Archive for February, 2009

SWA Fashion Show – SL Fashion Week 2009

by Lavinia Carver I’m back with the second show of day 3 of fashion week. This time, we’ll be showcasing Second Wave Apparel’s line of freshly sewn designs. I also was able to snag an interview with one of the models, Gamp Lane. She wasn’t in this show, but was in others during the day. [...]

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::eLDee:: Fashion show – SL Fashion Week 2009

by Lavinia Carver Many people have heard of Fashion Week. It is a week of nothing but fashion shows, with different tents sponsored by fashion magazines, each one competing for the better shows. Well, it’s not just in New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris any more. Now, fashion week has come to Second Life. I [...]

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Open Life Users Banned from Second Life?

Running outlawed clients could end in tears by Miley Stewart, Open Life correspondent According to numerous reports, users of the OpenSim-basedOpen Life are receiving IP-bans from Second Life. Multiple residents havereportedly been unable to access Second Life after joining Open Life. Thereason for such bans is currently unknown, as Linden Lab could not be reachedfor [...]

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Nicholas Mafia Website RickRolled!

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Nicholas Mafia's web site http://nicholasmafia.com/ has apparently been compromised and now redirects to the always popular RickRoll'D video on YouTube. The Herald was alerted to this late last night when the comment spam grew at an unusual rate with comments on various Nicholas mafia stories all coming from [...]

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Freebies at SL Fashion Week 2009!

by Lavinia Carver I've been covering as much of SL fashion week as I can – and what kind of fashion week would it be without free stuff?! Here are some of the latest freebies from fashion week, all designer, top quality, and there's something to be had for everyone! I'll get right to the [...]

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Lindens Court Hillbilly-and-Redneck Market?

by Pappy Enoch, Hellbilly Filosofur Miz Pixeleen dun sed that lots o' y'all bin cornfused by the fotygraph of a gal an' a fish what them Lindens put on Secund Life. Ain't no puzzlement about it, peeps. Let me tell yu sum'fin asplain as the nose on the side o' my head: Them Lindens am [...]

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Robin Linden Farewell — After the Party is the After Party

A splendid time was had by all by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk avatar scrum at the party In what was almost certainly the in-world SLebrity event of the year, a resident-organized farewell party for Robin Linden was held friday in the packed-to-capacity Dublin2 sim. The party was an absolute classic SL-style “we are going [...]

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Pop Bots – Avatar of the Year – 2008

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk With the lunar new year celebrations behind us and a Gorean slave cleaning crew going through the Herald offices throwing out old Second Life Herald stationary – we're rockin’ Alphaville style now — a crucial story that somehow never made it to press was un-earthed. Yes, the most important [...]

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Alphaville Herald Acquires Second Life Herald

by Idoru Wellman, staff writer As part of a corporate restructuring, the Second Life Herald has been acquired by the Alphaville Herald. Current Herald staff will retain their positions, and the company plans to add staff as the editorial focus of the paper is broadened to include significantly more coverage of worlds and communities beyond [...]

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Slashed T-shirts To Pay For Metaverse?

Rezzable slashme <3 prim – prim feels violated by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk My iMojo 3G phone delivered an odd bit of email this morning -  a survey from metaverse development company Rezzable focused on online sales of real life t-shirts – a vital fashion accessory for basement-dwellers virtual world residents worldwide. Strictly speaking, [...]

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