See what is the best alternative to teleporting when the grid is experiences issues in the all new Trin & Voo Show in EXPLORE.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Whats faster... spaceship or flight?
See what is the best alternative to teleporting when the grid is experiences issues in the all new Trin & Voo Show in EXPLORE.
Angry Investors Scuttle AVIX Acquisition
In the space of just two hours, a deal in which cash strapped Ginko Financial Group would acquire a majority share of Allenvest International Exchange (AVIX) was announced, strenuously questioned by investors and withdrawn by AVIX management. Read the full story in SL-Finance .
what a surprise
After days of struggling to keep the grid online despite huge problems for residents The Grid is finally down!
To be honest I would rather the grid was down than trying to work around the recent problems - come on Lindens get it right - just stop adding new stuff until you can improve performance for the thousands struggling to stay logged in for more than an hour at a time!
I for one would love 1 evening to log in and stay logged in.
Second Life Logins Temporarily Disabled Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 10:30 AM PDT by: rheyalinden
[10:35 AM PDT on 07/31/2007]
Logins to Second Life are temporarily disabled at this time to fix several issues. More information will be available as we have it. Thank you.
[10:28 AM PDT on 07/31/2007]
At the present time there are issues when attempting to log into Second Life. The Server Team is currently working on a resolution. More information will be available as we receive it. Thank you for your patience.
Oh and another surprise all comments on the blog are closed!
Feel free to comment here instead - How often do you have to relog? How often are your attachments stuck in the nether regions? How many times have you been stuck in the twilight zone?
To be honest I would rather the grid was down than trying to work around the recent problems - come on Lindens get it right - just stop adding new stuff until you can improve performance for the thousands struggling to stay logged in for more than an hour at a time!
I for one would love 1 evening to log in and stay logged in.
Second Life Logins Temporarily Disabled Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 10:30 AM PDT by: rheyalinden
[10:35 AM PDT on 07/31/2007]
Logins to Second Life are temporarily disabled at this time to fix several issues. More information will be available as we have it. Thank you.
[10:28 AM PDT on 07/31/2007]
At the present time there are issues when attempting to log into Second Life. The Server Team is currently working on a resolution. More information will be available as we receive it. Thank you for your patience.
Oh and another surprise all comments on the blog are closed!
Feel free to comment here instead - How often do you have to relog? How often are your attachments stuck in the nether regions? How many times have you been stuck in the twilight zone?
Your World... Your Suggestions....
Well, SL certainly is full of changes at the moment. New Policies, new guidelines, new features... Some of these come from the minds of our virtual government, The Lindens, but others do actually come from suggestions of everyday residents just like you and me. If you've ever wondered how you can make your voice heard (and I'm not talking about SL Voice), you may want to make your way over to http://jira.secondlife.com/, also known as Second Life Issues.
This website is a open forum for sl residents to report bugs, glitches and problems on SL, for the guys at Linden Lab to tackle as part of their system support. It also allows residents to make suggestions for modifications or improvements to SL, to make it more friendly, and make it the best experience for all ingame. Once the suggestion has been made, any SL user can log in to the site, using their sl username and password, and show your support, by voting for the change, thus putting the weight of the populace behind the proposed change.
Here are some of the more interesting suggestions currently being voted on:
* MISC-208 - The ability to be a member of more than 25 groups, to avoid that heartbreaking group box cleanout.
* MISC-253 - The addition of resident's rl nationality to the mythical age verification that is apparently approaching at some point, to possibly allow gaming to resurface, as then gambling could be restricted to those who to whom gaming is legal in their country
So, why not go and have your say, and who knows what could be the next change we're reporting here in the paper. Oh, and here is my favourite suggestion, which could effect exactly who we hear about these problems from: MISC-508 - Subject: "Scapegoat Linden"
Refreshing new club opening tomorrow
New, Refreshing, Different all words to describe the limelight club click here for more info on the grand opening!Monday, July 30, 2007
WSE Announces 3.0 Issues Fixed, Trading Open
The World Stock Exchange (WSE) announced on its web site today that the bugs which had been complicating the rollout of its new WSE 3.0 system had been resolved and that the exchange is open for trading. Read the full story in SL-Finance.
TelePort Workaround Offered by Residents
As the extensive problems across the SL grid continued unabated into their 50th hour, residents in several discussion groups offered the following workaround to enable teleportation.
Note the exact name of the place you want to TP to. (You can find it in your LandMark.)
While logged in to SL, go to Edit - Preferences.
On the General tab, click the pulldown menu next to Start Location and select the last choice, to allow you to select a starting location.
Click the check box for "Show Start location on Login Screen".
Click "OK" to save.
Log off and restart Second Life.
In the box below your login information, enter the exact name of the location you wish to teleport to. (If you know the exact coordinates, enter a "/" after the location name and include the coordinates, each number separated by a "/". This is optional.)
Log back on to Second Life normally.
This procedure has been verified to work, although some residents report being unable to use it.
Note the exact name of the place you want to TP to. (You can find it in your LandMark.)
While logged in to SL, go to Edit - Preferences.
On the General tab, click the pulldown menu next to Start Location and select the last choice, to allow you to select a starting location.
Click the check box for "Show Start location on Login Screen".
Click "OK" to save.
Log off and restart Second Life.
In the box below your login information, enter the exact name of the location you wish to teleport to. (If you know the exact coordinates, enter a "/" after the location name and include the coordinates, each number separated by a "/". This is optional.)
Log back on to Second Life normally.
This procedure has been verified to work, although some residents report being unable to use it.
Massive Problems Continue to Plague Grid
For the third straight day, massive problems continued to interrupt services across the grid and disrupt or immobilize residents' use of Second Life. By 20:39SLT on Saturday, when Linden Lab made its first formal announcement on the SL blog that widespread problems were being experienced, residents had already been suffering through disabled TelePortation and limited Search functionality for several hours.
In its initial statement, Linden Lab said that "We’re experiencing gridwide slowdowns or failures of multiple services, including mapping, teleporting, search, and asset operations. Operations has moved quickly to resolve the issue, and we expect resolution very shortly." Residents were advised to avoid in-world transactions and all copy operations until further notice. By 23:49, a resolution was announced and Linden Lab declared the issues resolved recommending that residents relog onto the grid.
By 01:40SLT on Sunday morning it was already apparent that the declaration that the issues were fixed had been premature and Linden Lab announced that it had disabled Places and Group searches as they continued to try to identify and resolve the problems. Other features continued to function intermittently and unreliably, including TP, Maps, Friends Lists and L$ account balances. By 15:13SLT, some 18 hours after the initial announcement, Frontier Linden reported via the blog that progress was being made and service restoration was expected soon. A fix was announced at 17:00SLT Sunday.
Many frustrated residents immediately noted that despite the announced re-enabling of all Search features they were still unable to search for Places or Groups. More aggravating yet, the previous issues with multiple grid functions re-appeared with a vengeance leaving residents stranded and unable to TelepPort, Search, open the Map or rez some inventory items. At 20:26 Linden Lab posted essentially the same announcement as they had made almost exactly 24 hours earlier stating that "We are experiencing gridwide issues at the moment. Residents may experience slowdowns or failures of search, mapping, teleporting and asset operations. Inworld L$ balances may show as Loading… Ops is working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible, in the meantime please avoid making any inworld transactions or operations on no-copy assets."
At 00:11SLT Monday the status was updated to include the following: "Reports of issues with other features such as llDialog have been confirmed. No additional information is available at this time. We would like to thank you once again for your continued patience."
Rumors flew as residents speculated as to the cause of the massive failures. Blame was hung on everything from a botched rolling restart earlier in the week, to a software attack and hacking incident involving Linden Lab servers, to testing of the new "upgrade" to voice. As is their habit, Linden Lab offered few updates and no response to residents' speculations.
As of 09:45SLT Monday morning the problems had been unresolved for more than 49 hours and Linden Lab had not as yet provided an explanation or any estimate of when the issues might be resolved other than "Our Ops team is still working diligently towards a resolution. We will be sure to keep you posted on our progress."
Do be sure to do that, Linden Lab.
In its initial statement, Linden Lab said that "We’re experiencing gridwide slowdowns or failures of multiple services, including mapping, teleporting, search, and asset operations. Operations has moved quickly to resolve the issue, and we expect resolution very shortly." Residents were advised to avoid in-world transactions and all copy operations until further notice. By 23:49, a resolution was announced and Linden Lab declared the issues resolved recommending that residents relog onto the grid.
By 01:40SLT on Sunday morning it was already apparent that the declaration that the issues were fixed had been premature and Linden Lab announced that it had disabled Places and Group searches as they continued to try to identify and resolve the problems. Other features continued to function intermittently and unreliably, including TP, Maps, Friends Lists and L$ account balances. By 15:13SLT, some 18 hours after the initial announcement, Frontier Linden reported via the blog that progress was being made and service restoration was expected soon. A fix was announced at 17:00SLT Sunday.
Many frustrated residents immediately noted that despite the announced re-enabling of all Search features they were still unable to search for Places or Groups. More aggravating yet, the previous issues with multiple grid functions re-appeared with a vengeance leaving residents stranded and unable to TelepPort, Search, open the Map or rez some inventory items. At 20:26 Linden Lab posted essentially the same announcement as they had made almost exactly 24 hours earlier stating that "We are experiencing gridwide issues at the moment. Residents may experience slowdowns or failures of search, mapping, teleporting and asset operations. Inworld L$ balances may show as Loading… Ops is working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible, in the meantime please avoid making any inworld transactions or operations on no-copy assets."
At 00:11SLT Monday the status was updated to include the following: "Reports of issues with other features such as llDialog have been confirmed. No additional information is available at this time. We would like to thank you once again for your continued patience."
Rumors flew as residents speculated as to the cause of the massive failures. Blame was hung on everything from a botched rolling restart earlier in the week, to a software attack and hacking incident involving Linden Lab servers, to testing of the new "upgrade" to voice. As is their habit, Linden Lab offered few updates and no response to residents' speculations.
As of 09:45SLT Monday morning the problems had been unresolved for more than 49 hours and Linden Lab had not as yet provided an explanation or any estimate of when the issues might be resolved other than "Our Ops team is still working diligently towards a resolution. We will be sure to keep you posted on our progress."
Do be sure to do that, Linden Lab.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
What do you get when you cross ...
What do you get when you cross the Gorean lifestyle, Baywatch and Second Life?
Well ... this particular solution made me laugh out loud for at least 5 minutes. Played it 3 times in a row before I could get myself to post it here.
Link to YouTube site: click here
Brought to you by: Dixie - the YouTube scout - Barbosa
Well ... this particular solution made me laugh out loud for at least 5 minutes. Played it 3 times in a row before I could get myself to post it here.
Link to YouTube site: click here
Brought to you by: Dixie - the YouTube scout - Barbosa
RFL
Take Actions volunteers Zeke Forcella was inspired by the Relay for Life, and wanted to give back to his Community,and make a stand! So he put himself in jail, and set the bail at 100K. Volunteers and people from all over came out to support him, make us laugh, raise awarness and L. At 5:30 am sl time he reached the goal of 100k!!!!!!
The Second Life Weather Forecast with Khamudy Mannonen
For the 28th July 2007.
Brought to you by Khamudy Mannonen and the SL Newspaper.
Scene of the Imogen Sign.
Good Morning. Recent environmental changes within the Metagrid have significantly reduced local variability for many of us, the general picture is one of blue, sunny skies across the continent. Those of us out in the Northwest may experience some problems after a blob of jam from a Linden sandwich entered the mainframe servers, causing a loss of physics in several areas, causing residents to fall through any solid object they happen to be sitting on.The Met Office has issued a weather warning for those on the East coast following a sudden drop in pressure causing many attachments to relocate themselves upon one's personage. Whilst this may be somewhat uncomfortable for the majority, owners of prim eyes are reminded to check themselves before leaving their homes.
By contrast the subculture reports show a much more mixed picture, largely prompted by a massive westward pushing front of Linden enforcers being drawn into a collapsing area of Gamblers. There is a high risk of storms in this region as a largely inert, but glittery, front to the south and an unusual superkawaii cloud formation in the northwest have held, gradually pushing the Linden front further northwards.In the far north flashes of lightening and outbreaks of grief continue to occur between three highly active subculture fronts.
The collapsing gambler front has had a significant impact on idocee indices, the meteorological method by which we measure an individuals connection to reality, although the levels recorded are not directly comparable with the subculture situation and reflect a more general malaise.The aggressive pushing in of the Linden front and the damage being caused to properties deemed as being "risk" orientated has triggered a large wave of idocee that has swept northwards. Local reports indicate many now believe the approaching front has caused the value of a Linden to drop to a parity with the green bean, the abolition of all freedoms except the right to "rinse and repeat" and that a rolling programme will begin censoring all words except "cuddly".The general advice is to avoid anywhere with large crowds of people or card games and ensure you wear a tinfoil hat at all times in public.
Whilst many in the media are reacting in a hysterical fashion, this reporter wishes to assure his viewers that the makers of the Second Life Weather forecast believe the stories of a sanitising of Second Life to be a fabrication based on unfounded fears. The producers wish to inform the public that this report will remain at the cutting edge of meteorological activity on the grid and we will not water down the information we feel you need to fully enjoy your Second Life.
This is Khamudy Mannonen for Second Life Weather, wishing you a very good day.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Are You A Petrol Head?
Is owning a car in SL an easy task, what things do you need to know? Where do you find cars? Check out my story about 2 different car manufactures in SL here.
RELAY for LIFE
Today saw the start of the walk for Relay For Life at 3pm slt everyone gathered for the opening ceremony and survivors and caregivers lap.
At the start of the caregivers and survivors lap
Dana XxX
My name is Nathan Walton (AKA Moriash Moreau in Second Life), and I'm walking in the Second Life Relay for Life! Only, I'm doing it for real...
Read how one man will actually walk as his avatar walks HERE
The opening ceremony
Once again I was speechless at the support for this now worldwide/virtualwide event
At the start of the caregivers and survivors lap
If you too want to join in the walk will be continuing until 10am SLT tomorrow you can either CLICK HERE to go to the start point or search for relayforlifestart there will be a team member on the track at all times to help and donations can be made at any kiosk and all along the track.
Dana XxX
My name is Nathan Walton (AKA Moriash Moreau in Second Life), and I'm walking in the Second Life Relay for Life! Only, I'm doing it for real...
Read how one man will actually walk as his avatar walks HERE
Gambling Ban Spawns Confusion, Anger
The anger among SL residents over Linden Lab’s recently announced ban on all forms of gambling within Second life continued to grow through the day yesterday, even as protests subsided and people struggled to understand the full impact of the sudden, if not totally unexpected move. For the full story see SL-Finance .
WSE 3.0 Debuts to Problems, Frustrated Customers
The long awaited WSE 3.0 system was released on Friday, giving account holders access to their accounts through WSE ATMs and enabling trading on the exchange once again. As with any software deployment, there were problems and WSE 3.0 did not disappoint in this regard. For the full story see SL-Finance .
Friday, July 27, 2007
WSE information updated.
WSE official press release.More information in our financial section. There you will find an official press release from LukeConnell Vandeverre.
Flying High with Trin & Voo
Check out the first part in the all new Trin & Voo Show. We wanted to aim high, see how high we actually got in the EXPLORE section now.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Gambling in SL no more cont.......
First official words from a Linden followed by the usual Linden silence:
Chadrick Linden: Hey Everyone. I'm just here to gauge the situation, not to answer questions or define the policy for you. Rest assured, everyone at Linden understands your frustration and voicing your opinion is important.
Voice their opinions people did loudly, harshly and bitterly.
With frustration and anger levelled squarely at the Lindens who hovered and watched and hopefully listened, also nearby was plexus Linden.
Jewella Jewell: I did spend real life money for the business, for the land, for the machines...and now I should throw all away? I feel like being stolen
Patrick Balczo: SL is a virtual 3D world imagined, created and OWNED BY ITS RESIDENTS <--- LOOOOL Change it Chadrick its a LIE
Cryogen Crimson: owned by the residents? its owned by linden. we own nothing in here
Anthonymark Alcott: where r the lindens all hiding ! as per usual make a policy change which will affect nearly every resident then go and hide typical , cowards who know they r wrong or they would be out to speak to the people who pay there wages
Another crowd also gathered outside Governor Lindens mansion
picture provided by ShayLee Greenspan, many thanks
Chadrick Linden: Hey Everyone. I'm just here to gauge the situation, not to answer questions or define the policy for you. Rest assured, everyone at Linden understands your frustration and voicing your opinion is important.
Voice their opinions people did loudly, harshly and bitterly.
With frustration and anger levelled squarely at the Lindens who hovered and watched and hopefully listened, also nearby was plexus Linden.
Jewella Jewell: I did spend real life money for the business, for the land, for the machines...and now I should throw all away? I feel like being stolen
Patrick Balczo: SL is a virtual 3D world imagined, created and OWNED BY ITS RESIDENTS <--- LOOOOL Change it Chadrick its a LIE
Cryogen Crimson: owned by the residents? its owned by linden. we own nothing in here
Anthonymark Alcott: where r the lindens all hiding ! as per usual make a policy change which will affect nearly every resident then go and hide typical , cowards who know they r wrong or they would be out to speak to the people who pay there wages
Another crowd also gathered outside Governor Lindens mansion
picture provided by ShayLee Greenspan, many thanksNew Gambling Policy Spurs Protests, Concern Over Economic Impact
In what has become its customary ham-handed, “whack a mole” style of management, Linden Lab yesterday instituted a wide ranging new policy to ban all games of chance offering a payout of “any thing of value” from SL, including wagering on sporting events. For the complete story, see SL-Finance .
Gambling in SL no more?
The protests over the new TOS concerning gambling grew more and more heated taking up most of 4 sims with at the last count over 80 avatars at any one time.
The strength of feeling aroused here was incredible and understandable, it is not just a matter of the 1000's of USD lost by casino owners but also the freedom to enjoy what is in many countries, including many states in the US, a legal pasttime.
There are several petitions already up and running but as we all know, they probably will not help. SL is not a democracy and we as residents have no say in what the Lindens decide.
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Just some of the comments that were shouted:
Just some of the comments that were shouted:
Graciella Princess shouts: IF THE POTS ARE LESS THAN 250 USD, IT IS PENNY POKER AND LEGAL!
Johnny Clarke: banning poker is pure discrimination
Graciella Princess shouts: THIS IS NOT JUST POKER GUYS! THIS IS ALSO SPOLDERS, SLINGO, ZYNGO... ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR FUN, OR FOR A FEW EXTRA LINDENS TO PAY OUR RENT WITH...
Lizzie Bergson shouts: i thought sl was about having fun and playing these games what has happend to our rights to have freedom and liberty after all we pay for it
Minos Boa shouts: LINDEN LAB ABUSE OF ITS RESIDENT
Morgaine Dinova: Apparently that description is wrong. Now Second Life is California Life, and residents from other lands can get stuffed, it seems.
Elizabeth McMahon shouts: WE ARE SL! Give me my DAMN RIGHTS!!!
Elizabeth McMahon shouts: WE ARE SL! Give me my DAMN RIGHTS!!!
Isabel Hocken shouts: If you're going to stop my poker, stop these clubs that offer paying for sex!
Anna Grant: I dont want to live my SL according to the american laws =((((((
sneeky Snook: IM IN THE UK AND HAVING TO LIVE MY SL UNDER US LAW IS THE AMERICAN GOVERMENT WANTING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD
Neplusultra Coage: ITS ABOUT OUR RIGHT TO BE FREE CITIZENS, HERE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE!
Stephanie Rolland: You're not a free citizen here. You sign up, you pay your money, you sign the ToS, and you're their citizen. Not a free citizen. In fact, you're not even a citizen, you're a customer. Simply a customer
Morgaine Dinova shouts: They have to either move their servers abroad or make their lawyers do something for their money, and fight the CA crap.
The strength of feeling aroused here was incredible and understandable, it is not just a matter of the 1000's of USD lost by casino owners but also the freedom to enjoy what is in many countries, including many states in the US, a legal pasttime.
There are several petitions already up and running but as we all know, they probably will not help. SL is not a democracy and we as residents have no say in what the Lindens decide.Dana
Protests pack 4 sims
This is the latest picture from the protests going on since the news that all gambling in SL must stop effective immediately.More to follow as we cover this huge protest!
If you want to join in the Sims are pretty packed but there are 4 so keep trying
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pooley/229/24/49
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borrowdale/84/80/49
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seascale/230/222/49
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brampton/99/239/49
"ShayLee Greenspan: I think that LL has not considered the full effect of this action on everyone in SL, they have not just hurt the casino owners but also the employees of the casinos and Store owners who depend on the money people spend to survive. If people are not winning or earning money, they are not spending money, its a trickle down affect. Alot of people lost businesses and jobs last night when this came out, and its not done yet this is going to effect ALOT more people if it doesnt change."
DanaXxX
Exchange Commission Chief: “Markets Will Not Crash”
As it continued to deal with questions arising from the alleged theft of L$3.2M by a former ATM system programmer and delays in returning its ATM network to service following a software upgrade, the World Stock Exchange (WSE) received a vote of confidence from TraderJohn Sousa, the CEO of the Second Life Exchange Commission (SLEC). Read the full story in SL-Finance.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The Truth According to Voodoo
In the real world, the nationality on my passport says British. Why are you telling us this, I hear you ask, since this is a newspaper about Second Life, our brave new world, and only our residence in their is relevant. Well... it is because of the fact that the situation is not entirely like that, which is the reason for me typing this. You see, SecondLife is a place where we SHOULD be free to be the people we want to be, and yet our freedoms are being restricted, and the place of your birth is unfortunately going to affect how you see this.
SL is a virtual international community, where people from across the world can create an avatar and come live the lives they have always wanted to. However, Linden Labs appear to be forgetting this situation. In a way very similar to the fact that the US Baseball championship is called the World Series, LL appear to have forgotten that just because they have to work under certain rules and laws in the place that they reside, the rest of the world does not necessarily have to. The biggest case in point is the situation announced yesterday with the effective announcement that online gambling has been effectively banned in SL. The reason behind this, taken from the Official Linden Blog, is that "Second Life Residents must comply with state and federal laws applicable to regulated online gambling, even when both operators and players of the games reside outside of the US". Exactly why an island owner from the UK, offering a gambling service to a resident from Holland, should be subject to US state and federal laws, rather than the laws in their own countries, both of which allow online gaming, is neither explained nor logical. Linden go on to state that "Resident compliance with real world laws has always been an integral part of our Terms of Service.", forgetting that the policy they are blanket enforcing, does not comply with the real world laws of many of the residents of SL, myself included. It has been well documented throughout the world that part of the appeal on online communities like SL is the fact that this is a new frontier, where the laws and interactions as they relate to the real world are still being worked out. So, this illogical, lazy, and infuriating policy is neither needed in this form, nor sensible. One has to wonder what is next? Will I need to pay US taxes on items bought from SL residents? Even if they live down the road from me?
The biggest irony in this whole debacle can be seen further down the Linden blog itself: They have announced a policy directly conflicting British law the day before LL are staging a meet in Brighton, England, in order to recruit potential Lindens in the UK. You can become an employee of the company, and work on SL in the UK, but will not be allowed to take part in activities inworld which are perfectly allowed and endorsed by your country's government.
Perhaps, since LL seem to modelling their policy for dealing with their international customers on another US centred company, AOL (America OnLine), they could at least have done us all the courtesy of similarly warning us all in their name. Might I suggest Second America?
Photo contest - 4 days left
As you know, we regularly do photo contests. Mostly they're linked to one of our newspaper sections. The current contest is called "Funniest Box Attachment" and the deadline will be there on July 29th. That is 4 days from now !!
Of course you know what this contest is about. We all remember the days when we were new to Second Life, or maybe you still are. And I bet you've all experienced it: wearing something that is in your inventory and then finding out it's just a box or something else that should be on the floor, not on you. Well, just think of something funny to wear and take that photo !!
The prize consists of 2 parts. The most important part to most of you is the very handsome award of L$ 1000. The second part is a private SL photography workshop by me. Of course it's your choice to decide if you need or want this second part, but even if you don't need it, maybe we could have some fun exchanging experiences and maybe learn some small tips & tricks from eachother.
The workshop will consist of a short introduction to see at what level of experience you are. After that, we will take a look at some technical tips to make sure you get the best out of your SL photo's. We'll also explore some of the differences and similarities between RL and SL photography, and of course see how you can utilize them. And of course we'll do some practicing in a professional studio or somewhere on location, whichever you and your friends prefer.
Now, if you are completely inexperienced with taking photo's or snapshots in SL, this contest might be a bit difficult to enter, but just send me an IM and I will show you the basics. I'll be happy to show you, just because I love to see all those funny pictures. And wouldn't it be great to win the L$ 1000 and the workshop?
To enter, you can also drop your snapshot/uploaded texture in my inventory. It might be easier for you if you haven't saved your picture to your harddisk. Or of course e-mail it to dixiebarb@gmail.com, as it says in the poster here.
Good luck & happy photo shooting !!
Dixie Barbosa
Remembering your newbie days part II
The continuation of an article about being new to sl. Part II is written by a newbie please read it in the PEOPLE section here.
WSE (Continued...)
LukeConnell Vandeverre: I can confirm that the Avatars in question from the WSE's end are Thurston Hallard, Kitsym Boucher, Mindo Pinion . However Linden Lab are investigating links to another avatar called Mystik Boucher. I can confirm that the only communication made to the WSE by Thurston was a threat to cause bad press for WSE however the only avatar who seems to be doing this is Mystik Boucher which does make things seem a little fishy between those avatars.More info in our financial Section.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
L$3.2 Million Fraud Alleged at WSE
Second Life Insider has reported that an alleged fraud at the World Stock Exchange (WSE) has resulted in the loss of L$3.2 million from the WSE’s cash account. Read the full story in SL-Finance .
Monday, July 23, 2007
Sponsorship Model Spawns Ambitious SL Development
Thursday, July 19th marked the debut of Turino Vera (Real Turin), a sim of the northwestern Italian industrial city so realistic that it features guidebooks and guided historical tours in three languages. But what really sets it apart is the degree to which the developers, Turin-based Gruppo Gnosys, have labored to make it a faithful reproduction of the actual locale. And they may be on the leading edge of a “second wave” of sim development both within and beyond SL. Read the full story in SL-Finance.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Let's Talk About Sex, Baby...
The latest in the "Times of your (Second) Life" series guest stars in the Red Light Section, as the subject is SEX. Read my interview with Lillie Yifu, escort and sl sex blogger HERE!
Candidate for Wedding of the Year
RENOWNED BATCHELOR jt Till threw off his 'playboy' status earlier today when he took the beautiful Shantell Jewell as his bride in a beautifully poetic ceremony by Wedding Officiate, Rick Wake, at their Kittyland residence.
You'll want to read these wedding vows - I think they will become THE vows to have at wedding ceremonies throughout SL. So have a look at our PEOPLE section for a transcript of the service.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
4th SLN Meeting in new Financial HQ Office
A succesfull 4th SLN crew meet officially opens the new location. Located on Hope Capital Island (WSE) we now have the 8th SLN location. Landmarks to all SLN locations can be found here too.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hope%20Capital/26/134/23
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hope%20Capital/26/134/23
Friday, July 20, 2007
First Circumcision for Second Life
TAM HYUN's twin sons Menashe Boruch and Efraim Simcha have the distinction of being Second Life's first babies to be circumcised in a traditional Bris Milah ceremony last week.
Please click on PEOPLE to read more about this history-making event.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Finally good things for SL
Its about time we saw some good things about Second Life. Beautiful video this and really does show SL for all its beauty.
Thank you to Torley Linden & Robbie Dingo :)
Thank you to Torley Linden & Robbie Dingo :)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
GLBT Holocaust Memorial
Following my recent visit to the Holocaust Memorial at Provincetown read more here.
New SLN - Newspaper Financial Office !
On Hope Capital Island we have our new financial section of the newspaper. In our main office you can find a free collection of all SLN newspaper locations (Landmarks) - Make sure you visit our new shop and our new office.
New SLN - Newspapershop on IR Shalom
Opening of the newspapershop over on the jewish sim Ir Shalom.
We had a wonderfull chat with the owner and some other guests over there.
We had a wonderfull chat with the owner and some other guests over there.
Smashing and international success!
Check the Fashion Section for more Details....Chantel Page, the owner of Chic Dimensions featured on her Latest hottest and demure originals on the dancing and...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
WIZARDs AND WITCHEs PARTY to CELEBRATE Harry Potter Final Book Launch
Come to Ligeia's Retro Store
THIS Saturday 21 st of July between 12M to 3PM PDT.
Dress code: Wizard or Witch (the scariest the better).
All genders welcome
Programme:
DJ Luchadora Arliss will be playing the grooves from Buenos Aires and at 1PM we will have SL Shakira and her band heating the place, a special concert for making love magic potions,then at 2Pm the music goes on with our inhouse DJ until 3PM.
So come and join us in the fun.
We also have a contest to choose the best costume (Wizard or Witch) with the smashing prize of 1000 linden.
For our European friends the event is scheduled between 8PM and 11PM on Saturday 21st
