I am sharing these two wonderful pictures of body art just because I can and because I think they are wonderful.
Wherein this avatar's fates, adventures and experiences in, his thoughts and feelings about and his reactions to his first and second life are depicted with written messages, images and other audiovisual tools.
I am Bock in SecondLife and Bock is I in first life. We share thoughts, opinions, feelings, actions and reactions. We are one and the same and inseparable. On this blog I choose to share both my realities.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
A Brave New Virtual World Is Underway
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| "Moment" Photography by Tomais Ashdene (Totally unrelated to the subject of the post, but I couldn't find any suitable illustration) |
The project is expected to take several years to accomplish. The new virtual world will not be constrained by the limitations that the existing SecondLife and "backward compatibility. Although there are some hopes for some levels of migration, given the new platform may well be revolutionary, rather than evolutionary, whether this will be possible , and at what level cannot at this time be determined." (Quote from "Living in a Modemworld")
There are already many excellent summaries on this development on other blogs, so I will refer you to them.
New World Notes:
BREAKING: Linden Lab Confirms It's Building New Virtual World "Far Beyond What is Possible with Second Life" (Updated with Official Statement)
Living in a Modemworld:
a) Ebbe confirms: “we’re working on a ‘next generation’ platform” (with audio) with an interview with Ebbe Linden
b) Lab: “We’re not giving up on Second Life”
Jo Yardley's Second Life:
a) Linden Lab working on new virtual world
b) Linden Lab officially responds to the new virtual world story
Eddi & Ryce's Second Life:
Hear Ebbe Linden Make the Announcement of Linden Lab's New Virtual World Over at Inara Pey's Blog
Mona Eberhardt │ Living Virtualy:
Linden Lab working on Second Life’s successor?
Bock & Facebook, Friday June 20 2014
Early in the day, I could log in as usual and do everything one does on that site; Post stuff, like, comment, share, poke and chat with friends. In short everything was quite normal.
Later the same day, I got the following message when I tried to post a blogpost to Facebook:
You’re Temporarily Blocked From Posting
This temporary block will last 24 hours, and you won’t be able to post on Facebook until it’s finished.
Please keep in mind that people who repeatedly post things that aren't allowed on Facebook may have their accounts permanently disabled.
My account was still available, but I had certain restrictions on how I could interact with the website: No posting, no liking, no commenting and no sharing, but poking and chatting was still allowed.
Even later yesterday, I got this message when I tried accessing my account on Facebook.
Now I was permanently banned and my account was disabled. So if you missed me late yesterday, you should know that I have not removed you from my friends list.
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Considering what has been going on lately with Facebook's purge directed at SecondLife avatars, the last message did not come as a complete surprise. Ever since my previous voluntary departure from Facebook, I have had mixed feelings about my return.
It is a very convenient way to keep in touch with my Tomais and some my close friends out-of-world, but it is also extremely time consuming and hours can sometimes pass without you even noticing.
After my return I have also had a rather lax friending-policy. I accepted anyone who asked. The only exception being the jerk who was the last straw for my voluntary departure last time. Can you imagine, he actually asked to be my friend when I returned after having posted the most vile and viscous comment on the timeline of my previous account, deleting the comment (I saw it in my email, which was the reason I turned off that option on my return) and then unfriending and blocking me?
Well, I was to tired to make a decision on what to do about it yesterday, but I will discuss the matter with my sane and balanced hubby and we will see what comes out of our deliberations.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Second Pride Opening Parade Instructions
If you are able please come and join in the fun. There are lots of free floats and balloons, you might even consider riding on Bock in SecondLife's Snoopy balloon.
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Here are some instructions that were sent out in the Second Pride Festival Group yesterday.
"Greetings
Float Sponsors. The opening Parade will be at 10 AM SLT Saturday.
There
is a special area near where each float rezzes reserved so that Parade sponsors
may put their people on the floats for the maiden run, Please have your
people nearby and watching - attached is
the list with the parade order and approximate departures of each float. FIVE
MINUTES BEFORE YOUR FLOAT Departure, please TP to the boarding area at the
landmark below
The parade
is about 80 minutes long - these times area GUESSES - please be at the parade site to ensure you and your
people are ready to board when your float rezes.
10:00 1
OPENING FLOAT
10:01 2
DUMMY INVISIBLE SPACER
10:02 3
MOTORCYCLES
10:03 4
PARADE MASTER
10:05 5
WE ARE FAMILY
10:06 6
KERMIT
10:07 7 ***
LION KING (sponsored santum)
10:08 8
KITTy BLIMP
10:08 9
CARNIVAL
10:09 10
Pride EAGLE
10:10 11***10
IT'S RAINING MEN (sponsored manshots)
10:11 12 BANNER MINE
10:12 13
BLUE MARCHING BAND
10:13 14 CYBERS PUG
10:14 15
CABARET
10:15 16
HUMAN RIGHTS PARADE BANNER
10:15 17
**** POSIEDON sponsored by Spad development
10:16 18 ***14
CRAWFISH (sponsored by vanbeeks )
10:17 19 DrAGON SHIP
10:18 20 BANNER HAPPY PRIDE WEEK
10:19 21****MERMAID - Sponsored - GMC
10:20 22
VOODOO TOP HAT
10:21 23 ***19
CAN CAN (sponsored by 3 bears)
10:21 24 ****20
SNOOPY (sponsored Bock in SecondLife)
10:22 25***21
FLOWER GARDEN (sponsored greek gold resort)
10:23 26 ***22
MR POTATO HEAD (sponsored by vanbeeks)
10:24 27 ARTEMIS
10:25 28 CYBERS Medieval BALLOON
10:26 29***22C STARBUCKS CUSTOM TOWER (sponsors
starbucks)
10:27 30 STONEWALL BANNER
10:28 31
M&MS DISCO FLOAT (sponsored dal riala)
10:28 32
BART SIMPSON
10:29 33
BETTY BOOP
10:30 34 ***26
POPEYE (sponsored second norway)
10:31 35 ***27
IN THE NAVY (sponsored vanbeeks)
10:32 36
GOODYEAR BALLOON
10:33 37 ***YMCA (sponsored twink nation)
10:34 38
FIREMAN
10:35 39
****MACHO MAN
10:36 40
CYBERS LEATHER BEAR
10:37 41
****TOP MODEL
10:38 42 MONOPLY MAN
10:39 43 ***
MOULIN ROUGE (sponsored briga/lesbian orchid)
10:40 44
STONEWALL BANNER
10:41 45
FROG CARRIAGE
10:42 46 TWEETY IN DRAG
10:43 47 CYBERS WEDDING CAKE
10:44 48
LOVELY LOLLYPOPS
10:44 49
DESERT HEARTS
10:45 50 CHARLIE BROWN TRANNY
10:46 51 *** CYBERS PRICILLA FLOAT (sponsored sickly sweet)
10:47 52
CONDOM FLOAT
10:48 53
CIRCUS FLOAT
10:49 54
MR STAY PUFT
10:50 55 ***
CHINESE LUCK DRAGON FIRE ISLAND CUSTOM FLOAT (sponsored fire island)
10:51 56
HOT AIR BALLOON
10:51 57 ****WONDER WOMAN (sponsored vengeful
threads)
10:52 58 AIDS
BANNER
10:53 59
SNAKE LADY
10:54 60 BANNER CELEBRATION OF LOVE
10:55 61
XENA FLOAT
10:56 62 DONATIONS BANNER
10:57 63
APHRODITE FLOAT
10:58 64 *** PEGASUS (Sponsored ryfie)
10:59 65 ***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM FLOAT
(sponsored gor hub)
11:00 66***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM BALLOON
(sponsored gor hub)
11:00 67
RED MARCHING BAND
11:01 68
CYBERS CATFISH BALLOON
11:02 69
MUPPETS
11:03 70
GONZO
11:04 71
ENERGIZER BUNNY
11:05 72 CYBERS DIVERSITY BEARS BALLOON
11:06 73 CYBERS CONSTRUCTION ZONE FLOAT
11:07 74
BANNER CYBERS ALL EQUAL
11:08 75 ***FLAMING FIRE TRUCK (sponsored n4rs)
11:08 76 I LOVE NY BALLOON
11:09 77 EAST SIDE WEST SIDE
11:10 78
RAINBOW SEAHORSE
11:11 79
WHITE MARCHING BAND
11:12 80 MR
PEANUT FLOAT
11:13 81
BLOCK PARTY
11:14 82 BANNER HAPPY GAY PRIDE WEEK
11:15 83 STATUE OF
LIBERTY ENDING FLOAT"
Picture of the Day - 115
"Eat my Goal" Photography by monyana
If you wish to see more of monyana's, please visit their Flickr photostream here.
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