The SL23B Swaginator Hunt

 

 

Besides seeing the exhibits at the Second Life Birthday, there's the Golden Ticket Giveaway, and the Shining Stars Hunt. But there's one more, an SL Birthday classic: The Swaginator Hunt. 

 

Join the fun and follow the hints to each SL23B Swaginator kiosk to collect a series of awesome SL23B themed gifts. The SL23B Swaginator kiosks are hidden throughout the Second Life Birthday Event, so grab a bottle of water and let's start hunting! 

 

To start, head to the Red Carpet Welcome in SLB Incredible and head to the Swaginator HUD giver at (151/106/21). Clicking on it, you'll get the HUD. Go to your inventory and click and "add" it to your avatar. It should appear on your viewer on the upper right. 

 

Seconds after putting it on, you should get your first clue. Clicking on Teleport, you'll end up somewhere in the vicinity of where the clue is, but you'll still need to search around for it.

 It may take some looking around for a while. But eventually, you'll find it.

 

 And the first prize is, something fun for watching a movie or sports event. So what are the next four? That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.

 

Happy Hunting,

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Scenes From The SLB: Uncle Philip

 

 Taken at SLB Marvelous. Looks like Philip Linden is in a patriotic mood with him wearing an Uncle Sam outfit.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

 

Press Release: HFOT "America's 250th" Benefit Concert July 6

 

Frets Nirvana, longtime supporter and contact for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life, in conjunction with the US Military Veterans Group, announces the 2026 July 250 benefit for Homes for Our Troops benefit in Second Life.   The benefit will be held on July 6, 2026 from 5PM - 8 PM SLT at Veteran’s Isle.  

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/176/58/3501.

Frets Nirvana states:  “HFOT is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes nationwide for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these Veterans are multiple amputees, paraplegic, quadriplegic or have suffered severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent by Homes for Our Troop has gone to directly support Veterans. DURING THAT TIME HFOT HAS BUILT 441 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR EXTREMELY INJURED VETERANS.” 


This HFOT benefit concert celebrates the United States 250th birthday and will feature the following DJ’s and artists from 5 PM- 8 PM July 6, 2026:


DJ Yume Yoshikawa 5 PM
Marqs Desade 6 PM
Grace Loudon 7 PM


Sponsored by Frets Nirvana and the U.S. Military Veteran’s Group of Second Life.  To learn more about Homes for Our Troops visit https://www.hfotusa.org 

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Studios Team"

 

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 From Linden Lab on June 27, the last of the "Meet the Lindens" events of the SL23B on Friday June 26, "Members of the Second Life Studios team answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration"

At The SLB23 Shop & Hop

 

One of the biggest annual shopping events is the Second Life Birthday's Shop and Hop. With hundreds of shops to go through, there's plenty to see. Netera Landar decided to go check it out. So what did she find?

 

Read Netera's article in Fashion. 

 

The SL23B Pod Tours

 

There's a few ways to get around the sims of the Second Life Birthday. You can walk around, fly around, take a balloon, or you can take the Pod Tours. While you can look around for one roaming around the sims, it's best to start where they're rezzed, at SLB Incredible (134/224/21), near the Red Carpet Welcome. 

 

Nothing too complicated. Just hop on one and wait for it to get going, which may take a while, or click on the pod and it will get going. As they go past exhibits, sometimes they'll give a little information on them.  

 

Compared to previous years, there's more detail to this year's pods. They look like small, wheelless cars. 

 

Normally they go s few feet off the ground. But at one point I was going several feet in the air. Not sure if this was a glitch or not. 

 

Enjoy the tours 

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Incredible/134/224/21

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Press Release: America's 250th Homes For Our Troops Concert at Voodoo Bayou Blues

 

 Hello to all Homes For Our Troops supporters.  I am writing you to inform you of several events that will happen in July in celebration of our country's 250th birthday that will be supporting HFOT.  

We hope you take note and attend these celebrations and support. Homes For Our Troops.

July 4 and all month at Creator's Park, Cat Fish Cove and Bear Skin Mall.  Thank you Starry Moonlight and Catrinia Beck 

Lots of simple low prim things for the 4th,   Visit the SIMs below and take a walk! 

Bear Skin Mall on Rockport

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockport/22/32/22
Cat Fish Cove Home for the Celtic Cross Family

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cat%20Fish%20Cove/208/25/23
Creator's Park, Shops and Fishing on Strawberry Bank

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Strawberry%20Bank/212/25/22

July 5.  Voodoo Bayou Blues is sponsoring a full day of DJ's and performers to celebrate United States  250th.  All donations go to HFOT.  Thank Marty Jacobus, Bundy Xue and all the folks at Voodoo Bayou.  Go to the LM Below

Voodoo Bayou Blues and Motown

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tomorrowland%20Estate/117/27/27

Check out this lineup!

6-8am Gospel -DJ DeeDee
8-10am DJ Brin
11am DJ DeeDee
10am DJ Ashley
12am DJ Cel Magic
1pm Mavenn
2pm Frets 
3pm NeoMaximus
4pm Marina Sharpsire
5pm  PensacolaPete
6pm DJ DeeDee
7pm Cajun
8pm Dj CG
9-pm DJ Marty

 

*  *  *  *  *  

July 6  Veteran's Isle 250th HFOT celebration 5-8 PM

DJ Yume Yoshikawa and the Yummies 5 PM
Marqs Desade 6 PM
Grace Loudon 7 PM

US Military Veterans Center - Hangar Stage
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/227/67/3501

July 13 Veteran's Isle 250th HFOT celebration continues 6-8 PM

DJ Zack 6 PM
Noma Falta and Frets Nirvana Dual Stream 7 PM

US Military Veterans Center - Hangar Stage
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/227/67/3501


If there is anyone else sponsoring an event in July to celebrate the 250th and benefit HFOT ...let us know!   We hope to see all of you out there while we celebrate our heroes and this great event.

Frets Nirvana

SL23B Announcement "BBB Studios Ribbon Cutting Party"

 

 

 DJ Fu will provide the music at a party to open the BBB Studios Movie Theatre on July 3rd at 12 noon to 2pm SLT

 

SURL:  https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Breathtaking/190/37/21 

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Marketing & Growth Team"

 

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 From Linden Lab on June 25, the Meet the Lindens event on Thursday June 25, "Members of the Second Life Marketing & Growth team answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration"

Happy Canada Day

 

 Happy Canada Day from the Second Life Newser

 

Taken at the Canadian Club Lodge at Spectrum (52/197/41) 

Shining Stars Hunt

 

 Besides seeing the exhibits, and the "Golden Ticket Giveaway," there are other things to do at the Second Life Birthday sims. One is the "Shinning Stars Hunt."

 

To do the hunt, you're going to need the HUD. You get it at SLB Incredible (149/231/21) (not far from the Red Carpet Welcome). There are two givers, one for the HUD and one for the prizes. Click on the one on the left to get the HUD, and then "add" it to your avie. It should appear on your viewer on the upper left. Once it does, you're ready to start looking for the shining stars. 

 

The stars appear randomly at various stretches of pathways, both the red carpet and the sidewalk. You either click on them, or walk over them. Doing either means the star vanishes with a sparkle, and there's a brief noise of triumph as the number on your HUD goes up by one. 

After about twenty stars, you can get your first prize. Return to the two givers, and this time click on the one on the right. If you've collected enough stars, you get a small prize. There are at least two more to get as you get more stars. Word has it there's a special prize available once you've collected a hundred.

 

So what is it? Not telling you yet. Get it yourself or wait until after The Birthday is over for me to show you.  

Once again, the Shinning Star Hunt givers are at : https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Incredible/149/231/21

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Angels Beach Land Rentals

 

 

At the Angels Beach Land Rental Agency, you can find a great new home in Second Life. With many sims to choose from, in the Sunweaver Estates, Hidden Valley, and Purrfection, you can choose from a variety of environments.

We offer places with friendly and interesting neighbors. Some places have a tropical island look, others more temperate. Some of the sims have access to enough water to boat around in. And there are plans later on for an open water sim for even more water activities. The sims are home to a number of quality clubs, such as Cutlass, Zero Gravity, Xanadu, the BBBC, and the Happy Vixen Beach Club. In one sim alone there are two quality clubs that work together so there is no lag from them. There are also some small shopping areas available.

 

The sims range from Mature to Adult, but the purpose of the adult rating is for a relaxed atmosphere in which couples can relax. The places do not allow for harassment, and while there are vendors that cater to mature tastes they are discreet about it. Spaces available range from small plots to a full homestead that will rent out for only $30,000L's per month. Most of the sims break the parcels down into 512 Sqm parcels and and most have a sliding rent scale, so the more you rent the cheaper it gets. Our prices are VERY competitive here in Second Life. 

 

And if you bring a friend to an Angels Beach area, you get more than just a good neighbor. Anyone that refers a renter to us and they rent land, they will receive 10% of the first months rent. And if someone you know needs help renting out land on his/her sim, bring them to us. Renters who bring in a sim owner needing administration, we will give 10% of our first check.

To learn more, please contact Nydia Tungsten, Brandi Streusel, or Matoazma Kazyanenko.

"We pride ourselves on on not just renting land but renting our customers the land you want. We listen to what you tell us on what you are looking for." 

 

It Came From Second Life Birthday Chat: Fun With Ballooning

 

 

In Second Life Birthday group chat, talk turned to the balloons the Moles had set up for people to ride around. Camden McAndrews showed off a couple pictures, one "Ballooning over the BBB." When a Rubbery Toy joked "seems you'd need a permit for that," Camden laughed and mused, "Next thing you know, we'll have Bellisseria Balloon Pilot's licenses."

 

 "Of course, sometimes things don't go exactly as planned."

 

 Just some of the fun from SLB group chat.

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Engineering Team"

 

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From Linden Lab on Wednesday June 24, the "Meet The Lindens" event earlier that day, "Members of the Second Life Engineering team answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration"

 

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

 

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

Club Cutlass: Stars and Stripes, Patriotic Fireworks, No Event

Happy Vixen: DJ Charlee, DJ Scratch, DJ Maliit, TBA, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Red White and Blue

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  No Event

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

 

Furry Fashion: Retro, TBA, Rainbow

 

Urban Furry :  DJ Charlee, DJ Emma, DJ Emma

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

Scenes Around The SL23B: Hollywood Hawt, Bryn Oh's Stormgirl

 

When I speculated the other day after the official parties there would be more, I was right. Going about the SL Birthday grounds, I noticed activity while at SLB Fabulous. And at the Hollywood Hawt exhibit, a bask was going. Talking to someone they had two more planned next month, Monday July 6 and Monday July 13 from 4 to 6PM SL time. 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Fabulous/47/211/43 

 

SL artist Bryn Oh has an exhibit at the Second Life Birthday, "Stormgirl." It's at SLB Marvelous.

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Marvelous/179/139/21

 

More to come. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Product Team"

 

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 From Linden Lab on June 24, the Tuesday June 23 "Meet the Lindens" with Grumpity and Kiera Linden, "Second Life Sr. VP of Product Grumpity Linden and Manager of Trust & Safety/Customer Success Keira Linden answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration."

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale"

 

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From Linden Lab on June 23, the Monday June 22 Meet the Lindens event with Philip Linden, "Second Life founder Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden) answers community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration." 

 

The SL23B Golden Ticket Giveaway

 

One of the big draws at this year's Second Life Birthday is the Golden Ticket Giveaway.  It offers a chance at winning something most of us will never see, a million Linden dollars. 

 

Who wants to be a L$ millionaire? Inspired by this year’s Golden Age of Hollywood theme, the Golden Ticket Giveaway promises to award one lucky resident a grand prize of one million Linden Dollars that can be used for a luxury virtual shopping spree or anything else you can imagine! 

 

One can enter up to five times a day until Sunday July 14. To do so, you visit one to five of the five kiosks around the SL23B grounds, such as the one at the "Red Carpet Welcome" at SLB Incredible (151/98/21). It should be noted that at least one kiosk keeps getting moved around, at least according to chatter in Second Life Birthday group chat. 

 

What happens next is of those who entered each day, one winner is picked for each of the 23 days the contest is active. The 23 winners are then entered in a second contest. 22 will get 10,000 Linden dollar prizes. And one lucky winner gets the one million Linden prize. 

 

It should be noted that some residents of certain countries are ineligible, and any taxes resulting from winning the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. So the winner should get ready to receive a Form 1099-MISC from the IRS. 

 

Read more about the contest in the official blog.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

SLB Music Events (Officially) End

 

 

After ten days, the music events in Second Life have ended, at least officially. The last one scheduled was at 11PM SL time last night. And now, the stages are quiet, such as the "Funky Monkey" pictured above, with only the radio stream going, with only the occasional visitor passing through.

 

But this doesn't necessarily mean no more music events period. In the past, occasionally a DJ would take to the stage of one and play for a while. And there just might be some of that going on the last night of the SLB, July 19, maybe. In the meantime, there's the Shop and Hop, the Golden Ticket contest, the Swaginator hunt, and of course the exhibits. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

The Meet The Lindens Events

 

 Last week from Monday June 22 to Friday June 26, the Meet the Lindens events took place. All took place at the Orpheum Theater, where four sims met, three for the audience which was over a hundred for each discussion. In the past, Patch Linden would usually have an important announcement, such as a new upcoming type of Linden Home, or in the case of last year plans for commercial areas in Belliseria, which would appear some months ago. 

 

That wouldn't be the case this year. Patch Linden was gone of course, dismissed from Linden Lab a couple months ago. Interestingly enough, Philip Linden would thank him for helping make the SLB events what they are today. But there were no important announcements of changes that would stick around, no new Linden Home, no new options for paid accounts, or the like. There was the announcement about the Golden Ticket contest, but that only affects a few lucky winners plus one very lucky winner.

 

Instead the Lindens, and Moles in the last event, would answer questions from the audience. For some reason, Linden Lab would have no live broadcasting. Instead there were videos available later on Youtube. Vic Morington did make live Youtube footage available for those who wanted to see, thought. 

 

Videos of each of the events will be made available later, as well as some other activities of the SLB.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Reader Submitted Picture: DJ Scratch

 

 Taken by Minty Melody, "(DJ) Scratch on stage at SL23B."

 

Sunweaver Community Leader Rita Mariner Diagnosed With Stage Four Cancer

 

Sad news for the Sunweaver community, and the Sunbeamer Relay team. Rita Mariner, the community's "Chieftess," as well as the captain of it's Relay team, announced on the evening of Friday June 27 that the surgery for her cancer earlier this year in March was unsuccessful, that it had spread to the point it was Stage Four. 

 

 Turns out they waited too long to treat the cancer on my head. It spread to (the lymph) system and has spread throughout my beautiful bunny bod. PET Scan shows tiny cancers everywhere. Now instead of a  cure, best I can hope for is  add time to my life.

Love you all.

There were numerous words of well-wishes from both the Sunweavers as well as from the Relay volunteers group. 

 

Hopefully things aren't as bad as they seem for Rita

 

Bixyl Shuftan