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Is First Land for First Time Buyers?
by Seola Sassoon In recent weeks, first land has been extremely scarce and I wanted to find out why so many new residents couldn’t get first land. I spent 3 weeks, daily, searching for first land, to no avail. My first encounter was what drummed me to this issue. I saw a single parcel for [...]
Full StoryOther Worlds?
Power Trippy sculpture by Sabine Stonebender at the Linden Office in Kirkby. By Prokofy Neva, Department of Rumours, Speculation, and Inside Dope for Inside Dopes It was the great and wise Aldo Stern, originally of the The Sims Online, who once said, “Second Life is not a product in transition; it is a transitional product.” [...]
Full StoryTime for the Simethicone
By Prokofy Neva, Attendant, Ambulatory Pediatric Care UnitSecond Life experienced what Jeska Linden called “strange hiccups,” this evening, with teleports going haywire, profile strangeness (?), and inventory erm…”not loading,” as she explained. Another word for that is *missing* — a word that apparently is on the list of taboo words for the Blob.But many of [...]
Full StoryStroker Serpentine – Post 6 Man
[Editor’s note: This week we have a special treat - our Post 6 Man is Stroker Serpentine - a legendary and historic figure in Second Life, as photographed by another legend - Marilyn Murphy - the photographer/visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine.] I came to Second Life kicking and screaming. I really enjoyed my [...]
Full StoryMissing Inventory Blog Post Not Found Thursday
Lindens caught correcting their less-than-positive blog entries by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs deskLindens never say missing A few residents were bemused thursday when they found the RSS headline from an official Linden blog entry on the metaverse’s database woes led to a missing web page. On the other hand, if your in-world inventory is returning [...]
Full StoryResident Government?
By Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Desk Daniel Linden has just posted an announcement on the Official Linden Blob that the much-maligned Abuse Report system, generally acknowledged as ineffective or even abusive itself, is going to get an overhaul. But rather than add Linden or resmod hands to review some 2,000 reports coming in per day [...]
Full StoryNo Criticism Please, We’re Lindens
Prokofy Neva banned from official Linden blogby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Thursday, Torley Linden banned Prokofy Neva from commenting in the official Linden blog, for “trolling”. Of course, trolling is in the eye of the beholder, and recent shortcomings in Linden Lab’s software may have led to short tempers for those in the Lab [...]
Full StorySL Art World Notes
by Budka Groshomme, raving reporterGolam’s gallery The SL art world was abuzz with talk when Tayzia Abattoir bought four of Golam Amadeus’ paintings – two of which grace the walls of her Crescent museum in Tabor (233,77,23). Tayzia is well known as an avid collector as much as for her discerning taste for fine SL [...]
Full StoryMermaid Synchronized Swimming at Elf Holiday Charity Fundraiser
UPDATED EVENT SCHEDULE on second page The Elf Circle’s charity fundraiser week kicks off with a splash at 6 pm SL time, December 7th as a the merfolk perform a synchronized swim and dance at Mystica (139,101,54). Mermaid synchronized swimming sounds like exactly the sort of thing that Herald readers need to experience – it [...]
Full StorySave a Child — Visit the Death Counter
by Fiend Ludwig At the risk of glorifying yet another real life organization claiming to be “first” in Second Life — in this case, “the first campaigning organisation to establish a permanent presence in SL” — and notwithstanding this vague and certainly debatable declaration, the goal of the World Development Movement (WDM) seems laudable enough [...]
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