Some Exhibits And An Event At The SL22B

 

The Second Life Birthday has begun, and there's plenty of exhibits, and music events, going on.  Bixyl Shuftan was there, and took a some pictures of a few exhibits, and made it to one music event. 

 

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Robin Sojourner (Robin Wood) Has Died

There was some sad news yesterday. It was announced that Robin Sojourner (Robin Wood) had died after a long illness from cancer. Marianne McCann first gave the news in the Livingtree Island group.

Robin (Sojourner) Wood passed away after an extended struggle with cancer (phyllodes tumors).

Livingtree Island and her stores will remain open for some time. I will continue to help manage this on her behalf, per her final wishes.

I will provide more information when I can.

In her over sixteen years here since coming to Second Life in September 16 2004, Robin was busy in Second Life. She was a content creator, and her products can still be found in her store (https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/1021). But she was more than that. She contributed to the Ivory Tower the Texture Tutorial, helping residents to quickly learn how to build at their own pace. She was also an instructor at the Builder's Brewery for years, "Her writings on many topics include texturing hollow prims, how to make clothing, stained glass, and how to work with materials and Alpha channels on Textures." She would also set up the Wiccan Learning Center. In March 2018, she was listed as part of the "Ten Women Who Made a Difference" exhibit in the CDS.

On the ACS channel in Discord, others would talk about her, "Robin was a well-known force for good and kindness within Second Life and her real life. In SL she built a safe space for all avatars, big and small, and created incredibly useful tools that countless residents use to this day. I don't think there's a single negative thing to be said about the woman. She will be deeply missed." "I knew her through her Tarot Deck in RL, decades ago. I found her in SL about 5 years ago. She had such a a calm spirit. ... Another light has left the worlds. ... and may she have peace and the causes of peace." "She ... had her own Relay Team for years! Robin was a dear soul and will be missed."

One can check out her Flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/robin_sojourner/, and her website at https://www.robinwood.com/ .

Addition: Robin also had a blog, with the last entry made by a family member: http://robinwood.com/blog/ .

Bixyl Shuftan
  

Announcement: Builders' Brewery Bid Blue Blond

Greetings, Relayers!!! 

At the Brewery,our goal is to raise $999 USD by July.  Not bad for a first year team goal, eh?

Currently we're at $271. Our first BIG event starts this Sat. with the Gacha Fest as well as Speed Build!  We're only $30 away from making Bronze level.

I will go BLOND for the week if we go Bronze by Sat. the 9th.  Yep, BLOND.  And Hell hath not frozen over!

 We need your help, though!

Please spread the word about the Gacha Fest, and let's tell cancer to stick a prim in it!

Blue Myanamotu

Press Release: Gacha Fest is Coming To The Builder’s Brewery!

The 1st Annual Gacha Festival will be an event hosted by the Builders Brewery Relay for Life team, with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.  The event will be held from April 9-16 on the Builder’s Brewery sim. 

We are looking for creators to contribute a complete gacha (set of clothing, hair in various shades, living room set, etc.).  These items don’t have to be unique for the Gacha Festival (although we would LOVE that), and you are certainly welcome to sell them at your store once the Festival is over!  We will be providing the official Relay for Life gacha machines.  We just need you to supply what’s in them!

The deadline for contributors is April 4th.  Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in helping us raise money for the American Cancer Society.  We need your help!

If you are interested in being a part of this event, please send a notecard to Natalya Lore (freudianslipped Resident) in-world, or send an email to Natalya.lore@aol.com with the following information:

Your SL Name:
Store Name: (not necessary if you do not have one)
Gacha theme: (for example, “Clothing: Alice in Wonderland Dresses,” or “Tattoos: Inspirational Poetry”)
Your mainstore SLURL, Marketplace Link, or blog you’d like used for promotion.  (If you have one.  If not, just leave blank).

Thank you, and stay tuned for more announcements about this exciting event!

The Girls Who Can’t Do Math – Relay Wizards for Spunky Speed Build

While the Second Life Birthday has been the big draw this week, the Relay for Life events continue. Among them has been the "Speed Build" at Builders Brewery for the Relay Wizards for Spunky team. On Wednesday June 24, a number of builders took part in the competition in which they had a short amount of time to come with what they felt would be the best build. DrFran Babcock was there, and wrote about the competition.

So who won? Read DrFran's story in Design.

Press Release: Builders Brewery RFL Week

Builder's Brewery Week of Events!  All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.

June 20th, 1-3pm SLT - We kick off our week-long silent art auction with a Mystery and Magic Masquerade Ball from 1-3pm, with Magnus Brody as our DJ.  Formal attire.

Take a walk through the Brewery and bid all week long on art by Brewers and well known artists.  Some pieces are one of a kind!

If you are interested in donating to the auction, get the notecard from either Natalya Lore, Blue Myanamotu, or Explorer Dastardly, fill it out, and return

June 23rd, 5-6pm SLT - DJ John Simms turns up Techno Tuesday with a party!

June 24th, 5pm SLT - Anhayla and Dr. Fran will host a building contest at the Brewery Sandbox!
Prizes: L$2000 first place, L$1000 second place, and L$500 third place

June 25th 2-5pm SLT - Come dunk the Brewery's own Sensuous Maximus!
**Also, keep your eyes open for announcements, because we'll have the dunk tank and the jail-and-bail out all week!

June 26th, 7-9pm SLT - Come join us for our poetry slam contest, hosted by Natalya, Explorer and Blue
Prizes: L$2000 first place, L$1000 second place, and L$500 third place

June 27th - Is the last day to bid on art at the Brewery!  We close with a pajama party from 9pm-12am SLT!

Hope to see you there for all the festivities!


If you have any questions, you can send a notecard to either Natalya Lore, Blue Myanamotu, or Explorer Dastardly.

Builders Brewery (65, 62, 23)

SL Poetry: "Script Help Workshop"

Give me your timers, your sensor,
Your muddled scripts yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your script folder.
Send these, the hopeless, error-filled to me,
I'll debug them on the Dockside Floor!

April Looming, Builders Brewery Instructor

Events this Week January 7 to January 13

January is here, and Christmas and New Years are behind us. But that doesn't mean an end to events. Check out events like the "Primtionary at the Palace." And by all means don't forget our regularly scheduled live and DJ music events, book and poetry readings, games, talk shows and discussions, races and competitions, and church services.

Read more in Events this Week.

Events this Week December 31 to January 6

A New Year comes to Second Life, and with it a few new events. Among them, the "Lost Second Life" exhibition, with pictures from many places that are gone from the Grid. And don't forget our regularly scheduled live and DJ music events, games, book and poetry readings, races and competitions, talk shows and discussions, and church services.

Read more in Events this Week.

Lab's Grid Tinkering May Affect Moderating Larger Groups

Jasmine Dawn Shuftan got the following from the Builders Brewery.

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Beginning tomorrow, Linden Labs will be rolling out some changes across the grid in the code for groups that will affect ALL viewers being used in SL right now - including the SL viewers. The rollout should be completed by Friday

What it means is that you will be unable to access the member lists in any group with 10,000 or more in the group.

You will still be able to get group chat. You will be able to send group notices and invite people to join the group if your group role allows it.

You will be unable to assign a role and you will be unable to eject anyone from the group since you will not have access to that particular individual's name. If you are a moderator in the group, you will be unable to exercise any mod abilities such as taking away chat privileges for the same reason..

The SL viewer should be updated soon. Firestorm will be updated but the timeline is unsure at this point (hopefully this weekend but that's not a sure thing yet).

We have no information about any of the other viewers at this time.

Addition:  Daniel Voyager reported the reason for the code changes, "The new code changes will fix groups using HTTP which makes it more reliable for loading and editing for 10k+ members in SL groups. This is a switch-over from the old UDP which is not that great for handling large groups with 10k+ members. Its slow loading and harder to edit things with additional issues within groups."