Just loaded up the Moblin operating system on my netbook (Dell Mini 9). It’s supposedly optimized for faster bootup and more efficient battery usage, but unlike NBR, doesn’t come with WiFi ready - nor any of the hotkeys (could not turn down screen brightness, for instance).

Installing the Moblin edition of Intel AppUp wasn’t a download and double-click process, but this line worked.

sudo sh /home/{username}/Download/{file paste filename

Yet to get Slaine’s Dell Mini 9 WiFi setup to work…  User error on the rpmbuild in step 6.

Due to coup’s, backstabbing’s, and other semblances of both cutting-edge and hackneyed intrigue, I am spending some time away from SL. I won’t be responding to any SL-related messages for some time. (I am still considering submissions for Primtings, however. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Arden Forest additions to Shakespeare sim will come anon, and the SOS Campaign is still accepting donations.)

As I’ve mentioned on plurk, this means I’ll *not* be receiving any offline IM’s. Offline contact information per my inworld endeavors are still available in my Profile Picks.

You can help by rezzing a 1-prim “Remember Us” sign. It looks chic, blends in with virtually any build, and it’s low-lag on the sim. And, you get the excuse of visiting one of the two legendary theatres of the metaverse to fetch one — Blackfriars Theatre or SL Globe Theatre.

– etc. a slightly more-bloated, but-still-brief version of *my version* of what happened –

I want to say it’s true that I was granted a parcel, but it’s not for Shakespeare; they gave me a parcel for my fledging Skin Concordance project. Dusty Linden and at least one other admin told me that Skin was more in line with their vision of the future of SL than Shakespeare, and they made a point about how I erred by applying for a parcel for each of my groups, and they had to select just one. Although this arbitrary limit was not mentioned on the application form, it was mentioned on their blog post, but in an ambiguous form of “1 per avatar/group.” (In past years, SL Birthday events had no limit in sim quota, and projects were accepted based on merit, rather than an artificial limit.) After trying to get them to see the light in Shakespeare, and failing there, I tried trading in my Skin parcel for Shakespeare. I received no further communication on the matter after that. And then, one day, I was told to re-apply by their June 15 deadline. I did that, and, the next thing I know, the admin’s gang up on me–telling me that, yes, Shakespeare was granted a parcel, but (immediately after) the parcel is negated due to how I failed in responding to them. In reality, it was the opposite thing that happened, but I think they’ve made their point clear from the beginning–SL Shakespeare is not to be allowed in SL6B. All in all, it’s a mess. There are those annoying speculative stories going on. If you’re interested in the exact facts behind what happened, I have archived verbatim all the official communication I received from the SL6B Admin’s, excluding the ones where they resorted to some very unprofessional language.

The SL Shakespeare Company’s 2009 Quarter II (Q2) open auditions will be held on Saturday, April 18 @ 11 AM - 11:59 AM SL Time and Saturday, April 25 @ 1 PM SL Time. We are hoping to launch an open-ended run of Twelfth Night: Act 2 (Production Serial: OEP2) in June, with rehearsals starting in May, exact timing TBD. Auditions would be for roles in this upcoming production, and also several possible productions, including a Challenge Production (a non-Shakespearean production) and Twelfth Night: Act 3. Please be sure you have SL voice configured prior to auditioning.

1. Please have prepared a passage (from Twelfth Night, Act 2) of no more than 5 minutes. Polish it well; this should demonstrate what you are capable of at your best.
2. Be ready to perform another segment from the perspective of the character you wish to play (though you might not get casted as that character).
3. Be prepared to demonstrate (voice) range.

If you can’t make it to the audition times, please email item #1 as an mp3 file (no larger than 10 mb) to production at SLshakespeare dot com, along with a detailed schedule of your availability from May to August, inclusive.

Auditions will be held at the SL Globe Theatre.

Naergilien Wunderlich has created a “One of a Kind” dress that is a meticulous Second Life reconstruction of Queen Elizabeth I’s Rainbow Portrait dress.

This dress can be obtained through a silent auction that ends at 4 PM SL Time on Winter Solstice December 21, 2008.

The bid is currently at L$10,600. IM and notecard Naergilien Wunderlich directly with your bid.

Proceeds benefit the SL Shakespeare Company in their SOS “Save Our Sims” Campaign.

Closeup Image:

The press release is here.

Strangely, I have never had to change the background color of a frame/box in InDesign until now. And it took me eons to figure out that you had to select the different thingy on the toolbox to have it change the background instead of the frame. RTFM finally figures it out, dumped:

Adobe InDesign CS3 provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the Swatches panel, the Color panel, and the Color Picker.

1. Select the object you want to color by doing one of the following:
   • For a path or frame, use the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool , as necessary.
   • For a grayscale or monochrome (1?bit) image, use the Direct Selection tool. You can only apply two colors to a grayscale or monochrome image.
   • For text characters, use the Type tool to change the text color of a single word or the entire text within a frame.

     To change the color of gaps in a dashed, dotted, or striped stroke, use the Stroke panel.

2. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panels, select the Formatting Affects Text or Formatting Affects Container to determine whether color is applied to the text or the text frame.
3. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panels, select the Fill box or the Stroke box to specify the fill or stroke of the object. (If you selected an image, the Stroke box has no effect.)

   

   Fill and stroke area of the Toolbox

   
   

   A.

   Fill box

   B.

   Stroke box

4. Do one of the following:
   • Select a color, tint, or gradient using the Swatches or Gradient panels.
   • Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in the Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker. Select the desired color, and click OK.

You can apply color to any grayscale image, provided it does not contain alpha or spot channels. If you imported an image with a clipping path, select the clipping path using the Direct Selection tool to apply color to the clipped area only.

The Merchants of Skin City present the first ever Guy Fawkes Fashion Show on Second Life - a show of skins through masks - and totally interactive with you!

Wear a mask you grabbed at the Trick’o'Mask Spree in Skin City from Oct 27th to Oct 31st and join us on the Skin City runway on Guy Fawkes Day Nov 5th. Yes, we want YOU on the runway - in a Trick’o'Mask mask from any Skin City brand. Since it’s a designer show, loads of freebies will be given out - and random mask-wearing models will win free skins and more! Be there, for this original and fun event - to be a part of history, and to win!

Guy Fawkes Day Fashion Shows (All times are SL Time):

• Nov 5th, @ 1 PM - Show begins at 1 PM. All who wish to model - be there at high noon 12 PM - with your mask!
• Nov 5th, @ 7 PM - Show begins at 7 PM. All who wish to model - be there at 6 PM - with your mask!

Only at Skin City. The one stop place for skins and more. Sin City and beyond.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2008 October 22

Skin City - Three days before Halloween 2008 (October 27th to October 31st), Skin City merchants will be putting out their Halloween treats in front of their stores. Unlike many promotional events, Trick’o'Mask strives to be unique and easy for residents of Second Life to participate in. To be given out are not just any treats, but masks — masks based on select skins created by Skin City designers! But, there’s more to the story:
The masks can be used to obtain discounts to its corresponding skin, and also to land on modeling opportunities for its bearer. Following this event will be the first ever Guy Fawkes Fashion Show on November 5th, where anyone who has a Trick’o'Mask mask get to walk on the Skin City runway and to win more prizes.

Mayor Ina Centaur explains the entertainment-based rationale behind the event, “Virtual candy is generally not as sweet or fun as its RL counterpart, so, instead, for Halloween we give masks - with famous faces based on skins created by the designers of Skin City! Customers who like the skin can then use the mask to activate a discount in a vendor containing the original skin the mask face is based on. For those who can’t afford the skin, they have a chance to win it at the Guy Fawkes Fashion show on Nov 5th - and maybe to land on future modeling opportunity to accumulate more fashion wealth on SL!”

The Trick’o'Mask event is from October 27th to October 31st. The Guy Fawkes Fashion Show, where all are welcome to model is on November 5th.

A couple of months ago, I came up with a skin called Rio. Its has a fair Caucasian tone, described by some as distinctly “Northern/Eastern European”, “exquisite”, and my favorite comment, “a supermodel skin on SL that’s memorable.”

Thus, arises the .:RIO:. line - “Memorable SKINS to become YOU.”

I decided to play with some sketch layers used as eyes and lips in some of my earlier releases. (The devout should be able to see them ;-)) To my surprise, each skin looked distinctly different, and the tone works well, as seen in:

Gia, with warm expression-ful eyebrows, available in:

makeup variations:

and “Avant Garde” showgirl mode:

Gae, whose features give her a formidable and venerable composure:

Gina, who fits as supermodel or an unforgettable pretty girl:

The .:RIO:. line also comes with a selection of eyeshadow colors to bring out your eyes, a selection of lipstick choices (and also directions for custom makeup requests), - each available as individual packs, and also (with discount) row, column, and “all” packs. Two
body choices are available with each, and these body skins will actually be released as psd and textures soon - along with tutorials on customizing your avatar body skin. Stay tuned to the IC-Skins group for details!

All photos shown are unedited SL shots - color, shadow, and everything, looks exactly like they would look on SL using Second Life 1.19.0 (5) Feb 28 2008 17:18:12 with the default [IC-skins] face light included. You can also get a similar look using the regular/
current SL viewer with atmospheric shaders turned off in edit > preferences > graphics

Enough 2d-ness, drop by the main store to see these skins in 3d… on you!

9/22/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Skin City, Second Life: The merchants of Skin City have hidden
Sones soda cans with skins, shapes, eyes, and more av accessory
booty prizes in the one and only 1-stop city for…
skins, shapes, eyes, and other avatar accessories:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/124/94/563

Drop by to grab the booty — finders keepers for both small
things and pricy things — including the following skins from IC-Skins:

and also NEW RELEASE skins are hidden in cans too:

And also several versions of all eyes are hidden in cans in Skin City:

And also… booty from these Skin City merchants:

_AR Another Realism
Arrogant Lioness
BB31 Baskin Bobbins
Body Project
Chambre du Chocolat
Falln Angel
IC-Skins
Kitheres Industries
Mei Asian Skins
Rio
Sin Skins
SL Shakespeare Company Style Shop
Soda
Soft Touch Skins
Starfuker Skins
VIP - Sculpted Talking Faces
Wunderlich’s
XTreme Reality

More soda cans added daily… as new merchants arrive and get set up!

Come for a sneak peek and the chance to find high quality skins and more
hidden in buy-for-0/1 Sones soda cans…

and…

Come see designers incognito as they try to find the hidden caps.
(I can only tell you what I’ve hidden - don’t ask any of us for where
other booty’s hid… cuz we dunno and are out there searching
with you! o.O)

Ina Centaur
Skin City Mayor