Archive for October, 2008

Happy Halloween: Top Second Life 2008 Halloween Events

Happy Halloween Second Life Avatars. I hope you have some fun plans and attend some fun parties.
Have fun and enjoy the creative and creepy Secondlife Halloween with the below Top Second Life 2008 Halloween Events:

Top Second Life Halloween Events:

6:00PM

Halloween Party

6:00PM

Haunted Grotto

6:00PM

Halloween Costume Party @ Southern Fun Saloon

6:00PM

TREASURE HUNT MURDER MYSTERY

6:00PM

Hauntingly [...]

Ice Skating in Second Life this Christmas

With Christmas coming up you may be thinking of a snowy white Christmas. And what is more fun in a winter wonderland than ice skating.
The below video shows two avatars ice skating in the Free Public Skating rink with automated skating poses:

Visit the Blackhawk Skating Rink [...]

BattleStar Galactica in Second Life

Battle Star Galactica is one of my favorite shows on tv. The BSG47 RP sim showcases the BattleStar Galactica ship and other ships. The impressive aerial maneuvers show some of the cool possibilities in Second Life:

BattleStar Galactica Cylon Centurion Avatar:

It [...]

Second Life Grid Upgrades

Second Life is undergoing some grid upgrades. The plan is to remove VPN and establish a new network design in a new facility with a fiber optic ring.
I applaud this plan to upgrade their network as it should increase speed and reliability with their data centers.

The upgrade is scheduled for the end [...]

Policy and Prices Changes for OpenSpaces in Second Life

Linden Lab is changing policies and pricing on void openspaces. Linden Labs is of course increasing prices but also doing away with educational and non profit discounts. A lock down on resources is also being put into place and further restrictions on owners and payees are being put into place.
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New Second Life Copybot Video

There is a new CopyBot video out there. Please note that CopyBot is against Terms of Service in Second Life and should never be used.
I have written before about Copybot and how it can be used to steal objects, scripts, textures, and more.

This version of Copybot does the [...]

More Information on the Official Second Life “New Blog”

As you may or may not know Linden Lab is blogging less and combining their forum and blog.
They have released some more information announcing the blog will use single sign on so that Second Life Residents will have to comment with their account names. Hmm better not say anything against Terms of [...]

Linden Lab Seeking Volunteers for Second Life Server Beta Test Group

Linden Lab has perhaps famously always involved members of the community in Beta Viewer releases to troubleshoot and identify issues. Linden Lab is now looking for help to test Second Life server software. This server software will be tested on the Aditi public preview grid.

Linden Lab wants dedicated volunteers who will [...]

Live Blogging in Second Life with Sloodle or BlogHud

Blogging in Second Life and communication in this virtual world has come a long way. Not only is there voice chat but also you can send text messages to real world phones and instant message applications, make phone calls to the real world, and even post to your blog.
Sloodle is one of [...]

If you want an Freakish Anime Floating Panda to Follow You Around in Second Life

A booming industry and perhaps one of the more soothing things to do in Second Life is to buy, control, and befriend a Second Life pet that will follow you around and do stuff.
I have written about Pet Training in Second Life before and here is the content of that post:
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