if you are in Reaction Grid and have your own sim, you may run into what happens to me often – inventory loading very slowly (or not at all). over the last month it seems that my inventory only loads like 147 items and then stops, that can also include my hair and parasol (don’t mess with [...]

reaction grid only rolls out the latest build of opensim after it has been out in the community a while and the bugs worked out. and then Chris from reaction grid does her own testing, including putting up a beta grid for users to try. read how to log in here it’s a great chance [...]

Or is it… “Virtual Dreams and Lucid Worlds” ? Do you find that being in a Open Sim world like Reaction Grid, or Second Life, to be like a waking dream? Have you ever dreamed about your avatar?  Have you ever had a lucid dream? Or has a virtual world at least influenced your dream? [...]

second life and opensim worlds are social networks. you can form groups, have friends in a list, IM, chat, talk, share stuff and so on. they are very social networks, almost hyper social. most networks, like facebook, share specific media – photos, videos, wall posts, farmville invites, and offer instant messaging. but do avatars need [...]

after last night’s post on Edmonton going virtual i had a great back and forth with the CIO of Edmonton on twitter. first off, how cool would it be to be the CIO of a city? must be a different dynamic than at a company. they variety of applications must be challenging but also exciting. [...]

being in Reaction Grid must be a little like Second Life was years ago. in speaking with sl long time residents like Poledra (she had an awesome farm in the iliveisl estate), she told me about how Torley was just a normal person that she talked with regularly. that was before he was a Linden and when [...]

i am so sophomoric, actually, i am really juvenile! the word booger makes me laugh, maybe cuz i had a friend in high school whose nick name was Booger! what a name, ahh high school . . . =) speaking of high school and being juvenile, what’s up with the popo busting in the door [...]

i see more posts asking about what sims are out there for kids like this one Virtual Worlds and Kids where a parent has a little one that can see that Second Life is a great creative outlet and would like to experience the same. it’s hard to be more creative than a kid and it’s no [...]

(tips I’ve compiled from various sources.  some you know.  some you may not.  some are debatable… so please don’t throw virtual tomatoes, just post any corrections/clarifications in your comments!) Speed up your Client (your computer): Lower your Draw Distance.  I keep mine on 96m or 128m unless I’m doing landscape photography or want to see [...]

monsters under the bed? i kinda believe in them in a weird way. it makes me feel good to be open enough to think that their could be monsters under my bed. after all, who am i to say there are not? we all pretty much believe the world is round, but i really can’t tell, i [...]

our very own and very talented Nickola gets her own sim in Reaction Grid! we first met Nickola maybe a year ago when taking a quick spin around the iliveisl second life estate. this beautifully created mangrove swamp was just perfect, it actually made me stop and step back. lovely details like a dock and [...]

when i see $295 per month i instantly think one sim BUT i also think 50 avatars, not 1000! plus i also don’t think facebook login! something i read on M Linden’s 2010 wish list blog post well don’t wait anymore M Linden! your dreams are now a reality and it’s even better than your [...]

this is an amazing person who has grown so quickly in Second Life. Kriss first came to me via Dream Walker looking for a small plot of land in Enercity to create a virtual presence for a real life group. but she fell in love with the creative side of sl in a pretty short [...]

now that we have been in reaction grid‘s hosted OpenSim for a few months (at first as a totally private grid, now a few weeks as connected) it’s easier to objectively look at it from the viewpoint of feasibility as an alternative to second life o_O  dang, i confused my self with the sentence (ener [...]