Woodstock's 50th Anniversary in Second Life

Whether you loved the hippie movement or hated it, there's no argument that the Woodstock music festival fifty years ago was a major event. While the effort to have an official 50th Anniversary concert in real life may have collapsed, people are still celebrating in Second Life. Gemma Cleanslate found out about one such celebration being held by Laura Templeton. For three days in Connemara, it'll be three days of rock n; roll.

Read Gemma's article in Events.

Eye On The Blog: "#Apollo50th #SecondLifeChallenge"

It was fifty years ago this week that the Apollo 11 rocket launched, and on July 20 that year two of it's astronauts would walk on the moon. Various places and groups in Second Life are having celebration events, such as the National Space Society. Linden Lab is getting in on the events by inviting people to take part in their latest "hashtag SecondLifeChallenge" event, "#Apollo50th," which Xiola Linden posted about yesterday.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch! Four days later, mankind touched down on the moon's surface and  "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." was born! We wanted to celebrate the momentous occasion with a #SecondLifeChallenge

To take part, the Lab is asking residents to take screenshots and/or videos of themselves and/or friends exploring outer space locations. You then share the picture on social media "using the hashtags #Apollo50th, #Apollo50, #Apollo11,  and #SecondLifeChallenge," as well as posting on Flickr. Of the Flickr pictures, "using the hashtags #Apollo50th and #SecondLifeChallenge ," you submit them to two Second Life Flickr groups, Second Life Official, and Second Life Challenge - Official.

The Lab is offering no prizes, nor is there any competition.

The blog post would also mention the National Space Society's celebration of the Moon Landing tomorrow, Saturday July 20, and the International Spaceflight Museum.

To view the blog post in full, Click Here.

Sci-Fi Faire Opens Today

 At 11 AM SL time today, Wednesday September 7,the Second Life Sci-Fi Faire opens. Organized by the Sci-Fi Alliance in Second Life, the event is to both celebrate the 50th anniversary of  the Star Trek franchise, and to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The event covers three sims and over eighty booths.

Kirk Wingtips, one of the head organizers, stated this was a spinoff event of the Sci-Fi convention, "its our in-between conventions event, the conventions themselves are the bigger event with six sims. We have quiet a few events coming up, the Milky Way Cabaret, some trivia, a Star Trek flight experience, some DJ's, and a little ship combat area." Of the booths, "some (are) using their booths to advertise and recruit new members, and some are vendors who sell some pretty cool sci fi-stuff, uniforms such as this one and ships, props and things." There were also taxi stations in which one could rez a small ship, get in, and it would take one around the place.

The landmarks for the three sims are the following:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vulcan/128/129/24

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Qonos/127/128/24

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Risa/128/128/33

For more information, check the Second Life Sci-Fi Convention blog: https://slscificonvention.wordpress.com/

Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Second Life Loves Doctor Who at 50 "

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from Kat Kassner on Nov 17, 2013, "My tribute to Doctor Who for the 50th Anniversary, from Second Life."