Brenden Joseph @BrendenJ

Greetings, have my SHOUTcast stream up with a playlist that's just over 30 hours long. (497 tracks currently) http://142.44.178.114:7778 ...... Picked up a few stacks of CD's from a thrift store last year and a few years prior I had found a little stack of CD's from another store... which I don't go to often. Still haven't got them all copied onto my computer yet, and WinAmp is slow now with entering the track info, and it doesn't automatically find the track info anymore either.
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Flat%20Earth/128/128/23

Here is the line up for the march 15th Virtual Beach Crawl, we will start at the first region and will be there for an hour, then 30 minutes at each place until we end at Club Electric for the last hours.

Virtual Beach
Virtual Beach Resort
Paradise tropical Island
1960'S Throwback
Whiskey Bonfire
Club Electric

Just a reminder that Virtual Beach is in start smart. if you click a region on the teleport board or via map, give it time to load and transport you before clicking again or another region. once you click, it will tell you the seconds to load and then will say teleporting you.

Staying in a Gypsy Wagon for the weekend is a unique way to experience the virtual outdoors. It's like camping, but with a bit of added luxury and comfort. This wagon provides a cozy and private atmosphere, while still giving you the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of nature. The earthy scent of pine and the gentle rustle of leaves in the breeze creates a calming atmosphere here. Consider booking the Gypsy Wagon for your weekend stay with the Weekenders at Virtual-HG grid virtual-hg.com:8002:Catena di isole
Time to get away for the Weekend.

For better or worse, I am sharing things I have done for online safety in Opensim, as the reader you can decide for yourself which actions to take. If you can learn from your own mistakes, you are pretty smart but if you can learn from SOMEONE ELSE'S mistakes, you are a genius!

After reading a number of posts on Opensimworld, it is apparent that some hobbyists of unaware of protections they have available when running Opensimulator for the first time. Some tinkerers may opt for running a simulator on their spare computer at home and connecting the region to an OPEN grid like OSgrid or Zetaworlds. Nothing beats the excitement of having your own land for the first time. You spend hours designing your city, giving it a theme, placing sit targets on all of your furniture; everything is 'ponies and rainbows' until some jerk comes in and decides to populate your territory with questionable objects in the hopes they can READ YOUR COMPLAINTS HERE ON OPENSIMWORLD while they are fondling their (ahem - your favorite depiction here) ego at your ire.

THE BEST RESPONSE TO TROLLS IS NO RESPONSE. When you ignore them, they move on to someone else who will make some noise... They are like vampires feeding off of negative energy.

The screenshot above illustrates things you can do to protect your simulators. In 'about land, options' section I un-check the Everyone boxes. Only Group users may use those features. You can also define who may enter, in 'about land, access' you can restrict access to a group or only certain individuals. Now some of you will say "Stop right there, my visitor's AO will not work or they cannot use their custom dance huds". The good news is that if your visitors are using the AO built into their viewer, that is not a problem, they will have their own custom animations or dances and will not need to run scripts. If the visitor is someone you can trust, you can allow them into the group... If you are having a party, you can temporarily enable script access to guests while you are present. When you are running the region it is up to YOU to POLICE IT. You have options for blocking hostiles in your built-in configuration files. There are also scripted solutions for traffic control where you can banish individual users, entire grids or IP ranges in real-time. You are free to seek out any technology which keeps your world safe. I strongly advise that you examine the code before employing these security devices.

For Hypergrid users: Enjoying a LAG-FREE experience is not the HOST's responsibility. IT IS YOURS.

As computers get more powerful each year, region operators WILL populate their sims with content that could bring many CPUs and display adapters to their knees. Lets face it, not everyone can afford to buy a new computer every year with all of the latest bells and whistles. When traveling you want to make sure your PC is optimized for controlling client side lag. Luckily, your viewer has features available to combat these issues. Reducing draw distance, particles, LOD and avatar complexity will give you better frame rates at the expense of reduced visual quality.

Other ways to protect yourself when traveling include: Making sure your SUITCASE IS EMPTY - the more junk you have in there, the more BLOAT that follows you as you travel. You can also make a lightweight hypergrid avatar. The screenshot above shows my actual inventory window. Instead of carrying everything on my person, I have everything rezzed on land in a hidden region on my grid that only I can access. Less inventory means less orange smoke at login. I have been told that some shady grid owners can use rogue simulator code see what is in your suitcase and copy it. I have also heard of grid operators cloning visitors via collision scripted objects - it is easy to copy stuff a cloned avatar is wearing. I always say "Never wear anything when traveling that you do not want some simpleton to copy". I have seen some nasty OSSL code that will crash the sim of the person who cloned you without permission. Trolling the trolls can be fun BUT I digress, TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.

Opensim does not have to be the 'WILD WILD WEST' - protect yourselves & protect your regions. You and your guests can enjoy the best of Opensimulator.

As always, feel free to share this article when needed.

Peace & Love
Spax

well i am now facing the wrath of Priscilla.Kleenex login.twistedgrid.xyz:8002 , that's the latest avatar. I dont know what her plans are but she was at my Woodstock and university today.

it looks like she is just copying items, not sure what she was doing in university, I was afk and cant see server end as that's in another grid.

update: also what is with these profiles that comment on some ones post and then u click thee name and says user not found?

fyi i dont mind people taking free stuff, but this post was to say she isn't doing her usual behavior for a griefer.

Updates!

We’ve released a bunch of updates for your collar, AO HUD and Owner’s HUD.
If you have a recent version you can get the updater, rez and click on it to update your device.
However the Owner’s HUD have some structural changes that needs a new copy to be used.
The AO and Collar (whichever model) can be upgraded directly.

What did it change?

Owner’s HUD:

Updated graphics.
New: Button with rounded corners for the sub selection.
New: If a picture of your sub is not added into the HUD, the initial of the name will show instead.
Updated: There’s a new way to store subs in the HUD, the notecard is no longer necessary (check the troubleshooting notecard to understand how to use it in HG).

AO and Owner’s HUD:

Updated: Reduced calls to the asset server for better performance.
Updated: Optimized setting storing.

Collars:

Fix: Themes in some cases wouldn't change if selected.
Fix: Garble plug-in works properly.
Fix: In rare case local chat triggered the safe word.
Update: The undress plug-in now shows hints for the most common use of smart wearables (i.e: shirt could be corset, t-shirt, polo, etc.).
Update: Allow attach can be also toggle by the owner instead of only the collar wearer.
Update: Limit the leash grabbing to 30 metres.

Happy Wednesday!

Reminder, you can join our Matrix server at https://matrix.to/#/#oscollar-chatter:matrix.org

Kinky Shop new Release: The Moon Leashpost.

A whimsical new Leashpost for your sub, ideal for fantasy sims and non conventional setups, you can also add it to the collar (read the instructions).

Happy Monday!

New release from OSCollar: The Slave Collar.

The Slave Collar is the new default OSC collar, severe but elegant and it contains the latest code

If you already use an Arcadia Collar you may want to get a fresh copy since this last version is not backwards compatible (they will be from this point on but the differences with the old ones are at structural level).

You can also choose extra apps for the collar should you choose to.

Happy Thursday!

Hello everyone, on Saturday early afternoon the grid will be down for schedule maintenance. it should not be too long and be up within a few hours. if you try to get online and you cant get in, this is why.

New Shop at Arcadia: The Kinky Shop.

It's my pleasure to announce a new shop at the sim, Kinky Shop is the official Kinky Hub shop in OSG (stay tuned for other grids).

Along with Okie Meow we will release everything related to OS Collar at this new place and announce the releases and news at the Kinky Hub group (yes! it's back and you can join it by clicking the sign in the shop).

The Shop is at the Arcadia Shop sim, so teleporting to it is easy: just use the regular landmark you have been using before, then you can either click on the sign to teleport to the Kinky Shop, fly to it, walk to it, teleport to it using the public viewer, take the monorail to it, etc.

The OS Collar (we call it OSC from now on), different models, applications, extensions, HUDs and accessories are the latest ones so you can have the best possible experience in OSG as collar wearer/user.

Happy Thursday!

(pst, stay tuned for another announcement later)