In a totally different light-- here's me singing Santa Baby in rehearsal for a concert in a virtual world, Kitely. Please disregard he crappy animations (they're about as good as they can be for the moment). I hope you like the singing. https://youtu.be/lcJXRis7KD8

Due to the copybotters I feel like i just better destroy my whole land because there is no way to check everything to see if it was stolen or not. I cannot have a region with stolen things on it, and then use it to advertise a more fair economy. So this may be the end then. I removed the link to this land from my website. This was already the second time I rebuild everything, I may not be doing it a third time. Logins are disabled, possibly forever.

Brownstone Apartments are here for you in many flavors Low Poly and with ubODE Physics, textures included for your mods, and few extra stuff for your urban projects as always FREE, PREMIUM and FULL PERMS to share with no mercy!!! Enjoy!!! :)

Bored & looking for something to do? There's plenty of fun to be had at That Place Amusement Grid! Check out our Multi-Region Amusement Park, this grid has it all! Thrill Coasters, D*sneyland Rides, even a working Movie Theater! If you're looking for the cure to boredom, you've found it! Drop on by and tell 'em Micah sent you!

Save room for these delicious New Year's Treats!
New Year’s Eve at the Golden Ballroom at Mermaid’s Cove Featuring the radiant Evanea Fae — singing live at 6:00pm!
Country • Pop • Rock • Jazz • Blues • Indie • Showtunes! Come twirl into 2026 with joy, elegance, and the golden voice of Evanea Fae. Surprises, merriment, and magic await! Fun is mandatory, Magic is guaranteed! Dress to dazzle — it’s a night of sparkle and celebration!
The Golden Dreams Ballroom proudly presents the radiant, unforgettable voice of Putrisolo — live at 1:00 PM on New Year’s Day!
Step into a world of sparkle, music, and celebration as Putrisolo lights up the stage with a performance overflowing with warmth, charm, and feel‑good energy! This is the kind of afternoon that sets the tone for a magical year ahead — laughter in the air, friends all around, and music that makes your heart dance! A dazzling live performance that lifts every spirit!
hg.osgrid.org:80:Mermaid's Cove
We know there are a lot of parties this New Years and we hope you take a bit of time to share with us! Happy New Year!! (Gotta get your HUGGGGS!!!)

What a year 2025 has been in Kitely!
We crammed twelve months into 11 minutes and 18 seconds, enjoy!

Huge shoutout to the Kitely community: your hard work and creativity turn ideas into reality. The future belongs to what we do, not what we daydream about doing. Action is the foundational key to all success, and you guys are all action!

To our friends across the Hypergrid who come and celebrate with us, and make the party bigger and better year-round , you’re absolute Rock Stars.

Extra thanks to Thirza Ember and The Hypergrid Safari for shining a light on our projects and helping us share them with the wider OpenSim Community. You are the best!

Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New Year ahead.
Let’s make 2026 unforgettable!

VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/tXutvVfY9ZE?si=MIQxNfkpxU53vEWH

The entire team at CCC, Sunlight Regions, The Cube, and Dope Club wishes everyone a happy new year 2026. We thank you for the amazing support and the wonderful times we've shared with you all, and we hope to spend another year with you in 2026!

Einen Guten Rutsch ins Jahr 2026.
Für das Neue Jahr wünsche ich euch von Herzen ganz viel Gesundheit, Glück sowie viel Power um neues zu erschaffen. Natürlich auch einen tolle Zeit in OpenSim und ganz viel Spaß dabei.

Happy New Year 2026!

For the New Year, I wish you all the best of health, happiness, and lots of energy to create new things. And of course, I hope you have a great time in OpenSim and lots of fun!

Felice Anno Nuovo 2026!

Per il nuovo anno, vi auguro tutto il meglio: salute, felicità e tanta energia per creare cose nuove. E, naturalmente, vi auguro un fantastico divertimento con OpenSim!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo 2026!

Para el Año Nuevo, les deseo mucha salud, felicidad y mucha energía para crear cosas nuevas. Y, por supuesto, ¡espero que se diviertan mucho en OpenSim!

working on speeding up FSAssetService, i noticed in the loop it's got hard-coded 1 second delay per asset. So on a simple thing with 30 assets that's an extra 30 second of nada nothing. I added config option in Robust.HG.ini under

[AssetService]
WriteSleepMs = 10

so that's 10ms or .01 seconds instead of 1000ms but you can adjust in the config how you like it. in the Writer() function i changed Thread.Sleep(1000); to Thread.Sleep(m_WriteSleepMs); (which pulls value from config, defaults to 1000 if dne)

I also moved the spool directory to RAM disk where it determines the hash, and it checks the RAM disk for existing file instead of hitting the drive. Then it does the actual movement from spool to data directory in a background thread without blocking. So far I'm seeing simple remote objects imported over HG taking about 20 seconds that took about 3 minutes originally. Anyway if you want to test it out there's just one file change. https://codeberg.org/fionasweet/FSAssetService
let me know . If I didn't break anything maybe i'll submit a PR upstream.

Gridtalkparty
Liebe Musikzuhörer und Clubtänzer,

der letzte Dienstag im Jahr 2025 naht - und ab 20:00 Uhr steht wieder die Musikalische Rumpelkiste da und wartet aufs Auspacken. (Vormusiken ab 19:30) Lasst sie nicht lange warten und kommet zuhauf - wir freuen uns drauf.
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk
Gridtalk Party
Dear music lovers and club dancers,
the last Tuesday of 2025 is approaching – and starting at 8:00 PM, the musical rummage sale will be back, ready to unpack. (Pre-show starts at 7:30 PM) Don't keep it waiting and come in droves – we're looking forward to it!
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk

🎉 Benvenuti zum Italienischen Abend!
Heute feiern wir virtuell mit mediterranem Flair, guter Musik und charmanten Gästen.
Mit dabei: Tommy White & Paristelle Marisol – sie bringen den Sound von Bella Italia direkt zu euch!
Dresscode: La Dolce Vita – ob Vespa-Chic, Pizzabäcker-Style oder Opernglamour, alles ist erlaubt.