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LL Taps Bandwidth Brakes – May Ask Residents to Pay for Help
Can’t the Lab print and sell L$s fast enough? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk running on empty? Wednesday’s metaverse upgrade caused widespread mirth as residents across the grid chuckled and reported high packet loss. Liana Linden thanked everyone for their support and said, “We are working on this issue”. Usually reliable sources informed the [...]
Full StoryFall Boat Show
a MSM-style analysis-free, lightly edited press release – enjoy! scary monsters (and super creeps) like Flying Tako sailboats The Second Life Sailing Federation’s web site reports that a fall boat show is running until October 31st at the Sanchon Sailing Center. Quoting from the site, “the boat show lives on as a pure exhibition of [...]
Full StorySony Media Monorail Derailed!
Plywood pileup – lone devolutionist claims responsibility by Txema Nuvolari ALEXANDER releases Devo tune on Sony – monorail cars jam On the night of Sunday October 22th 2006, Monorail transportation on Sony´s Media Island was artistically sabotaged by an avatar who´s identity will be presented here as “Alexander”. By building up huge wooden boxes, Alexander [...]
Full StoryAds For Login Screen?
Will LL sell space on the login page? By Fiend Ludwig Don’t web pages usually include ads? Re: Second Life 1.12.3(1 & 2) Beta Josh Linden Says: “… – there’s a shiny new web-based login screen! “But Josh,” you ask, “aren’t you Lindens supposed to be fixing bugs instead of adding flashy features to the [...]
Full StoryFlying Elbows in the Avatar Scrum
Help Island – You can’t enter this region because the server is full by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Lavant Taggart is hot to help newbies Second Life resident and Mentor Mikel Maitland dryly observed thursday, “The flood gates are opening” as we IMed each other while standing at the edge of a brutal avatar [...]
Full StoryLL Luvs LEWIS Spinmeisters
Morgan “LEWIS” McLintic to cover RL with spinning ad-cubes? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Morgan McLintic is loved Feeling the need for perhaps just a wee bit more soft and fluffy press coverage, Linden Lab recently sent some love to Morgan McLintic of the LEWIS public relations firm – Mr. McLintic is leading a [...]
Full StoryThree Years of the Herald! Come Celebrate, October 26.
You love it, you hate it, you wrap your pixelated fish in it, but there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Though things looked rocky a while back, the Herald has soldiered on, revivified by the bloodhound instincts of new Herald managing editor Pixeleen Mistral, and recently re-joined by Herald founder Urizenus Sklar. Now [...]
Full StoryGovernor Linden Sighted!
by Prokofy NevaSpecial to the Herald Governor Linden, sporting a low-cut, red-and-white-striped tank-top and a pair of snug-fitting peddle-pushers, made a rare inworld appearance in Second Life this evening at about 5:30 pm SLT. Hizzoner turns out to be *Her* honor and — as an amazed Herald reporter exclaimed, "Baby got back!". The pert and [...]
Full StorySecond Life – Over 1 Million registered
Stop back later, the metaverse is full OK, what’s next? The mojo wire sputtered to life minutes ago in the Herald offices with news that Linden Lab marks an historic high number of registered accounts today, passing the 1 million alt account milestone sometime around 9:30 AM. Congratulations! Now, what is the next milestone? update: [...]
Full StorySL Herald on a Prim
Pr0n on a prim coming soon? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Suitable for wrapping fish – the Herald on a prim Jeffronius Batra told me he planned to start selling HTML-on-a-prim once he “figures out the mechanics of selling things in SL” when I called him from Joe’s Bar in Athabasca. Athabasca is a [...]
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