Archive for 'Announcements'

Zito Corleone Dead Again

Corleone mafia leader could miss SL Herald’s 5th anniversary celebration by Pixeleen Mistral, Criminal Affairs desk Nicholas mafia makes quick work of Corleone mafia boss burial A runner for the Nicholas mafia swung past the Herald offices recently to drop off a picture of what appears to be a tombstone for rival mafia boss Zito [...]

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Second Life Herald Opens Lively Office

by Idoru Wellamn, staff writer Pixeleen Mistral today announced that the Second Life Herald is expanding it’s “always fairly unbalanced” coverage of the most vital virtual worlds’ news, by opening a branch office in Lively – internet advertising behemoth Google’s first step toward monetizing the immersive social experience. Ms. Mistral relaxes in a goth chair [...]

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Network Culture Challenge

by Jessica Holyoke Cory Ondrejka and Doctor Ludovico recently announced the Network Culture Challenge from the International Island sim.  The University of Southern California’s Network Culture Project, in conjunction with the MacArthur Foundation, is inviting the residents of Second Life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds can be used to make contributions to the [...]

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Peace March Saturday

straight talk about violence by Jessica Holyoke Drive By Agony along with The Blue Angel Police and Firefighters Memorial, victims of crime and concerned SL citizens, will hold a March for Peace  in SL April 19th at 1pm by marching on the Virtual Capitol Hill   http://slurl.com/secondlife/Capitol%20Hill%201/129/1/32 .  In conjunction with the march, a live music [...]

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Miss & Mister SL Ebony 2008

The most refined tan, dark tan and black Models in the metaverse Miss SL Ebony 2008 is not your usual beauty pageant. Launched in order to promote black culture and cultural diversity in SL, this is the first beauty competition ever planned in the metaverse for avitars concerned by the cultural diversity and who are [...]

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Marc and Vanessa Need Help

Would you like to take a survey? Marc and Vanessa are students from the University of Zurich in Switzerland doing research in Second Life for their social and business psychology studies. They are interested in Second Life as a new way of collecting data and are conducting a survey about some social issues of the [...]

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Babyfur Week in SL

Remember – Thursday is “take a babyfur to lunch” day The holiday season is always a very special time – a time for reflection and a time to reach out to our fellow avatars here in the metaverse. Though other’s customs may seem strange at first, we are all united on a basic level – [...]

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Goodbye, Ginny.

One of the typists for digital dressmaker GinnyTalamasca is dead by Tenshi Vielle It’s always sad when someone from the Second Life communitydisappears, with little to no explanation. We get to know designersthrough their work, and come to love them through their efforts. Theyare a bit special to us, and it’s what makes us feel [...]

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Herald Celebrates Self, Book Publication, With Party November 3

We at the Herald always argue that there’s nothing virtual at all about virtual worlds, and now we have proof: Neatly bookended by two book covers and sitting on my desk here at the Herald’s Silicon Ghetto offices is a very physical early copy of the book the metaverse has been waiting for, The Second [...]

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New Second Life Herald Advertising Manager

Hello! The Second Life Herald has a new ads manager, Tenshi Vielle, and I am on the warpath for new advertisers and to reclaim old ones! Here’s more information on the rates at the Herald and requirements. If you’re interested, please IM me in-world or email smiletenshi [at] gmail [dot] com anytime   The Herald [...]

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