Archive for 'Business'

Minnu Model Skins PhotoSourced from Renderosity???

Metaverse shocker — pirated skins being sold in SL!!! by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista – courtesy of shoppingcartdisco Do you remember a while back, when we were talking about “what ifs” regarding stolen content across virtual worlds? I think the best case has to be Renderosity.com artists’ work being bought then redistributed without their permission [...]

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ADV: SIERRA NEVADA – Sophisticated Mountain Living

So, you want a home for your second life? Before you spend a day TPing around the metaverse on a tour of overpriced, garishly cluttered, nauseatingly flat land… visit the Sierras. Sierra Nevada offers you a beautifully tranquil setting for sophisticated mountain living. Whether you choose a pine-covered beachfront lot surrounded by snow-capped peaks, or [...]

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ADV: Various Failures Artwork Now on Display

Visit the MISO HORNY art gallery in Second Life Some Girls Wander by Mistake My first collection of artwork “Various Failures” is on display now in world at my Gallery “MISO HORNY”located in Devils Pocket and on Flickr. My next collection “Revenge is a BITCH best served cold” will be on display in world soon. [...]

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Slexchange ATM Script Cracked?

Secret requested when Secret is unknown by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk UPDATE: According to über-scripter Day Oh, the bytecode/scripting exploit described in this story is real, but was fixed a month ago. Mr. Oh told the Herald that when crossing between regions, sometimes sims would randomly send sim-to-sim packets to clients. If scripts need [...]

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State of the Economy

Lowest profit per capita growth ever in Q1 2008 by Jessica Holyoke Zee Linden recently posted graphs reflecting the strength of the SL Economy here – and Zee is very happy to report that the SL Economy grew by 15%. However, the story is not that simple. By several other measures, the economy growing slowly [...]

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NASA Wants An MMO – For Free!

RFP asks developers to create a game for fun by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Friday, NASA released an RFP seeking a partner to help create a massively multiplayer online game to help teach science and engineering. The project has been seen as an exciting opportunity since it was initially announced in 2007 – a [...]

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SL Fashion – Copying or Inspiration?

by Tenshi Vielle I’ve noticed a lot of confusion about copying and inspiration from other designers, whether it be in real life or in a virtual world. Let’s look at the subject and “where the line is” — it might help all of everyone clarify where they stand. Maximilian Milos had an experience last year [...]

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Adv: Crap 50% Off Sale

[CRAP] is having a 50% off sale! All clothing merchandise, $75L or below. Cotton Candy + Old Town locations only. PS – At both locations you will find a HIPPO tshirt+cuddly tribute to our LL overlords. $1L.

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ADV: Cove Islands Real Estate

COVE ISLANDS REAL ESTATE offers private estate residential, commercial and commerce parcels on beautiful sims with generous prim bonuses. In addition to some of the best quality land available in Second Life, our residents receive a service second to none. Commerce and commercial parcels all have road access and double prim, while residential sims enjoy [...]

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ADV: Two Prime Mainland Oceanfront Sims For Sale

Buy this land – get Philip Linden off the ban list in Sanchon and Jinsil [UPDATE: Second Life Herald ads WORK! Less than 4 hours after this ad ran, Sanchon and Jinsil were SOLD to Rockwell Ginsberg of RG HoldCo. We congratulate Mr. Ginsberg on his taste in land, and remind our readers - if [...]

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