Wiley Publishing Freebs

Join the Wiley Publishing group, click a couple signs, and you'll have a slew of animations, textures (two of which are No Copy/No Mod), scripts, and sounds. Member or not, you can also get a free Web Display kit, coffee, and a couple jackets (one for Tinies). Interestingly, there is no group joiner. Search for Wiley Publishing.

FYI: Wiley publishes the "... for Dummies" books, and software manuals. A couple signs indicate they are hiring so maybe you can get a free RL job! The build is cool, too, so it is a fun place to visit. Looks like it was made by the industrial architects associated with Kim Anubis, The Magicians. Kim is also the founder of the Wiley Publishing group in Second Life.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Furu/15/196/45

Tide of Paperwork

Sure, the working conditions are pretty good (I mean, how many people can float around in a warm ocean while working?), but trying to keep up with Group paperwork isn't always fun. Between working membership rolls for several groups, notices posted from those groups and more, and the unending IMs on all manner of topics from more people than I personally know, my Instant Messages often cap a couple times a day. When I can I just leave my avie logged in to catch all the messages. I'm sure many of you are in a similar boat. Imagine poor Serenkitty's inboxes!

Please! When contacting me or other LKC officers, please send note cards. I leave my LL-created Note Card folder empty (having moved all the cards I keep to another folder) just so I can see new ones. I'm sure I'll still find the need to float around while digging through logs and e-mail boxes to find missed messages, but hopefully I can cut back on this use of my time.

Thanks for your help! Now if I can get a ban on "blind" offers to rent in other people's malls ...

(Like the 'kini? It's from Nanogunk (SLurl) and was free at one time. The shop has some other nice freebies, too.)

Ringtail Avie from Curious, Inc.

Serenity made me do it. She made me break out my storage alt to do this review. All my groups were full so I used (Name Withheld to Protect the Innocent) to join Curious, Inc. to get this Beta copy of a new Ringtail Lemur (Web) avatar. I should say "really nice Ringtail Lemur avatar" because it is very, very good. It may be a Beta release, but so far I find nothing wrong with the texturing (absolutely fabulous, actually) or prim work (fast rezzing sculpties). There is no HUD or complimentary clothing as you often find with Furry avies, but it's Beta (remember I mentioned that) and it's free! A note card in the box states that "the final version will have a fancy HUD" so don't worry.

And you can get a basic HUD to control eye color when you get the avatar itself. How do you do that? Join the group (use the Groups tab after clicking the Search button to find Curious, Inc. then click the group name then the View Full Profile Button then .... c'mon! You can do this. I'm gonna get IMs, but try it.). Look in the Notices section of the Group Info pane to get the goodies. You don't need to go anywhere to join the group, but folks expect an SLurl so here it is: SLurl. As a group member you can use the sandbox at that location or visit the near by store and social area.

Here is a great bit: one of the parts is named Ringtail - Hair (Get some real hair.)

UPDATE: Got this in a group notice
They are not lemurs. They are ringtailed cats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat

Membership Update

Look at that ... 1600 members when I peeked in to assign tag options at 10:00pm SLT. Sweet! Check this earlier post (Web) to see how you can have a different tag over your head when you hop chairs.

My Gripes & I Own Up to Them

Once again a Lucky Kitty (or someone close to a group member) has taken the low road to gripe about Serenity and the group in an obscure and anonymous forum rather than be grown up enough to stand by thier convictions. Fine. Freedom of speech can hurt, but try living without it. I may not agree with everything I hear in our group but I don't hide to stab others in the back. "Coward" I call you because a coward you are with your actions demonstrating your nature.

Before I get off my soapbox (Web) I would like to call out the "non-callers." If you show to claim a chair please take a moment to announce the new letter to the group. Especially if the person who made the original group chat post isn't at the chair when you win. Many of us don't stalk a chair until we win, calling letters to the Crew so that the odds of "our" letter coming up increases.

Greenies: Christmas Avie & Chairs

ZOMG! Greenies now has Lucky Chairs (SLurl). ZOMG Part II: Greenies is giving out Christmas Avatars! Your choice, tiny or regular but quantities are limited. By the time you read this they may all be gone. But go anyway for the Pirate Greenie Avies in the chairs (Left or East for men with a 20 minute cycle; Right or West for women with a 10 minute cycle). Also, if you join the Rezzable group they now have freebies for members. This time around it is a very green '70s Flair Pant Suit.

BTW: Many thanks to Queen Coronet for for finding the free avies. Without you, Queen, I wouldn't have my cool Christmas avie or known about the Lucky Chairs.

Group Member Tags

1429 members ... wow! And all of you now have access to each of the creative Tags Serensei has created. Simply Right-Click on your current tag and choose Groups... From there, find the Lucky Kitty Crew group and click on it once. Then click the Info button. A Group Information pane (like you see at left) opens and in the bottom left corner is a drop-down box that lets you choose which tag you want to wear. If you think you might be missing one, click the Members & Roles tab then the Roles sub-tab you can see all the titles available. Clicking on a role will show everyone it it. Or find and click on your name in the Members sub-tab will show all your available tags.

Sound complicated? You have a mouse. Click and see what something does. You can't break it.