That's it - that's all she wrote. SLections are over and boy was it crazy. Thanks for everyone who voted for me. Unfortunately the votes were lost in an inventory disaster and there's no way to be sure who would have really won. Instead we're back to the same old thing and I, for one, am happy to at least have an account and login access.
Vote early, vote often!
Today is SLEction day! Be sure to vote for Dolmere!
Remember that a vote for the undead PROVES that you're wrong in the head.
Dolmere can be found shaking hands at voting stations in the Isabel, Wingo and Swinside sims today. The press should continue to stalk his campaign assistant Alexander Lapointe or his PR agent FireEyes Fauna.
Vote early! Vote often!
The good thing about voting for the undead is that you can do it from your own grave! The undead in SL surely outnumber those silly lifers - let's get our vote on.
Today is SLEction day! Be sure to vote for Dolmere, k? Remember that a vote for the undead PROVES that you're wrong in the head.
File under V for Vint
SLelections: last campaigning day | VintFalken.com - some hackney flacks were posting their last campaign day messages. I chose to play a live set for a group at the Peng RA RFL carnival. It was much fun and people in attendance assured me that I had their votes.
Speaking of Vint - reBang - Blog Archive - Coca-Cola 2.0, congratulations to Vint on getting two separate stories posted all over the place. The Coke story was even picked up by the Reuters folks. As usual the Prok thing can't keep it's flap shut,Out to Pasture - Blog Archive - Coca-Cola trademark clarification, posting comments on other people's blobs. ESC - when will you join the campaign and admit you want to be prok thing free?
File under H for Howto
BlogHUD : Second Life blogging system Setting up poseballs is the topic. There's a link to an inexpensive poseball script on SLX. 10L is not a lot to pay but really this type of thing is so very common and so very simple that I think one of us should just post a howto about this stuff one of these days, huh?
I also found another Gimp, open source photoshop-like tool, tutorial to share with you aspiring fashionistas: Bring Out the GIMP Part 1: GIMP Basics - Robert Strohmeyer - Maximum PC
Speaking of photos, here is a tutorial that Torley Linden put together on screenshot editing:How to give analogue feeling to digital screenshots - Torley Lives.
Your Godless Goddess: The campaign continues...
I just noticed this post from Tyffany Flintoff. It came in during my trip so it slipped past my radar. She and Erbo have quite an exchange here. I'll back her position and note that Tyffany clearly has some serious fashion sense - listen to the woman (just don't vote for her).
Hello again, faithless readers. We've received countless letters of concern wondering where your favorite canditate, Dolmere Talamasca, has been of late. We're glad to report that the rumors of his demise at the hands of Codebastard Redgrave were, in fact, mostly false. We're also glad to report that Dolmere has recently returned from a few weeks of heavy stumping throughout the US. His entourage of one made stops in Philadelphia, PA; Detroit, MI and of course San Francisco, CA and points north.
The masses gathered at each and every speaking engagement were pleased to hear the one truth in politics spoken aloud from the dais: "Your opinion does not matter."
Continue reading "Dolmere Returns From Cross Country Stump Speeches" »
After Vint whined on her blog recently about people not properly tagging their fake campaign messages I created a new category on this site. The new category is "SLG07 Elections". I've gone back through the entries thus far and tagged them with that category instead of general.
:P
VintFalken.com - Blog Archive - For Family values: the grid democracy party!
Vint has some new campaign posters out for immediate release this morning. I understand that her staff is hard at work plastering the walls of decaying telehubs, trolly stops and store fronts everywhere with this stuff.
She would like to pull on your heart strings. She would like you to think of the children, of our future as a virtual society.
Our future is a loud one if left to the Grid Democracy Party. Our future is filled with child labor and indentured servitude if things are left to Vint.
Remember: "how we treat our children now, determines our future."
Vote for quiet, safe and free children!
Vote for a continued segregation between adult and teen grids!
Vote for your right to lose your rights to the highest bidder!
Vote Talamasca!
[announcer's voice comes in - speaking insanely fast]
Thismessagebroughttoyouby"TalamascaÜberAlles,Inc.", acurrentlyprofitlessorganizationwhollyownedandoperatedby Dolmere Talamasca. Campaigncontributionsshouldbemadepayableto TalamascaÜberAlles,Inc., POBox411, TheMainGrid. Campaigncontributionsinexcessoftoday'sdraconianlimits shouldbemadepayabledirectlytoDolmereTalamasca.
Disclaimer:VintandDolmerelovechildren,andnotinthatotherway. VintandDolmeredonotendorsenortakepartintheenslavementofchildren. Therearenoelections. Goodmorning, Mr.Phelps. Yourmission,Jim, shouldyouchoosetoacceptit, istovoteforTalamasca. AsalwaysshouldanymemberofyourIMFforcebecaughtorkilledforcebecaughtorkilled, thesecretarywilldissavowallknoledgeofyouractions. Thismessagewillself-destructinfiveseconds. GoodluckJim.
(File under: Parody, Humor, Political, Rant, Vint and Children)
[Your SLTV HUD starts showing static.
You panic - is it a snow crash? No, your machine is still performing tasks in the background and you haven't yet started speaking in tongues.
Is it SL behaving poorly again? You just hate it when their database server throws a piston in the middle of Gilligan's Second Life Island!
Wait - the picture is back, whew.
Hey, that's not Gilligan! Who is that skeleton?]
Continue reading "We Interrupt This Program To Bring You..." »
You may have heard by now that there is a movement by concerned residents of Second Life to hold an election for Governor of the land. You can find more information on the process at the SLElections page.
My competition is really heating up. Already we have Erbo Evans, Romana Wei, Tiana Meriman, Zoe Connolly and possibly even Vint Falken all attempting to run against me. (Ongoing list here: http://www.vintfalken.com/sl-projects/slelections/candidates-overview/.)
One might note that Tiana has already started talking shit. Apparently she thinks her platform is the best. Doesn't she realize offering people things that they want doesn't work anymore? You have to scare the shit out of people, people! The sheep, umm.. voters, respond to intimidation, fear mongering and well crafted lies.
Erbo Evans even went so far as to post his own platform - his "Position Paper". I'm going to go ahead and respond to Erbo's position paper here but I think it may be a wee bit of a time waster for us both. You see... Erbo knows I have those pictures - the ones where he's enjoying his REAL position papers, you savvi? I'm creating my Flikrrr account now just in case he sends his goons over to get them back. Livestock should not be subjected to such embarrasing situations, Erbo!
I found this letter dropped on my doorstep and I wondered how they got my home address. Then I realized that they were speaking directly to me! Concerned residents of Second Life (registered trademark of a very safe company known as Linden Labs) wanted ME to run for Governor of their virtual land.
I hereby announce my candidacy for SLG and bid you all to bear in mind "A vote for the undead proves you're wrong in the head".
My platform:
I will work to create special sin tax categories. Your government needs money to run and your sins have been far too freely indulged in this environment thus far.
I will work with the quality people of the grid to ensure that the prok thing is banned from as many blogs as possible.
I will ensure that prim babies shut the fuck up at public meeting places and social gatherings.
I will, on your behalf, make sure that MY opinion heavily influences policy. Why not, after all you did vote ME into office so MY opinion must, surely, be yours as well.
I will use my newfound powers to slowly revoke your civil liberties and erode your sense of safety and well being. Heck, it has worked for two generations of Bush presidencies, why not me?
I will enact a color coded avatar travel safety system. When the grid is under attack the possible threat level will rise accordingly. If there's one thing we have learned it's that colors are easy to understand. It might also be that instilling fear into the populace allows one to forward one's agenda easier than if your constituents are comfortable and complacent.
I will remove the dumb typing animation noises for users over two days old. An exhaustive study has found that the typing animation and typing sound is as CUTE as a LOLCAT for about the first two days of residency in SL. Once older than that (especially for live concert attendees), our study finds that the noise is seen as an annoyance similar to having a spike hammer slammed into your left ear repeatedly.
I reserve the right to change my platform with no notice. If you are a large corporation, preferably with oil interests, please contact me for today's platform pricing.
(File under: Parody, Humor, Political, Rant, and Profane - More info)
