An Art Hive is a community art studio that welcomes everyone as an artist. From an art pop-up in a local library to a community studio or gallery, at its heart, an Art Hive is about inclusion, respect and learning. It's a welcoming place to talk, make art and build communities. Responding in creative ways to things that matter.

Come and contribute to our Virtual Hive and find out more about the history of the project here: https://arthives.org

Rakis Heron

Your contact person for grid (no drama)
and hometown sim advisor.
Owner of grid. 8 domains, 6 servers, 5 works,
hardware, software, business internet and
all bills every month. $ 300 / month.
PayPal donations are always welcome.

Some teleports from OpenSimWorld are a proper trip back in time: the promotional image promises modern design and a wonderful atmosphere — then you arrive and suddenly it feels like 2010 again. 😉

Colourful signs, advertising boards and arrows everywhere, with the same old stuff standing between them year after year. The stylish promotional image starts to feel like a shiny façade hiding a place where very little has changed.

And do clubs really need to be the size of an exhibition hall when around ten people usually turn up? They probably spend the first few minutes trying to find each other.

Why not put a small platform in the sky and create a stylish, welcoming venue there? A smaller club is much quicker to redecorate, too: spooky for Halloween, cosy for autumn, a beach party, or whatever wonderfully wild theme comes to mind. The effort stays manageable, and guests get something fresh to enjoy.

Nobody would need to rebuild an entire region. A small, thoughtfully designed space can create a fantastic atmosphere — and ten guests can actually look like a party.

I appreciate the work and heart that go into OpenSim. But if the invitation has made it into the present, perhaps the venue could start catching up. 😉

🧸 GRAB. DROP. COLLECT! Introducing OSN Claw!

This is what our app can do now—from creating the individual mesh parts and plush toys to writing the scripts that bring the game to life.

We upload the meshes, follow the setup instructions, and assemble a working interactive game in minutes!

🎮 Move the claw with your keyboard arrows.
🕹️ Press DROP to grab a plush.
🐰 Watch it travel down to the pickup tray.
🎁 Click your prize to collect it in inventory.
🔄 Automatic restocking keeps the fun going!

Real gameplay, working mechanics, and collectible prizes—built for OpenSim Network. Watch our in-world demo and see it in action! YouTube ======> https://youtu.be/RFd5-xHlLIY

#OpenSim #OpenSimNetwork #OSNClaw #VirtualWorlds

There is a reason we are the fastest-growing social media/promotional site for OpenSim. Free and modern interface with many features. A calm and adult place for the many who say NO to drama. FREE for EVERYONE, everywhere! https://gridgather.net/

Zombies shuffle through the mist, hungry for anyone who strays from the path, while restless ghosts whisper directions that lead only deeper into darkness. Witches stir their bubbling cauldrons, preparing curses for unsuspecting guests, and evil creatures crouch in the shadows, waiting for the last lantern to flicker out. Run if you dare, scream if you must, but the boats have vanished from the shore—and the Isles never surrender a soul.

I changed asset cache settings. assets stored in s3 bucket and cached using squid.

in a month, 43.7 million requests with avg 2.8ms latency, but using over 70% inodes on root, which is a concern, so i moved cache directory to dedicated 1tb drive.

previous:

Percent Used: 43.75%
Filemap bits in use: 1179867 of 2097152 (56%)
Filesystem Space in use: 413762900/916656380 KB (45%)
Filesystem Inodes in use: 41617829/58391712 (71%)


current:

Percent Used: 27.37%
Filemap bits in use: 1181346 of 2097152 (56%)
Filesystem Space in use: 224359048/921816860 KB (24%)
Filesystem Inodes in use: 1189583/58720032 (2%)

inodes to 2% is a good improvement. I increased the size of RAM cache a bit from 32GB to 48Gb which should help decrease latency.

no assets were harmed during this production. hehe