I’m not done.

fine. style warrior f-j.

fine. style warrior k-o.
 

Fever Ray - I’m Not Done (R/D’s Just Beginning REMIX) by R/D
 

My initial offerings for Pose Fair 2010 which is running for a couple of weeks. Two 5-pose packs, half the proceeds going to the Motivation charity, one that helps move people that have trouble moving. Another 5-pose pack with 100% in sales going towards the same cause.

Check back often. I know I’m not the only one with more coming in the days to come. All for an amazing program.

In the top pack I’m wearing:
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Tagged, from Gacha 2 (Fade Lei)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s Spring Meadow, freebie (Lano Ling)
Lashes: hair Oh’s APHRODITE (Fhaya Denimore)
Hair: BP*’s first date hair in coffee (BettiePage Voyager)
Shirt: Viva La Glam’s Strap Layered tank in Dirt (Chloris Hathor)
Skirt: So Many Styles’ Chiffon Skirt in Beige (Irie Campese)
Shoes: Monogrind’s Canvas Shoes (Bvrve Cremorne
Twig: BP*’s sprig5, freebie (BettiePage Voyager)

Skin: Ugly Duck’s Eli Moley 5 (Fade Lei)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s Ocean in Driftwood (Lano Ling)
Lashes: [ glow ]’s Innocent. in pure (Jocelyn Anatine)
Hair and Hat: tricolore’s CASQUETTE HAIR in black (shanti Beresford)
Bangs: booN’s hairpiece SAKI42 in black (boo Nakamura)
Nails: FLUFFY’s Rainbow in Multi Colored 01 (Portia Platthy)
Shirt: ~momo~’s Dolores tank top in rainbow (Sumomo Kawashima)
Pants: Surf Co.’s Belmar Skinny Jeans in Light Gray Dots (Emma Gilmour)
Shoes: 50 flats’ A walk in the woods (Ding Fotherington)
Watch: SHADE THRONE’s Machang in aqua (Undo Hermano)

Watch it wilt. Tend the garden.

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks ft. Intuition

I’ve had the privilege of contributing to two three six five, Trace Osterham’s latest project. You already know him from NOH8 Campaign SL. For this project, Trace once again traverses the spectrum of Second Life avatars and has them write 365 words about their day. Here’s my entry.

Finished setting up shop at Emerald Point, but the real star of the picture is one of the skins from Fade Lei’s latest gacha set. I want them all. I don’t have them yet b/c I’m broke. So… guess I’ll be making more poses now.

Skin: Ugly Duck’s Tagged, Gacha 2 - Skin 1 (Fade Lei)
Hair and Hat: Maitreya’s Sasha in Bistre (Onyx LeShelle)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s ocean in oriental pearl (Lano Ling)
Top: oyakin’s antique tunic in brown (kinbo Akina)
Shorts: Maitreya’s Jeans Shorts, regular (Onyx LeShelle)
Shoes: ANEXX’s Fringe Sweed Sneaker in Ivory/Rose (machang Pichot)

Skills Hak Will Bantown You.

Me and my CDS. Click-through for stylesheet.

UPDATED! Links:
Updated CDS Available via XStreet
GEMINI Industries FAQ

Jay Electronica+ - Just Begun

Skills Hak of INSILICO [ning] [slurl] and GEMINI Industries, released the CDS today. The CDS, the Client Detection System, promises to be effective in the battle against griefers and copybotters. The system was released on XStreet mere hours ago, and has already broken into the Top 20 Sales Rankings. This has sparked a thread of knee-jerk reactions on SLUniverse voicing some of the concerns on residents’ minds.

For obvious reasons, the finer details of its operations can’t be discussed. “I am not going to disclose details to keep the system intact as long as possible,” says Skills Hak. When asked about her statement about false positives, she clarifies, “There have been no reported false positives. I can see with my data that it works correctly. The system is something that cannot fail.” She admits that the detection of the avatar, however, isn’t 100% and continues, “But if they are detected, it is true.”

Some sims will experience a higher ratio of flagged avatars than others. Luck, Inc., for example, has 20 to 30 a day. I put my CDSs on my mainland build platform and one in my Linden Home. While a few hundred visitors have passed through, not one of them was flagged as a threat. Kind of a bummer. I wasn’t able to see any more information other than traffic count.

Skills Hak is confident about the integrity of the CDS. “If someone wants details on a ban, they can contact me.” And they have. She’s fielded many claims on false positives. “A person claimed they were on Kirsten’s Viewer,” she scoffs, “But they’ve been caught using [a copybotter’s viewer] twice.”

The CDS was distributed to a variety of sims with varying degrees of traffic during beta testing. The system was rezzed on big name retail sims including Luck, Inc., League, PXL, Tonktastic, Rustica, Damiani, and Akeyo, roleplay sims including five of her own, and a griefer sandbox.

In the month the CDS has been tested, over 70,000 unique avatars were logged. 1,300 of those avatars have been caught using a viewer with copybotting capabilities. With all this information in a single database, there are concerns about privacy and the control of it resting on one person. Skills Hak jokes, “I can give more people access to the database if that helps.”

The price, L$700 per month, covers the cost of the servers as well as the time taken to monitor and tweak the system. I agree with Skills when she says, “I think the fee is very reasonable for three months of hard work.”

At L$700 per month, I feel the CDS is a gift; it’s something that should be implemented grid-wide. In the meantime, at L$700 per month, it shouldn’t be an issue in getting it on the sims of every vendor and photo-shoot location on the feeds.

“I have a good name,” Skills concludes, “Either they trust me or not. Their call.”

Skills Hak is the creator of INSILICO [ning] [slurl] and GEMINI Industries and a developer for the Emerald Viewer. Inquiries can be submitted via the in-world group, “GEMINI Industries” or directly to her via Notecard.

CDS: GEMINI Industries (Skills Hak)
Pose: a fine line. (Fine Caliber)
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Plain Jane (Fade Lei)
Shirt: Beggars Banquet’s BBT-Shirt 050 (yukata Densmith)
Pants: Naughty’s artist jeans in black, paint 1 (Ambyance2 Anubis)
Apron & Brush: Gritty Kitty’s from CSR Summer ‘09 (Noam Sprocket)
Watch: Shade Throne’s MACHANG watch in random (Undo Hermano)

Time for new poses at a fine line.

Mocky - Birds Of A Feather

You’ve two more days to finish up the Starlust VD Hunt where you can get a freeview pack of five new poses that will go on sale after the weekend. I took a broom to the stock room and dropped the prices to the old poses, please check them out while you’re there.

All poses from a fine line.

Skin: Ugly Duck’s Plain Jane - Naked (Blue eyeliner) (Fade Lei)
Hair: booN’s LOK255 in black (boo Nakamura)
Shirt: Pig’s Soft Cotton in Dewdrop (Apatia Hammerer)
Bra: Pig’s Soft Cotton in Emerald (Apatia Hammerer)
Pants: RunoRuno’s Baggy Pants in Whiteish (Jojorunoo Runo)
Shoes: Picnic’s panu shoes (WinterChoice 2009, nyasyousa Oh)
Earring: SHADE THRONE’s FEATHER earring in green (freebie, Undo Hermano)
Hat: epoque’s Baggy Knit Hat (Vintage McMillan)

“Happy Valentine’s Day, No One!”

- Fine Caliber Liz Lemon

(To Reach the End)

Taken in Kaz’s WIP, a new build for his sim, [ e u r o p a ].

Surfer Blood - Swim (To Reach the End)

Sat by my portable electric heater while I edited this shot.
How long again until summer?

Just a tiny post today.

Skin: Ugly Duck’s Lucy in Blue Eyeshadow - Cateyes (Gatcha 13) (Fade Lei)
Hair: Exile’s Ada in Charcoal (Kavar Cleanslate)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s Ocean in Carribean Reef (Lano Ling)
Lashes: [ glow ] Studio’s Innocent in pure (Jocelyn Anatine)
Bikini: en Svale.’s Bikini [B] (Zooey Yokosuka)

These posts are about low ARC and are featured in a blog I have the great opportunity to write for,
Uncover Magazine.

Architecture In Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind (Hot Chip Remix)

I’m Fine Caliber, and my job here at Uncover is keeping you considerate of others while we all pile into the same sim. To do this, I use my ARC as a guide and go for unscripted items or items with removable scripts.

Over the next few posts, I’ll show you how I stay “in the green” without compromising style. The above outfit is around 750 ARC with 32 scripts, 26 of them irremovable in the shoes. If I port into a busy sim, the first to go are my lashes. Those alone will save me 150 ARC.

The outfit below is 640 with a script count of 5. This is my go-to outfit folder. It’s because of the ROT boots: three prims a piece and an option to change the quality of the texture, aiding you in reducing lag for yourself and everybody else.

It’s “do unto others” and all that, but, really, it’s peace of mind in knowing your outfit will rez-in faster than everybody else’s.

Sleepin’, dreamin’ on also taken at dEVOL

To keep keepin’ ARC: 750, Script Count: 32
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Eli Moley 5 (Fade Lei)
Tattoo: Warudakumi’s SAKURAFUBUKI light (Taima Hathaway)
Hair: booN’s YURI15 and SAKI42 (boo Nakamura)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s Ocean in Driftwood (Lano Ling)
Lashes: [ glow ] Studio’s Innocent in pure (Jocelyn Anatine)
Shirt: Beggars Banquet’s BBT-Ank 007 (yukata Densmith)
Shorts: Vette’s Boutique’s custom shorts (Vette DeCuir)
Shoes: miel’s Ant Flats in Crab Apple (Mika Nieuport)
Hat: The Hat Shop’s Flat Cap 2 in Grey (Kai Sion)
Sunglasses: Shade Throne’s SUICIDAL Sunglasses in orange (Undo Hermano)
Gloves: Viva La Glam’s Brody Gloves in Rose (tinted) (Chloris Hathor)

Sleepin’, dreamin’ on ARC: 640, Script Count: 5
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Eli Moley 8 (Fade Lei)
Hair: Posh’s Elle Loves Bows in Charcoal (Jeanie Valois)
Eyes: Poetic Color’s Ocean in Driftwood (Lano Ling)
Lashes: [ glow ] Studio’s Innocent in pure (Jocelyn Anatine)
Shirt: barbee.’s black rose (natsu Serevi)
Sweater: KiiToS’ Long knit gown in Burlywood (Trish Blanco)
Stockings: barbee.’s, damage (natsu Serevi)
Boots: ROT dev’s available at WMD (GutterBlood Spoonhammer)
Earrings: Shade Throne’s THE BIG HOOPZ revised in warm glitter (Undo Hermano)
Gloves: Luck Inc.’s Fingerless Gloves in Brown (CK Winx)

This post is powered by adrenaline.

Green-eyed first taken at Aftermath in Skills Hak’s _INSILICO.

Kid Sister - Get Fresh [nsfw]

We were all set to log and go to bed when the latest Ordinary Design flyer dropped on us. Fueled by the newness and vastness of customization possibilities, Damfunk and I ported and purchased immediately.

While Ordinary Design’s shading had dissuaded me from blogging them in the past, this shoe for me is definitely a necessity. They’re closer in design and proportion to Creative Recreatons, so there’s room for them in your inventory alongside your UBU Drunks. Anyway it has perforated leather, so it is an automatic buy.

Nothing profound. Just some good shoes.

Go see what Dam is wearing at his blog, chapeau de viande.

All poses by Niq Hak.

I’m wearing:
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Eli Moley 5 (Fade Lei)
Nails: Ema’s Secret for Belleza in Waves 5 (Emanuelle Bury)
Hair: Exile’s Fiona, mixed (Kavar Cleanslate)
Shirt: AiYaiYai’s Afro Headphones (Kailiana Anatra)
Skirt: Emery’s Momo #5 (sunami Beck)
Jacket: NINIKO’s Soft Riders in yellow (Kae Sahara)
Tights: Sheer’s Tights 19: Zigzag Black (Sh Oluja)
Shoes: Ordinary Design’s Cebidae (shin Mathilde)
Sunglasses: Shade Throne’s Shortcuts (Undo Hermano)
Necklace: EPOQUE’s La Paix (Retro Lemon)

The ice-tart taste of Sprite.

Sprite makes a melonball bounce. What?

1000 Names - Melonball Bounce

Melonball. Oh, honeydew.
Both taken at Darmin Darkes’ Innsmouth.

Things were kind of tumultuous this past month. I guess it goes hand-in-hand with the holiday season. I changed my skin set and opened up December with a serious shopping spree.

Leaving Takako behind was a big step for me and just as refreshing as a makeover. It came with insecurities: wearing my hair over my face, big accessories to bring the point of focus Southwards. Ended up finding a new favorite hair and necklace.

Keep an eye out for an Ugly Duck skin review coming very soon. Also: how fresh are Shade Throne’s bags? Like… super fresh.

All poses from a fine line., inventory updated as this post makes it to the feed.

In Sprite I’m wearing:
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Yasmin, Cat - Lip Blush (Fade Lei)
Eyes: Shine’s Lustrous in Sepia (Brandy Rasmuson)
Hair: lamb.’s Witch in Ink (Lamb Bellic)
Nails: Ema’s Secret for Belleza in Waves 4 (Emanuelle Bury)
Dress: Fishy Strawberry’s Velvet Touch Minidress in Forest (Fae Eriksen)
Leggings: COCO’s Black Leather Jacket (cocoro Lemon)
Shoes: Kookie’s Athena in black (Kookie Lemon)
Necklace: Shade Throne’s Sex Sells in turquoise on gold (Undo Hermano)
Bag: Shade Throne’s The City Purse in sangria + houndstooth (Undo Hermano)

In Melonball I’m wearing:
Skin: Ugly Duck’s Yasmin, Cat - Blacklips (Fade Lei)
Tattoo: Aitui’s Koi Farm V.2, faded (Jesseaitui Petion)
Hair: booN’s LOK255 in black (boo Nakamura)
Shirt: &Bean’s Reckoner in Peach Frill (Keiko Morigi)
Pants: BareRose’s from Chidori Habit (June Dion)
Gloves: en Svale’s in Beige (Zooey Yokosuka)
Shoes: ANEXX’s Laceup Boots in Mouton Gray (machang Pichot)
Necklace: Atelier AM’s Feather & bullets in black (aya Huldschinsky)
Ring: LaGyo’s Be careful ring in gold (Gyorgyna Larnia)

You don’t know where you’re headed to…
Taken at Kabuki Ewing’s Inaka.

Lisa Hannigan - Blurry (live for Other Voices)

Or even where you started out from.
Taken at Dominus Skye’s ImaginBoyzToyz.

I’ve taken two long train trips in my life, and they were both during these nutty transitional periods. One didn’t herald the other, but I’ve come to expect them in pairs. Feels like trip-taking time. In the meantime, I’ve gone mouselook while the trains at ImaginBoyzToyz circle me around the track…
That sim name is no good.

All poses from a fine line.

Too much leather, too many zippers? Solution: More leather. More zippers.
You don’t know where you’re headed to…
Skin: LAZZOLI’s Takako (1st, discontinued) in Sexy Doll (Loring Halsey)
Tattoo: Aitui’s Koi Farm V.2, faded (Jesseaitui Petion)
Eyes: Shine’s Lustrous in Sepia (Brandy Rasmuson)
Hair: .:+*Lot@Luv*+:.’s Heartache in Night (Rico Silverspar)
Nails: Ema’s Secret for Belleza’s Passion 1 (Emanuelle Bury)
Dress: League’s Unzipped in black (Nena Janus)
Leggings: Royal Blue’s Zip Up Leggings (Marni Grut)
Jacket: +grasp+’s Leather Jacket, black (Asalt Eames)
Shoes: BAX’s Prestige in Black (Bax Coen)
Sunglasses: Shade Throne’s Shortcut in metals black (Undo Hermano)

Or Even where you started out from.
Skin: LAZZOLI’s Takako (re-release) in 04C (Loring Halsey)
Tattoo: Aitui’s Koi Farm V.2, faded (Jesseaitui Petion)
Eyes: Shine’s Lustrous in Aruba (Brandy Rasmuson)
Hair: Tiny Bird’s Girl Anachronism in Black Bean (Autumn Hykova)
Shirt: Punch Drunk’s Glam Rock in black (Iris Seale)
Pants: *COCO*’s Slim Fit Pants in black, tinted (cocoro Lemon)
Stole: part of Djinn & Tonic for Designers United’s Oz dress (Babyhoney Bailey)
Shoes: Maitreya’s Group gift pumps in blue (Onyx LeShelle)
Gloves: Royal Blue’s Half Glove in Cobalt (Marni Grut)
Sunglasses: Shade Throne’s Lou 1 (Undo Hermano)
Necklace: EPOQUE’s Tainted Mirror (Vintage McMillan)

jay kay.

Summer Camp - Ghost Train

So today was my rezday on paper, but I have a secret… I’m actually still less than a year old. Was required to get an SL account by a professor that held his office hours in-world. Set it and forget it for about two years before I find out Gossip Girl was doing some promotion thing via Second Life.

That’s right. I would have been a GossipGirl. Thankfully, I had Fine still attached to my current email address. For a few months I milled around, RPing in one area. Had to do a lot of catching-up. Make my avi match my rez date.

Fine Noir. Palest skin and blackest dress I could find at the time.

Here’s a look at my very first outfit and hairdo and Baggins’ latest outfit and hairdo. For a closer look at him, please visit Shade Throne where he models Undo’s latest.

Sworn to confidentiality about the suit and shoot location.
Baggins wears:
Skin: DEN-DOU’s 7 dark in Clean (denchu Dench)
Eyes: Poetic Colors’s Night Rain (Lano Ling)
Hair: booN’s SLJ761 in mat (boo Nakamura)
Coat: Meriken Co.’s *FA* OCT-opus Jacket (Yaszi Mornington)
Shoes: HOC’s Leather Loafers (Guu Nishi)
Plugs and piercing: Aitui’s (Jesseaitui Petion)
Sunglasses: Shade Throne’s Wolfe in Gold 2 (Undo Hermano)

Fine wears:
Skin: LAZZOLI’s Takako in 01B (Loring Halsey)
Eyes: Starfuker Skins’ Gold Leaf (Vry Offcourse)
Hair: Ingenue’s Bombshell in Noir black (Betty Doyle)
Nails: Ema’s Secret for Belleza’s Passion 1 (Emanuelle Bury)
Dress: Ingenue’s High Society (Betty Doyle)
Shoes: Maitreya’s Verve in Black2 (Onyx LeShelle)
Hat: Elegance Hats’s Sophie Hat in Black (Morrigan Hyun)
Ring: Naith Smit ‘s Womans Square Cut Ring(Naith Smit)
Earrings: DECO’s Long Black Diamond Earrings (Orchid Zenkova)