Author: John

Lost Unicorn Gallery: Miro Collas

Opening on Friday, July 5th, 2019 at the Lost Unicorn Gallery, curated by Natalie Montagne, is an exhibition entitled A Kaleidoscope of Colour: Postcards from Second Life, featuring the photography of friend and fellow Second Life traveller, Miro Collas (who also regularly points us towards regions we can explore).

Located in the main hall of the gallery’s magnificent castle, the exhibition features an extensive selection of Miro’s photography taken – as the sub-title for the exhibition indicates – during his travels around Second Life. In all, over thirty photographs are presented, both within the main hall and within some of the rooms leading off of it.

Lost Unicorn Gallery: Miro Collas

However, the thing that draws one to the pictures is Miro’s use of tone, colour and soft focus.

The colour and tone are clearly evident in these pieces, which has…

It was Friday night, and Friday means it’s Elysium Cabaret! Friends and family gathered, also got to meet some new faces as we welcomed another weekend Elysium-style… with great acts created by talented, dedicated performers and danced with passion on stage in The Empire Room at Copperhead Road. Paul has been working hard and making sacrifices to try to get scripts on the sim down, and it really paid off with a show that was smooth as cream. A heap of fun was had by all as we enjoyed an eclectic mix of music, quality sets, and dynamic choreo. Thank you to all who participated, either on the stage, backstage, or in the audience! Let’s take a look at what the show brought us.

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Mikiko
With Kelly, Rhonda, Seb, Jorgio, Cael
Kenny Loggins -Footloose

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Cowgrl
With Beary
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine

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Seb
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Having been inaugurated on July 4th, 2019, the Bellisseria Fairgrounds will play host to its second major event on Saturday, July 6th, when JulyFest is held.

Running from 12:00 noon through until 18:00 SLT, JulyFest carries on something of a July 4th celebratory feel, while inviting residents of Bellisseria and their friends to come together for events and entertainment  – and Second Life residents are also invited to join in with the fun and meet those on us living on the continent.

The fairgrounds are located on an island within the eastern “bay” of Bellisseria, and can be reached via boat, using the moorings on the north side of the island, or by air using the adjoining airstrip (note that boats and planes will be auto-returned after arrival). For those who prefer, there’s the direct teleport, as given above, that will drop people at the entrance to the fairgrounds.

For…

Happy Saturday everyone! Blast that fan, crank up the volume, let your hair down and let the music move you thanks to the great field trips!

1 pm Field Trip: Twostep Spiritweaver at Lavender Field!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feed%20A%20Smile/73/142/22

3 pm Field Trip: David Csiszer at The Stage in Nashville!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nashville%20Music%20Row/74/106/26

6 pm Field Trip: Effinjay at MacLinton’s Pub!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MacLintons/83/113/25

7 pm Field Trip: Twostep Spiritweaver at Abonwood!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Xaveria/177/25/22

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And as always you can hear all of these talented musicians 24/7 at Radio Grind! http://cp6.digistream.info:20354/

Saturday, July 5th, 2019 saw the release of Catznip R12.2. With two major releases on the horizon from Linden Lab – Bakes On Mesh (BOM) and the Environment Enhancement Project (EEP) – R12.2 is intended to be primarily a maintenance and “quality of life” release.

Table of Contents Maintenance Releases Transition Times Linden Lab Updates Quick Preferences Worn Items Inventory Folder Button Inventory Improvements Show in Inventory Clear Inventory Filter on Close Collapse All Folders and Collapse to Folders Name Tag Hover Offset Feedback

In this, Kitty notes that starting with R12.2, she hopes to de-couple these smaller “maintenance” style of release from those containing major new features and capabilities, and to be able to make this style of release on a more regular basis as a result.

The following notes cover the key improvements seen with R12.2. For a full breakdown of the release including all improvements and bug…

Most of us are wandering around SL and other virtual worlds (e.g. MMOs) looking at things in two dimensions: Things far away are just as sharp as things near. Things might seem smaller in the distance, and that’s a great way to give us a simple impression of distance, but in real life things in the distance get harder to see, too. In real life, stuff in the distance gets fuzzier.

This fuzziness is determined by your depth of field (DoF). Without DoF, your photos will always look 2D and flat. There’s absolutely nothing “wrong” with your photos looking flat, but if you want more realistic looking photos in SL, you need to turn on your DoF.

No dof. Images look flat.

With depth of field on, images have more depth, looking more realistic.

What is depth of field?

Depth of field is simply how far away from the point…

Lyric Gallery: Mareea Farrasco

Currently on display at the Lyric Gallery is an exhibition featuring three artists: Mareea Farrasco, Lylah Landar and FoxiBrown30.

All three are Second life photographers who between them present images that mix avatar studies and landscapes, with the latter in particular the focus of Mareena’s work, which occupies the ground floor of the gallery building. Located on the upper floor, Lylah and Foxi present pieces that lean more toward avatar studies.

Lyric Gallery: Mareea Farrasco

The images by Mareena present a marvellous feeling of being watercolours. Taken within popular public locations in Second Life, each presents an evocative view, some of which do have an avatar focus to them, but which nevertheless offer a vista that naturally has one trying to identify the location in which it was set – if that’s not immediately apparent.

However, what makes these pieces especially evocative…

Join us TONIGHT for FlyGearz pirates-style! Saturday, July 6th, FlyGearz takes off to parts unknown and is shipwrecked on a desert isle! Get your pirate gear together and buckle up for a rollicking night of dance and music featuring choregraphy by Jenna Dirval and Tuneage by DJ DaveOsaurus! We start at 8pm! Please like and Share! Scripts under 100 please! #SecondLife #FlyGearz #CalasGaladhon

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Update, July 2nd: Linden Lab have started a new forum thread designed to directly address questions. Answers to questions will be placed in the original post in the thread to save having to scroll through question. The new thread can be found here: Official Tilia Q&A Forum Thread.

Update: some 90 minutes after this article was published, Linden Lab issued a further forum post on the subject. Among other clarifications, this further reiterates that L$ purchases, L$ balances, use of L$ to pay tier or Premium fees will all not be affected by these changes. 

Also, as clarifications are still being given, some of the wording in this blog post may be revised to match LL’s feedback so as to maintain the accuracy of the information given here. However, do please keep an eye on Lab posts to the forum thread, as

Hallig Norddeich, Nibbevegen 1, July 2019 – click and image for full size

Following a recommendation from Shawn and Max, we dropped into Hallig Norddeich, Nibbevegen 1. A Homestead region designed by Svenja Maass (MinAleiga), it offers a slightly untamed feel of a coastal region which, given the name, I couldn’t help but wonder if it took its inspiration from Germany’s East Frisian coast and islands.

I’ve no actual solid reason for stating that it does – other than the presence of Norddeich in the title (Hallig being “exuberant”), but should that be the case, then it would certainly be appropriate; the islands along that stretch of coast, together with their cousins along the more northern aspect of the Wadden Sea coastline, have given rise to the naming of a number of places in Second Life, including Norderney and Amrum, both of which have featured as…

Logos © and ™ Linden Lab and Tilia Inc.

Note: this article is about Tilia Inc., as a business. It is not about the Tilia and how USD dollar balances and cashing-out from Second Life will be handled. If you wish to comment on those subject please refer to:  Linden Lab announce important Second Life account changes and comment there. Thank you.

On Monday, July 1st, Linden Lab announced important upcoming changes related to Second life accounts and credit processing, which linked to their subsidiary company, Tilia Inc. Full details of these changes can be found in the Lab’s official blog post: Important Changes to your Second Life Account – Introducing Tilia, which I also covered in my own post, Linden Lab announce important Second Life account changes, which includes additional links to the Lab’s comments posted in reply to questions on the forums.

But what exactly is…

Happy Wednesday everyone! Due to the US holiday The Dirty Grind will be closed, but as you can see your daily dose of great live music is still on the plate!

9 am Field Trip: Lexie Luan at Cafè Musique!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sandness/86/208/21

10 am Field Trip: The Vinnie Show at The Night Owl!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sound/26/33/22

1 pm Field Trip: Zorch Boomhauer at Lavender Field!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feed%20A%20Smile/73/142/22

7 pm Field Trip: Twostep Spiritweaver & Bearsheart at The Old Train Station!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Business%20District%20Golf/218/38/25

8 pm Field Trip: Jamba LosAngeles at The Beat Scene!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tamsi/47/189/22

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And as always you can hear all of these talented musicians 24/7 at Radio Grind! http://cp6.digistream.info:20354/

DiXmiX Gallery: Masquerade – Lou Shadow and Calypso Applewhyte

Masquerade is the title of an ensemble exhibition at DiXmiX Gallery that opened on June 20th, 2019. It features images by 34 Second Life photographers that have been selected by Dixmix Source, the gallery’s curator, along the theme of masks (which also encompasses the likes of helmets face masks, gas masks, make-up as a mask, as well as the more traditional masquerade mask suggested by the title.

Occupying all three halls of the gallery, the exhibition comprises a one or two pieces from each of the selected artist; they in turn comprise: Algezares Magic, Aniki Seetan, ByrneDarkly Cazalet, Calypso Applewhyte, Catherine Nikolaidis, Edie Horngold, Ember Adored, Gaus, Génesis Rodriguez, Guen Gothly, Izabela Navarathna, Jaggy, Kimmy Littleboots, Kimmy Ridley, Krizze Sparrowhawk, Laura Mrs S, Lou Shadow, Maloe Vansant, Megan Prumier, Mila Maesar, Ornella Batriani, Pam, Purple Leonis, Ryleigh Theas, Shocoon, Sinon…

Kultivate AIR Gallery: Angyel Resident

It was back to Kultivate’s in-world base of operations for me once more at the start of July 2019, following the opening of the newly-named Kultivate AIR Gallery (formerly the Windlight Gallery).

Standing for Artist In Residence, the gallery brings together Angyel Resident, Anouk Lefavre, CalystiaMoonshadow, DreamMakerXDreamBreaker Resident, GlitterPrincess Destiny, Jamee Sandalwood, JolieElle Parfort, Kody Meyers, Maaddi Benazzi, Marcel Mosswood, Myra Wildmist, Pam Astonia, Sevant Anatra and Wintergeist in a broad-ranging art display occupying one wing of the galley’s lower floor.

Mixing Second Life landscapes with physical world art, monochrome with colour, paintings with drawings, abstracted pieces with experimentalist – and with just a hint of avatar-focused studies in the form of Pam Astonia’s eye-catching Profile portraits, this is a richly engaging exhibition that demonstrates the full roundness of Second Life as a medium for displaying art.

Kultivate AIR Gallery: Anouk Lefavre

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Welcome to the new Bellisseria Fairgrounds

JulyFest 2019 will be happening at the new beautiful new Bellisseria Fairgrounds on Saturday 6th July 2019 from 12pm to 6pm SLT. This will be the first big community event that will include live music, DJ’s and booths for the community. This is a great opportunity to hang out with the Bellisseria community and join Bellisseria interest groups.

This will be a fun-filled day of community celebrations brought to you by the Bellisseria Citizens group. A full calendar of events can be found here.

The Bellisseria Fairgrounds can be reached by aircraft, boat or a direct teleport in. It’s a lovely area with Linden homes all around. Don’t forget to take a snapshot of the massive Magellan statue.

Rez area and airstrip

Boat rez area and dock

Magellan

Please spread the word about this new event 🙂

Here are the links for all of the different registrations that are open for the 2019 Rock Your Rack! All of these will close on July 31st – so be sure to get your spot reserved!

Live Musicians, Tribute Concerts and other entertainment:

Musician Page

DJ’s for our DJ Dance Parties:

DJ Page

Designers/Content Creators:

Designer Page

Bloggers:

Blogger Page