“Wait mister!… Why you no buy???”

I’ve been recently addicted to a little game called Towns.

A recent update seems to be causing a transaction issue when you trade resources with the merchants that pass through the town.

Screenshot above is of a Towns Merchant Fleeing the Scene while my villagers are strill trying to give him merchandise.

Posted in relation to a glitch mentioned in the forums.

Basically it’s a simple little questionnaire about one’s Second-Life identity.

So here goes my version:

1. What’s your SL name? Mudslinger Ning
2. What made you choose this name? “Mudslinger was a carryover from a character I had when once playing the online game “Anarchy Online” where my character was a martial artist who didn’t need to weigh his hands down with weapons. The “Ning” surname I picked kinda fitted best at the time because it felt like there was some connection with the “Knights of Ni!” (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
3. What’s your SL nickname, or what do most people call you? (if applicable) I am often called “Mud” or “Muddy”
4. What’s your SL display name? Why do you choose to have one? (if applicable) Muddy – because it now feels simpler and opens more opportunity for new people I meet to not need to say the whole name in conversation.
5. Do you like your SL name? Yes
6. If you could change your SL name, what would it be? Right now I don’t want to change it.
7. What’s the craziest/funniest SL name you’ve ever seen? I have seen so many but one that sticks in my mind is “Whowants Mayo” (which was actually created by a local RL friend) – otherwise just look in the people directory for anyone with the “Sideways” surname and you’ll be giggling for a while…
8. What’s the coolest (your favourite) SL name you’ve ever seen? Do I really have to pick a favourite? I can’t seem to pick out a specific one…

You can read other people’s responses via the comments on [this link]

And in some recent shenanigans I made this avatar pictured below just for the sake of messing with the name – I don’t really like the guy (apart from a couple of songs) but for some reason I had the urge to create it.

This left VERA with no chat function for a while. So I parked her over in a corner with with some of the other garbage. While she was there it appeared a fellow friend tried to clean her up by putting her under a shower.

When the services eventually came back it turned out the whole VERA chat account had been lost and had to be recreated. So in short she’s been “reset” back to basics. Although this time I’ve started to tweak some nuggets of her knowledge a little so some of the regulars who pester her might get some different results this time.

Let’s see how she develops this time…

http://youtu.be/qcWcZVtJx1w

I got a new smartphone recently and found that it had a slow-motion option when recording video. I tested it out while at the Canberra Show on the weekend.

The device tested was a Samsung Galaxy Note2.

I found a cool pic the other day:

COMMISSION – ALLISON ANDREWS by *IDarkShadowI on deviantART

I liked it so much that I felt an urge to simulate the appearance a bit using readily available resources in Second Life on one of my main avatar characters.
It’s not a perfect match but meh – it’s close enough to make me happy…

After the initial creation of my Secondlife Flux Pony.
Someone else got inspired enough to make a working version of the backpack. [link]
So as expected – since my original concept was not a functional one – I upgraded my flux pony!
Oh and it got new goggles for a sleeker effect.

You may see a bit of my pony avvie in action towards the end of this video: http://youtu.be/HZPuB7y8f-I