[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

So far things seem to be going on schedule; there are now some sims on the main grid that have mesh enabled. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I had the great pleasure of hearing from a friend I hadn't talked to for a long time. She told me that I'd encouraged her to get into prim breasts. That's happened a few times, and is one of the great joys of Second Life for me. She said her graphics card was kind of old, so I offered to take some pictures for her to show her just how lovely she is, and she said it was OK to put one up here...

[Djoser]

Tell your friend 'thank you' on my behalf. That avatar is awesome.

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

I'm amazed... mesh is now available everywhere in Second Life (save for a couple of sims that are awaiting being restarted). People are already making mesh breasts; we'll see how they turn out in comparison with sculpted prims. Mesh clothing in general is proving problematic, since meshes currently can only adapt to shape parameters that affect the avatar's skeleton. There's a JIRA entry asking that that be corrected.

Now, another thing that went in with mesh is this: the ten-meter limit on the size of prims has been raised to thirty-four meters. (Why thirty-four? Got me--but hey, it's an improvement.) I have some photos that I will put up (one a day!) that I think show that people are taking advantage of that increase.

[Djoser]

Please post your pics as soon as you can! I'm impatient to see them  .  (i think 34 is a bit over 100 ft maybe that's why they picked up such arbitrary number?)

[Juggernutz]

I'm amazed... mesh is now available everywhere in Second Life (save for a couple of sims that are awaiting being restarted). People are already making mesh breasts; we'll see how they turn out in comparison with sculpted prims. Mesh clothing in general is proving problematic, since meshes currently can only adapt to shape parameters that affect the avatar's skeleton. There's a JIRA entry asking that that be corrected.

Now, another thing that went in with mesh is this: the ten-meter limit on the size of prims has been raised to thirty-four meters. (Why thirty-four? Got me--but hey, it's an improvement.) I have some photos that I will put up (one a day!) that I think show that people are taking advantage of that increase.

Melissa, Honey, they raised the limit to 64 meters. 

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

Melissa, Honey, they raised the limit to 64 meters. 

  *blushes* Oops! You're right. My mistake.

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

Sigh... going through the photos I took, I don't have a good sequence to show growth, so here's a photo showing Belinda and me relaxing at the seaside, and I'll add a bird's eye cleavage view tomorrow. (She's the blonde. 

[Djoser]

you've some nice friends, Melissa 

[rtpoe]

Okay, now that last image is just too silly....

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

Oops... I'm a day late with the bird's eye view. Here it is:

[Djoser]

Thank you so much for the pics, Melissa!

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

There's some experimentation with mesh prim breasts going on. Alas, I've yet to see anything... though there are now some mesh avatars out there. A friend who tried it out estimates its measurements as around 50-10-40 (or did she say 50-10-50?); if you love Mlle. Polaire, you'll love this mesh avatar. We'll see whether anyone of our inclination takes up the task of doing a full body with large breasts.

While we wait for more advances, here's a photo showing off how lovely a setting one can find in Second Life...

[Djoser]

Thank you for keeping us informed Melissa...now If I had friends there to play with.... 

[Melissa Yeuxdoux]

OK, this really isn't about technical advances, but about an odd cultural thing.

One SL tradition is the "Poppins Challenge". On your rez day (the SL analog of birthday), or some other day if you wish, you take a Mary Poppins style umbrella (which is freely available), go to the top of a building or mountain or just way up in the middle of the air (and now I have this urge to go listen to Terrapin Station...), and then descend. Take pictures or shoot video as desired, and emerge from the experience changed.

I finally did it on my fifth rez day about a month ago, and here's one of the pictures I took. I hope you like it.

[solvegas]

One SL tradition is the "Poppins Challenge"

" Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,
the medicine go down,
the medicine go down,
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
in a most delightful way "

When I read your post that was the first thing that popped into my head, that song from the 1964 movie.