EOTB: New Last Names

 

On the official blog a few days ago, Linden Lab announced a list of new last names available for residents to change to.

Happy Autumn! Thank you for all the suggestions sent in for future last names through our Last Name Suggestion Form. 

Today we are doing another big last name refresh by removing some of the older last name options and adding the following new ones from your suggestions:

The new last names are Mouse, Victis, Wheel, Pudding, Demure, Nightwish, Fledermaus, Whisper, Pooh, and Velvet.

Of Demure, it may or may not be because of a popular meme going around on social media, "very mindful, very demure." Of "Mouse," that may get the attention of some who prefer small, or furry avatars.  "Fledermaus" might get the attention of bat fans. 

 

For the blog post in full, Click Here. 

 

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Club Scorn

 

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: Renaissance Festival, Felines and Canidae, Country Night

Happy Vixen: DJ Malit, DJ Arooo, DJ Charlee, TBA, DJ Scratch, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: Disco

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club: Furries and Anthros

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: DJ Squeaks

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Juana, Morning Show, Breakfast Show, DJ Aldi, DJ Poison, DJ Charlee, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen

 

Furry Fashion:  TBA, Suits Tuxedos Gowns & Dresses, Hats, Pink & Purple, TBA

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

Nydia Tungsten's "Switched Destinies" Now Available in Hardcover

 

For fans of Nydia Tungsten's stories, some good news. Her novel "Switched Destinies" is now available in hardcover. 

"Two souls, viewed by many of their kinds’ as eccentric lunatics, suddenly find themselves switched within their parallel universes. Now in strange new lands, each is having to learn about the other side of the mirror. In the all new Switched Destiny's"

 

Switched Destinies is the first novel Nydia published, and has been followed by a sequel, with a third story in the works. An interview with Nydia about the novel can be read (here). 

 

 The story is on sale on Amazon (here). Hardcover costs $25 USD, with the paperback costing $14, and the Kindle version $3.

Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day: Why Did She Faint?

 

 

 Taken at the Happy Vixen. I can think of a few reasons the girl fainted, but with the dinkie avatar nearby, one possibility came to mind.

By Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Aita-te - Strutting My Stuff"

 

 

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From Aoi Ayashi on October 29

Commentary: Game Company GREED

 

If you're a gamer, you've probably seen a promising game in development, a "beta" version, gotten it because of what's promised in the future, and in the weeks and months ahead while there's some development it doesn't come close to the hype when you forked over your money. Nydia Tungsten has seen this happen time after time, as well as other occasions of "bait and switch" in the gaming industry, and decided it was time to write something about it. So what did she have to say?

Read Nydia's commentary in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Announcement: Team Diabetes Art Bazar

 

 

The 2024 Art Bazaar in support of Team Diabetes of Second Life is now open! Look at the great art and photography and take home a piece or two!  Join us for a week of art and live music! For a list of artists and performers

 

SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angelic%20Bay/175/141/2999

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024:
-12pm slt – Live performer Sarita Twisted
-1pm slt – Live performer Marqs DeSade

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024:
-4pm slt – Live performer Reed Harris

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024:
-4pm slt- Live performer Songbird

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024:
-4pm slt – Live performer Samuel James

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024:
-4pm slt – Live performer Raven

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024:
-12pm to 1pm slt – Live performer Mapoo Little
-1pm to 2pm slt – Live performers Fusion of Two
-1159 pm slt – Event closes

For more information: https://teamdiabetessl.org/2024-art-bazaar/

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday November 16

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    Renewed Hope Ahead For 2025

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/renewed-hope-ahead-for-2025/

    Moderator: Stephen R. Van Hook

    Auditorium

      

    ~*~

 

    

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

Second Life Mobile Viewer Now Available to All

 

Yesterday, it was announced that the mobile viewer for Second Life was openly available to all with an account. 

The news was posted on the Second Life Youtube channel, which had a link to the SL mobile app page at (https://www.secondlife.com/mobile). The viewer is listed as in open beta, and on a phone one can be reminded of any messages they receive. 

The mobile viewer was first made available in December 2023 to Premium Plus residents, or rather they could apply to be put on a list to be approved to use it, as an "open alpha," cautioned it was still very buggy. In June, it was made available to all Premium-Plus and Premium residents as an "early beta."

For fans of the Firestorm Viewer, they have no plans to start work on their own version of the mobile viewer. There is an alternative, the Speedlight Viewer, but it is simpler and when the Newser last checked it out, it didn't have all the options of the official mobile app.

Once again, you can download the mobile app at: https://www.secondlife.com/mobile

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Virtual Ability Presents The International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC) on Friday, Nov 15

 

Virtual Ability, Inc.® presents the 13th Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC) on Friday, Nov 15, 2024.

This annual professional conference will be held online, and is free and open to the public.

The conference will take place in Second Life® at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island.Virtual Ability (54/170/23) 

The conference will also be Live Streamed on YouTube.

Our theme this year is “Disability & Health: Where will AI take us?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of current research interest and regulatory concern. It holds both promise and peril for people with disabilities and healthcare in general. The utility and problems of AI differ for people with different types of disabilities. This conference offers a quick look at this broad topic. We expect lively discussions and information sharing among presenters and our very interested and interactive audience.

 

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The events start at 7 AM SL time and end soon before 12 Noon. 

 

To see the schedule, Click Here.