I’ve been to other types of conventions but SteamCon 2009 was my first steampunk convention. This particular steampunk convention took place locally in Seattle so it was a bit of a staycation for me.
As conventions go, there was, perhaps, less to do. They had lots of panels with very little difference between many of them. [...]

Here I am writing from my first night at SteamCon, the Seattle steampunk convention.
Tonight (Friday), I just attended Studio Foglio’s Intro to Steampunk Art panel and I am about to attend the Virtual Steamlands Salon.
On Saturday, at 3pm in the Spokane room, I will be joining the panel on Steampunk Influences in Video Games.
*gasp*
This corset [...]

If you’ve been worried that I have retired from Second Life due to boredom or new interests, worry not. I have simply been otherwise occupied by first life.
My first life day job is in video game development and, as you might guess, Thanksgiving is the biggest target release date. Our current project was started with [...]

Why type when you can write on a whiteboard? Why write on a whiteboard when you can draw an awesome picture? With the Whiteboard Typing Override, you can draw on a whiteboard instead of typing and get a different picture each time!
The Whiteboard Typing Override comes with 15 built-in doodles or you can use your [...]

To anyone who already purchased the One-Prim Swing, I apologize but I forgot to include something in the notecard.
When Crap Mariner mentioned to me that the swing only seemed to work in one direction, I realized that I forgot to tell people how to make it swing in other directions. While the swing will automatically [...]

The Innocent Looking "Posing" Platform appears to be just another posing platform but, when someone stands on this platform, metal clamps suddenly lock into place and the hidden motors spin the platform upside-down, dangling the user by their feet until the clamps release, dropping them to the ground below.

The perfect escape route or a handy [...]

Swing smoothly back and forth on this fully-animated, simple wood and rope swing. Hang it from a tree, from the rafters, or over a pool of rabid sharks. At only one prim, every home can afford one!

Tiny Compatible!
Did I mention it is only ONE prim?
The One-Prim Swing is installed halfway down the cliffside, outside of [...]

The final numbers are in from Hair Fair 2009. In total, the fair raised L$2396658 for Locks of Love which comes to US$8895.49.
Curio Obscura specifically raised L$59925 (about US$222.42) from 295 sales at the fair which is about 2.5% (or 1/40th) of all money raised for the Locks of Love at Hair Fair 2009.
Since there [...]

We raised a lot of money for Locks of Love but all of the candy is starting to spoil in the sun and so Hair Fair 2009 is coming to an end.
All four new hairstyles created for Hair Fair 2009 are now available at the Curio Obscura main shop.
That includes:

Lampshade Hairstyle
Let Them Eat Cake Off [...]

Hair Fair 2009 is almost over. With just a few more days left, I am releasing a brand, new fourth hairstyle at the fair. 50% of all sales of this hairstyle will go to benefit Locks Of Love, a charity organization that provides hairpieces for children suffering radical hair loss for medical reasons.
For the duration [...]