Alas, I don’t have a video tip this week, and promise to have more usefun (useful + fun) knowhow in motion by next Saturday. I did want to bring greater attention to some useful wiki info-pages which may have answers ... [Link]

The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal presents
its July FILM DISCUSSION When: Saturday, July 5th. at 1 pm
Where: Info Island 210– 94–33 places you at the discussion circle
Film: THE MATRIX
Hosts: Symmetry Munro and Hawk Lightcloud Bring your ideas ... [Link]

Filed under: Second Life

New Caerleon.
Ghetto Grid -- Katharine Berry speaks out. Continue reading Second Life daily news Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments [Link]

One Hit Machine Replaced with Another In the Long Tail, Chris Anderson likens our age, one in which the tools for production are no longer controlled by the distributors of yesterday, as the fulfillment of the vision outlined by Marx, ... [Link]

I’m here Stateside, hearing many firecrackers go bang! outside. They’re terribly loud, but are quite the sight to see. Expressions which make dismissive references to optical tricks are odd: “flash in a pan” and “smoke and mirrors” are but ... [Link]

There are supposedly two sides in the advertising wars, those who oppose them and those who love them and yet, I'm in the middle. Sometimes I feel it's a case of clowns to the left of me and jokers to ... [Link]

How do I use the World Map? is our featured article this week. Learn about Map Legends, Navigation Beacons, Tracking Friends, Creating SLURLs and more! We’re on a roll this week and have an added special surprise! New and ... [Link]

This is the day in July when we Americans celebrate Independence Day, but five years ago, July became a significant month for everyone in Second Life. That's when outrage against the Linden's tax policy, which penalized excessive building by deducting... [Link]

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Video, EverQuest, Second Life, Cinemassively, MachinimaOn this 232nd day marking Independence in the United States, we wanted to feature some of the patriotic videos created in MMOs. They range from quick videos showing off fireworks ... [Link]

Strange how the challenges we face today have so many parallels in the past. On the heels of announcing the finalists for the User Interface competition I ran across this post summarizing the life and times of Redmond Simonsen, a ... [Link]

I kept wondering when a pressed meat product would join the rest of humanity and launch a virtual world! Ian Bogost (he of persuasive games) points us in the right direction from over at Water Cooler Games where he asks ... [Link]

There's a couple in-world Independence Day firework parties events featured today on Lanna's List-- go here to check them out-- and likely a whole lot more happening throughout the grid. In the days leading up to the Fourth, the SL... [Link]

Filed under: Guild Wars, Second Life, Comics, Dwell on It

Continue reading Dwell On It: A sudden chill Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments [Link]

While new user growth may be stalled, while retention rates may be dropping or flat, and while the ‘golden age’ of Nike and CSI and BMW may be over for Second Life - it still ranks as the third fastest ... [Link]

Filed under: Culture, News items, Second Life Famous Teen Second Life user Katharine Berry has spoken out on conditions in Linden Lab's Teen Grid. While, of course, there are rules about content and conduct, they're neither well-followed, says Berry, ... [Link]

Filed under: Second Life

The Justice Commons.
Preview grid updated -- Rollout to follow next week. Check those sound scripts. 1.20(RC12) -- Release candidate viewer. Mostly regressions. Continue reading Second Life daily news Permalink | Email this ... [Link]

Second Life podcaster Radar Murasaki has a thoughtful post reflecting on what many see as the heyday of SL podcasting, when MTV icon and podcasting innovator Adam Curry erected a castle in Second Life, spurring a merry band of fellow... [Link]

Filed under: Patches, News items, Second LifeThe preview grid (Aditi) has been updated with SLS1.23, and the schedule has been set for it to roll out onto the main grid on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week. This contains a ... [Link]

Filed under: Betas, Patches, News items, Second LifeLinden Lab has released the thirteenth 1.20 Second Life release candidate viewer. Release candidates start counting from zero, so the first one in the series is RC0. We're not sure if this ... [Link]