Schedule for events at the Worlds' End tavern , Tanglia Romantics and Castaways beach club

Monday 21
2pm PDT : Best In Swimwear at Castaways

Tuesday 22
2pm PDT : Viking Event with DJ Noma (best in old school armour/battledress)

Wednesday 23
2pm PDT : Grease Monkeys With DJ Stephanya (anything motoring related)

Thursday 24
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 25
2pm PDT : Fetish Wear Event
5pm PDT : Faerie Court at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 26
2pm PDT : Sci Fi Event

Sunday 27
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Wolrds' End tavern and Tanglia Romantics

Wednesday 16
2pm PDT : Angels & Demons With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 17
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 18
2pm PDT : Oriental Event With DJ Talia
5pm PDT : Princes & Princesses at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 19
2pm PDT : Gothic Event Yarr talk like a Pirate Day

Sunday 20
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern ,Castaways and
Tanglia Romantics

Monday 07
2pm PDT : Best In Swimwear at Castaways

Tuesday 08
2pm PDT : Bad To The Bone Event With DJ Noma

Wednesday 09
2pm PDT : Cops & Robbers Event With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 10
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 11
2pm PDT : Hobo Event
5pm PDT : Pirates Event at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 12
2pm PDT : Masked Ball

Sunday 13
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern , Castaways and
Tanglia Romantics

Monday 31
2pm PDT : Best In Not Much At All at Castaways

Tuesday 01
2pm PDT : Post Apocylptic Event With DJ Noma

Wednesday 02
2pm PDT : Wild West Event With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 03
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 04
2pm PDT : Heroes & Villains
5pm PDT : Animal Hearts at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 05
2pm PDT : Witches & Wizards Event

Sunday 06
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End tavern , Tanglia Romantics and Castways.

Monday 17
2pm PDT : Best In Swimwear at Castways

Tuesday 18
2pm PDT : Best In Black

Wednesday 19
2pm PDT : Pirates at Castways

Thursday 20
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 21
2pm PDT : Freaky Friday (anything odd or off the wall)
5pm PDT : Superfolk at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 22
2pm PDT : Underwater Event

Sunday 23
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at at Tanglia Romantics

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern ,Worlds' End Castaways and Tanglia Romantics

Monday 10
2pm PDT : Best In Not Much At All at Castaways

Tuesday 11
2pm PDT : Best In Purple

Wednesday 12
2pm PDT : Fairies, Elves and Pookas

Thursday 13
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 14
2pm PDT : Psychos & Their Victims
5pm PDT : Mystery Event (tba) at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 15
2pm PDT : Tanglian Gothic

Sunday 16
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics

This Weeks Events

This week we have a new venue at Castways on Tanglia beach.

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern , Tanglia Romantic and
Castaways

Monday 3
2pm PDT : Wet T-Shirt Event at Castaways

Tuesday 4
2pm PDT : Silks & Tuxedos

Wednesday 5
2pm PDT : Military Event With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 6
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 7
2pm PDT : Hitchhikers Guide (all things alien)
5pm PDT : Mystery Event (tba) at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 8
2pm PDT : Bikers & Badasses Event With DJ Pristeen

Sunday 9
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Etoile

Bing and Google search review

I noticed Microsoft were advertising Bing, saying it gave specific answers. I thought I would do an informal search engine comparison

Here is my first real-life test. I am trying on skins with a friend and notice that the eyebrows look huge. I want to say "That skin has Breshnev eyebrows", but can't remember the name. Using the search term "Russian General with huge eyebrows" gives no sensible results on Bing or Google although I do get a lot of raised eyebrows. So I try for "Russian Generals" and both show lists but no mention of shaggy eyebrows. Switching to images and Google shows Breshnev in the 11th picture. Bing may have it on the first page, but the page is infinitely long and its a long way down, which is cheating. Bing made wrong assumptions about what I was looking for such as Roman Generals or Russian Leaders but it didn't spot that I was looking for eyebrows. Plus that reference to Roman Generals is way off the mark since Romans were big on being clean shaven.

Second test. I knew Romans were clean shaven, but wanted to check it. Searching for "ancient romans shaved" Google got it second answer and several answers below that. Bing was a very naughty search engine, decided that since the ancient Egyptians shaved off all facial hair including eyebrows that it would ignore the first word of my query,"Roman" and that "shaved" was the key word and tell me about Egyptian shaving practices. Hey, if I had wanted 'shaved' it would be the first word, but I put 'Roman' so pay attention Bing!

Google just answers what you asked, making no interpretation. Bing is like an over clever friend who upon being asked what the weather is tells you about pressure differences between land and sea, how clouds are formed, types of precipitation, etc. Bing assumes what you want to know and can make the wrong assumptions.

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End tavern and Tanglia Romantics

Monday 27
2pm PDT : **No Event**

Tuesday 28
2pm PDT : Pyjama Party - Under The Covers With DJ Noma

Wednesday 29
2pm PDT : Neko Event With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 30
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 31
2pm PDT : Rock Star Wannabe's With DJ Talia
5pm PDT : 'Pyjama Party' at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 1
2pm PDT : "On A Wing And A Prayer (anything related to flying) With DJ Pristeen

Sunday 2
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Etoile


For more information contact Pristeen Barbosa or Lexa Sands.

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and Tanglia Romantics

Monday 13
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Lingerie

Tuesday 14
5am PDT : Best In Lingerie
2pm PDT : Best In Latex

Wednesday 15
5am PDT : Best In Latex
2pm PDT : Doing Time (prisoners, guards, & folks who should be locked up)

Thursday 16
5am PDT : Doing Time
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 17
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Nice 'N' Sleazy
5pm PDT : 'Angel, Light & Dark' at Tanglie Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 18
5am PDT : Nice 'N' Sleazy
2pm PDT : The Four Elements

Sunday 19
5am PDT : The Four Elements
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

Events - Relay For Life starting Saturday July 18th.

Below is the Schedule for the Relay For Life Theme Laps.

Saturday, July 18, 2009 (All times are SLT)

• Noon - Opening Ceremonies
• 1pm - Survivor / Caregiver Lap (pre-registration required)
• 2pm - Team Spirit Lap - Team Shirts & Banners
• 3pm - One World - International Outfits Lap
• 4pm - One Hope - Rainbow Lap - The Hope of a New Day.. The Promise of Calm after the Storm. Wear all the Colors of the Rainbow and Celebrate One Hope
• 5pm - Power Hour Lap - 60's outfits
• 6pm - Tackle It - football, rugby or any sports clothing. Let's tackle cancer together - united we can beat this.
• 7pm - Western Theme Lap
• 8pm - Bald Is Beautiful Lap
• 9pm - Luminaria Ceremony (only for Luminaria participants)
• 10pm - Magic Lap - Wizzards, Magicians, Fairies - Make A Wish and Day we will beat cancer.
• 11pm - Tacky Tourist Lap

Sunday, July 19, 2009

• 12pm - Midnight Masquerade
• 1am - Health Matters - Maybe you are a banana, or an organge, or a carrot. Live A healthy life - we can all make a small change that improves our life.
• 2am - Crazy Shoes Lap
• 3am - Meet A New Friend Lap
• 4am - Silly Hats Lap
• 5am - Tinies, Furies, Tails & Wings
• 6am -Fight Back Ceremony
• 7am - Caring & Curing Lap - Dr, Nurse, Scientist - Working together to beat cancer.
• 8am - Coffee Curlers, Slipers & PJ's
• 9am - Here Comes The Sun - Dress for a day at the beach. Always remember to protect yourself from the sun on land and sea even on a cloudy day
• 10am - Formal Wear Lap
• 11am - Closing Ceremonies (Teams Lap to follow)

Relay for Life 2009

Last year I was honoured to take part in Relay For Life 2008, fundraising for American Cancer Society. This is its' fifth year in Second Life and to date 220,000 USD has already been donated.
Last year Sara Carr and I built an entire sim, this year we have a smaller plot for our display of about an eighth of a sim.
The theme is "One World, One Hope" and our plot is based around research for cancer treatment and cures, the Hope part, and that many of those have been discovered in various exotic and mundane places within the World, the World part. We are trying to show various creatures and especially the environments in which they live and breed. Living organisms such as Sea Squirts, Primrose, Yew, and mud loving Bacteria, many of which have developed their own forms of cancer prevention.
On the right is part of the build as of today. To give you an idea of scale, you can probably see me above the Andes in South America; the moon surface is 60x60m and the earth at the back takes up another 60x60m, I am hovering above the moons horizon and only half way into the build.
More information about American Cancer Society

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End and at Tanglia Romantics
Monday 6
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Not Much At All

Tuesday 7
5am PDT : Best In Not Much At All
2pm PDT : Pick Any Colour And Cover Yourself In It !

Wednesday 8
5am PDT : Pick Any Colour And Cover Yourself In It
2pm PDT : Mall Of The Dead (zombies & suchlike)

Thursday 9
5am PDT : Mall Of The Dead
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 10
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : I'm Such A Noob ! (your best/worst newbie look)
5pm PDT : 'Egyptian' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 11
5am PDT : I'm Such A Noob !
2pm PDT : Gothic Event

Sunday 12
5am PDT : Gothic Event
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

Friday Night Music

Friday's fright night down at Worlds' End, so whether you're a character from a horror or slasher movie, some sort of crazy psycho, or a walking nightmare of your creation, we want to see you at your scariest.
My scary set for the event:-

• Muse - Apocalypse Please
• Venetian Snares - Ongyilkos Vasárnap
• Tom Waits - Dead And Lovely
• Muse - Hysteria
• Muse - Plug in Baby
• Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Supernaturally
• Cristina - Is That All There Is?
• Kosheen - Catch
• Kosheen - Hide U - John Creamer & Stephane Kremix edit
• Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
• Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
• King Swamp - Louisanna Bridge
• Sugababes - Freak Like Me
• The Stranglers - Something Better Change
• The Kills - U.R.A. Fever
• Alice Cooper/Rob Zombie - Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
• Kosheen - Hungry
• Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
• Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
• Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free
• LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
• LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version)
• Syntax - Pray
• Syntax - Little Love
• 808 State - Lopez (Direct Neural Mix By The Propellerheads)
• Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
• Grinderman - Love Bomb
• Tool - Schism

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and Tanglia Romantics
Monday 29
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Lingerie

Tuesday 30
5am PDT : Best In Lingerie
2pm PDT : Best Furry

Wednesday 1
5am PDT : Best Furry
2pm PDT : Angels & Demons

Thursday 2
5am PDT : Angels & Demons
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 3
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Nightmare On WET Street (psychos, slashers & naughty people)
5pm PDT : 'Summer Romance' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 4
5am PDT : Nightmare On WET Street
2pm PDT : Egyptian Event

Sunday 5
5am PDT : Egyptian Event
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

Hair fair 2009 review

When I arrived I couldn't see the relationship between hair and sweets (candies). The landscape was a bold display of sweets and candies, the stalls displaying the hair were gingerbread houses, cake shops and bun shops. There were buns with large textures and sculpties to get the shapes of squirted cream and other unecessary confectionary that all created lag, without helping to show off the hair.

I didn't get to see much of the hair as the landscape had soaked up all the bandwidth and prims, leaving most of the hair displays showing gray.

I bought a lag pack at the Hair fair that suggested I remove all attachments and all scripts to reduce lag. I thought it should have said "We don't give a toss about your lag because our sim looks so freaking cool."

This is a list of things I would consider.

• People will want to come back to some shops, so allow them to create landmarks. Hair Fair stopped you from noting where shops were or passing on landmarks to friends.
• Allow people to teleport anywhere so they can go back to a shop.
• Split the sims with walls to reduce view distances.
• Add some landmark feautures for people to navigate by.

*** ADDED 30JUL09 ****
Alpha Aur gave a longer review and post at Not Possible IRL. I was at the hair fair...

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and at Tanglia Romantics

Monday 22
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : "You're not leaving this house dressed like that!" Event

Tuesday 23
5am PDT : "You're not leaving this house dressed like that!" Event
2pm PDT : Nekos & Kittehs

Wednesday 24
5am PDT : Nekos & Kittehs
2pm PDT : Back To School

Thursday 25
5am PDT : Back To School
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 26
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Wrap Up Warm, It's Midsummer !
5pm PDT : 'Love In Space' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 27
5am PDT : Wrap Up Warm, It's Midsummer !
2pm PDT : Pirate Party

Sunday 28
5am PDT : Pirate Party
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

WET-Henge Saturday 12:30 PDT

From Talia's second life

Saturday we will be holding our Midsummer Event.

Saturday 20

**Midsummers Eve Solstice Party**
12:30pm PDT : Best Grunge/Rocker Costume with DJ Talia
2pm PDT : Friendly Fire - Glamtastic band, performing live !
3.30pm PDT : Best In Leathers or Latex with DJ Steph

Sunday 21
5am PDT : Best In Leathers or Latex
2pm PDT : Sunday Romantics, Best In Formal Wear Event at Tanglia Romantics

For more information contact Pristeen Barbosa or Lexa Sands.

I will be playing:-

• New Order - Blue Monday
• Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
• U2 - Desire
• David Bowie - White Light - White Heat
• U2 - Get On Your Boots
• Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
• Primal Scream - Country Girl
• Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
• Astralasia - Spirit of the Age (Original 12" Remix - 1993)
• Faithless - Insomnia (Monster Mix)
• Faithless - God is DJ

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and at Tanglia Romantics

Monday 8
5am PDT : Romantic Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
11:30am PDT : Motown Magic @ Romantics, with DJ Marcus
2pm PDT : Best In Lingerie

Tuesday 9
5am PDT : Best In Lingerie
2pm PDT : Cross Dressing Event

Wednesday 10
5am PDT : Cross Dressing Event
2pm PDT : Harum Scarum (come as anything wild or dangerous)

Thursday 11
5am PDT : Harum Scarum
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session with DJ Ami

Friday 12
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Colours Of Your Country
5pm PDT : 'Lousy Day' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 13
5am PDT : Colours Of Your Country
2pm PDT : Funky Clubwear

Sunday 14
5am PDT : Funky Clubwear
2pm PDT : Sunday Romantics, Best In Formal Wear Event at Tanglia Romantics

Amazons, hunters and prey event

The tribes are gathering tonight at Worlds' End for our Amazons, Hunters & Prey event. But what part do you play in it all? Amazon, a lone hunter (male or female), or hapless prey?

There'll be a contest for the best costume, (min. entry fee L$10), and DJ Steph will be dancing around the fire and banging out the tunes for us. :)

Talia I will be playing a 1 hour music set from 9 to 10 GMT and here is a track list.

• The Go! Team - Panther Dash
• Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line
• Santana - Jungle Strut
• Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
• Gorillaz - Dare
• Kosheen - Hide U
• Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
• Santana - Incident At Neshabur
• Peter Gabriel - shock the monkey
• David Bowie - Beauty And The Beast
• The Secret Hairdresser - verse, Chorus, Miaoow
• The Chemical Brothers - It Began In Afrika
• Adam Ant\Boz Boorer - Jungle Rock
• Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild