Archive for February, 2008

Earn Linden Dollars with metaRL

It is so true these days that it takes money to have fun. Even in the virtual 3d world of Second Life, you need Linden Dollars to buy great gear, max out your avatar, join the best groups, buy drinks, shop, and more. The metaRL web site is a way to earn currency [...]

Residents were experiencing DNS failures after a login

Residents were experiencing DNS failures after a login. The DNS failure was caused by a bad router. Linden Labs recommended a dns flush (strange). This problem prevented many from logging into Second Life. The problem now seems resolved.
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Linden Labs launched a new department for Second Life

Linden Labs launched a new department for Second Life. The Linden Department of Public Works is dedicated to improve the living experience through the creation of new art and architectures. Some great examples include building of parks, utilizing Linden Land (that’s right Linden Labs gives itself free land that if it wanted to [...]

I visited the Party SD wears store in Second Life

I visited the Party SD wears store in Second Life. The Party SD wears store celebrated one year in Second Life. The party featured great music and a live radio show broadcast from Bear in the Morning. The party was rocking. The Party SD wears store is located at the Dubya [...]

The Preciousse Moody live music event in Second Life

The Preciousse Moody live music event in Second Life is highly anticipated. I will be visiting the Jades Jazz Island in Second Life to take in this live music. Canadian musician Preciousse Moody performs on the guitar and piano on February 7, 2008 at 7:00 pm. Do not miss this great live [...]

This weekend I took in the Literary Festival in Second Life

This weekend I took in the Literary Festival in Second Life. The Literary Festival included guest authors, speakers, a mystery theater, treasure hunts, fireworks, and more. Not to mention there was some great live music. The Literary Festival took place in Second Life on February 2, 2008. The Literary Festival was [...]

Wait wasn’t there just a rolling restart?

Wait wasn’t there just a rolling restart? Why yes there was. but here is another one. The voice servers got a rolling restart to collect voice errors. And now another rolling restart is underway to fix many bugs. Expect an outage of six hours with many bugs surrounding for about [...]

The German group sim Apfelland

The German group sim Apfelland is celebrated it’s one year anniversary in Second Life. The Apfelland sim had a huge party. The live music from several djs was banging. An open air cinema and great fun made the party complete. Check out the Apfelland virtual sim in Second Life.
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Support Portal and Phone Outages

In Second Life the service portal went down for maintenance for a few hours. Phone support also went down. Then the phone lines went up, then they went down, then the phones were up, then they were down. The outage lasted for over 4 hours. Phone support for Linden Labs has [...]

Well the rolling restart in Second Life completed in just over 6 hours

Well the rolling restart in Second Life completed in just over 6 hours. As I predicted many issues followed as usual. The inventory database had issues and there was problems rezzing items. Map search went down and images did not load. A new fix for scripts did not work and in [...]