left me with very little free time. So instead here are some quick and dirty (but not in a sexual way) pictures Max took of me when he dragged me to NASA. These had to be rushed because when I first got there, the moderator didn't even like my dress! There's absolutely no accounting for taste.  But Max really wanted to take these, and what can I say, he's been a good friend for a long time. And we were careful as usual. Still it's time for me to blast off. Next week I hope to have a full blown Naughty Report for you. And very soon some more of my Art 101 homework.

As much as I love running around naked, it’s just not always practical. There are times when you just have to let someone else have a turn. On this particular day our model did not show up and I was not fast enough to volunteer! This is actually a class in GIMP the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s similar to Adobe Photoshop and free to download (google it) and while i haven’t completed all the assignments yet, I’d thought I’d share my first few with you.  Yeah, I already know my way around Photoshop, but I have my reasons for wanting to learn about GIMP too. So this was Assignment #1, Take a picture, save it to your hard disk, and upload it to SL. By this time in the class our model had arrived, lovely isn’t she? Since I use Emerald I get to play with a lot of Windlight presets that come with the viewer. Unfortunately I can’t tell you what preset this is, I tend to flip through them till I find one I like, and almost never remember to write the name down. Assignment #2 w...

EPOSTED FROM CMNF & NIP Girls BLOG, NO LONGER AVAILABLE: DATELINE: 7 January 2009 You all know him, you've seen his movies, you may even have seen him on the grid. Today I was assigned the task of tracking down the one and only Torley Linden. That's right the King of the SL tutorial, the Prince of Pink and Green, Mister Friendly Greetings! My first task was tracking down Mr. Linden's office. This is not as easy as you might presume, for though there are many wonderful searching aids in Second Life™, none of the doors at Governor Linden's Mansion are actually marked. Nudity is discouraged at the mansion, but that didn't deter me from my mission. Still, I had to be careful;  I've never gotten the impression that all Torley's cousin's were quite as friendly as he, so I was anxious not to get pinned down by the wrong Linden. Eventually I did find the correct door and popped my head in. Torley's office is a lot bigger on the inside than you ...

REPOSTED FROM CMNF & NIP Girls BLOG, NO LONGER AVAILABLE: DATELINE 31 DECEMBER 2009 Lucky Prize Chairs have been with us since the dawn of time. Or at least most of our Second Lives. They are those funny looking red chairs that are terribly uncomfortable looking used by shop owners to attract business. They offer a quick thrill of victory to anyone whose name happens to start with the right letter. But we’re learning that these prize chairs are not always what they appear to be. There have been increasing reports of malfunctions, striping, electric shocks, even beheadings have occurred when prize chairs go bad. We went to Prize Chair Headquarters “Lucky Enterprises” hoping to get a comment from inventor Shep Korvin. Mr. Korvin was not available for comment, but we did get a chance to look around his store. There are a wide variety of prize machines offered, from those familiar red chairs to pyramids and a whole lot more. Closer investigation of one model reve...

REPOSTED FROM CMNF & NIP Girls BLOG, NO LONGER AVAILABLE: DATELINE 24 December 2009 Just before Christmas my photographer, Max, and I visited Hyde Park Virtual-Linked's community gateway in the London England UK sim. Standing outside the Dell Restaurant we found a international gathering of avatars, young and old. This lovely tribute to British park just outside Westminster Abby is a basic learning center, offering detailed instructions on everything from opening a box to operating "Search" to connecting to voice. They even include a "Sandbox" for you building or adjusting needs, with helpful advice and free building textures. In addition to this memorial honoring England's brave soldiers, Hyde Park has a recreation of the Princess Diana Memorial. Each of these offers a place of peaceful reflection, away from the crowds. But that doesn't mean you won't meet a friendly soul to share a few kind words or make sure you have...

Hi, Nothing really to say here, I'm just taking a look at things, seeing how they work.