September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm (Etc, SL Issues)
Tags: computers, Etc, lag, second life
Okay, okay, I’ll admit it: I’m spoiled. By having my own fast, beautiful computer for the past three months, I’ve been totally spoiled. The mind-blowing graphics, the fast loading, the ability to run Photoshop and SL together… It’s made me something of an elitist. I suppose it was only fitting that I’d be forced to return home without the computer of my dreams, since it’s a desktop and rather hard to move around, to humble me.
I used to play SL off of my parents five year old computer before I got my own, and at that time, it didn’t seem so bad. I was resigned to the lag, the having to log out of SL to use Photoshop, the fact that sculpties never rezzed and people looked like weird blobs. I had never experienced Read the rest of this entry »
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July 20, 2009 at 1:53 am (Etc)
Tags: Etc, transfer
As an early birthday present my parents have bought me my own domain name, so I won’t be reliant on WordPress anymore. I’ll be setting it up and exporting everything right around the time I transfer, which is in about 13 days.
Because I’m transferring to the Main Grid, I won’t be using the name “Transmissions from TSL” any longer. I really need suggestions as to what to change my blog name to. If you have any ideas, please post a comment, even if you usually don’t. I really need help in finding a good, apt title.
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June 19, 2009 at 6:55 pm (2009 Blogger Challenge, Etc)
Tags: blogger challenge, Etc
BBBC Final Day:
I can’t believe that I’ve posted every single day for a week. As many of you know, my blog often goes without a new topic for a week or more, and being able to write something new, not always SL related, but new, every single day for a week has been a great challenge. If I want to really be a reporter, I need to be able to find stories and ideas that will garner readers every day or write more than a few times per day. When I started on this challenge, it was partially a personal “Lets see if I can do this” and partially a try to gain more readers. It seems like in both areas, I’ve suceeded. A full week of new posts, maybe not always interesting, but different, maybe not always long, but something in writing. I feel pretty fufilled, and would love to do another challenge in the future. Being able to put my blog in the same ranks as many MG bloggers makes me quite happy, and I’m always glad to share my insights on the world from a teenage window. Thanks to Alicia to the challenge, and the other participants for keeping it interesting. Who knows, maybe I’ll put out more posts after this!
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June 18, 2009 at 10:24 pm (2009 Blogger Challenge, Etc)
Tags: blogger challenge, Etc, story
Story character:
Name: Anvius Lavel
Occupation: Good-for-nothing layabout/Powerful wizard
Heritage: One of the last surviving members of an extraordinary magical linage
Description: A tall, gaunt, olive skinned man with shoulder length stringy greying hair, about 54 years of age, usually dressed rather sloppily in old rock band teeshirts and jeans. Typically unshaven and doesn’t shower often enough, he looks slightly homeless – people have been known to thrust money into his hand if he’s resting on a bench.
Bio: The Lavel family is a branch of an ancient order of magicians dating back to medieval times, thriving by keeping their blood pure and untainted by the non-magical for centuries. Unfortunately, what once worked no longer does, and nearly all magical lines are dieing out. Anvius is one the last remaining members of his own bloodline. He grew up in a time when the magical community was integrating into teh non-magical, and half-breed children were becoming common. Because of this, his parents kept all of their children away from the magical schools, which were starting to accept the half-breeds for training. Instead, all Lavel children were homeschooled and brought up with an attitude of disdain towards those who mixed their blood. Only Anvius and his youngest brother Erik really accepted the philosophy. Erik disappeared when he was 19, and only occasional reports of him have come in since then, sightings in countries as far off as West Africa and Romania. After his parents died, Anvius, as the eldest son, inherited their home and the majority of their enormus fortune, with a small amount going to his younger siblings, most of whom no longer associated with the family after marrying outsiders.
Anvius has become a bitter, apathetic layabout with no real goals in life, living as a shut in. He shuns both the magical and non-magical communities, refusng to help anyone but himself. He has a huge ego, and spends most of his time studying history and writing a blog on why the magical community should have taken over and ruled the non-magical when it was stronger, instead of helping and protecting them. Though he seems dark, Anvius is neutral – he dislikes everyone equally, and just doesn’t care anymore.
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