Second Life - The Choice of Voice

For a while now one of my pet peeves in SL has been people who use voice indiscriminately, all the time, everywhere. It's wonderful that they have people they want to talk to so much, but _I_ do NOT want to hear their personal conversations. And they can get pretty darn personal, if you know what I mean.

Usually, unless I have to stay in the area, I just leave and go somewhere else. If I have to stay in the area for a while, I open up the voice control panel and turn down the people I don't want to listen to. It's that little button on the bottom of your screen with the headphones. Or, if like me you've trimmed off all unnecessary buttons, use the menus at the top. In that case it's Comm > Nearby Voice.

Now, it may seem like a silly thing to get worked up over, but think about it for a moment. Would you want to listen in on the 'dirty talk' of some random strangers while you're shopping for shoes? Or hear about all kinds of personal details of someone's life? I don't know about you, but I certainly don't.

And of course it makes one wonder what kind of people these random strangers are, flaunting their business in everyone's face? Have they no sense of decency? Have they never heard of privacy? Or is it just that they fail to realise that all those other avatars are actually controlled by real people? For all I know, maybe they just don't know how to use voice IM?

In any case, I finally gave up and just disabled voice chat. Much simpler and I kick myself for not doing it sooner.

Second Life - Petite Hunts

Lately I decided that the one account where I have a Yabusaka Petite I am going to only use that avatar. That of course presents a whole new world of things to do. Shopping is suddenly somewhat limited, and you have to keep an eye on the descriptions to make sure you get the version that you can use, as opposed to the 'big folk' or other 'fun sized' avatars. And for me it also limits another interest of mine, treasure hunts.

Because there are very few hunts for petites. And no quick and easy way to find them either. Sure there are hunt blogs, but they blog all hunts and you have to slog through them all to find the ones you want. So I thought I'd start blogging petite hunts specifically.

Unfortunately I got the idea a little late for the only petite-specific hunt this summer, 'A Petite Summer Hunt', which ends tomorrow, but it's not very long so you still have time to rush through it. Their website is http://addictedtohunts.wordpress.com/a-petite-summer-hunt/ and start location is at Sister Fate* Petites. Hunt item is a tiny beach ball and is 0L.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Hunt is going on, the fourth edition of it, and it has a petite path (38 stops) with very nice prizes. The hunt item is a small green butterfly and prizes are 1L each, but well worth it. Their blog is http://kastlerockhunts.blogspot.com/ and start location is at Kastle Enchanted Petite Retreat. Each store should have a hint giver to help find the prize. This hunt goes until July 21.

Then you get six days to unpack all your hunt prizes and sort your inventory before the next hunt starts.

Around the Grid in 80 Days also has a petite path. It starts on July 27 and runs for 80 days, oddly enough. Their blog is http://funwithhunts.blogspot.com/. The prizes will be 1L each, but I don't have any more information at this time. Stay tuned for updates.

You can also find hunt information in-world at The Cookie Jar Hunter Resource Centre

When I've sorted through my hunt prizes, I'll post some pictures from MNDp4. In the meantime, go hunt!

Hemmagjord hundmat

Får hundar äta broccoli? Jag har gjort hemmagjord hundmat de senaste 10 dagarna och har haft i en mycket liten mängd broccoli och kom att tänka på att det kanske inte är bra. Jag vet inte? Saharah har i alla fall inte reagerat. Hon älskar maten, och hon har inte fisit en enda gång (som jag vet) sedan vi bytte.

1 liter vatten
2 buljongtärningar (kött eller grönsaks)
1 kycklingbröst (eller 2 lårfiléer)
500 g potatis
2 medelstora morötter (eller motsvarande mängd)
ca 4 dl ICA Basic Wokgrönsaker (plocka bort lök och vattenkastanj)
2 dl matvete

Lägg buljongtärningarna i vattnet i en stor gryta. Koka upp.
Dela kycklingen i mindre bitar. Tärna potatisen och morötterna. Rensa wokgrönsakerna. Lägg i allt tillsammans i buljongen. Koka upp. Låt koka ca 15 min på medelhög värme. Tillsätt matvete och sänk värmen. Låt koka på svag värme under lock ca 15 min.
Mixa ihop allt med en stavmixer (eller nåt) till en någorlunda slät puré. Låt svalna.

Jag ger Saharah ca 2 dl av detta om dagen och hon verkar må alldeles utmärkt. Ingen gas i magen eller andra magproblem, och hon är mycket mer entusiastisk vid matdags. Såvitt jag kan se har hon varken gått upp eller ner i vikt heller.

Jag är nyfiken på vad andra har att säga om hemmagjord hundmat. Är det någon annan som ger sin(a) hund(ar) det? Recept att dela? Råd att ge? Frågor? Kommentarer?

Gå inte vilse i universum!