Breathe you in my dreams / Trixie Whitley
The amazing story of a man living into a cloudy isolated island and looking at the horizon. Any resemblance to real persons would obviously be accidental.
￭ Music
This video features the song "Breathe you in my dreams" from the LP "Fourth Corner" by Trixie Whitley
￭ Filmed into Second Life
Winter Moon
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￭ Many Thanks to
Dream Shadowcry for letting me film on this wonderful place
Can Second Life Help You Keep the Weight Off?
A study from the University of Kansas compared results from the a
in-person weight loss clinic to a parallel clinic in Second Life. It
found the two are comparable for weight loss, but for maintenance, the
virtual world worked better.
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Fantasy Faire 2013 – The Quest For The Golden Prim Wanted Posters Issued
Whilst enjoying your time in the Fairelands during
Fantasy Faire, it’s wise to be on the lookout for ne’er do wells and
they are certainly apparent with regards to The Quest For The Golden
Prim, the following are wanted on suspicion of murder!
Wanted-Poster-Andrew-McMinn
Wanted-Poster-Ephemera-Wirefly
Wanted-Poster-Hortensia-Primm
The authorities have warned us that these people are dangerous and
should not be approached, if you do see them report them to the
Sherriffs of The Fairelands.
Their foul deeds include the alleged murder of a Mr Carruthers at his
home in Steelhead, please be cautious if you are visiting the
Fairelands, especially if you are at the party there today between 2 –
5pm SLT, the word on the street is that the fugitives may well be in the
vicinity.
SLURL To The Explorers Club : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lotus%20Valley%20Dream/214/201/30
He moved all his Second Life Linden dollars into bitcoin
Me at the ATM with a cat I don't know.
With all the chatter lately about bitcoin’s surge in value,
I figured it was time to try it out for myself. But rather than setting
up a “mining” operation to create new bitcoins or investing US dollars,
I realized I could transfer some money from one virtual currency into
another.
As an early user of the virtual world Second Life, I had amassed a few thousand Linden dollars, which is the currency used for transactions within the game. Second Life used to pay basic users a stipend of L$50 a week simply for logging in. Not having used it in years, I was pleasantly surprised to find over L$5,000 Linden dollars sitting in my account, just waiting to be converted into bitcoins.
I started the day with L$5,203 in my Second Life account, which is worth about US$20. To move my money, I created an account at VirWoX,
a virtual currency exchange originally created to exchange Linden
dollars for real-word, government-issued money. You can trade US
dollars, euros, pounds, and Swiss francs into and out of Linden dollars,
Avination (used in a virtual world of the same name), and Open
Metaverse Currency (used in several virtual worlds). You can also now
exchange between Linden dollars and bitcoin.
In order to initiate the transfer, I had to visit one of VirWoX’s terminals inside Second Life, where I deposited L$5,195. That’s me in the image above, with what appears to be some sort of cat behind me. The terminal works kind of like an ATM, except that instead of punching in a PIN, the terminal showed me a PIN I created in VirWoX, to prove that it was legitimate and not some rogue ATM trying to rip me off.
Having transferred the funds into my VirWoX account, I needed to convert them into bitcoins, which means dealing with exchange rates. Even though I work in an office filled with financial journalists, not everything sinks in, and I managed to commit a rookie mistake of buying in with the market price of bitcoins at an all-time high. I executed a trade at an exchange rate of about 49,000 Linden dollars for 1 bitcoin. VirWoX took a commission of L$50 plus 2.9% of the transaction. After a nearly instantaneous trade, I was the proud owner of one-tenth of a bitcoin, worth about US$18 at the time of trade.
The final step was simply to get the money out of my VirWoX account and into a bitcoin “wallet,” a secure address that acts as my public identity on the bitcoin network. This turned out to be, by far, the most time-consuming step. After downloading the recommended bitcoin client, I needed to wait about five hours for it sync with the network. Once that was done, I initiated a transfer from my VirWoX account to my newly created bitcoin wallet. VirWoX charged a fee of one-hundredth of a bitcoin to make the transfer.
That left me with a grand total of BTC 0.09, worth about US$18.20 at the time of this writing. Or at least that’s what I hope. After clicking to transfer the funds, I got a somewhat cryptic response saying my withdrawal now requires a “manual step” by VirWoX that can take up to 48 hours to complete.
As I wait for my bitcoin client to synchronize with the network, this is the perfect time to see how much my time is actually worth. And what better way then by running an ever-so-slightly absurd Tesla cost-of-ownership calculator in reverse? Assuming my final transfer eventually completes, my time is apparently worth around US$3.44 per hour, or roughly BTC 0.018 an hour.
I think I’ll stick with software development and leave the investing to the professionals.
As an early user of the virtual world Second Life, I had amassed a few thousand Linden dollars, which is the currency used for transactions within the game. Second Life used to pay basic users a stipend of L$50 a week simply for logging in. Not having used it in years, I was pleasantly surprised to find over L$5,000 Linden dollars sitting in my account, just waiting to be converted into bitcoins.
I started the day with L$5,203 in my Second Life account, which is worth about US$20. To move my money, I created an account at VirWoX,
a virtual currency exchange originally created to exchange Linden
dollars for real-word, government-issued money. You can trade US
dollars, euros, pounds, and Swiss francs into and out of Linden dollars,
Avination (used in a virtual world of the same name), and Open
Metaverse Currency (used in several virtual worlds). You can also now
exchange between Linden dollars and bitcoin.In order to initiate the transfer, I had to visit one of VirWoX’s terminals inside Second Life, where I deposited L$5,195. That’s me in the image above, with what appears to be some sort of cat behind me. The terminal works kind of like an ATM, except that instead of punching in a PIN, the terminal showed me a PIN I created in VirWoX, to prove that it was legitimate and not some rogue ATM trying to rip me off.
Having transferred the funds into my VirWoX account, I needed to convert them into bitcoins, which means dealing with exchange rates. Even though I work in an office filled with financial journalists, not everything sinks in, and I managed to commit a rookie mistake of buying in with the market price of bitcoins at an all-time high. I executed a trade at an exchange rate of about 49,000 Linden dollars for 1 bitcoin. VirWoX took a commission of L$50 plus 2.9% of the transaction. After a nearly instantaneous trade, I was the proud owner of one-tenth of a bitcoin, worth about US$18 at the time of trade.
The final step was simply to get the money out of my VirWoX account and into a bitcoin “wallet,” a secure address that acts as my public identity on the bitcoin network. This turned out to be, by far, the most time-consuming step. After downloading the recommended bitcoin client, I needed to wait about five hours for it sync with the network. Once that was done, I initiated a transfer from my VirWoX account to my newly created bitcoin wallet. VirWoX charged a fee of one-hundredth of a bitcoin to make the transfer.
That left me with a grand total of BTC 0.09, worth about US$18.20 at the time of this writing. Or at least that’s what I hope. After clicking to transfer the funds, I got a somewhat cryptic response saying my withdrawal now requires a “manual step” by VirWoX that can take up to 48 hours to complete.
As I wait for my bitcoin client to synchronize with the network, this is the perfect time to see how much my time is actually worth. And what better way then by running an ever-so-slightly absurd Tesla cost-of-ownership calculator in reverse? Assuming my final transfer eventually completes, my time is apparently worth around US$3.44 per hour, or roughly BTC 0.018 an hour.
I think I’ll stick with software development and leave the investing to the professionals.
Depression
The depression never ends.
I'm not always strong enough to defend myself.
No more gentle friends.
Their wounds I would always mend.
I'm the one you can depend.
But in return you give me all the torment you can send.
Curse Of Sorrow
Just because you feel no hope right now doesn't mean you won't feel any tomorrow.
The gift of sensitivity comes with a curse of sorrow.
Worried to return something you wish you never had to borrow.
In front of enemies never let them see you cower.
Surviving through suffering increases your power.
Bridges
So I guess I didn't burn those bridges just quite yet.
The thought of them makes me cringe.
Cutting themselves with the ridge of a syringe.
Crushed
I don't see the rush.
Maintaining my silent hush.
It makes me blush.
The way my soul is crushed.
Discard
He cheated on me with some drunk chick from a bar.
But that's not even how far.
I could never let down my guard.
He made my life so hard.
Just this one person I took way too long to discard.
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Maybe
thinner
Not so bitter
Never burnt dinner
Maybe if I was Funner
cuter
wasn't a loser
Maybe if I was nearer
clearer
Maybe if I was stronger
taller
smaller
Maybe
5th block
Got off at the dock.
One time I seen a fox.
One time I saw a glock.
One time something of mine got hocked.
One time I beat up a jock.
One time I use to leave the doors unlocked.
One time one of these poems was mocked.
One time I forgot to knock.
One time I couldn't find a clock.
One time I lost a sock.
One time I use to talk.
Everywhere I'd always walk.
Some how always managed to get back to 5th block
.
Get My Way
The most sincere thing I'll ever say.
That is it doesn't matter if I stay.
It always has to be your way.
I think I'm just getting in the way.
if you really want it to be this way.
In my eyes the obvious pain.
Of this life of mine that is constantly just insane.
If you want I'll go away.
Never again in your bed I'll lay.
Cause I just live in constant pain.
Don't want to wake up again to another day.
I sit back and mind my fate.
A destiny of nothing great.
Apologizing for all my hate.
But knowing my feelings will stay the same.
My love could be something great.
But my life is getting late.
For 3 days I was an inmate.
For 3 days I understood how much my life I hate.
The picture I paint.
Whether a bitch or a saint.
It doesn't matter cause I'll just always be that way.
Criminal
At least I don't get a lot of pimples.
Need a more beautiful symbol.
I'm not one of your bimbos.
I don't need a himbo.
He might end up in limbo.
But I'm the one that's considered a criminal.
Break Out
Cold
My hearts broken from love so full.
I don't know if I'll ever reach my goal.
I don't feel whole.
Somewhere I feel pulled.
I've tainted my soul.
No one holds me when I'm cold.
PuttyLiCious
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zedisdead
Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."
And he said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
And he said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
Khalil Gibran
Feed A Smile - Poetic Drum Circle
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