Goodbye Eppie

Goodbye Eppie
Ursprünglich hochgeladen von Peter Stindberg

Explorer Eppie Hock is leaving Second Life for personal reasons. I had the honor of meeting her when she tended to last unfinished business, left all her groups and said Goodbye to her friends. I only knew her for a short while personally, and she struck me as an extraordinary person. Before she left, she gave me the cat. I will care for it until she eventually returns. All the best to you, Eppie!

My 5 seconds of fame

Hamlet Au of New World Notes asked for predictions for 2008, and of all reader suggestions he chose 10 predictions to vote on. I am proud to say that he chose my prediction, that Linden Labs will be bought by a major player (my bet is on Google), to be among those 10.

Vette's Boutique

Two nights ago my friend an ex-piano-addict Caterin took me Freebie Hunting. I got dizzy from the quick teleports she fired off into my direction, but finally we found some rest in a rather small shop called Vette's Boutique. The available freebie was not really my taste, but I found some nice and unique designs, and actually yet another unisex item which I bought for myself - a rather nice red-and-white scarf.
Last night I took my sister Chey to Vette's boutique and - as I usually do - sent a cold-calling IM to Vette DeCuir, the owner of the place, offering my translation services. It turned out that she was right above our heads and came down to say hello.
The three of us had some great fun, and Vette is a really charming personality. She had just started SL in July, and - being a graphics art student - decided to make her own clothes out of frustrations that she couldn't afford and/or find decent clothing for herself. Her collection is still rather small, but she is working on 20 new items to be releases January first.
Obviously Vette has enjoyed our conversation as well, since she posted her own report on her blog. I can highly recommend Vette's Boutique - here is a designer who has come a long way in a short time, and who is certainly worth watching out for in the future!

Celeb group IM's

[13:12] dandellion Kimban: where's the party?
[13:12] Vint Falken: i'll tp you
[13:13] Peter Stindberg: I have to post these two lines on my blog... :-)

(I myself was deep in conversation with my new old friend Cake, so I didn't go)

4 Lindens in one Sim

I was checking out the Straylight sim with my friend Sonne, when I noticed Benjamin Linden standing around. I IMed him - and crashed. I relogged, only to find Cornelius Linden, Bub Linden and Alexa Linden. I asked Bub if they do a company outing? And after a witty remark and the explanation that they take new photos for the homepage - I crashed.

Graduation, Part 1

I told you they come in reverse order...

When you start in SL, you have a steep learning curve. However you don't REALIZE it is a steep learning curve, since everything is nice and interesting and SEEMS easy, and usually you find people who help you along. On of the first challenges is to model a decent outfit, other challenges are learning to use the controls etc.

I personally think there are many milestones in order to become a seasoned citizen, and one of these milestones is a clash with Prokofy Neva. I had my clash with her on June 17, after I read an article on the Second Life Insider which linked to a griefer group website. At that point, I have never heard of Prokofy before, but the linked article held so much hate and loathe for her that I fired an IM in Prok's direction simply asking "Why do the griefers hate you so much?".

I can very well imagine the smirk on the face of people who know Prokofy reading this. Of course I did not know who I talked to, and I only felt symphatetic for her. Her response, however, teached me better. Here's the "Best of...":

• Prokofy Neva: um, you're one of them, and playing dumb, DER
• Prokofy Neva: you must be one of them or from SA if you have to ask this question, retarde
• Prokofy Neva: anyway who gives this link [...] is one of them, or a sympathizer
• Prokofy Neva: the SL Insider sympathizes with griefers; they are rehabilitating plastic duck
• Prokofy Neva: ERRR???? what a total fake! rolls eyes

I get a great chuckle every time I tell this story. So even though it seems fairly easy to get into an argument with Prokofy, I still consider it a graduating event for me :-)