SL sculptors: A huge “Who knew?” from Sasun Steinbeck

I got this tidbit from SL Art Gallery Owners group leader (and scripted sculpture creator) Sasun Steinbeck:

[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: I learned something interesting
[19:43]  Morris Vig: ??
[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: objects can be laggy
[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: unless they are phantom
[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: then your client doesn’t need to do collision detection
[19:43]  Morris Vig: oh now that’s interesting
[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: yeah!
[19:43]  Morris Vig makes a note
[19:43]  Sasun Steinbeck: you can’t bonk into a phantom object

So there you have it.  Unless you’re building something that requires physical definition (and that would generally NOT include sculptures), save a sim – make it “phantom”!

Oyster Bay’s 2007 Christmas Greeting

“Just a little” bigger than a Christmas card…I probably should have scaled it down a little…but it was a fun project for the evening.

Not only is it on display on the Oyster Bay waterfront – I hand-delivered it to everyone on my friends list and also distributed it to the legion of Oyster Bay afficionados!

Call it prim spam if you want, but that’s the only time all year that I’ve done that…and it’s important to express your gratitude, appreciation and love to your friends at least once a year. I hope folks like it!
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MoShang Zhao at Winterland

MoShang’s “Chinese Chill” is just incredible…I love to use the term, “Dance Music for Grown-ups,” and it’s really true. There’s an undeniable beat with an extra layer of sophistication to it that makes his performance much more than pop.

MoShang’s going to play Oyster Bay this week – Wednesday at 6PM SLT. Hope you can come see! He offers up a great show with lots of interaction with his audience.
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Special machinima Christmas gift from Cheen & Kronos

At the base of the Oyster Bay Christmas tree – the new Kronos Kirkorian machinima about Cheen Pitney’s “Water is Life.” It’s a powerful statement about the role of water in our lives and our world…and how we also abuse this precious resource. Kudos to Cheen for the build, and to Kronos for the machinima!
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SLArtpedia is now VirtualArtpedia

So says Cyanide Seelowe. Here’s the new link.

The Oyster Bay Christmas tree by WindLight

It’s a wonderful collection of Madcow size and scale, but also the ingenuity of the individual artists in making beautiful ornaments with only 5 prims or less.
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Madcow Cosmos’ tree topper

This squid/star combination sits atop the 80m tall Oyster Bay Christmas tree. What a fantastic contruction….and collaboration! I really need to count all of the artists who put their ornaments on the tree. Yesterday’s call for submissions also got a whole bunch of new ornaments. What fun!
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“Under The Christmas Tree” at Drama Libre

Drama Libre is one of SL’s event treasures….Peachy Sassoon, Xerses Sismondi and Co. create a new, themed build for a Saturday night party every week.

This week, it’s the Christmas theme…and I feel like I’m in an episode of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”! Everything is huge! And over 20 avis are jamming to decidedly NON-Christmas tunes and having a great time. Make a point of stopping by on Saturday nights to see what they come up with next!
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New Cheen Pitney machinima by Kronos Kirkorian

Cheen mentioned this new piece to me a couple days ago, and Kronos reminded me of it today. What a great piece!

Of course, “Water is Life” is the piece that was the talk of Burning Life 2007, when BL07 organizers chose to censor the female figure.

20,000 page views!

From my traffic counter, it looks like we passed 20,000 page views last Thursday.  Thanks to everyone for stopping by and checking out the latest in Oyster Bay, Second Arts and Second Life info and opinion.  I sure have enjoyed bringing the Second Arts blog to you!

And happy holidays, wherever in the world you are!