The Alphaville Herald

Op/Ed: A Year In the PN Without Breaking the ToS

Griefers are better than cybersex addicts by Alyx Stoklitsky, ex-PN member TL;DR version: Yes, that’s right – I was a member of the Patriotic Nigras for over a year. Sure, I was only along for the ride – little more than a spectator and cheerleader for them – never an active nigra as I never [...]

La Vida Linden

Server Code

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate Feeling creative, forceful, and boldI sought out the server code Onto my harddisc quickly it landsTip-tap, clicking with my hands What did I have when I loaded itDown? What the hell is this shit? OMG this really sucks the bigOne, I think I need a cig… Wait a minute, I [...]

La Vida Linden

Adv: Polimio Enterprises Releases First Gift Card Vendor System Integrated with FirstMeta MetaCard

GiftNet Gift Card System also sells transferable and fully automated gift cards Today Polimio Enterprises is announcing the release of a revolutionary new gift card vendor system, the first one to be integrated with the FirstMeta MetaCard API. The vendor is desgined to sell objects like any other vendor, but thats were the similarities stop. [...]

Content Creators Ask Residents To Purchase – Not Copy

Will naked avatars shock Linden Lab and residents into action? A press pack arrived at the Herald offices yesterday – and understanding our readers’ purely artistic interest in naked avatars, it seems best to simply post the whole thing. Click on the images below for the large version, and happy fapping.

Slexchange Forum Tries To Copy Herald – Becomes Giant Drama Pump

The sincerest form of flattery by Proper Prim Desperate for more page hits, the venerable SLEXChange forum decided that inciting RL factionalism is the best way to… increase sales? That must be what is going on – as an international group of merchants talk smack on each other’s RL countries for no less than 16 [...]

Op/Ed: Why Releasing Server Code is A Terrible Idea

by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer For awhile now rumors have been circulating that Linden Labs has been considering open sourcing their server/grid code, a welcome idea for many. While some residents see this as an opportunity for freedom, to break away from the ‘establishment’, I see this very differently. Releasing the server code will result in a [...]

Adv: Help Prevent Metaverse Ad Blight

Advertise in the Second Life Herald – before we start in-world ad farming Is this what you want to look at in SL? Herald advertisers reach thousands of Second Life residents every day. We offer box ads at the top of the left- and right-hand columns, banner ads at the top of the page, and [...]

New, Improved Copybot Demonstrated

Remote-controlled bot copies prims, linksets, textures, clones avatar profiles and outfits & saves copies to the user’s hard drive by Proper Prim [UPDATE: Apparently a similar (or perhaps identical) copybot is being sold on slexchange here. Should slexchange remove this user-created content? Might the Lindens decide to have a word with bot creator Marki Young? [...]