Holiday Fun

If you are looking for a fun activity to do for the Easter week, or for the rest of the month, Aero Pines Park & Recreation Area & the SL Riding Club are holding their 4th annual Easter Basket Hunt in their eight sims. 
You will find the baskets out on the trails and in the public buildings. They are not difficult to spot and there are some delightful gifts in them. 
There is  transportation available there. 
It is a great place to ride your horse, try a demo horse or borrow one of the vehicles.  
The buildings with closed doors are private but all the open doors invite you inside. 
The last time I was here it was winter. Now spring is blossoming everywhere and you will enjoy your tour through the lush grounds, hills and sparkling waters.
 Remember there are eight sims to explore!
This is a good place to start, right at the stables.  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Equus/194/173/22


Gemma Cleanslate

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter from the crew of SL Newspaper

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April Fool Part Two

The April Fools Day article wasn't the end of the jokery. Others in Second Life had something up their virtual sleeves. See what happens when a friend decides to pull something.

To see the story, go to Extra Extra

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Pueblo Blanco Grand Opening Celebration

Pueblo Blanco Community is proud to announce its grand opening celebration for Saturday, April 3, 2010 from 2PM to 4PM SLT. As part of our grand opening celebration, we are planning a sim wide hunt, a party, freebies, $1,000 giveaway for best male and best female.  Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their friends, loved ones, and partners.
Pueblo Blanco is a virtual representation of an Andalusian rural environment in Spain.  Several styles of homes and shops exist on Pueblo Blanco.  Some homes have security and privacy features. All tenants share the free common facilities made available to them, like the rowboats, fishing, grotto, horse rides, and more. Beautiful rolling hills, winding narrow roads, spectacular white homes and tiled roofs and romantic park makes this a community you’d want to spend the rest of your second life in. This is a quiet peaceful area with many interesting locations open to residents, their partners, and guests.  Beautiful rolling hills, winding narrow roads, spectacular white homes and tiled roofs and romantic park makes this a community you’d want to spend the rest of your second life in.
Pueblo Blanco is simply a great place to live, visit, decompress, shop, meet friends, or just spend some quality time, alone or with good company.  Some locations are primarily scenic while others are intended for romantic interludes.  We insist that all tenants and visitors use common sense and common courtesy with guests.
For more information please visit http://puebloblanco.wordpress.com or contact Precious Mannonen in-world.

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Rabbits and Eggs

Looking for an egg tree… 
Or a bunny wishing Happy Easter? 
As usual Vickijo Rivera is way ahead of you with a myriad of Easter trees, bunnies, flowers and much more! 
You have your choice of sweet egg baskets, an Easter relaxing rug, floral wreathes can be found on the three floors
   And best of all it is all free! 


Make sure you visit the Corner of Relaxation geo dome and gather your wares to decorate for the Easter Holiday.
 If you do not see what you need in the geo dome take a teleport up to Flame Trudeau’s corner in the sky above the geo dome. There for a very  good price you will find some delightful items to add to your décor. Most are transfer and make great gifts. 
 Land here to begin your shopping


http://slurl.com/secondlife/Relaxation/88/170/42


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Syzygy Celebrates Alice in Wonderland

Thirteen residents and friends of Syzygy held a progressive Alice in Wonderland Mad Tea Party on March 20. Resident Kulta Hannu organized the event and led the group on a trek down the rabbit hole.
  
     The party kicked off at Cake, http://slurl.com/secondlife/cake/72/92/24 . Cake is a fun, whimsical sim owned by Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks, another resident of Syzygy. The party-goers imbibed some wicked tea, brewed up by Dr. Elric Anatine, and snacked on tasty cakes while they waited for everyone to gather. Approximately 13 residents came to the party, all dressed in Wonderland costumes.
  

      The first stop was Cheshire, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cheshire/7/69/33 . Everyone crawled through the spiraling door that led to Alicés Room. A few residents hopped into Alicés drawer, and one reportedly got trapped. Soon the remaining residents were spotted climbing on blocks, riding the train, and exploring Alicés other possessions.
  
      Next the group visited the Alice in Wonderland Dark Ride, located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Sand%20Beach/103/200/25. The rezzer for the gondolas wasn´t working, but that did not stop the party-goers from enjoying a walking trek through this amazing treat. Kulta had warned everyone to beware of the jabberwock and jubjub Bird, but some did not heed the warnings.
     After everyone recovered from the ride, they were off to the last stop, New Wonderland http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silence/188/8/27. Although this is a RP sim, visitors can explore it without taking part in the play.  An Observeŕs name tag can be picked up near the fireplace and worn. One by one the group climbed onto a chair and jumped Through the Looking Glass to continue the Mad Tea Party adventure.

  
Grey Lupindo
Photos by Bixyl Shuftan

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BREAKING NEWS: Second Life Sold by Linden Labs to Chinese Corporation

(**Update** - April Fool ;-) )

Today in a stunning development, Linden Lab announced they had sold Second Life to China’s Baidu Corporation. In a brief printed statement released to the press, CEO Mark Kingdom stated the deal was reached after several weeks of secret negotiations.

Baidu Inc. is a major communications company in China, owning the top search engine there. It made a profit of over $600 million in 2007. It made the news recently as the company most likely to profit from Google’s troubles with the Chinese government.

On it’s blog, Mark Linden stated, “Letting Second Life go was not an easy decision. But Linden Labs has always prided itself on being on the forefront on the development of the technologies of virtual worlds. With Second Life becoming increasingly complex, we came to the conclusion we could not continue to both continue to be so and run our grand experiment. While we shall continue to improve Second Life, it will be through business deals with Baidu as new technologies become available.”

Baidu also had a statement on the Linden blog, “We welcome Second Life into Baidu ... As we have helped bring the Internet to China, so we hope to guide the virtual residents into a righteous harmonious band. ... We should remind that our company operates under a set of rules that require reverence and respect to the wise and honored statesmen of our government. Those whom run about in virtual reality in their boxers using their words as fists with no regard for the respect of their betters are asked to cease such behavior so we will not need to take actions all will regret.”

One of the Lindens supposedly stated that following the sale, Linden Lab will be cooperating with Facebook to make a sequel to the "Farmvile" game, but this is unconfirmed.

Details are still coming in about what is clearly a turning point in Second Life.

To go to the Linden blog post and comments, Click Here.

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