Something Fishy is Going On Here

I wanted some wildlife in my pond to make things a little less static, so I did a lot of searching for fish. I'm not too impressed with the 2D ones that just orbit in a circle; I wanted fish that were more realistic.

I finally stumbled across Splash Aquatics. They have some what are called "coarse" fish -- carp, perch, and a couple of others. The sort of common fish that you might find in any lake or stream (at least, in the U.S. -- I don't know how common they are in other places). But these are animated, free-roaming, one-prim sculpties that look and move quite realistically. And best of all, they're only L$100 each! They also come with a feeder. Wear an attachment, or rez a feeder box, and you can drop food for the fish(es), who will swim over and eat it.

It's pretty easy to position the fish and set the area it roams in.


Here's a picture of a carp I stationed at Mermaid's Dream as a greeter and night watchman. Yes, I know carp are fresh-water fish and lindon water is supposedly salt (or so one would think) -- but don't tell the carp that.

Broadly Offensive Geography

So the latest controversy in SL is what has become to be known as "Nipplegate": an artistic nude statue was put up at the Burning Life event on a PG sim, whereupon the organizers were asked by Iridium Lindon to move the statue to a Mature sim or remove the offending "detail" on the breasts. This was seen by many as unreasonable, seeing as how nudity in art is common and usually accepted in RL, even with under-18 humans present (which they shouldn't be in the SL grid). Vint Falken has had words to say about this.

My contribution to all of this is to point out that even some RL place names would violate this type of censorship.

Simpler body parts also litter the landscape. The Indians named New Hampshire's Uncanoonuc Mountains for a woman's breasts. French trappers did the same for the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. Later settlers in Utah named Molly's Nipple and Fern's Nipple. Perhaps they were Scots immigrants recalling the Paps of Jura. There are further body parts out there too, of course.

So a warning to sim builders: don't reproduce any of the above topological features in SL or face the wrath of the Lindons!

Sometimes You Feel Like You're On A Bus To Nowhere

Caledon Regency

Took a walk around the new Regency sim in Caledon. It looks like a good addition to the country.

All That Jazz

Master V and I were finally inworld at the same time, so we TP'd over to Juke Joint Blues in Plush Lambda. It's the first time I'd been there, and I liked the jazz and easygoing atmosphere.

By the way, what is it with all those "Plush" sims? They seem to form an unofficial "continent" in the Far North. And furthermore, what about those sims to the northwest of that, named after various drugs? Did someone say "broadly offensive"? I guess not.

Bad Grid Day

The past couple of days have been a little rocky on the Grid. Login problems, and once you get on, sims offline and TP delays and hangups. I did manage to get in a little sailing today in the Nantucket complex (Santa Barbara was offline, so the route to Hollywood was cut off).

For lack of anything better to do, I sat on a seagull.

Access Denied

Second Life is inaccessable this morning. *sigh* I guess I'll have to hang out in RL for a while while the Lindons bang on things.

Mermaid Landscaping

The ground area under my friend Minto's home wasn't being used, so I convinced him that a part-time mermaid needs a pond of her own. He had previously made me a small pool up at what he humourously calls his "castle", but it was pretty small. So he very kindly relandscaped his land to put in a sizable pond for me to swim in, and moved my "shack" down to poolside. Now if I can find some friendly fish to eat frolic with...

The Skyship Docks at Grendel's Children

Checking out Mr. Incredible's Deltoids

So why don't you dump Elastigirl and come rescue this cute kitten?