Let’s throw out the skins that cost thousands of dollars, let’s celebrate badly done seaming, let’s dig into our inventories and wear stuff from when we were young, let’s go out shopping at discount. Because, hell, who needs perfection anyway as imperfection looks this neat!

Now, originally this is a rather big file, so I do want to give Shockwave a real life print - if she is interested in having one, that is. But: this one is on me (on my google adsence revenue, actually ;)) and I don’t want her to feel obliged to give out her RL address / data to me. So I’m looking for:

1. A good online photograph printing service
2. that allows to give out gift certificates by e-mail or code number for an amount I choose
3. and allows Shockwave to use that gift certificate for a photograph I upload
4. and delivers to that part of Earth where Shockwave Plasma’s owner resides.

Suggestions, anybody? (Or any other solution, of course.)

PS. Next celebration of important milestone in my Second Web Life is 50k views - 44,778 as I type - on the Flickr stream. Codie is waiting for me to reach that as she promised me we’d celebrate ‘50k’ together in ‘Par Tay’ style. =)

Lotte Linden

She must be from Texas, aiwght?

PierreLuc Linden

I just knew some of them were taking their God status just to serious. Hun, giving the residents an open source viewer which is terribly buggy and has huge memory loss, still doesn’t get you this wings!

Teeple Linden

All kneel?

Mia Linden

Hmmm. Maybe that was fashionable four years ago, it isn’t anymore now. The balloons do get Mia some extra points for cuteness.

Kona Linden

Neat! No mean comments. *grins*

Lisa Linden

Hmm. Lady, you know, we have prims for a reason. Hair is one of those reasons. And did you paint your eyes with tip-ex again?!

Neuro Linden

The old man with glasses look makes me want to trust him. Really. I’d take a cookie from him anytime.

This reminded me of Dandellion’s post on Immersionists vs. Augumentationists, where in the comments I decided my thought on this would be just as clear if I dropped the to many syllables terminology:

People making up their characters will always add ‘pieces’ of their first life selves, probably not even realising that. And people playing ‘themself’ will always play only how they perceive that themself being, not who they really are. Thus they both play (both) roles.

PS. I think I’m permanent black and white with spots now. No more human. I like my cute ears just to much. Now only find myself a winter skin. (Neko’s do have a winter fur and a summer fur, no?)

Does anybody have the link to the media file/video already? I was one of those persons not being able to access it for leave streaming.

PS. *hint* Voice is enabled on the SL4B sims and I’m running Firstlook Voice. *hint* (I still did not test it, as nobody seems to enable voice on their clients?)

Anyway, here goes the chat log:

Philip Linden: Hi All
Philip Linden: Happy happy birthday everyone!
Philip Linden: So many people.
Philip Linden: Who here was there that night?
Philip Linden: When we had the ball drop.
Philip Linden: Love that old map
Philip Linden: Reminds me of June 22, midnight, 2003
Philip Linden: I’m not using the voice client right now.
Philip Linden: How is everyone?
Philip Linden: Feeling good myself. Nice to be in-world.
Philip Linden: So many new faces.
Philip Linden: And a few old ones too…. hiya Yadni.
Philip Linden: We’ve got some old lastnames out there…
Philip Linden: Nomad
Philip Linden: Zugzwang
Philip Linden shouts: Does anyone remember how many times we used to let last names be used?
Philip Linden shouts: Yep, the original goal was 150
Philip Linden shouts: But even back then, we still sometimes let it go to that.
Philip Linden: This is an amazing event and set of builds.
Philip Linden: OK that sounds like fun.
Philip Linden: Let’s start with a Linden bear… I guess that is a crazy idea.
Philip Linden: OK next person to buy for zero gets it.
Philip Linden: That was sorta fun.
Philip Linden: How about another one?
Philip Linden: Hope we don’t crash the sim :)
Philip Linden: OK let me get closer.
Philip Linden: Can everyone hear me?

And then, then Phil’s Big Speech:

Well… let me just start by saying thank you…. For being a part of this big dream coming alive. People often ask me these days if I felt at the start like SL would work. And what I answer is that I always knew that SL would work,But that I dodn’t know exactly when. So thank you all for being the ‘when’ For those who haven’t heard me speak before, And I guess there are a few here! I was dreaming about SL since I was a kid. I felt sure that a whole world could be simulated on computers. and watching it all happen. We used to talk at work about a giant forest… full of evolving plants and things… a place you could wander around in forever, which noone had ever seen. and not see the same thing twice… and know that there were places in there you would happen upon, That was how I can remember thinking about SL at the start. It is also interesting to note, There are really a lot of ways in which it also hasn’t changed. that while SL has grown so much over these last 4 years, As we grow, it is easy to worry that the magic of this place will somehow go away. But looking at the world today, it is just as magical, only bigger. The things that make SL special are coded into it at the lowest level: Those are things that are enabled by the basic technology here. That is what makes me happiest today, and keeps me loving my job! I hope this day and event are fun… a way to see SL through time. Thanks for being here! I’ll hang around to chat, but let me wrap up so that we can all wander around and enjoy the day. I’m gonna logoff and get the voice viewer so I can chat a bit!! Back in a few.

Philip did not return, though:

Daedalus Young: I warned Philip he wouldn’t be able to get back in :P

And Iridium Linden:

Put on my laptop for size comparison. It’s 30cm by 20cm (12 by 8 inches). *grins*

You can still vote for my picture here, just choose ‘foto 4 : SL Attitude - Vint Falken’. Ty! ;)

PS. You did vote for me already, no? ;)

At first I though she was just fooling around when she forced me down to the ground.

Only seconds later - by then she had her foot on my back and a gun against my head - I realised she wasn’t kidding about this.

‘I love these two girls. I want to show that to them by getting them the nicest portrait texture possible for their new home. Do not fuck this up! I know where to find you.‘

Although holding the drawing tablet’s pen when you’re trembling with fear all over, isn’t the easiest thing to do, I tried my best.

And I hope Vanny and Lisa are happy with the results. So Myg will be happy too. Because then, she might let me live my meta-life in peace. *considers hiring Agent Paine for protection* *and I need a safe house too*

The final file is A4, 300dpi resolution so I couldn’t help myself showing off some of the… euhm… details too… *gniffels*