Hello Hella,

We are so happy to have you join our community of artists at the Art Factory. Your images are hauntingly beautiful. What is the inspiration for your art?

“About my inspiration it's about the feeling in a present situation, always in the NOW, we can call this "états d'âmes" in French, "states of mind" in English ? “

Your art is a visual representation of current feelings and moods? That is so interesting. Do you have other galleries or exhibits in OpenSim or in Second Life?

“For my art in physical life, it's another route that I don't mix with virtual worlds.
For the photos, which relate only to life in SL and Opensim, I only exhibit on Flickr and in Opensim. Many captures, come from the world of SL and since 6 months, taken in Opensim.”

I have followed your Flickr for a long time now and look forward to seeing your posts. Hella, what do you enjoy about your art inworld?

“Art changes my frequency and makes my life a dream. In the virtual world as in life, practicing an art is a pure expression of oneself and it feels good to do good :)”

Ernest and I are overjoyed to have you join the Art Factory community. Would you tell our readers how you got involved in the project?

“Art Factory is the first place I visited that challenged me, I took some pictures from elsewhere that I put on Flickr, months ago. The Thirza Safari Tour allowed me to rediscover the Art Factory region and to meet Ellen and Ernest "in person", I had had some contact with Ellen on Opensimworld, I was happy to meet Ellen and Ernest :)”

Thank you for taking the time for this interview, Hella. And welcome to the Art Factory community!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/195175838@N04/

Visited Tropicana Bird's Nest, it's well done.
Then I met this guy. But he said he isn't Wolfman Jack. I don't belive him. I'm sure... he is!
https://opensimworld.com/hop/87742

Guess Who - Clap for the Wolfman (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk7xzzzwDiI

Mind Odyssey art exhibit is a spectacle of vibrant colors and animation. If you are free this weekend, please consider taking the time to visit this exhibit. Art is presented by these artists:
Nyx Breen
Cherry Manga
Amaranthim Talon
Shirl Tainted Angel
Bibiana has beautiful pieces about too!
and me~
A special thank you to Reyn Softly for creating this great region! When here you must view the land looking down from above, you will see a very cool head residing here! continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Mind Odyssey
continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Mind Odyssey

According to our Observatory experts, many visitors crash when trying to teleport to Novale. This would seem to be related to a known bug, a conflict between Firestorm viewer and Vivox.
Good news, there is a way to go around it : prior to teleport to Novale, go to your preferences/Sound&Media/Voice and diseable Voice.
Try it and let us know if it works for you !

Just a touchy-feely ... a friend of mine wanted to know about an online witch-coven, I would consider building it, to help her out.... just want an opensim feedback first... please leave your comments

My first 3D picture of ViBel's Neiferleaf Castle
Taken with the new Firestorm 6.5.3.65658
3D view on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/rolandfrancis/51958465736/in...

(Just in case you would want to know how to take a 3D picture with the new FireStorm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHryzydZ700 - It proves that anyone can)

My computer fried apparently, while I was yet again having a wrestling match with death. It seems I won yet again! haha! :) I am trying to fix PC but still mostly in wheelchair ATM, n outta money currently. I apologize guys n gals. I am so very sorry my worlds are down. I dunno if I see well enough to overhaul my 96 Gb dual 6 core workstation, or no, but I/when I get me debt down with a now 1k a month income, and 18k of debt... lol :O I will certainly TRY HARD to fix it, and get worlds back up. Prayers, love, hugs, and high 5's everyone. Be well, be happy. :)

I just placed a new Mesh Avatar in the Rigged Avatar Store-Free-Full perms. Please meet Lil Col Sanders, Sanders in his youth lol, I created this avatar one year as my Halloween costume to trick or treat at @Jamie Anna Wright region. It was such the fun night that I thought I would offer him. He comes with a crispy attitude! You can find the Rigged avatar store here continuum.outworldz.net:8002/Catena%20di%20isole/336/323/32

Phantom Rose Grid, Steam Region's Water power Clock, with Chateau du Coeur, in the background. There is a lot to explore on this region. You can use the steam powered boats to explore via the massive water ways or ascend to the Conservatory and use the public balloons offered for guests to float over this beautiful region. You can go to the main dock and start an Adventure Quest to Mysterious Island and win a great prize or explore the undersea beauty of Mermaids of the Mists. There is a hidden cavern under the Graveyard, with some interesting challenges! There is no need to be bored in your virtual life, when Phantom Rose Grid offers many interactive activities 24/7! Hop to Steam via Opensimworld, or use your viewer and paste in: http://PhantomRose.Outworldz.net:8002, which brings you to the public Welcome Region. From there you can use the Interdimensional Portal (IDP) to travel throughout the Grid.

Celebrating Jails Everywhere?
I joke around a lot, but, as unbelievable as it may seem, this not a joke. According a business blog, the "National Play Monopoly Day" is a time for families to gather together to play the game that celebrates "Park Place, Boardwalk, and the jails located anywhere in the world". WTF? Celebrating jails?

This new outfit at oh HELLO only celebrates fun, fashion, and, ironically, anti-capitalism. (It's free). Smash the State and Storm the Bastille in style with this Monopoly themed skirt, graffiti top and "wild heart" platform boots.

Oh HELLO: Outfits With Options
fireandicegrid.net:8002/Xinashi

Party at Club Equinox today, in about 45 minutes.

This party is meant to be the final party on 'old' Equinox Grid.
DJ Golbez returns spinning his hard metal, baby metal, etc. 3pm to 4pm grid time.
A Mystery DJ will follow DJ Golbez 4pm to 5pm.

http://www.equinoxgrid.net/wpWebsite/
http://opensimworld.com/hop/86648
equinoxgrid.net:8002:EQG Club Equinox

January's Party at Club Equinox.
3pm to 5pm GT.

This party is meant to be the final party on 'old' Equinox Grid.
DJ Golbez returns spinning his hard metal, baby metal, etc. 3pm to 4pm grid time.
A Mystery DJ will follow DJ Golbez 4pm to 5pm.

http://www.equinoxgrid.net/wpWebsite/
http://opensimworld.com/hop/86648
equinoxgrid.net:8002:EQG Club Equinox

HERE TO ANNOY ONCE MORE.
Some guy was annoyed by my posts about outfits I assemble. Sorry darling, these clothes aren't for you. Anyways, the grid was down for a bit and is now back. Assembling outfits to annoy easily annoyed guys is happening again!

oh HELLO: Inspired by Fashionista. Accessible to all.
fireandicegrid.net:8002/Xinashi

This is a beautiful Heart Bezel solitaire in Ruby. It is bento rigged so it increased the LOD it is a bit heavy. The mesh was reduced 50% prior to rigging too. For those that demand bento, and to the ones who scream at me for being heavy, I have to say, sorry but had to do it!! You can find it in the Bento rings section in the Foyer.
continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry

Why there are people they give their avatars names like "Nazi German" and "Adolf Hitler"?
Why they visit a sim like Stark and say they hate gays and threaden people to find them in real and kill them?
Why are people so full of hate?
Why can't they stay away from Stark and let live people their (virtual) life in the way they want?
Lots of questions that I don't have an answer to!

But one thing is absolutely clear for me:

WE DON'T WANT GUYS LIKE YOU HERE AT STARK!

So please stay away and spread your hate somewhere else. Or better: Don't spread it anywhere!

And stop crying in the Stark OSW review section because we banned you several times. We would do it anytime again!

I gave it a good go but the rigging of the jewelry caused the avatar cost to go up too much. I have decided to pull some of the bento because of complaints about the avatar cost. Before rigging the jewelry is decimated until it loses it's detail, so I am decimating as much as possible. I will keep playing with it until I can get the cost down. Thank you Typhaine.Artez for taking the time to help me perfect the jewelry. It has been a battle because it is such fine details which cost huge on some pieces no matter how much I decimate, or clean up. The other issue is, when clients wear mesh shoes, hair, clothing their avatar cost is up there, then by wearing my jewelry it goes up let's say the same as a pair of shoes, but because the jewelry is usually added last, the jewelry is to blame!! It is all adding to the avatar cost. Back to the drawing board. Thank you for all the support!!

Ladys what I have for you all?..i am sure you would love to have the tummy talker ..to feel the pregnancy and feel your baby in your tummy..now is the time to have it...tummy talker with hud is in the store...come all and take it ...

Ever wonder what your Cuddly Feline companion is thinking? Lord Wellington has acquired the ability to speak the English language. Come, take him home today! Click him and he will reveal his innermost musings.

July 21 - Never Buy Hair Event - We Keep Ruining Hair Resellers 18 new Premium and Fullperms Fatpacks last 24 Hours for ALL Yay!!!!
Release Locations:
- The Harbor
- The Conglomerate
- Inc
Share with no mercy and keep Opensim FREE!!!

First test of new Oar server success only a few bugs to sort yay. I tried on region with not much, created oar of 5522 assets in 9.2 seconds resulting file 377mb
oar server is independent and runs separate from opensim server, handles REST commands. example

# curl -s -X POST 127.0.0.1:6010/archive \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"regionId":"a90db57d-a6e4-498f-b40c-4faaf00b3dd7","regionName":"Holoneon","sizeX":512,"sizeY":512}'
[returns job id]
{"jobId":"ca00aaa7-1615-4532-af9c-669453233903"}
[get status of ongoing/complete job]
# curl 127.0.0.1:6010/jobs/ca00aaa7-1615-4532-af9c-669453233903

{
"jobId":"ca00aaa7-1615-4532-af9c-669453233903",
"state":"done","elapsedSeconds":9.2,
"queuedUtc":"2026-07-10T15:59:12.0319843Z",
"fileSizeBytes":394976391,
"fileName":"Holoneon-20260710-155912.oar",
"filePath":"/opt/OarServ/Holoneon-20260710-155912.oar",
"objects":51,
"assetsWritten":5522,
"missingAssets":0,
"error":null
}
if you know how the oar module works in opensim server, batch process 100 assets at a time with callbacks that clobber the CPU and take ages to complete.

separating oar creating from opensim service gives us opportunity to be fast :) since regions run in RAM we have to trigger a disk sync with 'backup' or restart the region first.

Today at noon grid time: all the amazing, fun, upbeat music from the movie so many love: The Blues Brothers! Costumes welcome, come as a Blues Brother or the cops chasing them, or simply come as you are and relive this blast from the past.