Scripting Saturday Night - Gone wild

Sorry! Maybe that script went a little out of hand, Sir. Yes, Sir, I know, it crashed the sim, but we could restore it! Please don't revoke my scripter license? Please?

Not all the times I have to be serious :-)

Thanks Caitlin! You're right, this is the perfect one for me.

The German button

It may be seventeen years ago when I first heard of a surreal joke:

«There was a switch on my house that seemed to do nothing. Every day I would turn it on and off, on and off, in hopes that something would happen, a light would turn on... Nothing. Nothing would ever happen. Then one day, a woman called, from Germany. She just said "STOP IT!"»

Ever since then, when I find a switch that does nothing, I say "oh look, here we have another German button!"

Today I had that same feeling when I was researching about what a button in Blender does, because its behaviour seemed quite random to me (as in, at times it didn't seem to do a thing at all). The official wiki points to a page where the button isn't named at all. Google only refers to somebody complaining that once there was a correct link, but then changed (the person could have put the correct link!)

Finally, with some more experimentation (and by accident), I found out when exactly the button works at all, but since before that, it's been baptized too as "yet another German button".

So from now on, if you ever hear me say "that's a German button", now you know what I'm talking about :-)

To click or not to click, in Flickr.

PHOTO CREDITS

Hair: Never, from Magika
Clothes: My preppy sweater (wine) and skirt (black), from [monso]
Shoes: Penny boots, from JD
Skin: Lulu (Jamaica), from Glam Affair
Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands (relaxed, both), from Slink
Panties: Nevermind, okay?

Build: Benthlem Asylum, from Pandemonium
(Yes, there's an asylum at my builder platform. Any questions?)
Wall lights are not in the build (Those are mine, same with the light script.)

Pose: Forest Day #1, from Black Tulip (Yep! Shameless self promotion.)

DISCLAIMER

I'm not a fashion blogger, I'm always the last person in SL buying "the newest shiny" (when it's new no more). But I thought I could give credits from time to time.

The Art of Translation

I think I have been lucky because of living in a bilingual region since I'm three years old. I was nine when English classes were added in school, so by that time, I was already used to speaking two languages. A third one meant to me "the more, the merrier". (Actually, I was quite eager to learn English, but the reasons do not belong here.)

Learning other languages may expand your world, even if you never get to travel. As a programmer, learning languages is part of my routine. But before I get too serious, I would like to say that learning English (or any other language) is also important because it allows you to appreciate the job of a good translator. It makes you value the care taken in the choice of words, the nuances expressed, the color, the lushness of that rich jungle that is a well constructed paragraph.

I have a list of favorite translations from English to Spanish. It is actually a short list, with just one entry. Today, the unexpected happened and a second entry has been added, to share the glory:

This translation really deserves a place in my heart, close to the previously unique entry: "El menú de la bota que carga" for "Loading boot menu".

Traduttore traditore? ¡Traduttore los cojones!

Auryn's Quest: Everything about BFF

Lately, I was feeling as if life had turned too serious. Deadlines. Reflecting. Having to pee sitting on a frozen toilet. No more cheese in the fridge. Having to go buy more cheese. It's so exhausting to keep a straight face all the time. So I decided I would explore the daunting "exterior world". My last reads made me aware of creatures called "BFF", and I felt the need of investigating. That would make for an interesting quest! Maybe new friends to talk to!

Of course, it wasn't going to be a blind quest, and so I started listing reasonable questions whose answers I should look for. Beginning by the obvious!

So, what is a BFF? Which is their natural environment? Are they lonely creatures, or social ones? Which are their mating rituals? How about their eating habits? Are they friendly? Do they like reading in bed, or are they more of TV users? And the music? Do they like Mike Oldfield, by chance? Beatles? Nacho Cano? Any special preferences when it comes to shoes? Will they wait for me to go sleep and then eat my feet?

I decided I should wait to find those mythical creatures before making more questions to myself, for I am not the one having the answers. Weather was starting to chill, and I didn't know for how long I should be outside. So, I equipped myself in comfortable clothes and two rations of cheese. I was ready!

Dubious at first about which direction taking, I finally stepped outside from my platform. I of course forgot that stepping off the platform meant falling for almost 500 meters. A couple of bruises, but no major injuries that I should lament. The Lola's, though... I don't think I can use them again.

Well, each investigation has its risks and its losses. I dug a hole, buried the Lola's inside, and started walking.

After two hours walking north, then south, and why lying, being completely lost in a little maze of twisty passages, I finally heard a noise coming from some trees. Cautiously, I strolled up to the sound's source, and found a couple of exotic creatures. They were looking at me, I was looking at them, and I thought that the polite thing to do would be to greet and ask.

"Hello. Please excuse my intrusion. Do you happen to know where do I find a BFF?"

Their puzzled stare made clear that we would have serious issues communicating. Perhaps they're strangers and don't know the language. I should later check in Google from what country they're from, and add it to my report.

I continued walking, lost again in a twisting maze of little passages, and smiled widely when I stumbled upon found a representative of my gender. She obviously was from another species, perhaps a BFF? But no doubt, she was somebody that would understand me!

"Hi! Are you a BFF?"

I could hear the wind across the trees. A couple of bushes rolled between us, running to find a river and have in there a dramatic end for all their dreams of freedom. Birds were singing. The sky was clear. Temperature was 10 degrees (Celsius). The sea was calm. The Moon was Full. The representative of my gender continued to be silent. Either she was thinking I'm stupid, or she was waiting that I would read her mind for the answer. Sadly, I failed all of the psychic practices in high school, and eventually resigned to continue waiting for an answer. I went, alone and slightly disappointed.

I can't count all the hours that followed. I wasn't sure anymore if I had turned to east, west, or where. All those trees were a mortal trap, a twisty little maze of passages waiting for my last breath. My legs were tired, and what was worse... I was running out of cheese. I fell on my knees, in despair, and cried out loud:

"What has a girl to do, to learn what's a BFF?"

It was then when I felt their presence. I knew it was them. Hidden behind the trees, I could first see the shadows, then bright red eyes staring a me in... was that anger?

I had no chance to stand up and friendly ask if they were the mythical BBF creatures I was looking for. Several lightnings hit me. Now that answered many of my questions.

I let myself fall in the cold water of a close river. It alleviated the pain of my burns. That made to boil a couple of fishes that were close, though. My apologies: it wasn't intentional.

I finally walked outside the water, waited for my clothes to dry, and started drafting my essay about BFF living beings. I reached to a conclusion and wrote it down: if I've learned anything about these mysterious BFF creatures, is that they have no sense of humor... at all.

This post is a rendition to Sin Noticias de Gurb, Uncle Travelling Matt and Colossal Cave Adventure.

Twisted Hunt: My hints

(once they are valid no more)

As I've mentioned in the store blog, I've been accepted as a merchant for the Twisted Hunt, which started yesterday.

Like I've said there, I'm already dressing the store for the event, so expect it to be changing during the month. And more important: Expect also the boxes to be changing location during this time.

Something else I said is that once the current hint is not useful anymore, I will publish it together with the location the gift was in. That means, when you see a hint published here... I've moved the gift. But I've had second thoughts about publishing the previous location. I'm not doing it. Just the hint.

Something I have seen in my own eyes is a couple of avatars arriving and going directly to the location where the petite gift was, without even clicking the hint giver. It was obvious that they were following a cheat sheet, so while they were grabbing that one and feeling smart, I've moved the other gift. I've had them running along the sim chasing the moving gift for about ten minutes, until I've got bored.

Good that this is allowed by the rules! It's been fun to have one of them find the gift and stand to say the other in IM "it's here!" and then move it again, frustrating the other, and moving it once again and again as the girl was running after it.

And here it comes the hint list :-)

September 1st

Alice came to a fork in the road.
«Which road do I take?,» she asked.
«Where do you want to go?,» responded the Cheshire cat.
«I don't know,» Alice answered.
«Then,» said the cat, «it doesn't matter.»

September 2nd

The King said,
«Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.»

September 3rd

«Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast»

September 5th

Regular

«You've got no right to grow here,» the Dormouse said.
«Don't talk nonsense.» Replied Alice. «You know you're growing too.»
«Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.»

Petite

The Doorknob said,
«Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.»

September 9th

Regular

«But I'm NOT a serpent,» Alice said, «I tell you! I'm a... I'm a...»
«Well! WHAT are you?» the pigeon replied. «I can see you're trying to invent something!»
«I... I'm a little girl.» she replied.
«A likely story indeed! I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!» the pigeon added.

Petite

The Doorknob said,
«Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.»

September 19th

Regular

«It would be so nice if something made sense for a change,» Alice said.

Petite

«Keep calm and drink me.»

Check this blog post for updates... and have fun with the hunt!

What have I done...

First, tentacles.

Now, this.









It's dangerous letting me use a computer.

Be careful...

This may seem a class running on creating custom characters...





They seem quiet, paying attention to something in the screen...





As time passes, more and more tentacles are seen at the Builder's Brewery...



They're obviously planning something. If I were you, I'd be scared.

Forever Friends

Yes. I did it. I bought the dino.

And now we're living a friendship as ever known before.

Oh, blue poseball

I know. I always start working into something serious, and end taking pictures like this one.



I'm an incorrigible dreamy.