A Constant Amongst Seasons of Change
1st Inaugural Monsters’ Ball on Equinox Grid. Thank you to all who participated. Looking forward to the 2nd Monsters’ Ball on the last Sunday of February 2022. So many great Monster avatars rubbed shoulders with each other and danced the afternoon away. And some pictures of some of the great Monsters in attendance:
Why did I choose to name the grid “Equinox”? Why did I not choose “Xaria’s Grid” or “Aubrey’s Grid” or another one of a billion other choices? While the most immediate thought might be that the grid’s name was simply taken from the club, Club Equinox, the truth is that after research and careful consideration, “Equinox” resonated deeply for reasons connected to its astronomical meaning. The club was begun before my time, I was not around for its naming or inception. I do not know why the name was chosen for the club, other than it
Around October 2019, Becca Kershaw, the Owner of Club Equinox, and I decided it was time to move the Club away from then Zindraya Grid. We had been considering other grids. I, Xaria Aubrey, had always wanted to have my own grid. So, I researched the feasibility of putting together a grid. A Contabo server was reasonably priced. I began. A pretty steep learning curve, learning Ubuntu Linux, Opensim on an actual linux server, Apache, mysql, and all the other requirements. My first standalone, I had connection issues. Snik taught me about Linux Firewall and ufw.