Mingle much? (^_^)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

It started here.  I figured it would be fun to post my desktop in a thread about desktops.  But, instead of a screen shot, I opted to take a picture of my screens.  Mostly because of the odd layout I use… At work. =^-^=

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So, yeah, that’s what my desk looks like at work.  Mind you, yeah, I have tons more applications running at any given time.  But, that’s my desktop. (^_^)

It’s part of my “mingling” of RL and SL.  I do a fair job of keeping both separate.  Most of my online identity cannot be traced back to the RL me except for historic reference… Where I was, and such.  Same goes for RL people knowing what I do online.  Though, it’s not because I ain’t open about it. (^_^)

I’m not that kinda hard-line “RL and SL are exclusive!!!” type.  At the same time, I’m not the “Hey! IM me to get to know everything about me” kind either.  But, I let things mingle. (^_^)

That’s to say, a little sprinkle of Immy here and there in my RL keeps things a bit brighter.  And, I can’t quite get rid of the Me-me in my SL.  It’s just the way I function.  I may not be telling the whole truth, but, I can’t just flat-out lie.  Here I am *BWONNNG*, and stuf. =^-^=

I guess that’s my ramble of the day… week… month… Jeez, I don’t update this joint as much as I should. (>_<)

 

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L$ Not Authorized…? (O.o)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

TOS update today.  Now, exchanging labbiemonies with RLmonies by any other service than the LL run Lindex has become “Not Authorized“.  (=_=)

To me, that’s a very open ended statement.  It reminds me of the lane-splitting that Cali motorcycle riders so enjoy.  Like, it’s not legal to ride between lanes of cars BUT!! It’s not illegal either. (O.o)

That is to say, feel free to do it but don’t come crying to us if you’re punished for it. (o.O)

Illegal lane use aside, what if “NA” now means that any other exchanges are banned.  What few I know of don’t seem to have a history of fraud.  Others aid in transferring monies from one grid to the next.  Sparing us the extra step of L$ >> $ >> ?$ real monies. (^_^)

What is being said here?  Let’s lookie at the official TOS text… (>.>)

Third party exchanges are not authorized by Linden Lab and Buying or Selling Linden dollars on third party exchanges are not authorized transactions. Third party exchanges are wholly distinct from both the LindeX exchange and Linden Lab and they have no affiliation with Linden Lab. We do not endorse or otherwise guarantee the legitimacy of the Linden dollar transfers offered on them, and we are not liable for purchases of such Linden dollars. Buying or Selling Linden dollars anywhere other than the LindeX is done so solely at your own risk. If you Buy Linden dollars that are traced to unauthorized credit card activity or other fraudulent activity, we will recoup these Linden dollars from your Account. The only authorized exchange is the LindeX.

What is this telling us?  How will they identify unauthorized activity?  Does this mean that using non Lindex exchanges could possibly lead them to simply take our monies away? (O.o)

It’s like, click any other button if you don’t not want to reject the exclusion of this clause. (=_=)

 

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I feel honored. =^-^=

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

A cute little piece of work left me a message last night on my profile feed. (^_^)

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Such a charmer. =^-^=

My heart is warmed to see that I got his/her/it’s attention. (^_^)y

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A Crunchy Start For CHUI. (>_<)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

Generally, I’m quite pleased with any UI handed to me.  I liked the V2, V3, V3.4 progressions.  But, with the latest CHUI update, I’m a bit less than pleased. (._.)

Now, I have been able to arrange my chat window layout as I like it; undocked local chat, and all.  But, even undocked chat windows are children to the momma Conversations window.  So, if I close one, the rest fall with it.  Well… Not all the time.  If I close it then press enter to chat locally, I get the local chat window back and solo this time. (O.o)

So, right away, it’s inconsistent. (T_T)

Also, CHUI has eaten the chat console.  That lovely little chat bar with semi transparent text that fades away after a moment or two.  I’m going to miss that.  I liked having text on the screen long enough to read and absorb then self-clean it from my sight.  Bye-bye chat console. (._.)

Also, I know vertical tabs is popular.  But, not with me.  DX

They crowd out the text.  I don’t mind seeing fewer tabs.  I want to see more text.  Gladly, they can be reduced to icons.  But, ew!  I want full width text. (>_<)

Here’s my FS to LL comparisons… Attempting to keep the UI as much as I prefer as possible… (o.o)

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At this point, I find nothing that I can’t get used to.  But, there are some things I’ll miss.  For now, I’ll drop FireStorm for a while and run LL’s latest and see if it’s crashy on me.  (^_^)y

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Creativity Done Gone? (._.)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

Two things came up this week which made me think. (O.o)

One: I closed the NCI newbie mall.  Not without reason.  Applications have gone from the 2 per week I was experiencing a couple years ago to now 1 per month.  And, often, that 1 didn’t create anything yet so I’d have to turn them down. (>_<)

Two: This post on the SL forum.

And, I really have to think.  What is the creative market in SL like these days? (o.O)

That is, who’s making what?  Why are my favourite stores becoming so slow to update?  Why have some stores stopped updating at all?  And how dependent on prefabs are SL creators becoming all around? (._.)

Even the NCI sandboxes have often been reduced to a couple oldbies trying out small builds while everyone else pretty much hovers around in IMs or some open chatting.  I remember when at least half of the crowd was trying to make something new.  Now, that just ain’t the story anymore. (T_T)

At the same time, I’m rebuilding my sim to be a nice haunted little spot to explore a bit and I’m not relying on prefabbed buildings this time around.  I had made some mesh walls with window and door cutouts and I’m finally putting them to use.  They’re bloody hell to align, but, when in place they match a prim build but only use 1/3 to 1/4 of the overall LI prims and sculpts would use.  (^_^)

Still, when I get updates from the store groups I’m in, they’re more often than not new ‘discounts’ as opposed to new items.  Instead of branching off and creating new things, they’re just shuffling the prices on what they’ve already had for a while.  (>_<)

There are exceptions, I know.  Graves has been doing new outfits lately and even working in some mesh details.  DE just released some self-made mesh cargo pants which are insanely detailed.  (^_^)

But, they’re not the norm now.  (>_<)

There are so many stores lately which haven’t updated a thing.  They just sit, idle, and maybe make something new when a fresh prefab/template comes about. (._.)

There could be some argument that the creative people have moved out to open grids, but as a member of OSgrid and InWorldz and a few others, I’m yet to see anything that really shows a ’2013′ sense of newness. (>_<)

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Get out of my rooooooom~! (>o<)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Imnotgoing Sideways

Oh oho ho… Something interesting in the Jira. =^-^=

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-29337?

The fun part is that it has reached the “Awaiting Review” stage… Meaning, there’s hope just yet! =^-^=

Hope for what, you say? (O.o)

Okay, picture this: You manage a volunteer help group and people regularly join just to start crap or spam their new nipple piercings at their store, but they’re “not advertising” because they’re helping people find the best nipple piercings in SL… And so and so and so forth. XD

Or, imagine: You manage a discussion group.  Yeah, that’s it, just a group for chit chat for the sake of chit chat.  But, there are some people who are in it for the gold and want to rile up as big a crowd as they can find.  (O.o)

Well, what option do you have right now?  You could close the group and make it invitation only.  But,  you don’t want people to have to jump through hurdles… Particularly if it’s their first day in SL and they don’t even know ~HOW~ to ask for an invite or even know what groups are just yet. (>_<)

You could eject the person from your group… Over, and over, and over, and over… because it’s their goal to drive everyone nuts and enjoy the idea that you can’t really stop them. (>_<)

Well, now, if you ain’t read that Jira yet, here it goes… You can BLACKLIST people from joining your group! \(^o^)/

Or, at least, not yet.  But, it seems like it may be a possibility soon. (^_^)

This will be a boon for open groups to really lay down the law while remaining available for those who can appreciate the workings of a community. (^_^)

I like this. =^-^=

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