Good morning to all you crazy shoppers out there. I hope you are all doing well! I have been putting out a few more items, I am slowly getting there. I have a lot of fillers and backdrops out and now I am working on the builds. I am putting scripts into the doors so it is taking me a bit more time than I would like. But please continue to hang in there with me and I will get there.... Eventually lol ♥

Hi! I'm an Aussie who has been in virtual worlds (SL & OS) for nearly 20 years. I'm a tertiary educator. My undergrad students have done lessons in SL every semester since 2008. I've developed two regions on Kitely in the past: Chinese Island & 1820 Singapore. Sadly, both are no longer online.

The new season of HG Safari is underway and as always the hypergrid is proving to be a rich tapestry of fascinating places! For example:
Bloom Peter's tech-savvy and activity-rich sim Frutti on Winxtropia
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/tutti-i-frutti.html
The awesome Daqtheion Empire on Mobius
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/crazy-like-phos.html
The California biker's paradise on CCI grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/safari-does-anarchy....
Lynnestra Parker's fun and fascinating sim on AMV
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/going-to-goddess.htm...
All this, plus the background to the latest calendar 'Men of Opensim' - thanks to all the talented hotties who agreed to participate
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/calendar-guys.html

Do you have a web page or blog? Want people to actually log into your home world?

Add a link like this: secondlife:///app/gridmanager/addgrid/http%3A%2F%2Foutworldz.com%3A9000

Like this: secondlife:///app/gridmanager/addgrid/http%3A%2F%2F[YOURRGRID]%3A[YOURPORT] You must escape spaces with %20.

Bla Bla Bla Magazine is out now - (Hud Version) can be got at
"AMV Welcome" in the "BLA BLA BLA Boards in both Kiosks"
(Join the Bla Bla Bla group on AMV to read it before it goes live on the Webpage.) Can be found at " alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Welcome "

or wait for it to go live on the web at: https://alternatemetaverse.com/blabla/#mybook/ (to see older Issues - Click on the drop down tab above the Magazine)

Happy Reading!!!
(Always looking for Opensim grids for Advertisements and Special Event Happenings to add into the Magazine.)

The FORMAL GROUP ACCESS ONLY Ballroom requires attendees to join the group and wear formal attire. Individuals who fail to comply with these rules are not my responsibility. I ask that you refrain from reviewing me based on your lack of understanding regarding the event's access and dress code requirements.

**New Releases** Reborn Muscles add-ons fully compatible with the Reborn v3.25, they feature auto-hide and matching materials applications when they are applied after being added, and they work well with the Starchild Muscular Skins for Reborn!
Now out at my shop Exotic Bodies > hop://login.exoticrealities.com:8002/Lush Isle/368/264/22 and at Sciattisi > hop://sciattisigrid.it:8002/SciattiShopClothes/5/186/22

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day, imagine yourself holding a fresh, blank novel with 365 pages—each day a new opportunity to craft your story. This is your book, your chance to pen a tale that reflects your dreams, challenges, and triumphs. What will this year’s story be? Will it be filled with courage, laughter, resilience, or love? Will it show growth, learning, and moments of joy? Each sunrise offers a clean slate to write something meaningful, something that adds to the legacy of your life.

Make this your year to live vividly and authentically, one page at a time.
📖💗📖

Best wishes for an excellent New Year! 2025!

This Christmas, H&G is spreading holiday cheer with an array of exciting upgrades. While preserving beloved elements of the bullet homes, an entirely new Ubode Tested Homes region is in the works. But the improvements don't stop there - H&G Furniture is also undergoing a fresh new look. Both the homes and furniture updates are in progress, and will soon stand alongside the existing Homes and Gardens Regions, ushering in a Christmas filled with hope and renewal. Watch in the NEW Year For notices.

Things I come across...

The rebuilding and restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris is taking place not only in real life, but also on the hypergrid, where artist Hicks Adder is working on a dazzling replica. The ornamentation, structural arches, and foundation are quite complex, and it is a joy to watch the progress.

To be continued.

While most of us associate PBR only with mirrors and shiny metals, there is a lot more to it since all surfaces benefit from it. The top pic here shows the room with the old standard (blinn phong) textures and materials taken using the FS 6.6.17 viewer, while the bottom pic shows the same room with all pbr textures taken using the FS 7.1.11 viewer. Note that you can add both texture sets to a surface so that any viewer can see something. Also note that there is a reflection probe filling this room that prevents the blue light outside from seeping in (a current known bug being investigated).

Saturation, lighting, and detail are significantly improved across the board when all surfaces are pbr, which is what Physically Based Rendering was designed to do: to more accurately capture the interplay of light on various surfaces. For those wondering about how performance was affected, these were taken using my 8 year old desktop that has a GTX 1070 graphics card. I was at 40 fps on ultra graphics, but you don't need to set the graphics that high to get this look. That's because the new viewer is more efficient since it uses more of your computer's available resources.

🔥 New Release at Mediterráneo Shopping Center 🔥

Introducing a sexy lingerie outfit for the Reborn body, available in 11 stunning colors. Designed to enhance your curves with elegance and style. 💫👙

Do you want to build a snowman? When Friday the 13th falls in December! Free to Copy and Buy for 0 on the OSGrid Sandbox Plaza for 24 hours:)

The mask if from Sketchfab and credited. The snowman stuff is from LK mostly with a texture from Pixabay. The knife is Nebadon's from his more recent collection shared at the OSCC a few years back.

May all that is beautiful, meaningful and brings you joy be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!
We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Andremus & Alchy
Winter Wonderland => hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Eden/436/412/26

Just in time for the Christmas Parties, Vesti has released a new store called Seasons. Right now it has 10 new female outfits and 3 new male. Seasons is behind the photo studio beside Everyday InsTYle. Check it out hg.trianon-world.com:18002:Vesti

Voici le compte-rendu de la Réunion d'hier établi par Prodyck
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Compte rendu de la réunion du jeudi 5 décembre

Merci à Eden d'accueillir régulièrement cette réunion sur sa grille. De nombreuses personnes n'ont pu être informées ou venir en raison de la maintenance d'Osgrid. L'information a été diffusée sur Discord, le groupe des Francophones sur Opensimworld, ainsi que via les contacts de chacun.

Ont été abordés :

La sous-utilisation du groupe francophone d'Osw est un problème particulièrement criant vu les circonstances.

Le problème de l'utilisation du chat écrit et de la voix : les discussions techniques sont plus compréhensibles par écrit. La voix donne des discussions plus vivantes. Mais dans ce type de réunion où le nombre d'avatars est réduit, cela ne pose pas de gros problèmes. Il ne s'agit ni d'un cours magistral, ni d'une conférence, mais d'une discussion à bâtons rompus détendue qui est plus facile d'accès pour certaines personnes.

Il apparaît que cette réunion devrait être plus structurée. Pour une meilleure prise en compte de ce type de réunion, il sera demandé aux uns et aux autres quels sujets ils voudraient aborder.

Ankh est venue nous expliquer de façon détaillée ce qu'est une machine virtuelle, comment la créer et s'en servir. Un sujet qui a retenu l'attention de tous.

Il a aussi été question d'une clé USB bootable, particulièrement pour tester les versions Linux et des problèmes avec le setup pour certaines machines.

Enfin, sur Francopholie, le mémorial continue de se mettre en place.

Je suis parti à ce moment-là.

Pangea Christmas Party
Saturday 7 December
10 AM PDT GRID TIME / 19 UHR CET
Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Northpole/130/211/48
10 am pdt / 19 Uhr Cet : DJ Marlon
11 am pdt / 20 Uhr Cet : SaraMarie Philly Live Singer
12 pm pdt / 21 Uhr Cet : Rogue Galaxy Live Singer
dresscode: formal, elegant , gown
everyone is cordially invited

Planned Maintenance this morning took out 3 nodes of our High Availability Cluster. the cluster moved things around to keep things online. We lost 2 nodes out of our Mariadb 5-node Galera cluster and brought them back automatically total down time I reckon 5-10 minutes for what for some grids would have ben a catastrophic failure. https://www.wolf-grid.com