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The Way II

2010-03-22T02:31:00.000-07:00

Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold, It's always summer, they'll never get cold, They'll never get hungry, They'll never get old and gray. You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere, They won't make it home, But they really don't care, They wanted the highway, They're happier there today, today

Oh, can I have a bear?

2009-11-22T15:26:00.001-08:00

This is the conversation that should have happened and needs to happen. [19:41] Linden Lab: Hey, Eloh... about the 1,495 "sales" of your freebies on Xstreet over the last 90 or so days... [19:41] Eloh Eliot: Ja, I know! Awesome, right? [19:42] Linden Lab: Well, yeah... except that every time one of your freebies sells, it costs us $0.50 in fees and God kills a puppy. [19:42] Eloh Eliot: T_T

A Reasonable Proposal: For Preventing the Freeloading Culture of Second Life and Its Proponents From Cluttering Xstreet and Annihilating the Fundamental Values of Commerce, Society, Kingdon & Country

2009-11-21T17:53:00.000-08:00

The saying goes, "cooler heads will prevail"—and as much as the Second Life vox populi enjoy a good thumping show of drama (especially one where Linden administrators and policy are inextricably intertwined)—it's perhaps best to consider and analyze the more rational arguments of a debate before prematurely committing to any potentially irreversible or even harmful actions. If one is currently a

Fast, Free, and Easy

2009-11-20T16:44:00.000-08:00

"Fast, free, easy"—they're all positive characteristics of merchandise, commerce, and service—they're also the shill on Second Life's homepage and signup page—emphasis on "FREE" and all of the happy and risk-free connotations of the term, of course. When there's a downturn in the economy, however, Second Life's true colors reveal themselves—and they're hardly anything but fast, free, or easy—in

Translation from Llspeak to English of the Roadmap for Managing Freebies on Xstreet SL

2009-11-19T13:37:00.000-08:00

Source: "Roadmap - Managing Freebies on Xstreet SL" We've received feedback from our users that the volume of free, cheap (L$ 10 and under) & stale listings in the Xstreet SL Marketplace did not make for an optimal experience for shoppers or merchants. We should've kept shop.onrez.com instead. We looked into this issue, crunched the numbers, and a few weeks ago we held 3 office hours sessions

Freebie Nerfage

2009-11-18T16:54:00.000-08:00

Pursuant to the new Roadmap for Managing Freebies on Xstreet SL, I have removed my skins from Xstreet SL. You can, however, still find them in-world & free-of-charge at the Gnubie Store and in Schreckhorn; my resources will also remain available, for free.

Updates

2009-09-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

The September Update is live (in-world, Xstreet, and PSD, XCF, AI resources)!* It's got new eyebrows and lips that should (hopefully) work better with a wider variety of shapes; also I've added reference shapes and eyebrows to both the original Starlight and the September Update packages. Also! I've left Lippert and moved in with Katiri in Schreckhorn—she's done some redecorating lately,

Thanks!

2009-08-25T16:06:00.000-07:00

A huge thanks to everyone for the overwhelmingly positive responses to Starlight! For their awesome reviews and kind words, I'd like to thank, Abra at Better Imagined Gogo at JuicyBomb Kiriko at キ印無料品 Lili at Brinksie Mami at †独断　диD　偏見† Mar at SL for Nowt Sileny at Free*Style Tenshi at Shopping Cart Disco And a huge high-five to everyone who's all already got their own mods and makeups

Starlight

2009-08-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Starlight PSD, XCF, and AI files can be found on my resources page—also be sure to check out the tutorials for getting started with Starlight. In-world, wearable Starlight skins are on the third floor of the Gnubie Store in Powder Mill or on my foggy parcel in Lippert. Off-world, Starlight skins are available via Xstreet. And they're all still free. What's changed in Starlight, from Pleiades:

Fixing Old Mistakes By Making One News

2009-08-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

Well, I figured this is as good a time as any—on the eve of the release of Starlight—to do a brief post-mortem on Pleiades. The biggest problem with Pleiades—aside from its quirky nose—was that it was essentially crippleware. Everything about it—from its AI-via-git limitation to its delayed-release PSDs (replete with in-your-face licensing verbiage)—detracted from and conflicted with the idea

Tea

2008-12-10T07:59:00.000-08:00

I'm a sucker for these quiz things. You Are White Tea You are quite delicate and very sensitive. You are easily overwhelmed. Peace and serenity are important to you. You shy away from intensity of any sort. You appreciate a simple quiet moment. You can relax easily without feeling bored. You take the time to enjoy life. Even when things are busy, you make the time. What Kind of Tea Are

Pleiades Resources

2008-12-08T19:07:00.000-08:00

Here they are! In both PSD and XCF formats! In full 1024x1024 format (but please remember to resize down to 512x512 before uploading)! Of course, as much as I've tested and double-checked, there could still be a few lingering bugs and issues. If you run into any problems opening or using these files, please feel free to send me an e-mail, and I'll see what I can do!

Imprudence

2008-11-17T23:43:00.000-08:00

Jacek et al.'s new viewer's pretty sweet! One small gripe... I can't stand its UI font >_< So I switched (well, kinda hacked) it with another open source font! Droid Sans looks more like the font used by the Linden Lab viewer than the default UI font used by Imprudence (there are somethings like UI fonts I can't stand changing–coffee brand, soap brand, etc, etc...). Here's how you can

afk a bit!

2008-10-21T20:08:00.000-07:00

I'm currently on-the-road for a few days, so I'll be sorta out-of-it (i.e. SL things–e.g. responding to messages, makin' PSDs & tutorials T_T, etc...). But, in the mean time, if you're lookin' for some shapes that go nicely with Pleiades, check out Heaven Sella's latest stuff!

Politics

2008-10-17T01:08:00.000-07:00

I don't like talking about politics, especially with people I don't know very well (and to a large extent–the opposite holds true as well: I hate talking politics with people I know very well), just because the various differences between our stances sometimes causes rather severe and overly-dramatic conflicts. That said, and in light of the recent presidential race in the United States, I think

Pleiades

2008-10-09T22:07:00.000-07:00

I'm calling the new skin (esoterically known as "g0") Pleiades–which spans four skin tones (pale, fair, tan, and dark) with or without freckles in seven makeup configurations named after each nymph. With a bit of luck, they should hopefully be available in-world by October 12 at the Gnubie Store and at my parcel in Lippert. However, I've taken some stylistic and implementation departures from

Thinking It Over Again

2008-09-09T23:40:00.001-07:00

So, I've been revisiting this whole thing again lately. Recently, I checked back on dandellion Kimban's rather epic To Free Or Not To Free article. I re-read a lot of the comment responses, in particular those of Prokofy Neva's comments–she's probably the ideological opposite of me on this matter, so I figure it's a good place to get a fresh perspective on all this ;) And there are way too

Funny

2008-09-04T11:04:00.001-07:00

I seem to remember seeing this somewhere else for much cheaper.

g Roadmap

2008-08-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

I needed to set some concrete dates and schedules lest this next skin becomes Chinese Democracy. Target dates are all set rather aggressively to push more development on my part (however some slippage in these target dates will likely occur) totally slipping like crazy–g0 Illustrator phase is taking a lot longer than I had anticipated >_<. (Updated–gettin' close to finishing up g0 female–wrapping

share alike

2008-06-19T00:17:00.000-07:00

In all of the "Eloh mods" out there, I really can't find any that are "open" as well. Don't get me wrong--I'm extremely grateful that people have found my PSDs to be useful, but at the same time I really wanted some one else to release their modifications as open source to the community as well (kinda like Nicholaz, but with skins maybe?)--this is what open source is about: it's perfectly fine

ffs

2008-04-11T23:37:00.001-07:00

Because: I'm gonna be away for the weekend EVA01 Oe asked nicely Joshua also asked nicely, albeit persistently booze I'm still not happy with the chest shading :( Cf1 PSDs

work it

2008-03-22T09:31:00.000-07:00

I really need to make more lists lest I get nothing done. Finish gamut of skin tones for f-generation (Rf, Sf)Rfº PSDs Credits: Hair by Krius Misfit, eyes by Evelyn Edelman, choker by beanster Potato Sfº PSDs Credits: Hair by Starley Thereian, eyes by Evelyn Edelman, wheat stalk by Lur Sachs Redesign blog Redesign Lippert "shop" Experiments for g-generation Do my taxes (T_T)

Play Nice

2008-03-07T00:30:00.001-08:00

My explanation of what you need to do to "license" my skins pretty much sucks--especially where I try to explain how to "credit me without mentioning me" (which almost seems like some kind of cruel twisted fairytale riddle). It's confusing, and any understandable aspects of my clarification are still widely left to personal interpretation, which sometimes cause the more vigilant to make

gem

2008-02-10T12:59:00.000-08:00

So, I got this gem of an IM today: “you might think it a charitable event gieving [sic] the entire SL population quality skins........but have you thought about the people that make an actual living creating quality skins. Along with BIAB, stolen skins and your freebies.....you effectively killed off the skins sector. Congrats............not :(” I'm so tired of explaning the same things over and

Ffº PSDs

2008-02-02T21:18:00.001-08:00

Photo credits: Hair by SAZAE Yoshikawa, Eyes by Toast Bard Ffº ready-to-wear skin (Suffugium Flea Market) Ffº PSD (MediaFire) Plus, some PSDs stats! skin downloads ---- --------- Fe 2541 Lf0 2471 Le 2004 Se 1900 Re 1897 Cf0 1735 Lf0y 1059 Ff0 0 Also: I will no longer be offering my e generation

meme!

2008-01-27T11:47:00.000-08:00

stolen from creamy! You Are An INTP The Thinker You are analytical and logical - and on a quest to learn everything you can. Smart and complex, you always love a new intellectual challenge. Your biggest pet peeve is people who slow you down with trivial chit chat. A quiet maverick, you tend to ignore rules and authority whenever you feel like it. In love, you are an easy person to fall

legalese/licensing: moar clarification and explanation

2008-01-20T11:30:00.000-08:00

As much as I'd like to avoid getting into the licensing legalities of my skins, I feel I need to clarify and further explain in greater detail the rights and limitations of licensing terms. My skins are licensed under a BSD License. While the usage rights imparted by the BSD license are equivalent to public domain rights, the skins are not public domain--I have not abandoned my skins and I still

Lfºy PSDs

2008-01-14T19:13:00.003-08:00

Photo credits: Hair by Kin Keiko, Eyes by Toast Bard Sorry I'm late! I haven't worked on the skin since last week (still has girlyish fingernails and toenails--it's really just Lfº!)... so I'm not making them available as a ready-to-wear skin in world (PSDs only)! Lfºy PSDs

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, europe

2008-01-05T22:47:00.000-08:00

日刊セカンドライフ has a really nice post about some shape settings that work great with Cf0 and Lf0. I can't understand Japanese, so I had to rely on babelfish for an English translation. So yeah... long story short... when babelfish translates "用シェイプ数値" into "Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, europe" it really just means to say "shape..." On the other hand, if I ever start a rock band it's totally

Cfº PSDs

2008-01-04T22:06:00.000-08:00

Photo credits: Hair by Kin Keiko, Eyes by Toast Bard Single light eyeliner & blush light-pink skin without freckles. Minor differences/changes from previous skin (Lfº): Lighter, more pinkish skintone Eyelid creases are lighter and closer to the eyelid edge Eyebrows are thicker in area, but less dense Lips are slighty less pouty Ready-to-wear skin in Suffugium. PSDs on MediaFire. P.S. if

Lfº PSDs

2007-12-30T21:11:00.000-08:00

Photo credits: Hair by Tilly Tokyo, Eyes by Toast Bard, Lashes by Dawn Memorial Single makeup-less, medium-light skin with freckles. Packaged as a ready-to-wear skin in Suffugium Flea Market (pay-what-you-want / touch vendor to pay nothing). Lfº PSDs also available for download (see txt files included with PSDs for use and licensing). On a tangential note, I've made the ready-to-wear skin

new^H^H^Hsecond life philosophy

2007-12-30T13:33:00.000-08:00

that is all.

my PSDs let me show u them

2007-12-29T16:19:00.000-08:00

The more I think about it, the less sense it makes to release "full permission" textures in-world--mostly because, at best, you'll get a "frankenskinned" look because you can't change specific highlights and shadows independently of the entire skin. What you need is what I work with--my PSDs: Edit: O HAI! I moved my resources to a better organized page and host!

the internets: open versus free

2007-12-29T10:43:00.000-08:00

It's pretty awesome being at the frontier of the Internet--and I really believe that the Internet is just as revolutionary as the Gutenburg printing press--just because it expands the ease of transmission and sharing of informaion. However, at the same time we're seeing a societal reaction to this development: music sharing and the RIAA lawsuits is a prime example of how, as a society, we're

an explanation/experiment

2007-12-28T21:25:00.003-08:00

(partially from Tenshi's blog! because I think the blog was like, "I MADE U A COMMENT BUT I EATED A HALF"... D: anywayz...) Ok, I guess I owe y'alls an explanation (zomg wall o' text coming up)... I had been sorta planning to release some full-permission stuffs for a while, but I was a little concerned I might kinda rustle a few feathers, or that maybe scam-artists might sell my free/full-perm

o hai

2007-12-10T23:40:00.000-08:00

im sans internets while runnin round left coast; be back soon! ^^ "Willow and the Mac" by Threat to Democracy

The Meta Review

2007-11-17T12:43:00.000-08:00

^_^ The Rummage Box (Kitty Lalonde & Queenie Extraordinaire) Grid Expectations (Melanie774 Kidd) Second Impressions (Morrigan Repine) SL Free*Style (Creamy Cooljoke & Lilly Loll) Fabulously Free in SL - Cherlindrea Lamont ner[d]elicious (Serendipity Nerd & Windy Crawford) Shopping Cart Disco (Tenshi Vielle) キ印無料品 (Kiriko Nishi) CandyFlanagan.com (Candy Flanagan)

How to change the tint or color of your eyebrows

2007-11-03T23:08:00.000-07:00

To change the tint or color of your eyebrows via Hair color sliders, begin by editing your avatar's appearance--either by selecting "Edit," "Appearance..." from the menu, or right clicking on your avatar and selecting "Appearance..." Then follow the steps and the illustrations: 1. Select the "Hair" tab. 2. Select the "Eyebrows" tab inside of the "Hair" pane. 3. Set the "Eyebrow Size" to 100.

Another demo skin - d

2007-11-01T17:01:00.001-07:00

Wewt Melanie wrote nice things about my skins! Okies... about the demo skins--because many kind people sent me IMs alerting me to the problem that my demo skins lack any markings to distinguish them as such. I kinda intended on making the demos as close as possible to the real skins (I always sorta found "DEMO" text sorta distracting). The demo skins only have missing & stained teeth and a

d generation

2007-10-31T06:21:00.000-07:00

I'm finally done! Now I can sleep v.v

The Way

2007-09-14T14:10:00.000-07:00

A while ago, I had the parcel music stream playing while exploring (I think this was the sim around Indie Rainbow's first shop), and this song came on. Its chorus seemed very strangely appropriate for Second Life avatars: Anyone could see, the road that they walk on is paved in gold It's always summer, they'll never get cold They'll never get hungry They'll never get old and gray You can see

c generation

2007-09-13T15:11:00.000-07:00

c generation Lineup(sparsely censored nudity--not entirely safe for work ^^;;) From left to right: Fc, Sc2, Lc (Hair on Fc is "Maya II" by Naughty Designs, hair on Sc2 is "Ayako" by Kin, hair on Lc is "Nena" by Kin). Finally got around to adding a darker tone (Fc). It's all finished! For now at least... ^^ [Update] I just got back from running around with Fc (see image above), and I'm happy

Nerd

2007-09-11T05:09:00.001-07:00

Just because everyone seems to be doing it. I'm a "Cool Light-Weight Nerd." I wonder if that means I'll get beat up at comic book conventions... >_>;;

Not a fan

2007-09-04T05:13:00.000-07:00

Strictly superficial SL fashion/appearance stuff that kinda bothers me: Prim lashesI can never get them to fit, plus they rez as big black blobs before their texture loads (plus, they're not quite compatible with blinking T_T) Short clothing-layer skirtsUnless you really want to show off your panties (or lack thereof) when sitting, short clothing-layer skirts are bad! Clothing-layer skirts, in

The more things change

2007-08-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

The more they actually stay the same... as the saying goes. I think my avatar's looking more and more like how it did when I first started out in 2005. Well... almost.