Fashion: At work

Friday, October 30, 2009 / by

Just a classy look with a little Halloween accent ;)

Fashion: At work

Outfit details:
  • Sweater: Maitreya (Jam Hoody / in Red / worn without the hood)
  • Shirt: Barcode (Collared Undershirt, part of Mom Sweater Orange / FREE Subscribo Gift)
  • Skirt: LeLutka (Solange skirt / in Dark)
  • Tights: Savvy? (Manna Faux-Tights, part of Manna outfit / tinted: R: 219, G: 163, B: 133)
  • Necklace: +plus (Amy Necklace / attached to spine / tinted R: 172, G: 117, B: 84)
  • Brooch: Caol Ila (Pumpkin Brooch 2009 / FREE at the shop)
  • Bag: Bare@Rose (Bellissima 09 / in Brown)
  • Shoes: Redgrave (Boots / in Black-Leather)
  • Lashes: [glow] Studio (Flutter lashes / Madam Butterfly)
  • Hair: Fri.day (Jasmine / in Timid Brown)
PS. I love this hairstyle, especially the back side!

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The Corn Field

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / by

Aaaaah, finally! I've been to THE CORN FIELD! I wanted to do that ever since I learned about its existence. Quick info for those of you who never heard of it:
The Corn Field is a region of mythological status where once naughty avatars were sent to think about what they had done. "The corn field" is a vast star-lit field of corn and was cut off from communication with the rest of the world (a reference to the classic Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life").

Source: Second Life Wiki
Since bad avatars are not sent to The Corn Field anymore and it stayed closed to the public, noone could actually visit it. People only knew about its existence from a single post of an avatar that was once sent there. However, it was opened for October 28-30 this year, yay! It's decorated for Halloween, but I don't mind - my curiosity is sooo satisfied :)

The Corn Field is fun to explore.

The Corn Field 1

The Corn Field 2

But once it gets dark, it can be quite spooky ^^

The Corn Field 3

I won't spoil the fun for you, you have to go and explore yourself, but be aware that almost all the Lindens you'll meet there are zombies. Also, Mia Linden is the most scaaaarrryyyyyy. And if you have a feeling that Lexie Linden is watching and following you, but when you turn around she's not there... SHE IS FOLLOWING YOU! Have fun :)

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More than a canvas, more than a train

Friday, October 23, 2009 / by

Have you seen AM Radio's Surface build yet? There's a wheat field surrounded by green hills, and a rich countryside scenery spreads as far as the horizon. A train is standing in the middle of this rural area and the atmosphere reminds me of an old farm. It would just be a pretty location like many other in SL, if not for one cool innovative idea: you can actually paint grafitti on the train! Well, the painting itself happens on a website, but once the picture is sent to project's Flickr stream, it appears on the train in-world as well - through SL media. Creative!

Train 01

Train 02

Train 03

Click here for a TP and try it yourself, it's fun :)

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Fresh logo for Snowglobe

Thursday, September 17, 2009 / by

About a month ago Linden Lab launched a contest on 99designs with the intention of finding a fresh new logo for the Snowglobe viewer. I must say I was very curious about the winning design. Reaching to the community for a product logo instead of hiring a professional may bring unexpected results - either in a positive or a negative way. 99designs is a group focused around design, but it's still risky to use online service like this, since a logo is not merely a graphic element but a part of company and product identity. It does give you an idea on how much Linden Lab appreciate the power behind a community nonetheless.

The winner was chosen and I definitely want the new logo on my desktop :) Just look at the old logo and the new one.

Snowglobe logo - old and new

I like how the new one refers to Linden Lab logo, the Snowglobe itself and the primitive cube. I'm not very fond of the bold contour but I still like this design and definitely prefer the new colours. It's fresh, vivid and 'juicy', it's simple, and what's more important - it's memorable and versatile.

You can see the rest of the entries on the contest page. There were some interesting designs worth seeing. Also, take a look at the cute ones with hippos: here, here and here :) Awww... ^^ They're too complex to become logos, but they're so adorable.

So what do you think about the new logo? Which entry would you call your personal favourite?

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Ayumi's necklace

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 / by

My friend Agnieszka has made some jewellery that is named after me! Whee! :) I really like it when designers do that ^^

Ayumi's necklace is a lovely neck adornment featuring a flower with delicate strings, and polished pendants.

Ayumi's Necklace by Agnieszka Allstar

It comes in four colour versions, and you get a matching bracelet with your purchase. The sets are available on Xstreet SL:
When you're there, check out other jewellery sets by Agnieszka :)

In case you are interested in the sunglasses I'm wearing, these are Hepburn sunglasses from [glow] Studio.

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Two years ;)

Thursday, August 13, 2009 / by

It feels like I just posted the One year blog anniversary post, and today it's already two years. I'm really glad that after so much blogging I still have a lot of ideas to write about, and what's more important, that people find it interesting to read and comment. I love coments, so keep them coming! :)

One year ago I wrote that it would be cool to have 1000 visitors monthly - I achieved that about two weeks ago, when I published The ultimate guide to prim twisting. It was posted on the official Second Life blog (thank you, Torley!), on Massively (thank you, Tateru!) and on many personal blogs of SL residents (thank you, thank you, thank you!). It quickly brought more than 6000 unique visitors to my blog in just 14 days! That's fantastic!

My blog: previous twelve months
Unique vistors: previous twelve months

Let me now share some statistics.

Readers
I've got about 100 regular followers that I know about (there might be more, I only know of those who read my blog through Google Reader and the 'follow thingie' on Blogger). As to daily visits on the blog, after the wave of 6000 new readers that I mentioned earlier in this post, the visits stabilized at 200 unique visitors daily.

My blog: previous thirty days
Unique visitors: previous thirty days

I know it might not stay this way forever, but why not make things a bit challenging? ;) I'm setting a goal for this blogging year to keep (or increase) the 200 visitors daily. It won't be easy but I hope you guys will help me with this goal by coming here often and commenting my posts a lot :)

Readers location
My blog: readers location
A snapshot from today's visits: country share

My blog: continent share
A snapshot from today's visits: continent share

A bit more diversified than last year, which is great!

My most popular posts
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to this blog through commenting and sending me IMs, items and other fun stuff in-world. You, my dear readers, make all this writing worthwhile :)

Time for some cake! Cheers!

Two years of blogging

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