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Khaled

12 Jun 2016 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: cambiamento Radikal, Diomita Maurer, Inara Pey, Khaled, Living in a Modemworld, Now Edit, Second Life

Friday late afternoon I found time for simploring again. Not surprising that I followed one of Inara’s latest advices again posted under the title “Visiting an eternal corner of Second Life“. What I learned there is that Khaled is Arabic and means eternal (look it up on Wikipedia: Khalid)

My landing in Khaled was quite wet. I landed a few meters away of the beach – in the water. After looking about I met Now Edit (cambiamento.radikal), the owner of Khaled, on the beach where he was setting up the waves and complained that he couldn’t get them to look like he wanted them to look. I said hello to him and we had a short, nice chat. I didn’t want to disturb him as I know that building need some focussing and I also wanted to discover the island. He was very friendly and polite and welcomed me to explore his sim. His way of welcoming visitors is also expressed in the landmark description of Khaled: “This island was born to be a reference point for blogger. An island with open rez (60 minutes auto return), free pose balls, games and vehicles. If you like best of your stay. Recommend us in your photos, tags and picks the profile. Thank you.”

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – Meeting Now Edit (cambiamento.radikal)

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – at the beach

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – Overview

I first walked along the beach which has some nice spots to sit down and just enjoy. From here you see another small island and what seems to be mainland and mountains in the background. The island is connected to the mainland with a stone bridge. At the end of the beach I walked up some rocks and reached the high plateau of the island that is covered with high trees. A rugged cobbled path leads you to the quite modern lodge in the middle of the island. From here you also see a folly through the trees, something that not really fits to the rest of the island on the first glance. Inside there is a big mess, lots of books, a telescope and an old lounger. It looks like a place to retreat and to dive into another world.

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – the cabin

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – the folly

I continued and walked along the cobbled path, that definitively wasn’t build for my plateau high heels. I should wear sneakers for simploring. Across the bridge there’s an old goods station and the rest of a farm. There’s a freight train in the goods station and the railway vanishes in 2 tunnels. I walked around a bit and discovered how perfectly Now Edit has embedded this place into a sim surround. It takes some time to see where the sim ends. Well done! Close to the goods station is also a pier where you can rezz a boat and make a tour to see Khaled from the water. Here are some impressions of the goods station.

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – at the goods station (1)

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – at the goods station (2)

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – at the goods station (3)

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – exploring from the water

As Inara mentioned, there’s also a secret to discover – a big cave with a tunnel system. Actually I went into every edge and room of the cave to see if there’s anything else, but during my visit there was nothing. In the meanwhile Now Edit came to the cave. I asked him about the cave and what he plans to do with it. He has no particular use for it so far and was about to rezz some bats, rats and a skeleton. So maybe I should return for Halloween? I would use the caves for a different purpose and those who know me might have an idea *winks*.

June 10th: A visit to Khaled – Meeting Now Edit (cambiamento.radikal) in the cave

Khaled is for sure worth a visit and I will return just to see which little details Now Edit (cambiamento.radikal) has added. It is rare to feel so welcomed like I felt in Khaled. Thank you Now!

Landmark “Khaled”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lennox/110/144/22

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
https://modemworld.me/2016/06/09/visiting-an-eternal-corner-of-second-life/

In the countryside

08 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Countryside, Dick Spad, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld

Sunday mornings I often find some time for simploring. This time I did the trip to the countryside. A really beautiful piece of Second Life. Dicky (dick.spad) did a great job. He describes his sim like this:
“Countryside is a area I created thats a quiet place to enjoy the wildlife and the peace & tranquility of nature. It is open to the public and it’s dedicaced to sl photographers.. Please respect others while here and have fun!! Clothing is optional“.
Looking at his profile you’ll notice that Dicky loves nudity, so why should he forbid it on his own land?

June 5th: In the countryside (1)

As Inara writes in her blog entry about this sim “A trip to the Countryside in Second Life” it is amazing how Dick melted the sim surround with the sim itself. You can seemingly notice no end, your view is not limited and the sim boarder is soft and natural. At one corner of countryside Dick has his private edge, a big house nicely embedded into the nature. Two bikes in front of the house hint about another passion of Dick. I overstepped the fence one time (sorry for that!!) and a nice message popped up, that I am trepassing and should respect his privacy, what I did of course.

June 5th: In the countryside (2) – seemingly endless

June 5th: In the countryside (3) – the farm

Beside the great views (it remembered me again about this song “Into the great wide open“), there’s a farm and many many spots to sit and to cuddle, to enjoy the peace that radiates from this piece of Second Life. Thank you Dick for providing your sim to the public. I really enjoyed the hour that I spent there.

Landmark “Countryside”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Habitat%20Springs/231/23/22

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
https://modemworld.me/2016/06/01/a-trip-to-the-countryside-in-second-life/

Beautiful Suicide

04 Jun 2016 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Beautiful Suicide, Inara Pey, Jaidens, Living in a Modemworld

A Beautiful Suicide in Second Life – what a title! When I saw this title in Inara Pey’s “Living in a modemworld“-blog it caught my attention immediately. What’s that? Well reading Inara’s blog gave me already some hints. First of all, it is a sim that was also featured in the destination guide of Second Life. Beautiful Suicide is region designed by Jaidens Rancid (Jaidens). According to the landmark description these tag fit all to Beautiful Suicide: “Photography, bloggers, Suicide, Carnival, haunted, hangout, amuesment park, beach, aliens, cannibal, lighthouse, games, boating, volcano, RLV, sex, waterfalls, art, beautiful suicide, creepy, surreal, swimming, purgatory, romance, photos, popular, nature”.

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (1)

You arrive at a bridge, it is foggy but in no way scary, it is peaceful, there are many fairy lights on the trees. I began to explore, once again I was all on my own, well I was at least the only one alive. The first dead body I saw was a doll that seemed to accuse me about what might have happened here.

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (2)

And when you look around, there’s nearly nothing alive here, but many evidents that life was here. On every antenna mast of the only obviously still occupied appartment building, there’s a dead body. The apprtment house itself is not accessible. I ran into the fence once and was ejected and had to start my visit again. So be careful and don’t run into the privacy fence.

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (3)

The central place, close to the appartment house has a swimming pool, a burning campfire and a dense mystic atmosphere. And there is a landing point of a flying saucer. I stepped into the UFO and flew with it to get a general idea. That was fun in addition.

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (4)

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (5)

To sum it up, Beautiful Suicide is scary, haunted, surreal, enigmatic, everything is dead or broken just like after a severe attack, but nonetheless it is tempting to explore. It is for sure a sim to visit during the Halloween Season (hopefully it is still around in October). And it provides everything of what is mentioned in the landmark description. I spent some time at the destroyed amusement park where I found the only human alive sitting there alone, smoking and reading a book. Just as if he hadn’t noticed what happened to the world around him.

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (6)

June 2nd: A visit to Beautiful Suicide (7)

I can recommend a visit if you’re curios. Inara’s description is again very detailed and complete. Thank you for discovering and writing, Inara!

Landmark “Beautiful Suicide”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maneater/74/147/24

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
https://modemworld.me/2016/05/28/a-beautiful-suicide-in-second-life/

A summer’s farewell to Frisland

24 May 2016 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life, Uncategorized Tags: Annabell Barzane, Charlie Namiboo, Diomita Maurer, Frisland, Frislanda Ferraris, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld, Second Life

There’s always something to explore in Second Life and so far I don’t get tired of it at all. Far to often I have a visit on my list but with all the other activities that I like in SL I often don’t find or take the time and forget about it. Frisland is one of the visits I had on my list and forgot about it until today when I read in Inara’s blog that it is going to close soon.
The story behind Frisland has it’s on magic “Frisland is a phantom island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s. This is our try to let our imagination run wild and create a region related to this mysterious phantom island.” (taken form the landmark description).

Frisland

May 24th: Diomito visiting Frisland (1)

May 24th: Diomito visiting Frisland (2)

May 24th: Diomito visiting Frisland (3)

Many thanks to the “Frislanders” Charlie Namiboo, Annabell Barzane and Frislanda Ferraris for providing your sim for us all over the last years. And thank you Inara for your text and description of Frisland and reminding me to visit before it closes down.

Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld

Frisland – click any image for full size

The time has finally come to bid farewell Frisland’s golden reign…

We have shared two amazing years since opening Frisland back in March 2014, and have been blessed with so many precious moments shared with all of you, which we shall carry with us as treasured and priceless memories in our hearts and minds.

So reads, in part, a note from Charlie Namiboo, Anna (Annabell Barzane) and Frislanda Ferraris announcing the forthcoming closure of their photogenic and popular region, Frisland.

Frisland

I first visited the island on March 23rd, 2014, shortly before its public opening. An invitation had been extended to me to do so by Charlie, something I was more than happy to accept. And like many who have visited the region, I instantly fell in love with it – and with the fact the over the intervening two years…

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My first visit to Alki

23 May 2016 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Alana Onyett, Alki, Diomita Maurer, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld, Zoidyn Kytori

Sunday morning I found the time for some simploring again after quite a long while. I picked “Alki“, which is described in detail in Inara Pey’s blog “Returning to Alki in Second Life“.
I like to start a visit with reading the short description of the Landmark:
“Alki is a living, evolving project inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Fun activities and scenic spots to play and hang with friends. Wander the peaceful forest path, take in an amazing sunset at the beach. Home to Z&A Coffeehouse & Art Studio.”

May 22nd – Arriving at Alki

When you arrive at Alki you land at a sign post directing you to the different activities. I first went up to the coffeehouse and the art studio on the high plateau. The coffeehouse seems to be more a place to dance at night than to have just a coffee. The art studio is for sure a great place to display art. But up there you’ll find also other activities, like a visit to the underwater garden, a balloon ride or using the zip lane to go down again. I personally like the animation for your way down to the underwater garden. Well, I admit I should have changed to a swim suit but I was too lazy. Fortunately in Second Life you can go diving fully dressed and in high heels – and you don’t get wet.

May 22nd – A visit to Alki: The coffeehouse and the art Studio

May 22nd – A visit to Alki: Entrance to the underwater garden

May 22nd: Diomita in the underwater garden at Alki

During my visit I was alone and in a playful mood. I tried the big water slide – great fun! Close the the big water slide you find also quite some games, I personally found a new greedy game, embedded in a whirlpool, what a nice idea. And I tried the diving board. So if you’re up for playing, here you go.

May 22nd – The whirlpool greedy at Alki

May 22nd - Diomita ready to try the jumping board at Alki

May 22nd – Diomita ready to try the diving board at Alki

I finished my visit at the beach. Not only there you find lovely spots to sit, dream and cuddle. Once again I discovered a great sim with various activities which is worth visiting more often, in particular not alone. For me it is amazing that I still find so many nice places, created with love for the detail and open to the public. Building myself, I know that there’s a lot of work (well building and creating is fun, isn’t it?) behind it. But at least maintaining a sim costs some money – so thank you very much Zoidyn (Zoidyn Kytori) and Alana Onyett for providing it to us all.

May 22nd: Diomita at the beach of Alki

May 22nd: Diomita taking a nap after exploring Alki

Recreating Buckingham Palace in Second Life

16 May 2016 3 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life, Uncategorized Tags: Diomita Maurer, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld, Regency Buckingham, Second Life

The palace is a proof of what is possible in Second Life, just amazing! And you can sense what an effort it was to build it. Knowing that the creators did research and did care about little details makes the visit even instructional. And you get a lot of information to understand the buliding and the living of it’s residents. I can’t stop being excited about this virtual world and about the creativity people develop to add to our experience! I can only recommend a visit even for non-royalists.

May 16th: Diomita at Regency Buckingham – Fetish meets royal luxury (1)

May 16th: Diomita at Regency Buckingham -Fetish meets royal luxury (2)

Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld

Regency Buckingham – click any image for full size

Jacon Cortes recently invited me to visit a project on which he has been working on for the last several years, and which finally opened its doors to the public in late 2015: an exquisite reproduction of Buckingham Palace. Intrigued, I hopped over to take a look, and Jacon and KarenKate Sands were kind enough to join me.

“We call it Regency Buckingham, Jacon, a period role-player known in-world as Jacon Cortes de Béxar (the historians might note his surname being indicative of another of his interests) told me. “Altogether, it’s been three-and-a-half years in development. and we’re still building project, and it is still a work in progress; we still have some rooms we are working on. But we have reproduced twelve of the staterooms, which people can tour.”

Regency Buckingham – The Grand Entry

Those more familiar with…

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Hakone JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

05 May 2016 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Diomita Maurer, Hekirekika Jinn, Inara Pey, Jenny Maurer, JPK Airship Pirates Port Town, Living in a Modemworld

May 2nd was another quiet night. Jenny and I went simploring together. I was curios to see “Airship Pirates Town” which is described in detail in Inara’s blog under the titel “Of pirates and airships in Second Life“. This is a really creative fantasy construction with two sailing vessels at the front and a big sort of a town at the back. The “town” is a mixture of everything, wooden houses, brick houses, spaceships, airships, chimney, walkways, railrods, zip lines, gear wheels, motors, elevators …. simply weired but very interesting to explore!

May 2nd: A visit to JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

We first went up to the top where we overlooked the town and could also sit together. Yet some nice cushions with cuddle seating are missing there.

May 2nd: Overlooking JPK Airship Pirates Port Town at the tower house

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita on the top of JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita in the tower house at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita exploring JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

We walked up and down, we climbed and used zip lines, we tried an elevator where you sit upside down, we used secret levers to climb through rotating gear wheels, there’s really a lot to see and explore! There is also a central place quite close the the landing point, the main plaza, where you’ll find a teleporter to the main points of interest “Tower House, Furniture Factory, Secret Forest, Pirates’ Hideout, Steampunk House, Planetarium”.

May 2nd: Jenny in the planetarium at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny playing the piano in the planetarium at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita using the upside down elevator at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita visiting pirates’ hideout at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Diomita using a zip line at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

May 2nd: Jenny and Diomita visitng the secret forest at JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

We had a great time and there’s for sure a lot more to explore, more details and more creativity. Thank you へき (hekirekika.jinn) for providing this weired construction, this town for us in Second Life. I recomend a visit to enjoy and discover. Have fun!

Landmark “Hakone JPK Airship Pirates Port Town”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/hakone/248/251/3515

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
http://modemworld.me/2016/04/02/mediterranean-meditations-in-second-life/

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor in Second Life

29 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Diomita Maurer, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld

I visited Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor. For Mediation and for chilling while enjoying art it is quite perfect …..

Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor is the latest immersive installation by Frankx Lefavre. Like all of his work, it is deep in imagery and symbolism, but it is also and in difference to his previous works, a very personal piece.

“Serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the primary drug used to treat anxiety, depression and panic attacks. Last December, I was given a LEA grant for 2016. By January, I was suffering major attacks of anxiety and panic leading to depression. This is the resultant build,” Frankx says candidly of the piece.

The result is a piece that is deeply immersive installation making extensive use of projected lights and colours (so you’ll need to have ALM enabled in your viewer). In entering it, you are literally entering the artist’s mind, and witnessing first hand the tumult and confusion of a mind in turmoil and at odds with itself. Light, colour and…

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Devil’s Point

25 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Devil's point, Diomita Maurer, Inara Pey, Living in a Modemworld, They Ellisson, Zakk Lusch

Last Saturday I had time for a short simploring tour on my own. I went to Devil’s Point. Again there’s a very detailled description of this homestead sim in Inara’s blog, titeled “A rugged corner of the British Isles in Second Life“. You land just next to a graveyard, which is a bit scary. Why was this landing point selected? I was alone on this island during my visit, are all residents dead, is the island abandoned?

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s point – at the graveyard

After wandering around a bit and inhaling the atmosphere I decided to get an overview of the island. One of the clear upsides in Second Life: you can just zoom your view out to get an overview.

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s point – overview

The overview helped a lot to orientate and to understand Inara’s decsription. You can see the separate rocks with the green high plateaus and the buildings as well as the canyon with the river and the railway (on the left). Well, the railway makes only sense if you imagine not to be on an British island of course as there’s no destination for the railroad. As mentioned I was all alone on this beautiful island and I peeked into several buildings. It looks all abandoned, like from another time.

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s point – house with office at the river shore (1)

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s point – house with office at the river shore (2)

I went on exploring and had a look into other buildings. The whole island is very peaceful and there’s a lot to explore. The rough nature invites to take pictures or to sit down and enjoy. The buildings invite to pore over their former inhabitants or their former use. And there are other strange objects where you can’t find out any sense. So you can let your mind wander.

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s Point

I also found one of my favourite picture motives in both worlds: a covered brigde.
My visit was short and I hadn’t the time to fully explore so I need to come back. I’ll end this post with quoting the landmark’s description text about Devil’s point: “Embracing the nature, beauty, and culture of the old British Isles. A place to explore, unwind, relax, and take pictures“. Thank you Zakk Lusch and They Ellisson for creating this sim and providing it to the public!

April 23rd: A visit to Devil’s point – the covered Bridge

Landmark “Devil’s point”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Devils%20Point/128/128/24

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
http://modemworld.me/2016/04/02/mediterranean-meditations-in-second-life/

Noelia Island

03 Apr 2016 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: Diomita Maurer, Ida Carlberg, Inara Pey, Kitty Maurer, Living in a Modemworld, Lyshco, Noelia Island

Sunday mornings I often explore Second Life’s beauty on my own, and so I did this morning. My destination today was Noelia Island. I read about it in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog. Her post is titeled “Mediterranean meditations in Second Life” and I recommend reading it before your visit as it provides a good overview.

A visit to Noelia Island (1)

The landmark description text is also a good summary of what to do on Noelia Island “Explore Noelia, a beautiful Mediterranean island. Couple dance, date, romance or cuddle in the romantic spots, take a fun boat ride, relax on the beach, take photos or meditate near the Budda“. Last but not least there’s a blog about Noelia Island.
Back to my visit. I first went up the hill to visit the Tuscan villa. It is build with love for the details and I spent more time there than I expected. In particular the reading pose on the terrace is really lovely. I can literally see myself doing that in RL…
After my visit to the villa I walked along the shore and came to the mystic cave. It is not a maze, but as the name implies it has some mystic. There’s a ghost welcoming you, there’s a spiders net and a flying chair (of course I also sat on it but looking at it was more fun). I also saw a dance pole in the cave for mystic moments together.
Then I walked over the large rope bridge to the smaller island, the meditation island. There are several spots to mediate also a Buddha as mentioned in the landmark description. I tried several of them but personally I think I’ll get more into mediation with the reading pose at the villa mentioned above. And there’s the stone of wisdom … When you click on it you’ll get wisdoms to think about like….
The Magic Stone of Wisdom says: Don’t make an effort to love the world. Love your internal world and the world will be different. – Byron Katie
The Magic Stone of Wisdom says: A solid foundation for all relationships, be they romantic or otherwise, begins with Self love. Your reality is a reflection of your vibrational state, and as such, others will reflect back to you your own beliefs about your Self.
The Magic Stone of Wisdom says: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. – Henry Ford

A visit to Noelia Island (2) – The stone of wisdom

The Islands beauty itself is worth a visit and I took several pictures and tried several spots to sit and enjoy.

A visit to Noelia Island (3)

A visit to Noelia Island (4)

But there’s something else, a large dance and disco area and a bumper boat rezzer. I never drove a bumper boat before neither in SL nor in RL. Well, now I did. And it is real fun. As Kitty came online I had to take her there and we had fun. When the boats hit each other exclamation marks appear above the drivers. That is for sure something to do with more people!

Thank you Ida Carlberg and Lyshco for providing this island for us. I look forward to my next visit.

Landmark “Noelia Island”:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noelia%20Island/114/112/26

Blog Noelia Island”:
https://noeliaisland.wordpress.com/

Related link in Inara Pey’s Living in a Modemworld blog:
http://modemworld.me/2016/04/02/mediterranean-meditations-in-second-life/

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Khaled

In the countryside

Beautiful Suicide

A summer’s farewell to Frisland

My first visit to Alki

Recreating Buckingham Palace in Second Life

Hakone JPK Airship Pirates Port Town

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor in Second Life

Devil’s Point

Noelia Island

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