2013 PROMO: Redemption Hill Sim Prefab by PANDEMONIUM

Redemption Hill Sim Prefab by PANDEMONIUM
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Marketing by Machinima
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Watch on YouTube
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Published on Oct 19, 2012 by P4NDOR4Quintessa.  A beautifully done short Machinima film by the legendary Bryn Oh.  Special thanks to Travis Amaterasu who composed this amazing original music especially for the film. Redemption Hill was created by SecondLife resident P4NDOR4 Quintessa.

Machinima for Pandemonium

I have been taking on a few commissions lately, and this is one done for a talented builder named P4NDOR4 Quintessa. It is a machinima for one of her sim prefabs. If you would like to see it in world then give her a shout! The music was composed and performed by SL musician travis Amaterasu.  --Bryn Oh 

Art

• Art done in virtual worlds Summary  
• Linden Endowment for the Arts

     
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Video-Machinima

• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

      

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• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right 
• Google search this blog, column on right
• or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
• Creative Commons License, attribution only.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.  
• Ads are  from Google

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• Drop by my place in Second life
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/136/100/22
• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request.
• Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans

  

2013 ART: THE CHANGE, a rock opera in a virtual world

THE CHANGE, a rock opera in a virtual world
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THE CHANGE, is a rock opera created for the metaverse through months of 
collaboration by an international team. 

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Sundays at 1pm SLT at Benvolio
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Benvolio/107/148/2001
The schedule is a little vague.  I gather that the next 2 Sundays are sure:

• Dec. 9
• Dec. 16

2013 TKR:Quick Quotes about confidence

Quick Quotes about confidence
Self-help--Thinkerer
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• The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.  
• So look them over.  
• You may find one that fits you.  
• Or somebody you know.

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• The secret to getting there is to know where you're going. 
• We are not limited by our fears.  We are limited by our choices. 
• Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good. 
• Self-confidence does not come from what you have done.  It comes from knowing you can do it again. 
• Optimism does not say the bad won’t happen.  It says you can cope with it. 

2013 HELP: Mesh detail, hexagons, circles, and LOD settings

Mesh detail, hexagons, circles, and LOD settings
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Ever seen circles like this?

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I have seen an increase in queries about this problem recently, so I am posting on it.

2013 HOBBIES: Route map: Second Life Railroads

Route map: Second Life Railroads
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Click map to enlarge

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Initial Maker : Amy Lacombe (balthazar.lindman)


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Video-Machinima

• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

      

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• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right 
• Google search this blog, column on right
• or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
• Creative Commons License, attribution only.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.  
• Ads are  from Google

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• Drop by my place in Second life
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/136/100/22
• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request.
• Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans

  

2013 1stHELP: Caution: Phishing scams. They are on the web -- including virtual worlds.

Kit: Phishing scams. They are on the web 
-- including virtual worlds.

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by Orange Planer
For the White Tiger Mentors
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Mostly we are safe in Second Life but there are times we need to take some responsibility ourselves for our own safety too.
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This article is about Phishing.  The White Tiger Mentors think that its important that you know about it and understand it.
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Phishing is a euphemism for cybercriminals fishing into your online pocket to steal your money.  
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This can happen all over the world wide web, via our cell phones, PCs, iPads or anything else we use to get online.
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How do they do it?  By convincing you to do something that gives them your information.  What information do they want? Your real life name, usernames and passwords, websites you might use, your contacts list, credit card numbers, bank account numbers and others.  
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What methods do they use?  
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Any way they can get a message to you.  
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In Second Life this can happen too. Unfortunately from time to time people do encounter cybercriminals here.
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In Second Life it can take a variety of forms, and can be dealt with by just stopping and thinking and looking for a few moments before you make the decision to give away those vital details.
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In general phishing can be done via:
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•    IM
•    Group chat
•    Public chat
•    Pop-ups from objects you rez
•    Group notifications
•    Unscrupulous people who have message vendors that IM people via a list
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There are possibly other methods as well.
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A common Phishing attempt will be to offer you something from the MarketPlace and give you the link to see it. 
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So, when we shop on the MarketPlace what is the first thing we need to do? YES! Log in with our Username and Password.
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That is where we S T O P and T H I N K.
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Of course the vast  majority of the time your friends and groups will be giving you information that is absolutely fine - BUT - maybe they themselves are not aware of Phishing and didn't make that ALL IMPORTANT check. So, its down to YOU to do so!
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The message or link does not need to be related to money or buying things but it will look attractive in some way. Sex, free things, free downloads that you 'need,' something that looks funny or interesting to access... a deal that is maybe too good to be true even.
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So you have anitvirus installed you are thinking? Excellent! But that is not going to stop a Phishing attempt against you being successful - there is only one thing that will always make a genuine Phishing attempt fail, and that is YOUR diligence.
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So - what are we looking for and how do we know what is genuine and what is not?
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Lets take a look at a fake example of a web link - 
http://marcketplacessecondllfe.altervista.org/p/7-Velis-Dance-pillow-with-menu-Belly-dances-sexy-dance-arabian/1258215/login.bad
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(The link has been changed to prevent anybody from going to a fake website.)
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Initially it looks pretty good:  Dance, pillow, belly, sexy! They are Phishing with a hook and the hook in this case is sex. 
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But let’s take a closer look at it.
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First, what’s the domain name?  Anything from Linden Lab (ne Linden Research) has one of the following domains: 
•    Lindenlab.com
•    Secondlife.com
•    Buildpatterns.com
•    Creatoverse.com
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•    Lindenlab.com
•    Secondlife.com
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But what’s the domain name in the FAKE link?
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1.  Start from the left and skip the "http://".  Search for the first “/” starting from the left.
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2.  You put the domain name together:  starting from the “/,” look left and find the first ".".  
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3.  The first group of characters before the “.” and the first group of characters AFTER the “.” form the domain name.  What is it in this case?
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altervista.org
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That does not sound like any of the Linden Lab domains, does it?  And no, Linden Lab doesn’t reserve domain names on altervista.org.
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What’s another way?  Phone calls.  You think they are not related to Second Life?  Ever had a billing problem?  You might need to contact Linden Lab.  What if I told you to call 800-837-4804 if you had billing problems with Linden Lab? Would you call it?
- Why is a phone call dangerous?  Once someone has your phone number they may be able to charge services against it.  Cybercriminals don’t want to waste time, so they’ll use only phone numbers that are known to be real.  If they can get your number, you can bet they’re going to use it and sell it.
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I’ve had friends tell me absolutely they would call a number I said they should call, or go to a website. But what if MY account had been hacked, they would not know it would they? Orange could in an extreme case be someone else - not the real me!
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If someone could break my password, log on as me, they could send everybody in my friends list a Phishing message.  There are 600+ people on my friends list.  That’s a lot of Phishing and you know they’re going to catch a few.
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If someone gives you a phone number to call for some reason, make sure they tell you the website where they got the phone number.
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If you need to contact Linden Lab by phone you can look up their phone numbers on the SL Knowlege Base.
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In fact you can find answers to many questions on The Knowledge Base.
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/tkb/v1/page/blog-id/English_KB@tkb
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If someone sends you a link you are unsure of (remember always do that quick check no matter who sends it to you) let one of our mentors know and they will either look at it themselves or get someone to check it out for you.
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DON'T let your learning today worry you in Second Life. But also DON'T ignore it. 
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There is a middle ground - STOP and THINK.
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Any questions, send me an IM.
Orange Planer
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White Tiger Help & Learning Island. New Resident Services

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• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right 
• Google search this blog, column on right
• or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
• Creative Commons License, attribution only.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.  
• Ads are  from Google

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• Drop by my place in Second life
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/136/100/22
• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request.
• Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans

  

2013 ART: "The Tower" -- Rebeca Bashly -- Self-Limitations

"The Tower" -- Rebeca Bashly -- Self-Limitations 
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December full sim art. 
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Location link.  Click to go, or drag onto the viewer screen.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA6/137/123/21
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It is not our abilities that show what we truly are.  It is our choices.  Albus Dumbledore.

'The Tower' is symbolic of  restrictive areas, of closed minds, of self limitations and the like, as in kids fables.

2013 TKR: Quick Quotes about leadership

Quick Quotes about leadership
Self-help--Thinkerer

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• The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.  
• So look them over.  
• You may find one that fits you.  
• Or somebody you know.

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• The secret to getting there is to know where you're going.
• Every problem is an opportunity being mishandled.
• The only public part of the success story is the last act.
• The language of complaint starts with they. The language of solutions starts with I.

2013 ART: : Arcadia museums and (free) Vendors

Arcadia museums and (free) Vendors
See her work, get copies of her work
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The original museum, developed by Mally McGinnis, had to close because of land problems.  Two other museums have now opened with the original content and some important additions from Arcadia's recent work.     

2014 1stHELP: Viewer 3.3+ Preferences window, Summary

Viewer 3.3+. Preferences window, Summary 

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How to use the Preferences window in the standard SL viewer
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General tab

Preferences, General tab

Click image to enlarge

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Set access: General, Moderate, Adult

To find adult places in search, you also have to fix the setting in the search box (upper left),

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Start location

If you set favorite destinations on your viewer AND check the Show-on-login box, you can select the place to be when you login.

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Name tags will clutter your screen if you leave them on all the time

Note that you can highlight the names of friends.