Yes, I am still trying to find my feet in SL again.
And I will get there.
Well, I hope so.
However, our oldest cat (nearly 19) is fading fast and going for the big sleep this afternoon after a rather difficult few days.
Not easy.
Apologies for a huge digression from normal posting. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Friday, 20 April 2012
Battered and flattered
Battered...?
No, not so much me in RL any more - I'm feeling less battered by the day. So much so I found myself taking vain, vain photos of myself in SL last night (see at the end) rather than getting on with some building. Bad me.
THIS battered.
It's one of the things I made on a whim, and liked (despite endless fiddling with offsets).
Whims are good.
Prims? 4. Price? 1L. To be found, of course, at Vent du Sud at the front of the mainstore.
Flattered?
Oh yeah.
See, Terry (Wumpole) and Mike (Stonesoul) offered me a booth at their home accessories exhibition, which was, I think, the decisive kick in the thing I can't say on a family-safe blog that I needed to get me moving again.
(Terry and Mike are lovely and I'm delighted to know them. And not just because they seem to have acquired a taste for provencal builds and decor).
So I put the table there, along with a few other things, all at 1L.
Like the 1 prim bench (which is normally part of the greenhouse set but I should sell it separately, maybe, and in other colours?).
Yes. (Adds to to-do list).
More on the greenhouse set on the Marketplace.
It has anims. Couples and singles. Look.
Please do go and have a look around at the expo - it's something they're doing for the sheer love of decorating. It's fun, it's not huge, but there are some great things to be found.
The vain bit? Here you go.
Tuli Audrey skin, with a lipstain from MOCK that I adore. And a lovely messy hairdo from Damselfly.
So vain. But probably better than a shopping spree which I would love but then I'll never get any building done.
Off to work and to cross fingers and toes I get some building time in later.
The ideas, they are a-coming.
No, not so much me in RL any more - I'm feeling less battered by the day. So much so I found myself taking vain, vain photos of myself in SL last night (see at the end) rather than getting on with some building. Bad me.
THIS battered.
It's one of the things I made on a whim, and liked (despite endless fiddling with offsets).
Whims are good.
Prims? 4. Price? 1L. To be found, of course, at Vent du Sud at the front of the mainstore.
Flattered?
Oh yeah.
See, Terry (Wumpole) and Mike (Stonesoul) offered me a booth at their home accessories exhibition, which was, I think, the decisive kick in the thing I can't say on a family-safe blog that I needed to get me moving again.
(Terry and Mike are lovely and I'm delighted to know them. And not just because they seem to have acquired a taste for provencal builds and decor).
So I put the table there, along with a few other things, all at 1L.
Like the 1 prim bench (which is normally part of the greenhouse set but I should sell it separately, maybe, and in other colours?).
Yes. (Adds to to-do list).
More on the greenhouse set on the Marketplace.
It has anims. Couples and singles. Look.
Please do go and have a look around at the expo - it's something they're doing for the sheer love of decorating. It's fun, it's not huge, but there are some great things to be found.
The vain bit? Here you go.
Tuli Audrey skin, with a lipstain from MOCK that I adore. And a lovely messy hairdo from Damselfly.
So vain. But probably better than a shopping spree which I would love but then I'll never get any building done.
Off to work and to cross fingers and toes I get some building time in later.
The ideas, they are a-coming.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
One step at a time
Don't faint, or say "about time" or "oh, her again", but... thanks to the pharmaceutical industry, slightly less horrendous RL deadlines, and a PC and a connection that work... and the Marketplace back in action (although not without blood, sweat and tears)...
...I have stuck my toes back into themurky sparkling waters of SL. A little tentatively, but definitely a start.
And for once am not ranting but talking about that thing I used to do. Whatcha call it?
BUILDING. Right.
I EVEN put out a couple of spring-ish things like the one above. Find them here, ALL FOR 1L or *gasp* free at Vent du Sud.
OK, not new. But new since last spring.
I EVEN took some photos of other 1L / free stuff. Colour change fabrics on the baskets.
Here's another photo, this time the summer cabins (19 prims, 50L, go look pls thanks).
And I EVEN hopped up to my work platform to attempt a little progress on "things abandoned". You do not need to see photos of this because it is a mess.
I EVEN changed clothes (and came up with the worst possible lighting for what is in fact a stunning skirt and jacket). My apologies to Zaara (Larin skirt, moves beautifully) and Mon Tissu jacket.
(Also, spot the bunch of tulips in the bucket, plus the wishing well, also a spring whim... 1L each)
Looks like I have a way to go before attempting a proper fashion post again, although I do vaguely recollect I did those too. Sorry about this rather weak effort.
But.
One step at a time.
PS: Also, I shall be posting again very soon on a cute, delightful home accessories expo run by two extraordinarily nice guys- some really nice, well-made things to be found there.
Including *cough* mine.
...I have stuck my toes back into the
And for once am not ranting but talking about that thing I used to do. Whatcha call it?
BUILDING. Right.
 |
| Spring flower bench, click to change plants, 1L |
I EVEN put out a couple of spring-ish things like the one above. Find them here, ALL FOR 1L or *gasp* free at Vent du Sud.
OK, not new. But new since last spring.
I EVEN took some photos of other 1L / free stuff. Colour change fabrics on the baskets.
Here's another photo, this time the summer cabins (19 prims, 50L, go look pls thanks).
And I EVEN hopped up to my work platform to attempt a little progress on "things abandoned". You do not need to see photos of this because it is a mess.
I EVEN changed clothes (and came up with the worst possible lighting for what is in fact a stunning skirt and jacket). My apologies to Zaara (Larin skirt, moves beautifully) and Mon Tissu jacket.
(Also, spot the bunch of tulips in the bucket, plus the wishing well, also a spring whim... 1L each)
Looks like I have a way to go before attempting a proper fashion post again, although I do vaguely recollect I did those too. Sorry about this rather weak effort.
But.
One step at a time.
PS: Also, I shall be posting again very soon on a cute, delightful home accessories expo run by two extraordinarily nice guys- some really nice, well-made things to be found there.
Including *cough* mine.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Pettiness and cowardice
Let me tell you a story.
A couple of months back I got a crappy review on the Marketplace for my Best Selling Item (yes, and ranted about it) because... it wasn't delivered. A one-star report because of that (did she contact me? No).
I flagged it, and it disappeared - either LL or the reviewer did it, no idea.
So far, so good.
Lots of nice people said nice things about the rant, too, which gave me the warm and fuzzies. And the Best Selling Item started selling again. For 6L, I might add.
Today, I tried the direct delivery migration thing which failed miserably (these two things are linked, bear with me).
Now, I did find on Google that it didn't work if your interface wasn't in English, and the viewer I had loaded for the purpose picked up that I was in France so OK. I changed the language to English, and it said it worked.
It didn't.
So the Magic Box is back.
(I am digressing more than usual, but I have an utterly crappy ear infection, am swamped with work, but I did want to see if I could get that done so I actually took an hour off to try it).
(No, not expecting sympathy).
But back to the Marketplace and - wait for it - while checking to see that the Magic Box was working, what do I find? Two more crappy reviews for that same, 6L best-seller, two days apart soon after that review that disappeared.
Funny, that.
(OK, I say best-seller but I maybe sold a couple of hundred over a year or so, but even. I was proud of it).
(Yes I know this is full of stuff in brackets. Earache is a bitch).
So I took it down. As the best-seller, it was the first thing that comes up on my store.
(Pride, I know).
The complaints this time? This sort of thing:
- "Crappy scripting and doesn't work, nor do the anims" (it does, I just tested it with a friend, in two locations. It is a standard nPose script).
- "Horrible notecard giver, won't use it" (the box it is packed in gives the instruction notecard for nPose plus the colour changes, plus - I admit it - an LM. Dammit, how often do you need to place the box to open it, anyway...?)
- "You get what you pay for... it may be cheap but it's crap" (ouch ouch ouch and ... just ouch)
- "Not mod/copy" (yes it WAS, checked that too)
Did these "people" contact me? No.
I just don't need the hassle. Hence it is gone. Too miserable to go inworld to delete the inworld version but I should.
I may do another version of it in another colour range, double check it again, and expect people do be intelligent enough to find the instruction notecard in the contents... or just write it off.
COWARD, I know.
I am half expecting the phantom reviewer to start on something else next.
How petty.
Can you tell I'm not super happy with SL right now?
A couple of months back I got a crappy review on the Marketplace for my Best Selling Item (yes, and ranted about it) because... it wasn't delivered. A one-star report because of that (did she contact me? No).
I flagged it, and it disappeared - either LL or the reviewer did it, no idea.
So far, so good.
Lots of nice people said nice things about the rant, too, which gave me the warm and fuzzies. And the Best Selling Item started selling again. For 6L, I might add.
Today, I tried the direct delivery migration thing which failed miserably (these two things are linked, bear with me).
Now, I did find on Google that it didn't work if your interface wasn't in English, and the viewer I had loaded for the purpose picked up that I was in France so OK. I changed the language to English, and it said it worked.
It didn't.
So the Magic Box is back.
(I am digressing more than usual, but I have an utterly crappy ear infection, am swamped with work, but I did want to see if I could get that done so I actually took an hour off to try it).
(No, not expecting sympathy).
But back to the Marketplace and - wait for it - while checking to see that the Magic Box was working, what do I find? Two more crappy reviews for that same, 6L best-seller, two days apart soon after that review that disappeared.
Funny, that.
(OK, I say best-seller but I maybe sold a couple of hundred over a year or so, but even. I was proud of it).
(Yes I know this is full of stuff in brackets. Earache is a bitch).
So I took it down. As the best-seller, it was the first thing that comes up on my store.
(Pride, I know).
The complaints this time? This sort of thing:
- "Crappy scripting and doesn't work, nor do the anims" (it does, I just tested it with a friend, in two locations. It is a standard nPose script).
- "Horrible notecard giver, won't use it" (the box it is packed in gives the instruction notecard for nPose plus the colour changes, plus - I admit it - an LM. Dammit, how often do you need to place the box to open it, anyway...?)
- "You get what you pay for... it may be cheap but it's crap" (ouch ouch ouch and ... just ouch)
- "Not mod/copy" (yes it WAS, checked that too)
Did these "people" contact me? No.
I just don't need the hassle. Hence it is gone. Too miserable to go inworld to delete the inworld version but I should.
I may do another version of it in another colour range, double check it again, and expect people do be intelligent enough to find the instruction notecard in the contents... or just write it off.
COWARD, I know.
I am half expecting the phantom reviewer to start on something else next.
How petty.
Can you tell I'm not super happy with SL right now?
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