SL Places: Water Way New York

SL Places: TriBorough New York

SL Places: Gothmas by Gaslight

It's winter, and although I'm not dressed for it, I decided it was time to visit Gothmas by Gaslight. 

SLurl below. 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cursed/169/128/1001

Just an FYI: Photos were taken inworld using the SL GO SL Viewer on an iPad 2.

SL Places: Timeless Memories

SLurl below.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Timeless%20Memories/235/121/22

For more about Timeless Memories, please visit Ziki Questi's excellent post.

Relaxing at home

Ahh, the weekend. Time to relax.

Maybe I'll see what's happening in SL.

Wait, what? I AM in SL! What the fu...?

Elle and Phin at Steelhead

These photos were taken Tuesday Dec. 30, 2014

Elle and I attended the weekly Steelhead Citizens meeting. She was a dark elf and I was a tiny squirrel. Aren't we an awesome power couple?

Here are a few shots of Steelhead from above.

Squirrels!

Elle and I met over the holidays for the first time in months. Busy lives and different time zones will do that to a couple.

Thanks to my dear Elle (and SLGO) our time inworld was a great experience.



First we met at our fashionable skybox apartment.

We soon shapeshifted into Tiny Squirrels and TP'd over to Raglan for a little winter fun. Little as in Tiny, I mean!

That's Elle on the left, me on the right in the green sweater. I wear green sweaters in RL so it seemed appropriate.

Take note of our awesome squirrelly fluffy tails.

I had a great time with Elle at Raglan. We definitely need to visit more often.

Flying in Second Life

One of the great things about virtual worlds is doing things you couldn't normally do in Real Life. For those of us (most of us) who can't afford to own their own airplanes or helicopters, Second Life is a real kick!

For more about aviation and other adventures in SL, visit zoeconnolly.blogspot.com

Giving SL GO a go

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

   Last Thursday I decided to try SL GO from Onlive for the free 7 Day Trial Period. SL GO allows people to basically "borrow" the use of a remote super-computer to run SL on their tablets -- or less than adequate computers. My test of SL GO was on my iPad 2.

   I created my Trial account (using PayPal as my payment option) and downloaded the app from the iTunes store.

   From here, you open the app and logon. My logon is a completely separate email address from my SL avatar name or avatar email address.

   At present, Firestorm is not on the tablet version of SL GO, but I decided to try the service based on the fact Firestorm would soon be available.

   After my login I popped over to a few places in Caledon and then headed over to Hollywood Airport near Blake Sea...

   In my everyday SL I don't use the SL Viewer, so learning both the SL Viewer controls AND the SL GO controls was frustrating, but... given the rich content and high frame-rate it was worth it.

   I have a few issues with SL GO in its present form. There's no way to capture video for machinima. The camera has constraints that prevent closeup shots of objects and faces. Also, you can't go full screen and eliminate Viewer controls, meaning you'd have to edit and crop photos later. All my shots on this post were done using unedited full screen capture on my iPad.

   Regardless of these limitations, I'll continue to use SL GO beyond the Trial Period. My first monthly payment of $9.95 USD starts tomorrow. The frame-rates are incredible and Onlive promises to add Firestorm to their Viewer offerings on the tablet in the near future. Right now, both SL and Firestorm Viewers are available on the PC and Mac versions of SL GO.

    I'll close with a shot of my Graphics Preferences...

   SL GO is my Christmas Gift to myself.

Humans Need Not Apply

Robotics and the near future - Humans Need Not Apply - "This time it's different."

There could come a day when Labor Day is considered a quaint (or bittersweet) holiday when we remember when most of the human population worked traditional jobs for a living.

Hot Babes of SL: AnnaBianca

Ladies and Gentleman, may I present Hot SL babe, AnnaBianca Resident.

Self-described Geek Girl who lives "in the same time zone as SL."





I found AnnaBianca skillfully and politely deflecting noob attentions in the Golden Gate Bridge sim in Second Life.

Hot Babes of SL: Puma Selona

It's time for me to return to SL Blogging. What better way than to start a series devoted to my favorite subject. Hot Chicks in Second Life!

Submitted for your approval: Puma Selona!





She has what it takes to get on my blog. Great shape and skin. No tattoos.

Thanks for being there when I turned my camera, Puma!