The Seraph Club Halloween dance!

Join Edward Pearse at the Seraph Club for an evening of spooky swingin' tunes!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Old%20Time%20Prims/94/221/752

6:00pm - 8:00pm SLT

Eight Years on the Grid

Me at about 2 weeks old.

Eight years ago today I decided to see what this "Second Life" thing was all about. I'd heard of it before but it wasn't until an email in a Yahoo group mention a "new sim" in a steampunk virtual world that I thought I should pop in and have a look. 

I arrived with the influx of 2006. Second Life boomed in media awareness with business groups setting up space in SL because they were told it was the next big thing. Gutter reporting came in looking for sleaze and found plenty of it. MySpace was still a thing, Facebook was mostly for professional contacts, and Twitter was barely hatched.

A lot of things have changed in those years. Friends have come and gone, sims have come and gone, even whole communities have come and gone. The grid has seen the arrival of sculpted prims, mesh and voice. I was musing recently about my mechanical arm from years ago. It would be far more complicated now. Since the invisiprim script no longer works, hiding an arm for a mechanical prosthesis would need an alpha layer. Since you can’t alpha just one arm, you’d need to mesh the normal hand as well. Then there’s the fun of trying to find a male mesh hand that matches your skin colour and shape.

I’ve moved from Caledon to New Babbage. While I’ve had a shop in New Babbage since it started, it’s been home for the last 5 years. I’ve become far better in my building, though Babbage’s taste for the scruffy and gritty has still not pushed out my love of polished brass. I’m hoping to practice with Blender over Christmas so there may be even more things on the horizon.

I’ve expanded my music knowledge and collection. I’ve managed to reopen the Seraph Club. It’s still early days but I’m hopeful it will land on its feet. I’m still running Breakfast in Babbage and Radio Riel Theatre.

In recent months I have rediscovered flying in SL. I’ve been genuinely surprised by the number of airports in the Blake’s Sea and on the Mainland. Though I still can’t find a decent steamship to take out. That said, there’s a huge number of aircraft makers who don’t put their planes on Marketplace. Perhaps the perfect steamship is out there I just have to find the vendor. I’m also disappointed with the current offerings of dirigibles.

I’m thankful to all the friends I’ve made in SL, especially to Christine who is still with me. There’s no telling what the future may hold for SL, but I’ve enjoyed what it’s served up so far.

Breakfast in Babbage: Spooky Edition!

 

October rolls around and so does the dreaded changeover for Daylight Savings Time!

This will be the last Breakfast slot for the year and next month we change to Bedlam in Babbage with our afternoon edition.

In the mean time, ghouls and ghosties and long-legged beasties will go bump in the night.

Join Edward Pearse for an assortment of appropriately themed music eclectica for Breakfast in Babbage at The Clarendon.

8am to 10am Saturday 11th of October.

And somewhere in there may be something mentioning Edward's 8th Rez Day!

Grand Reopning of the Seraph Club

Seraph City closed down, but it has not entirely gone away. The same pull that brought me back to the sim is still there and even though I can't set up a sim myself, I can nourish a little part of it to continue.

High above the Old Time Prims sim along the shopping district, the Seraph Club now has a new home!

Saturday the 20th of September marks our Grand Reopening. Beginning with a live performance from Phi Mayo, followed by a selection of dance tunes, this night should not be missed.

Make sure your tux is pressed and your dress has had all its beads secured.

Swing into Style at the Seraph Club.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Old%20Time%20Prims/94/221/752

Innsmouth sim for Sale!

News this week that the long running H.P. Lovecraft themed sim Innsmouth, may have to close.

Darmin Darkes has sent out a note saying the sim will close in three weeks if a buyer cannot be found. And that's assuming the buyer wants to keep the sim as a Lovecraft sim.

Arriving in Innsmouth

You can stay overnight, but it's not recommended

It's mostly deserted

There are things on the short that may or may not be a little different

The streets are in ruin

Cars left were they were abandoned

A desolate playground

Mansions are in ruin

Even the railway line is down

Cthulhu has risen!

The Churches have odd statues

And even stranger temples

Some temples just shouldn't be ventured into

 

Two of the locals meet for a chat.

To be honest, the builds could use a little updating. Some deprimming and mesh. Change is a constant part of SL and many sims that I would have loved to see stay have disappeared over the years. I will be sad to see Innsmouth added to the list.

Breakfast in Babbage: Back to School!

It's the time of year when parents rejoice, and children dread. You get to bore the pants of people with your tales of summer vacation, or possibly you have finally recovered from the injuries you sustained at summer camp.

Either way, join Edward Pearse for two hours of musical eclectism (is that a word?) covering the highs and lows of school.

Join us at The Clarendon for or tune in via http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Breakfast in Babbage: Villains!

The Bad Guys. They have the cool outfits. If it's a musical, they have the cool song. And they have the cool moustaches. They also know who to devise a far fetch plan of revenge or world domination.

Join Edward Pearse at The Clarendon for two hours celebrating why it's good to be bad.

Or tune in via http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Breakfast in Babbage: Summer Camp!

Come to camp and experience the great outdoors as nature intended! Poison ivy, bears, swarms of mosquitos, spiders, snakes and all manner of wildlife! And then there's the fun you can have out on the lake!

Join Edward Pearse at the Clarendon for two house of musical camp. Er.. music about camp? Just pack your bags and come along.

A new sim for Babbage!

This evening witnesses a most unusual spectacle in Babbage, the rising of the old Town Hall from the waters east of Palisades.

Yes folks, Babbage has a new sim - Quarry Hill.

Sandbox week is in effect, so there will be a variety of weird shapes appearing out my back door over the next few days.

Breakfast in Babbage: Gambling!

Whether you're down on your luck, or whether you're in full flush, join Edward Pearse on Saturday morning for two hours of music related to games of chance.

Get bitten by the bug at The Clarendon, or tune in via http://steampunk.radioriel.org