Battle of the Bloat - Inventory Deflation

Massive inventory's are fairly common in SL - especially among those of us that love to shop and just can't get enough hair, skin, shoes, jewelry, makeup.. mesh, the list goes on and on.  And unless you've kept on top of it from the start - the inventory can become a massive jungle where you .. might be able to find what you are really looking for.  But there are things you can do to cut down the number (which can help you if you experience issues with the asset server or lag, it can't hurt), and even to work your way into the path of having a sorted inventory - the big key here is to NOT get overwhelmed.

And believe me - it's easy.  I started this mission a while ago with nearly 140k, which rarely if ever actually showed up entirely - now I'm down to 111 k which is still extremely massive.

So, what are a few simple steps you can take to start the sorting process.

Step #1:

Delete anything that is 'clutter'.

• Excess Scripts (hover text, unpacking scripts, etc.)
• Excess Notecards 
• Excess Landmarks (In all honesty - I'm deleting all of my landmarks and starting from scratch, I usually am able to find where I'm going by some casual searching without them and they take up massive space)
• Past Event Invites
• Photos of Items from group notices
• Duplicate Items

This alone will get you a good start - but for me it was rather boring to do this for too long so I switch it up with the following.

Step #2

Inventory Browsing and Deleting

I'm not actually to a stage where I'm 'sorting' - but sometimes it's fun to just dive in and try stuff on and it helps me comb through a bit in advance, while giving me a break from the above tasks.  This is a much slower process of getting rid of things so it's not going to help entirely - but it will help some.

Step #3 

Finally I round this off with the inventory guides from OhMyOhmai which can be found here - the best and most useful I've seen thus far.

The only thing I personally adjust is rather than take photos for my computer - I'm using the CTS Wardrobe which I admit has a bit more setup - and does have a cost, but also has a ton more features and I find it to be more useful in the end.  You can scoop that up for $699 @ https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CTS-Wardrobe-Organize-your-outfits-with-style-A-visual-inventory-organizer/935078

I personally am going to be following this plan for the next.. uh.. however long it takes, and will make some posts on my progress along the way.  I may even share some of the weird items I find in my inventory.. like say the "Whose Your Daddy DNA test", the swaddled prim baby, or the sperm mobile.. wait.. uh.. is that a theme of some kind? Oh .. dear.

An Isodo Review - Traffic Cones

Recently in SL I adopted a newbie - which isn't something I do very often since I'm usually fairly busy.  But this one felt different (and it was - she's now a great friend!).  In order to get some linden in her pocket, we explored some options.

We wanted something that would help her explore, help her practice camming (for hunts later on!), but not be overly difficult - and that's when we stumbled on Traffic Cones.

Traffic Cones are something I'd heard of before but generally brushed off as "noob fodder", why spend all that time for such a small amount?  When compared to RL money it's next to nothing.. literally.  But then I changed my perspective.. what if it's not about just earning money.. what if it's just explore and have a good time while getting used to SL?

Traffic cones work like this: You find a cone (you can get to one through the main HQ), you click the base, enter the captcha code which is always 3 numbers and 2 upper case letters - and then wait anywhere from 6-9 minutes in a given location.  You can wander the area, or even go afk briefly - but be sure to come back since once your time is up- you are given a 3 minute time limit to come back and touch your cone again to claim your $2-$4L.

About every minute something like this comes up in local :

[12:28] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: 3 minutes left. Remember: the owner of this place pays the money that you can earn at this Cone. Please walk around and take a look at the things this place offers!

And when you are done waiting:


[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: FINISHED! Please touch the Cone within the next 3 minutes to receive your money.

Click your cone!

[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: Please wait...
[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: Congratulations! You will receive L$2! ◆ Touch the cone again to earn more Linden Dollars! ◆ Report cone: http://bletaverse.com/report/11134-46767 ◆ Donate coins to our tree program! Help to renature the rainforrests with your coin donation! ☛ http://bletaverse.com/69
[12:31] Silas Gabardini paid you L$2.
[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City whispers: Katy Isodo earned L$2 by using the Bletaverse Traffic Cone. Visit our homepage: http://bletaverse.com


Then you can click it again and get a slurl to another cone, and keep going for however long you like.

So in the end it earned a little bit but nothing earth shattering.  It's fun for what it is - but not something that is going to be able to really support anyone in SL for long.  It does however offer true newbies a way to get used to SL and earn a few linden along the way.

More information can be found @ http://bletaverse.com/free-lindens-dollars-second-life-money

001 - Blogger Start

Pixelgasm has been so much fun but I admit I've been super relaxed with it, and while I don't intend to work on it 24/7 - I do hope to pick up the pace a lot more.  And now that Fall is officially rolling in I think there will be plenty of stuff going on to post and blog about.

I pieced this outfit together through some random freebies I found - the artistic background is my own Photoshop tinkerings - on to the credits!

Skin - Belleza - Shyla Med Energy Gift (Free Group Gift!)
(Group : secondlife:///app/group/e0d55796-ee27-7cc4-2ebd-574f63809c2a/about )
Shape - My own personal custom shape
Eyes - Insufferable Dastard Thank You Gift (Free)
Hair - Elikatira - Spark ($250 per Color Pack)
Outfit - Whipped Cream - BugJuice (October Group Gift)
(Group: secondlife:///app/group/8bba527b-d462-fa9e-b4dc-a9d45ce11666/about )
Boots - DRD Lazy Boots Reg - Black Razors (Past MM Prize)
Bracelets - DRD Studded Bracelets (Past Game Prize)
Hand Tats - La Malvada Mujer - La Mano - Black
Nails - [mock] Dark Knight Mock Nails