In 2012, the first part of my SL year was spent re-working my take on Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous “Fallingwater“, which eventually wound-up in a quarter-sim in-world for a few weeks.
That build is now boxed for a rainy day, but as I indicated later in the year, I’ve reproduced Fallingwater in Kitely, where it has a full region of its own, allowing me to develop a landscape more in keeping with that of the original. Since then, I’ve been tinkering around with it, adding a region windlight and generally tightening things up. There are still some parts I want to rework, once I have better source material by way of photos (most notably Bear River and the falls), but for now the house is just about done.
With the Second Life build, I produced a modest video; however the result wasn’t overly brilliant – largely because I didn’t really appreciate what I was doing in terms of the technical side of producing the video. Recently, I’ve had some good advice and help from Fuzonacid via YouTube, prompting me to have a further go, this time focusing on the Kitely build.
As it is the start of a new year, I could hardly let it pass without reference to my obsession :), so I hope you enjoy the video (and the Flickr slideshow has also been updated!).
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 
I love your build Inara. I can’t wait to see what you build on a bigger world 🙂
I mentioned this post in the media mentions section of Kitely’s forums: http://forums.kitely.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34
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Thank for the mention, Ilan! 🙂
Are you offering a bigger world for me to play with on your behalf? 😀 (joking)
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I think our prices are already extremely affordable for everyone. 😀
You could get a 9-region Advanced Megaregion Kitely world (in addition to your existing 1-region world) for just $20/month. Of course you could use that plan to just build 10 different 1-region worlds, or two 4-region worlds and two 1-region worlds, etc. 🙂
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Yes, but what about the cost of cloning me?!
After all, I’m still up to my ears in things in other worlds, so I’m going to need another me to get everything done! :).
(And that’s assuming the world (real or virtual) is really ready to have two of me running around! :))
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I’ll make sure to add “cloning Inara” to our roadmap 😀
In the meantime, you can relax from all the things you need to do in other worlds inside your Kitely ones 😉
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You’re absolutely sure you want little mes running around the place unchaperoned? 🙂
Just visiting Fallingwater is a dangerous proposition for me, as I keep looking at aspects of it and thinking (“Oh! I could…” and “Hmmm. If just…”).
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Kitely offers you a vast canvas for building, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it 😉
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Just saw your tweet on #OLDSMOOC and had to explore your #KITELY version of Fallingwater. I’ve always been incredibly drawn to Wright’s masterpiece and really enjoy your take on it. I’m enjoying your obsession.
Quick question about Kitely: I teach in Second Life but can’t afford the island cost much longer. Can you transport builds, items to Kitely? to anywhere? I would hate to lose the beautiful space a dear, generous friend built for me.
Thanks for any advice!
Cris
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Hi Cris,
You can use Imprudence’s backup function ( http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/Imprudence:Content_Backup ) or Second Inventory to move over the things you created in SL to Kitely. If you aren’t the creator you can ask your friend to use one of these methods to export your build for you.
To use Second Inventory with Kitely follow the instructions listed here: http://www.kitely.com/#!startviewers
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There’s hope — and now a plan! Many thanks for your kind advice. Wish me luck!
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Good luck Cris 🙂
Please let us know if you have any further questions (our new forums are the best way to get assistance).
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