John Mayall – Der Vater des britischen Blues

Wenn man die Geschichte der Rockmusik betrachtet, stößt man unweigerlich auf Namen, die wie Monolithen in der Landschaft stehen.
Doch hinter den glitzernden Fassaden von Bands wie Fleetwood Mac, Cream oder den Rolling Stones
verbirgt sich oft ein gemeinsamer Nenner, ein Fundament, auf dem diese Paläste errichtet wurden.
John Mayall war genau dieses Fundament ...

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Phx by BK-Mode: Vier Outfits, ein Abenteuer.

🌈 Heute Fee, morgen Forscherin, übermorgen Blümchen-Boss – wer sagt, dass Kinder sich entscheiden müssen? 🧚‍♀️ Mit Flügeln durch den Tag flattern, Sternenstaub im Haar und ganz viel „Ich mach das jetzt so!“ 🎽 Sportlich unterwegs? Klar – aber bitte mit Farbe, Spaß und einem Hüpfer mehr als nötig. 🧥 Wenn’s draußen fröstelt, kommt das Mantel-Mädchen mit Gürtel und Geheimmission. 🌸 Und wenn die Sonne lacht, blüht das Kleid gleich mit – bereit für Picknick, Pfützensprung und Puppenrat.

Phx ist für Kinder, die jeden Tag neu erfinden – und dabei aussehen, als kämen sie direkt aus einem Gute-Laune-Comic.

BK-Mode: Für kleine Persönlichkeiten mit großem Stil.

Tauche ein in die festliche Stimmung mit unserer brandneuen Weihnachtskollektion in Little City! Entdecke bezaubernde Outfits, die dich in dieser Saison zum Strahlen bringen. Egal, ob du nach einem eleganten Kleid für die Feiertagsparty suchst oder nach gemütlicher Loungewear für entspannte Abende – wir haben für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei.

Besuche uns jetzt und finde dein perfektes Weihnachts-Outfit, um die Feiertage stilvoll zu feiern!

🌸 Athena Petite – klein, frech, groß im Stil! 🌸 Wer sagt, dass nur große Avatare den Catwalk beherrschen? Unsere neuen Outfits für Athena Petite beweisen das Gegenteil – mit Strandmode, die nach Sonne schreit, und Kleidern, die so verspielt sind, dass selbst dein Inventar kichert.

🏖️ Am Strand glänzt du mit Looks, die mehr „Wow“ als Sonnenuntergang liefern – leicht, luftig und absolut pixelperfekt. 👗 Und wenn’s verspielt sein darf: Kleider, die tanzen, bevor du überhaupt den ersten Schritt machst. Farben, Schnitte, Details – alles ein bisschen frech, alles ein bisschen „Ich bin hier, um Spaß zu haben“.

Kurz gesagt: Athena Petite trägt keine Outfits. Sie trägt Laune. Und die ist so ansteckend, dass selbst dein Avatar-Umfeld plötzlich besser gelaunt wirkt.

Ready for a little jaw-dropping wizardry?
Fred has outdone himself once again — the Great Oz has officially risen inside our Emerald City region, and let me tell you… this isn’t just a static mesh. This is a full, animated, larger-than-life Oz head that watches, moves, and commands the room exactly the way the Wizard should.

Perched above his ornate throne and framed in glowing lights, this spectacular creation brings the magic of Oz to life in a way you truly have to see to believe. Whether you’re exploring for fun, taking photos, or just want that nostalgic, spine-tingling “we’re not in Kansas anymore” feeling — this is the spot.

Come walk the green glow of the Emerald City, hear the hum of the wizard’s chamber, and stand before Oz himself.
Just… don’t forget to bring your courage, heart, and brains. He notices everything.

Visit, explore, snap pictures, and enjoy the magic.
The Great Oz is waiting. thank you @FerdFrederix !

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Emerald City

Some regions are built from mesh and textures.
This one began as a dream.

I once dreamed of Japan — cliffs draped in cherry blossoms, walkways glowing under twilight, and water that shimmered like painted silk. When I told Fred about it, he didn’t laugh or brush it off. He simply said, “Let’s build it.”

And so we did.

But there’s one moment that sealed Zensational's Sakuragawa into my heart forever.
Two years ago, on Easter morning, I logged in to find the most beautiful gift waiting for me: the glowing blue bell flowers you’ll see along the river, created by Fred and quietly placed into the land like a blessing. No announcement, no fanfare — just a pure act of creativity and kindness.

That morning, the whole region felt touched by magic.

On this day of giving thanks, I want to honor that spirit — Fred’s imagination, his generosity, and the way he brings life to every idea I hand him. Zensational's Sakuragawa exists because he believed in a dream I tried to describe half-awake.

Now I’m inviting the OpenSim community to come walk inside that dream.

Explore the bridges and lantern paths.
Rest beneath the cherry trees.
Follow the glowing flowers gifted on Easter morning.
Let this region remind you how beautiful a shared vision can become.

Visitors, photographers, wanderers — you’re welcome here.

Come see what happens when a dream is met with friendship, creativity, and the simple magic of someone saying, “Let’s make it real.”

I am thankful for you @FerdFrederix 😘 three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Zensational

There are actually users who create anonymous OSW accounts to claim that they use fake avatars at their parties, which is simply not true. Such people don't have the courage to express themselves with their real accounts—how pathetic.

Dear enemies, haters, liars, and false friends, we still have so much for you to gossip about!

Patience, Patience...........

Ci sono effettivamente utenti che creano account OSW anonimi per affermare che utilizzano avatar falsi alle loro feste, il che semplicemente non è vero. Queste persone non hanno il coraggio di esprimersi con i loro account reali: che cosa patetica.

Cari nemici, haters, bugiardi e falsi amici, abbiamo ancora molto su cui spettegolare!

Pazienza, pazienza...

Liebe Freunde und Bewohner der virtuellen Welten.

Zum Weihnachtsmarkt gehören ja auch Rubeus Adventslesungen an den Sonntagen dazu (abwechselnd im Märchenzelt auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt und im Winterwunderland)- in diesem Jahr lauten die Daten:

30. November - Weihnachtsmarkt ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Weihnachtsmarkt
07. Dezember - Winterwunderland ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Santas Winterwunderland
14. Dezember - Weihnachtsmarkt ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Weihnachtsmarkt
21. Dezember - Winterwunderland ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Santas Winterwunderland

An allen Tagen beginnen wir mit der Lesung um 20:00 Uhr - musikalische Einstimmung gibt es ab 19:30.

Vor und nach den Lesungen laden wir alle Gäste ein zum Bummel über die winterlichen Plätze unserer Weihnachtsmärkte.

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Dear friends and inhabitants of the virtual world.

Rubeu's Advent readings on Sundays are a regular part of the Christmas market (alternating between the fairy tale tent at the Christmas market and the Winter Wonderland). This year's dates are:

November 30 - Christmas Market ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Christmas Market

December 7 - Winter Wonderland ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Santa's Winter Wonderland

December 14 - Christmas Market ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Christmas Market

December 21 - Winter Wonderland ----- dorenas-world.de:8002:Santa's Winter Wonderland

The readings begin at 8:00 p.m. each day, with musical accompaniment starting at 7:30 p.m.

Before and after the readings, we invite all guests to stroll through the winter wonderland of our Christmas markets.

Thank you, Open Sim! We are blown away at how many friends attended the Grand Opening of The Golden Dreams Ballroom tonight! So many old friends and new and so much love in the air! We hope you all had as good a time as we did! Special thanks to Macy who played everyone's favorites and then some! We hope you'll all watch for upcoming events both at Golden Dreams and at The Blue Grotto! We will definitely have Macy back often and we have some incredible live performers and DJs lined up for the future! We are so happy to be back doing what we love!!

Come to Mermaid's cove anytime to join the group!
hg.osgrid.org:80:Mermaid's Cove

Christmas charms—they dance and play their favorite song for you. Great for any place. All you need to do is rez the rug out, and the rest just takes over with a touch to the rug.

I have sat this at AviWorlds welcome….. You can grab yourself one at our welcome.
login.aviworlds.com:8002:AviWorlds Welcome

🎄 Festlich? Ja. Förmlich? Nein danke! 🎄 Unsere vier Weihnachtsoutfits für Gianni und Legacy zeigen, wie man die Feiertage locker, lässig und trotzdem verdammt gut gekleidet verbringt.

✨ Ob Glühwein-Glitzer oder Sofa-Style – hier kommt dein Look für den digitalen Dezember:

Kuschelig, cool und absolut avatarwürdig

Mit einem Augenzwinkern und ohne Dresscode-Zwang

Für virtuelle Weihnachtsfeiern, Schneeballschlachten oder einfach nur zum gut Aussehen beim Geschenke-Auspacken

🎁 Weihnachten darf Spaß machen – dein Outfit auch. Also: reinschlüpfen, rumzeigen, feiern. Denn wer sagt, dass festlich nicht auch lässig sein kann?

Heute Abend erwartet euch eine Disco-Nacht mit Dj Tommy unter der Moderation von Paristella.
DJ Tommy legt im italienischem Grid NewLifeitaly auf.
Lasst die Füsse qualmen und habt Spaß.

Stasera vi aspetta una serata disco con Dj Tommy, presentata da Paristella.
DJ Tommy suonerà nella griglia italiana NewLifeitaly.
Scatenatevi e divertitevi!

Tonight, you can look forward to a disco night with DJ Tommy, hosted by Paristella.
DJ Tommy will be spinning tunes in the Italian grid NewLifeitaly.
Get your dancing shoes on and have fun.

Mittwoch, 12.11.2025
Mercoledì, 12/11/2025
Beginn: 22:00 CET - 13:00 SLT
Inizio: 22:00 CET - 13:00 SLT
Taxi: newlifeitaly.com:8002:PalmBeach

Alina Custom Vehicles.

Bigger store bringing unusual and unseen vehicles in Opensim.

Over 250 different vehicles to choose from, all vehicles are driveable

40 NEW VEHICLES ADDED

TRUCKS ARE ARRIVING , AND DRIVABLE . There are also copy items which are not Vehicles

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

Some areas i am still working on

The Grand Opening celebration of the Synthetic Dreams inworld pavilion, part of the larger Wrong Biennale global digital art exhibition, is happening tomorrow, Saturday, 8th of November 2025, at 12 pm grid time at the Kitely Expo Center.

hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Kitely Expo Center/116/95/23

Alina Custom Vehicles.

Bigger store bringing unusual and unseen vehicles in Opensim.

Over 250 different vehicles to choose from, all vehicles are driveable

30 NEW VEHICLES ADDED PLUS HEAVY TRUCKS

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

There are also copy items which are not Vehicles

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

Some areas i am still working on

DALLAS 2 is open; still working on it… If you cannot arrive here, please send me a message. I can see what's wrong. Have fun. Happy weekend. Check my new birds. And many other things Look for the small bull when you arrive; they are my vendors, and they have many items.

Alina Custom Vehicles.

Now at OS grid a bigger store bringing unusual and unseen vehicles in Opensim.

Over 250 different vehicles to choose from, all vehicles are driveable

30 NEW VEHICLES ADDED

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

There are also copy items which are not Vehicles

hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Alina%20Custom%20Vehicles/118/35/22

Some areas i am still working on

AMV’s Open Mic at the Arts Thursday 12:30pm

It’s AUTUMN FEST Come share your talents

Come join us for 2 hours of fun and humor.

Come show off your crazy talents at Singing crazy songs, playing a Crazy instrument, Telling Crazy Jokes, Crazy Comedy routines, Crazy Poems and more.

This is a safe fun place to express yourself. Nobody will criticize anyone for their participation.

If you want to perform for other people this is a great place to do it

See you There!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Open%20Mic%20Arts/210/42...

What is PBR?
PBR (Physically Based Rendering) is a rendering approach that uses physics-based calculations for more realistic lighting, while Blinn-Phong is a non-physically based, older shading model that approximates specular highlights. PBR uses techniques like energy conservation and microfacet models to create more accurate materials that react realistically to light, whereas Blinn-Phong often produces a plastic-like, less realistic appearance. PBR is generally more computationally efficient and produces more consistent results because it focuses on the material's properties rather than the final rendered output.

PBR (Physically Based Rendering)
- Based on physics: PBR is a collection of techniques that aim to mimic how light interacts with surfaces in the real world.
- Realistic output: It produces more realistic results because it uses inputs like the material's microfacet properties and energy conservation to calculate how light reflects.
- Consistent results: The final appearance is more predictable and consistent because it is not based on a specific "look" but on physical principles.
- Efficient: PBR is often more efficient, as it relies on a smarter implementation where a single material object contains all the necessary textures and a single drag-and-drop can apply them.
- Example textures: Uses textures like metallic, roughness, and normal maps to define the material's physical properties.

Blinn-Phong
- Approximation: It is a non-physically based shading model that approximates the appearance of light reflection.
- Less realistic output: It can produce a "plastic" or less realistic look because it doesn't account for real-world light behavior.
- Fixed pipeline: It was developed for older fixed-function graphics pipelines and works by calculating a specular highlight based on the angle between the view direction and a halfway vector, rather than the more complex rendering equation.
- Texture maps: It typically uses diffuse, specular, and other texture maps to define its appearance.


So what does that all mean? It means PBR is more efficient and better at handling how light reacts with a material, producing a more realistic rendering. So PBRs are considered materials and not simply textures, because all the bumps, surface roughness and textures are included on one packaged resource.

In the upper image, I put a light source between two cubes.
LEFT: PBR
RIGHT: Blinn_phong
You can see how the light reflects correctly on the left and the right looks more plasticy

In the bottom picture is:
LEFT: PBR Drag and drop
MIDDLE: Blinn-Phong Adjusted, meaning I turned down the default shininess
RIGHT: Default Blinn-Phong No adjustments made

Dinkies Do Autumnfest!

The Dinkies are taking over the AMV Autumnfest Stage on the Alternate Metaverse Grid as special guests — and all Dinkies across Opensim are invited to tag along! Also open invite to all sizes!!

Come join the fun, share the cuteness, and celebrate Autumnfest Dinkies-style!

Hop: hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20AutumnFest%20Stage...

Come see our latest Photo Studio 1.5
Added Light and Glow.


hg.vallands.ca:8002
http://www.vallands.ca


If you find my work valuable and want to contribute and help me keep working on, please send your donations or come rent a few weeks in Glossy Island.

Thank you for your generous donations.
https://paypal.me/valr300?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US

Hold tight, brace for scares, and let Beetlejuice lead you into the heart of the supernatural. This isn’t just a tour—it’s an experience in terror!
three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Wednesday at Midnight

Thank you @FerdFrederix!! 🎃🎃🎃👻👻👻

So much happening in the hyperverse, not all of it Halloweeny, here are a few stories you may have missed:
three fun destinations for Halloween, out of the dozens available
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/spooktober.html
the return of the talk show dedicated to Opensim
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/inworld-review-retur...
ANd then, safarying fun with Vic:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/tunnel-vision.html
and - hilariously - with Star:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/one-for-road.html
also with the RP folk of Wyldwood Bayou
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/role-models.html
and philosophically, with Dings and Uta:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/serenity-now.html
All this plus Neverworld's 10th birthday
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/nwg-hits-decade.html
a story of cholera and curiosity
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/dr-snow-and-water.ht...
and finally, Taarna Welles' continuing adventure with mesh, animesh, and AI
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/at-home-with-hopsons...

Khiron Ametza LIVE Now!
Join us at the AMV Autumnfest Stage as Khiron Ametza takes the stage right now from 2pm to 3pm, performing her beautiful ballads with that soft, soothing voice we all love.

Come relax, unwind, and enjoy the magic of live music under the Autumn sky!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20AutumnFest%20Stage...

MRM and The All Nighters LIVE!

Rock out at the AutumnFest Stage with MRM and The All Nighters, bringing you the best of rock, original songs, blues, and more!

The show kicks off at 1pm — don’t miss this high-energy live performance!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20AutumnFest%20Stage...

Part of the amazing AMV Autumnfest 2025 lineup!