Archive for December, 2007

The Linden Labs interview with Phllip Linden

The Linden Labs interview with Phllip Linden was pretty interesting. Phillip focused on the many positives in Second Life such as large companies entering. He did not however mention AOL leaving Second Life or Coca Cola leaving Second Life. Phillip emphasized that stability and reliability is a priority (finally). Although this [...]

Coca Cola Leaves Second Life

In case you have not already heard, Coca Cola is leaving Second Life to instead persue the online world of There.com. Unlike Second Life, There.com allows a more controlled environment. Features such as filter out bad language for example. Coke will have a new virtual island in There.com called CC Metro. [...]

The Windlight release candidate viewer was unavailable

The Windlight release candidate viewer was unavailable for several hours in Second Life today. The Windlight release candidate viewer for Second Life was disabled while bugs were fixed. The download has since been restored for the Second Life WindLight release candidate viewer. A rolling restart also kicked things off for the weekend. [...]

The Second Life support portal will be down on Sunday

The Second Life support portal will be down on Sunday, December 30, 2007 from 9 – 9:30 for maintenance. This means that live chat and ticket access will be down. Phone support maintenance was down today for four hours.
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The Traveling Avatar Podcast is dead

The Traveling Avatar Podcast is dead. Will Ross, The Traveling Avatar is ending his Second Life podcast. This weekly podcast about Second Life was popular with about two thousand downloads per week. Apparently it did not fit in the QDNow network. The creators expressed an interest to move on. Goodbye [...]

Grid problems took down many regions

Grid problems took down many regions. The outage of 42 regions in Second Life is blamed on a server communication program. Another major problem looms as the “all” search does not really include “all”. Items are temporarily removed from search with a delay of one to four weeks when requested to be [...]

I got my Christmas party on

I got my Christmas party on. For Christmas I partied at the Groningen Centrum virtual sim in Second Life. The Christmas party featured Christmas costumes and prizes for the best dressed. We danced the night away starting at midnight. A fun time was had by all in this winter wonderland. [...]

Surreal New Year’s Extravaganza

I attended the Surreal New Year’s Extravaganza in Second Life. The Surreal New Year’s Extravaganza lasted over twelve hours. The Surreal New Year’s Extravaganza took place at the Delvaux virtual sim in Second Life on December 22, 2007 at 8:00 pm. The event included fireworks, a light show, a fashion show, and [...]

There was another Snowman Build Contest

There was another Snowman Build Contest in Second Life. This event happened at Voss virtual Sim. There will be another Snowman Build Contest on the Sejong virtual sim for an hour starting Thursday, December 27, 2007. The event will start at 4:00 pm at Rainier.
First prize: L$5,000
Second prize: L$2,500
Third prize: [...]

The technical problems in Second Life continue

The technical problems in Second Life continue. Teleporting has been down, object rezzing has been down, purchasing items is not working, and changing groups is down. Earlier in the week Linden Labs phone support lines went down including billing support phone lines. Many regions in Second Life were unavailable, land purchasing was [...]