tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57308212011-04-21T11:52:22.443-07:00Second Life: Sinclair ValenDay-to-day notes from a fortunate SL "lifer". For more details on Second Life, see www.secondlife.com.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-86858336257977996772008-09-07T15:04:00.000-07:002008-09-07T15:06:15.380-07:00Well, had to file my first SL abuse report this week. Some loser decided it would be fun to create spinning Joker cubes that shoot out images. Very original, moron. =SVChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-34249378496199144452008-06-02T17:53:00.000-07:002008-06-02T17:54:41.921-07:00Managed to miss Garth and Pituca's shindig... guess this is a problem with signing in once a month (or less) :( Sorry, guys...=SVChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-25837174145679416272007-07-29T18:41:00.000-07:002007-07-29T18:45:53.329-07:00Is there anybody... out there...? (best Pink Floyd echoes follow)FYI: "What God Wants, God gets - God help us all" is a truly pithy observation made by Roger Waters on his "Amused to Death" album. Applause...It doesn't, of course, signify my own belief in any God or Gods. Substitute your own version of universal influences for "God" here.=SVChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1144157308589647172006-04-04T06:21:00.000-07:002006-04-04T06:28:28.633-07:00Sinclair lives. But to what end? The Creche yet stands, barely touched by the passage of time, a waypoint of memories, abandoned works and forgotten dreams.The day-to-day happenings of SL seem so remote and trivial. And my promise to complete the tale of Gnomecrusher stands unfulfilled.The three-year mark approaches - or has it passed? I know not even this small thing.=SVChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1101877605965214992004-11-30T21:04:00.000-08:002004-11-30T21:06:45.970-08:00If you're reading this space, you have WAY too much time on your hands... go and use some of it to check out the Neverland exhibit in SL. Spellbound Events has done a fantastic job portraying Olde London... and even if you're not a Peter Pan fan, it's well worth the look. =Sinclair Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1095369849852715982004-09-16T14:23:00.000-07:002004-09-16T14:24:09.853-07:00September 11th came and went, without a hint of discussion about the memorial. I guess the excitement over v1.5 was just too much for everyone... =SV Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1094010171313281842004-08-31T20:38:00.000-07:002004-08-31T20:42:51.313-07:00Version 1.5 released today. Lots of new stuff to try. I'm hoping this will shake me out of the doldrums. Been puttering in the Creche mostly. "James Miller can't reach Orientation anymore by hotswapping wireless NIC..." ?!? Laugh-Out-Freaking-Loud, too funny... Baccara invited me into the Early Beta group - I guess I'm an old-timer now, gray hair and everything... Pit and Garth had a niceChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1092945614310021292004-08-19T12:57:00.000-07:002004-08-19T13:00:14.310-07:00Yesterday, Baccara sent out invites to Garth and Pituca's one-year-together-anniversary / Pit's "significant" RL birthday party. Sounds like a must-see bash. After all, one doesn't turn 29 every day... :D =SV Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1092763472183963632004-08-17T10:09:00.000-07:002004-08-17T10:24:32.183-07:00Time to take the blogging a bit more seriously, as Hamlet has added this to the list of SL-related blogs. So I promise to take this as seriously as I do my SL.. :D I've been keeping to myself for the most part lately, and haven't been spending very much time in SL. The little time I spend goes toward the slow construction of the cliff patio at Valen's Creche in Lusk. For the life of me, I Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1082342313232993892004-04-18T19:38:00.000-07:002004-04-18T19:41:28.640-07:00v1.3 has been here for a while and the new land tools are amazing... though there are a few glitches (Sorry Luskwood and Jazzy Jade folks) . At least the 45-degree restriction is gone again - thanx Lindens!! Working on the Zakim bridge finally. Garth has made some very cute butterflies. Shadow Weaver is auctioning off some of his very cool dragons - one just went for $L5000 and the plan at Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1076873500012108782004-02-15T11:31:00.000-08:002004-02-15T11:33:32.030-08:00v1.2 impact over the last few weeks: All of the viable land in many sims has been snatched up by groups and users with available land allowance (I'm no exception, though I already was pretty close to 4000 in supported land anyway. Filled out my allowance with a neat little parcel down in Taber with the bulk of the ex-Americana folks; very peaceful there. Carved the original Lusk parcel up intoChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1070249823408558932003-11-30T19:37:00.000-08:002003-11-30T19:37:39.216-08:00Amazing bits of flame war going on thru the forums - prim hogging and related issues. Kind of interesting to be friendly with both sides... I guess I'm a "secondary participant" - I gotta respond to that comment somehow, but subtly... Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1069456928852961942003-11-21T15:22:00.000-08:002003-11-21T15:22:35.873-08:00Last night (Thursday 20 Nov): Garth Fairlight and Pituca Chang's wedding.... Some idiot griefer crashed the Lime sim before things got rolling - I hope he or she gets what's coming... Tuxedo from Fey - L$170 Wrapping paper for present - L$10 Fifty-two avatars in one sim... (and the sim stayed up!) ...priceless... Awesome time - never saw so many avs in one place and WELL BEHAVED - there wasChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1069273579996720262003-11-19T12:26:00.000-08:002003-11-19T12:26:44.826-08:00Last night was Garth Fairlight's bachelor party. Coincidentally enough, it was my first exposure ( no pun intended ) to Marilyn Murphy's club / dancing; Liberty Tesla was there as well, helping maintain the festivities. Quite a few folks in attendance: Garth, Bone, Crow, JM, Flea, and some others I didn't know well. Still thinking about the great work I saw at Myradyl Muse's place last weekChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1063647806038058372003-09-15T10:43:00.000-07:002003-09-15T10:43:26.046-07:00Last week was mostly concerned with finishing off the 9/11 memorial in Blue / Americana. Ended up modifying Jining Qi's design slightly, as a hollow cylinder - the heart of his design - at 10 meters wide doesn't quite give adequate sight lines in the interior without changing camera position. So, added a rectangular entry-area with walkway to help this out. Rear section as planned was a NY Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730821.post-1061927944096537942003-08-26T12:59:00.000-07:002003-08-26T12:59:03.936-07:00Second Life: Sinclair Valen A BLOG from the Linden Labs "Second Life" online MMU. For those who have no idea, what this is about... check out Second Life at www.secondlife.com, or preferably through the following link which specifies me as a reference... http://secondlife.com/ss/?u=ac6a694fb974fab179a3db96177728ed Enough of the shameless plugging - let's get down to business. I created thisChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444083139515645766noreply@blogger.com0