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An avatar is an interactive, social representation of a user.
(Mark Stephen Meadows: I, Avatar – The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life)

It is a bit strange title of my today‘s article, isn’t it? Not particularly, I titled it so advisedly, because this day in my country will be the hottest in a row of day just form this very distant date. Today’s outsider temperature should reach 34 °C (93.2 °F), in the shade of course. The streets will become void, the swimming pools and the natural lakes and ponds will crowd, and people maybe will hide at home themselves.

So take swimwear, towels, something to drink and hooray to water!

And what about to water in Second Life? Everything is possible, as I have made sure yesterday, when I have received some IM: … i am in sl by the swimming pool and i bathe …” It only suffices to search through an inventory, takes the right type of clothing and sets out.

So I have looked on my inventory, took some clothing form Splendeurs and set out. First, it has not been to water, but later really to water, so to the sea, where I have lounged in pretty society.

Try it as an avatar! You are interactive and you are social!

SLurls: New Port, Splendeurs, Wirreno

Seeking

The world was drowning into the darkness of strange night. Only the stars shined in the sky with violet dawn. An old, maybe dead or live, tree towered its branches to the heights and it was surrounded by the strange objects and fired flames in the nearness. Only the curious structure suggested me some extragalactic ship from somewhere distant future or past? I look for something, but I cannot remember now, what it has to be.

Yes! Here it is! The broken heart rests in emptiness. Vainly, I look for an echo of the past and future days, but I found nothing. The fallen snowflakes water dry land as if they want to save everything, vainly. I will ask Moon, where to go to find the lost. It is vainness and silence. The dead tree doesn’t answer me.

There is next day again and sunrise in rustling grove. The trees whisper each other some old history about the ancient world without living creatures about the world full of large plains, which are broken by the mountain chains here and over there. It is the world of strange and silent machines. Maybe there I receive some answer to my question.

Light frozen in time. Moving of the sky spheres. Last quiver of life. Move and calm. Only a wheel of time plowing air and see, it shows me that it was not possible vain way. I hear some strange voice from somewhere: “You are almost at the end of your way. Do more one step a you find, what you look for.” I fell through the space and the darkness. After that, I was rising and flying up. There was only calm and peace around, birdcall, air rustling in the branches, fallen Moon reflections and shining dust of million stars. I found it!

„Satori.“












SLurls: Poetik velvets, AeroBreeze, Error, Immersiva

Second Life 12

So, I am back here again with some interesting SL places, which are interesting for me and I hope also for you. During time, I have collected many SLurls due to Koinup.com projects. Thus, I have used them, have looked on these sims and have made several amateur pictures.

Holt

The sim is not too special for anything. It is a residential zone. However, there is a small moyen-âge castle that should be to see. Try small pillow to meditation as me. You will be guard by the knight and the lonely tree in wilderness.

Snow Crash

However, the castle here is huge and extensive. You will hard sweat before climb up. The castle looms on cliff high over stormy ocean. Some dragoon guards by the see surface and mysterious wizard is in elevation. Perhaps, only room with gothic window pressures to contemplation.

Tayaila

The third castle lies on snowy Tayaila sim. Three woman prophets with a mysterious chalice protect the castle secret. Time as if have stopped here and white horse has stagnated in time and space vainly seeking your way under falling snowflakes. Some piece of rock could be an answer.

Welsh Lakes

I would like to present the most beautiful sim at the end. The sim name could suggest that there is landscape with many lakes like in real Wales, but it is not true. The whole sim is covered by snow and terrain has different vertical distance. It is really work of art in the minimalist style. Look the pictures and resigned yourself to that.

SLurl: Holt, Snow Crash, Tayaila and Welsh Lakes

Second Life 11

I have chosen today’s interesting SL places on the basis of some movie on Koinup.com. Actually, it is such archipelago of three sims – Aear – Athan – Selidor – and it also connected with trade mark Fallen Gods Inc., which sells skins, shapes, eyes and apparels. An idea of a creator is besides others shopping in pleasant and non-hectic atmosphere. So, let us go there.

Aear means in Elvish language Sindarin ocean. And really, the small island is lying in infinity blue of the ocean. Only old lighthouse with the eternal flame watches for the lost sailors and island visitors. In vain.

Athan consists of several small and two larger islands. And Gods fell to the earth and built a temple to meditate or to be reprobated. Maybe they have found what they have sought at one island in icy ocean nothingness. Only ancient trees and curious birdies remind life here.

Perhaps only Selidor reminds ancient Gods glory. It is the same as the Gods temples and steps rising up the sky, where one can touch the eternity for a while.

Aear - SLUrl
Athan - SLUrl
Selidor - SLUrl

Fishing

Dou you like fishing in SL? I personally do not like such an amusement, but many avatars yes. I have tip for you. Fly to Aruba Island.

Second Life 10

So, today I have achieved the 10^th contribution about the interesting places in Secon Life. Time to celebrate! Ah no, only joke, of course. It is not really about the interesting places that I found, but I would like to introduce to you some project that is related to this theme. The name of the project is Koinup. It is “The Social Network for your Virtual Life” as propagates one of the heads at the first webpage. The next one is saying: “The best Places of Virtual Worlds. Meet Avatars, share your Virtual Life.” The registration is not a condition, but you can obtain the following advantages:

• to upload up to 1.5 GB of contents, for free!
  
• to have your personal webpage
  
• to comment Koinup contents and add tags to your friends works
  
• to enjoy the lively social life of Koinup
  
• to become the coolest Koinup member!
  

The sharing does not concern only Second Life, but also The Sims 2, World of Warcraft, IMVU, OpenSim, Lively, vSide, Kaneva, There and The Other Words.
There is a news for SL users. Ii is possible to buy a HUD on Xstreet for 0 L$. If you wear it, you can explore the world of SL and find out, if somebody added or took pictures of given sim to Koinup. The HUD control is very simple and it is described in the attached notecard.
Are you some character that likes to explore and search new places in SL? Or are you another character that does not like to do it? So Koinup is just for you with all possibilities! Enjoy it!

(Sources: Koinup, New World Notes)

Second Life 9

It is again one rainy and darken day outside in RL. And the raindrops are falling same heavy as on Trigger sim. Weather and the darkness are same in all times, but there are a lot of things to discover here. The medieval buildings look gloomy, but they have the fantastic interiors, which should be discovered. There is the gorgeous Gothic cathedral. It is still opened and has an interesting underground. The road is edged by the spreading old trees and by the street lamps. When you enter the high tower, you can teleport stepwise right to the upper floor and look around. Maybe you spot a lonely ship. Perhaps it is waiting for the valiant sailor to put to sea. The harbor house contains a small secrecy inside. Of course some club does not miss here, even if it is too cold for my liking. A little of fire never harm and sitting by the fireplace on the fantastic sofa completely improves my first impression of this place. There are several shops of brand name Kalnins – nice designed glasses and shoes. There is also some shop with weapons, where they have some staircase like for the giants. Who would like to win some lindens, he/she can try to beat some of the automats. I have tried that too, but unfortunately I have not wined. So, I have given me joy buying new shoes! And how can one reach this place? Well, we apply our good well-known teleport!

Second Life 8

Today we come back to the Second Life and I introduce you several interesting places, which I have found as tips on New World Notes blog.

Although I am not a believer, I was always fascinated by the church architecture and church interiors. One of such church stands on Visit Mexico 3. This sim is one part of three sims that you take in Mexico of old Mayas, Olmecs and Aztecs.



The dragoons appear everywhere also among human avatars, but you could be the dragoon avatar. It is simple. Fly to Aggro!



Sea is a source of a life, but you can also live there. Explore the undersea deep on Vernian Sea.



The word templum means temple in Latin. The templar knights were named after temple and formerly they was the biggest and the most powerful Christian Knights Order in the middle age. The whole name is The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici, French: Ordre du Temple or Templiers). The Order was founded in year 1118 or 1119 as consequence of the first crusade to the Holy Land (1096-1099). The word obscurum means dark. And Templum ex Obscurum is something, what you have to see. My pictures are only feeble rehashes, but movie on YouTube is much better.







Teleports:

Visit Mexico 3
Aggro
Vernian Sea
Templum ex Obscurum

(Source: Wikipedia.org)