Sunday, February 16, 2025

Cartoon of The Day: Shot Cupid

 
 
 Taken at Club Scorn's Valentine venue. There was a display of a cupid with his own arrow in his back. Now how could this have happened?
 
By Bixyl Shuftan
 

Saturday, February 15, 2025

SL Video: "Trustfall"

 
 
 
 From LorDefiance Valentines Day, Feb 14, 2023, "A little bit of everything fell into place for this one. I thought about making a quick video to share the Isle of View with friends that aren't on Second Life. Maybe it would be a fun way to showcase Wing too, since my avatar has come a long way since I joined SL in 2008. Then I stumbled across P!NK's TRUSTFALL and I knew I had to do something with this absolute bop! So yeah, one week later it's done. Enjoy the fireworks, and Happy Valentine's Day :)"
 
Warning: some profanity
 

Announcement: Sugar Skols RFL Battle of the DJs

 
 
We the Sugar Skols RFL Team want to welcome you to the epic battle on Sunday, February 16TH at 4pm SLT. This year The Sugar Skols have an entire RFL sim with an open track available to ride all season, a growing powerhouse team, and many, many events. And it all starts with YOU!!! Welcome to our kick off!!

Landing and Site of the Battle: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bohemian%20Rhapsody/26/109/1050

There will be 6 DJs participating in this battle.
THE LINEUP (and Order)

Wyldchild Raven
Joel Pendragon
Sal (Salamanda Halostar) - OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION!
Mikael Foxtrot
Snowy Shiriki-Lefavre (skylark.lefavre)
Andrei - AndreiJavik

The Winner of the Battle will be decided at the conclusion of the event. How do we determine the winner? Well, this is a charity event. It is decided by the DJs kiosk’s donations. There will be trophies awarded (and they are very cool in our opinion) and the DJs will also become part of the Skols Hall Of Fame!!

One final note you should be aware of.... we are so proud to announce 100% of donations raised at the battle will be matched at the end of the night. This means EVERY linden you donate will be DOUBLED making your impact on fighting for this cause that much greater!

We are so excited to jump into our third season with with this event and cannot express how happy we are to have you.

Thank you,
Rafe Odinson
The Sugar Skols

If you have any event questions please direct them to me, Rafe: Rafe.Grumpypants
Please direct any DJ specific questions to Wyld: Wyldchild.Raven

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bohemian%20Rhapsody/26/109/1050
 

Friday, February 14, 2025

Valentine on Ice

 
Gemma Cleanslate is back following her computer being in the shop. And it's appropriate that for Valentine's Day, her article is about a Valentine-themed location. Located at Rebel Yell Concerts is "Valentine on Ice," showing some winter fun activities, some meant to be enjoyed by couples, from rides to gift shops to relaxing in front of a fire.
 
Read Gemma's article in Places
 

Announcement: Club Scorn's "Love And Passion"

 
 Join Club Scorn on Saturday February 15 for a Valentines Day Party, "Love and Passion." The theme is Prom Night, and will be taking place from 2 PM to Midnight SL time. There will be contests and prizes, with five DJs spinning the tunes. 

Location: Somewhere on Elysium Tartarus  - SURL : To Be Determined
 
 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 
 
Saturday February 15
 
    ~*~
 
    At 10 AM PST   

    2020 in the Science Circle – Revisited 1
    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/2020-revisited-1/
    Delia, William, Robert
    Moderated By Stephen L. Gassior
    Auditorium
 
    ~*~
 
    NOTE: Non-members required to register once
    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway


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

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Linden Valentines Day Events

 

 Valentines Day is tomorrow, and while no doubt there will be many clubs and other places having events with the theme, Linden Lab is offering two of their own. 
 
The first one takes place on Bellisseria's railroad, the "Valentine's Love Train," also called the "Love Train Trollies." The trains start at the WelcomeHubLindenHomes sim, ending at Kersplash, and go from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM SL time.
 
 Our special Bellisseria Valentine's Event returns this year. "Love Train Trolleys" operated by our own LDPW Moles depart from the station on the Welcome Hub every few minutes on February 14th from 11:30am - 12:30pm PT. The 30 minute ride ends with a teleporter that will take residents directly to Dunk & Hug a Linden or Mole, but residents can hop on at any point as the trolleys go by! Learn more about it from Patch Linden's forum post with a map of the route.
 
 

The second one is a long-lasting Linden Lab tradition, the "Hug a Linden, Dunk a Linden." You get to hung one of Linden Labs finest, have one take a plunge in a tank of water, or both. This takes place from 1 to 3PM SL time at two locations on the four sim Isle of View. 

Are you feeling “some kind of way” about the Lindens or Moles? Show your love (or friendly aggression) for the makers of Second Life at our annual Dunk & Hug a Linden or Mole Event, held this year on February 14th from 1pm to 3pm PT at the Isle of View. Come early for some fun conversations and plenty of soaked Lindens! 

 
Keep an eye out for more Valentines themed fun.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 
 

RFL Announcement: SL Living Gala Today, 12-2 PM

 
 SL Living Gala is Thursday, February 13th from 12-2pm slt. This is a great time to get together, celebrate the event and show us your best dressed look! We hope to see you there!
 
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL%20Living%20Expo/128/130/1512

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

EOTB: "Membership Mania" Offering Higher Group Limit, More Perks For Upgraded Accounts

 
 
On Monday February 10, Linden Lab announced their "Membership Mania" week. Everybody, basic accounts included, is getting higher group limits. And there's now more perks for upgraded accounts, including a few Linden Home types available for Plus.
 
February’s Membership Mania continues with even more surprises and rewards for our valued Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members! If you thought last week’s announcements were exciting, just wait until you see what’s in store this week. From free daily Linden Dollars to expanded benefits across the board, there’s never been a better time to be a Second Life member! 


To begin with, everybody is getting a higher group limit.  This includes Basic accounts, who are having it raised from 42 to 50. Plus accounts are getting it raised from 50 to 55. Premium residents are going from 60 to 70 groups. And for Premium Plus, the limit is going from 140 to 150.

The last time the group limit was changed for basic accounts was in 2011, when it was raised from 30 to 42. At Second Life's beginning in 2003, it was just ten.  In 2004, it was raised to 15. In 2006, it was raised to 25. In 2016, it would raise the limit of Premium accounts to 60.
 
In 2019, Linden Lab announced it would be cutting the limit back, but eventually relented and kept the limit at 42.

Less important but still useful, the number of stored IMs will be going up. For Basic, the number will be going up from 15 to 30. For Plus, from 15 to 40. Premium goes from 80 to 120. Premium Plus goes from 160 to 240.
 
Linden Lab is lowering the cost to be a Linden Home owner. Those with Plus accounts are now eligible for one. But, they won't have the selection Premium residents have. They will be limited to just three kinds, Newbrooke Sakura, and Campers. 

For those wanting to add one more decoration to their Linden Homes, more good news. Linden Lab is raising the Land Impact levels. For land parcels 512 square meters in size, is up from 175 to 234 LI. For those 1024 in size, 351 to 468. And for those 2048 from 703 to 937. 

And for those using the Mobile Viewer with accounts over Basic, good news. The Lab will be paying you to log in daily with their "Linden Reward Streaks"
 
 
For a limited time, we’re rolling out Linden Reward Streaks, an exciting new way for Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members to earn free Linden Dollars daily simply by logging in to the Second Life Mobile app. 

To claim some free Lindens, log onto the mobile app if you have an account higher than Basic (download it first if you don't have it). If you log on for a second day in a row, you get a few more Lindens than the first day. If you log on for a third day in a row, you get still more up to day seven. After that, you get the same amount of free Lindens for as long as you keep logging in every day, "Look for the Streaks pop-up when you log in or find it in your main menu. "

To check the blog post in full, Click Here.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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: Yellow and Green, Valentines Day, Fur and Feather

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

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Fire and Ice
 
Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - Fantasy

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events
 
Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Shadow, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, Valentines Day Party
 
Furry Fashion:  Feral, Cats and Rabbits, Hats, Pink and Red
 
Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'
 

New Bellisseria Sims

 
 
Besides the new Linden Home sims, there's been some work elsewhere on Bellisseria. Checking the map near the connection to the mainland between eastern Sansaria and northwest Bellisseeria, the unfinished coast is finally getting some costal sims. The Moles have been working away.


So for those who want Linden Homes with a waterfront look, and those who like sailing down the coast, some good news. 


Monday, February 10, 2025

RFL Team Sunbeamer Meeting

 
 
 On Sunday February 9 at 12 Noon SL time, the Relay for Life in Second Life's Team Sunbeamers had their pre-season meeting. Led by team captain Rita Mariner, and with two of "Roos With A Dream" present, there was a discussion about what to do, what events to hold, and some events that would be temporarily shelved. 

Due to a viewer glitch, the table was invisible to me, so I remained standing.
 
 
Two weekly events came up, the Roos' one on Monday, and the Sunnies' Moon Dance for Thursdays at 6PM, once the Relay Season starts. One annual event that will definitely be held is the Sunbeamer Air Show, hosted by Cynthia Farshore on her Farshore Airfield in Sunlight Bay. The date has yet to be set as Cynthia is coordinating with an air squadron about when the best weekend will be. 

It was also brought up that one recent Relay Weekend campsite of the team's was an award winner, and there were hopes of repeating that performance. 

The Relay for Life's fundraising season for 2025, "The Magic of Hope," officially starts with the Kickoff on Saturday February 15.
 
For more information about Relay events, check the calendar Here.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 
 
 

The SL Living Expo Continues

 
 
 The SL Living Expo continued on this weekend, with people dropping by to see the scenery, shop, and drop by music events. I dropped by DJ Sal's set on Sunday briefly.
 

 There was plenty to see in the surrounding sims, such as this urban area. 

The Expo goes on to February 14.
 
To check the event blog, Click Here.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 
 

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Cartoon of The Day: Pet Sheep

 
 
 Taken at the Shop and Hop. Someone had a pet lamb with her. One wonders if she got a deal on the wooly, or, well, you know.
 
By Bixyl Shuftan
 

Saturday, February 8, 2025

SL Video: "Waves"

 
 
 
 From InWorld Films in June 2013, "Filmed on location at Skip Staheli's beautiful Sim Serena Lake Shores. Special thanks to Skip Staheli and P2472 Sideshow Filmed by InWorld Films ~ Suzie Anderton"
 

Friday, February 7, 2025

RFL Team Sunbeamers at the SL Living Expo

 
 
At the SL Living Expo, the first of this years Relay for Life events, some Relay teams have set up a number of tents at the SLLE Activities sim. Among them, the Sunbeamers, the Relay team of the Sunweaver community,where the Newser has it's office. 

Sunbeamer Mission: Shine the light of the Sun on Cancer, and burn it out of existence. 
To Relay for the Defeat of Cancer in all it's forms.  
Support our members and their families who may have had or are currently suffering with cancer. 
Remember those who cancer has taken from us, not with sorry but with joy. 
To enjoy the life we have and cherish it, for you never know when it might be cut short. Party on.


There were a few descriptions of events, such as the weekly Moon Dance, starting Thursday February 20, and the Air Show

Stay tuned for news of the first Sunbeamer events.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 
Saturday February 8
 
    ~*~
 
    At 10 AM PST   

    Debate: Online Anonymity
    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/debate-online-anonymity/
    Debators, John O'Connor and Mist
    Moderated By Stephen Xootfly
    Science Circle Forum
 
    ~*~
 
    NOTE: Non-members required to register once
    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway


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

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Gemma's Computer In The Shop

 
Gemma Cleanslate, one of the Newser reporters,  regretfully has had a computer breakdown, with her machine now in the shop for repairs, and she will not be able to write articles about Second Life until it's repaired.
 
Hopefully her hiatus will be a short one. 
 
 
 

Press Release: PBC Black History Month

 
 
 February is Black History Month in the United States, Canada, and Germany!  

Everyone is encouraged to explore the Black History Exhibits at the PBC Cultural Arts Center!
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PBC/98/90/3001

Let's take some time to raise awareness and reflect on some of the many significant, life changing, innovative achievements, and contributions made by African Americans that have significantly impacted the world.

Black History is OUR history! BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY!

MUSEUM HOURS: OPEN DAILY 24/7

Visit the PBC Cultural Arts Center (Black History Museum) to learn about some of the many contributions and achievements by black people that has shaped the world and changed the way that we ALL live.
 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

RFL Living Expo Begins Today

 
 
 The first of the Relay for Life major fundraisers, the SL Living Expo, is starting today. From February 5 to Friday February 14, the event will be taking place across six sims west of the American Cancer Society sims.


Join us for the SL Living Expo, a vibrant virtual event within Second Life dedicated to supporting Relay For Life of Second Life. This expo brings together communities from across the virtual world to raise funds and awareness for cancer research and support programs. Experience a shopping event with booths from creators across the Second Life grid, enjoy live music performances, participate in exciting contests, and take part in raffles and auctions with fabulous prizes. Your participation helps make a difference in the fight against cancer. Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to a worthy cause while having a great time in Second Life!

 

To check the event blog, Click Here: https://sl-living-expo.org/
 
 

Isle of View, Linden Lab's Valentine Area, Now Open

 

 A few days ago in the official Second Life blog, Linden Lab announce that their Valentine-themed island, the Isle of View would soon be open. On Monday February 3, it was open to residents to drop by.


The Isle of View, which opens on February 3rd, is our annual tribute to all things romantic via four regions filled with forested walks, cozy nooks for cuddling, and romantic swan boat rides.

Visit one of the Love Pavilion gift kiosks to browse through a variety of gift selections that you can send to your friends and loved ones on Valentine’s Day. The selection of gifts includes heart lollipops and balloons, an adorable teddy bear, a chocolate box with rings, cutesy cupcakes, love lanterns, and, of course, romantic roses. We even have a special Plushie you can have sent to your special Valentine or just get one for yourself! To select and send your free gifts, follow the directions on the sign adjacent to the kiosk. Or alternatively, click on the help buttons on the gift kiosks. 


As mentioned, there are gift kiosks to get a special someone a romantic gift, swan boat rides, places for a couple to snuggle, and some great romance-themed scenery.

It should be noted that on Valentines Day itself, Friday February 14, from 1 to 3 PM will be the "Hug a Linden" and "Dunk A Linden" events, your chance to show some of Linden Lab's finest either a little appreciation or some minor mischief.

Isle of View 2 (84/79/107)

Bixyl Shuftan




Tuesday, February 4, 2025

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: Enough of Winter, Black and White, Formal

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

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy
 
Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy 

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events
 
Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Shadow, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, DJ Aldi, DJ Poison, DJ Charlee, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen
 
Furry Fashion:  Red, Under The Sea, CAYA, Wings
 
Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

Monday, February 3, 2025

Tiki Linden Homes Appear on Map, Quickly Grabbed by Residents

 
 
 
Earlier today, the new Linden Homes, the Tiki and underwater Groto homes, were made available, the sims open and free to people to visit. There were several varieties of Tiki, and two types of the underwater groto.

Even though the homes were limited to Premium Plus residents, within hours, every single one had been grabbed up.

More on the homes later.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Mole Day At Bay City

 
 
 Yesterday was Mole Day at Bay City, Second Life's largest urban area. Celebrated every year close to, or on, Groundhog Day, it's when this community takes a day to honor Second Life's Moles. To those who don't know, they are residents of Second Life hired by Linden Lab to work on various projects, and Bay City was one of their first. 

More on the story later. 

New Valentine-Themed Last Names

 
 
 A few days ago in the official Second Life blog, Linden Lab announced they were offering some new surnames people could change their accounts to. And as part of the Valentines Day celebrations, they are themed for the holiday.

The eight names are: Amour, Lovejoy, Crush, Smitten, Siren, Cutie, Sizzle, Gyatt 

The names will be around "for a limited time" and may or may not be available again next year. 

Changing last names is not free, but costs from $49.99 to to $34.99 to $14.99, depending on the level of one's Second Life account.

 
 
 
 

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Cartoon of The Day: Driven Shopper

 
 
 Taken at the Shop and Hop. Someone was going down the sims in a pink jeep. Guess it takes a certain "drive" to shop all those sims.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Saturday, February 1, 2025

SL Video: "If I Had You" (2015)

 
 

From Nydia Tungsten in Dec 2015, ""Just me and a few Angels having fun at 'Primal Passions.' I would like to thank the owner Rayven for the use of her fantastic club and urge you all to check it out. And again, as always we make No money from these videos we just do them for fun, we hope you have fun watching them." Sadly, Primal Passions would close a few years later.
 
 

Friday, January 31, 2025

Valentines Day Shop And Hop Opens Today

 

Yesterday, Linden Lab announced that the Valentines Day themed "Shop and Hop" shopping event would be opening today, Friday January 31.

The 2025 Valentine Shop & Hop is almost here with 280 participating merchants across 14 shopping regions. All are offering their best to inspire your Valentine's fantasies from a romantic evening with your bae, to a party with your friends, and everything in between. You will definitely find something to suit you! 
 

As the announcement stated, there's fourteen sims with almost three hundred stores, with plenty of romantic-themed items. Each store has at least a 20 percent discount on it's wares, maybe more on some, and there's at least one free gift for shoppers whether or not they're in the store's shopping group, or a 300 Linden dollar gift certificate. 


For those wondering, all of the sims are rated Moderate. There is no separate area for adult-themed stored as there was in the recent past.
 
For a list of the sims, click here to check the Destination Guide page.

For a list of the stores, click here to check the Linden's blog post.

To just jump in, head here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Snowflake/128/129/54  

Bixyl Shuftan

Online Cartoonist Tiffany Ross Hospitalized

 
 
Sad news for fans of Tiffany Ross, the artist behind "The Cyantian Chronicles" and a number of other online comics. A link posted on her Discord stated she was recently admitted to the hospital for problems with her lungs.

Tiffany became very ill the second week of January and it’s serious—VERY serious. She’s in the ICU with extensive respiratory issues, and is having a difficult time. Which is, to say the least, expensive.

We’re in a bit of a holding pattern as Tiffany works to pull through and her family decides what further help they might need—but in the mean time, we’re asking if you would share the link to her books and build up her sales.

She’s a talented artist, a killer beta reader, and an excellent author. ... She is warm and funny, generous to a fault with her edits, and a stellar human. 

It's been posted on her Discord that she is improving, but slowly.
 
Tiffany Ross started the Cyantian Chronicles, originally titled Satin and Silk, in the late 1990s (check the review of in in this article). Over time, she would start others such as Alien Dice. She has also gotten into writing, describing herself as an "urban fantasy" author, having written a novel, "Rex Regis," and has contributed to several anthologies. 

Bixyl Shuftan

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 
 
Saturday February 1
 
    ~*~
 
    At 10 AM PST   

    Seasons in The Solar System
    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/seasons-in-the-solar-system/
    By Phil Youngblood
    Auditorium
 
    ~*~
 
    NOTE: Non-members required to register once
    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway


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

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Game Review: Dreamlight Valley

 
Have you ever wanted to interact with your favorite childhood story characters, and maybe some characters from stories after your childhood? There's a game in which you can: Dreamlight Valley.  In this adventure, you interact with a number of Disney and Pixar characters, sometimes multiple ones, to carry out quests and other objectives,
 
Read the review in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games

Press Release: Homed For Our Troops Benefit Concert, Tuesday February 4

 

Frets Nirvana, longtime supporter and contact for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life in conjunction with the US Military Veterans Group, announces the February 2025 Homes for Our Troops benefit in Second Life.   The benefit will be held on February 4 from 6PM-9PM SLT.

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 404 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR EXTREMELY INJURED VETERANS.”

This HFOT benefit concert will feature the following DJ’s and artists from 6PM-9PM on February 4, 2025:

DJ Zack 6 PM
Nom Falta and Frets Nirvana Dual Streaming 7 PM

This is going to be a unique musical experience in Second Life for everyone ...and it will be supporting a great cause!  Noma Falta, the Queen of the Blues in Second Life and Frets Nirvana, a unique guitarist and musician, will be dual streaming for the benefit of Homes For Our Troops.  It may not get any better than this regarding music in Second Life.  And while enjoying these great musicians everyone will have the opportunity to support the efforts of Homes For Our Troops.  Come early to save your spot!

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 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

New Belisserian Sims On Map

 
 
For those who have been patiently waiting for some new land in Bellisseria, good news. There's a group of new sims just off the east coast of the central part of the Linden Home continent. 


The eighteen sims are in a single group, not currently connected to any other. So far, they appear to be all ocean, though this may change. What is known is the names, including some funny ones like Down Here, Oyster Rocks, and Imover Atol.

Will these be the sims for the next Linden Homes? Time will tell.

Bixyl Shuftan


Press Release: Mole Day 2025

 

Bay City Observes "Mole Day", All Welcome

Event to Honor Members of Linden Department of Public Works for their Hard Work

BAY CITY, SL (26th January, 2025) -  Bay City will once again convene to honor the Moles of the Linden Department of Public Works with a celebratory event held at the Bay City Fairgrounds.

Initially recognized in 2010 by the residents of Bay City, Mole Day serves as an occasion to express gratitude for the Moles and their invaluable contributions to Bay City and the broader Second Life® Grid. Residents from all Second Life communities are cordially invited to attend and share their appreciation for the LDPW’s remarkable moles.

Held on the same day as Groundhog Day, February 2nd, the annual Mole Day event will commence with a DJed set by GoSpeed of KONA Stream at 11:00 a.m. SLT. This will be followed by a performance by Wolfie Starfire, commencing at noon.

For context, “Moles” are members of The Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW). The LDPW is a program dedicated to enhancing the quality of life experienced by residents and visitors on the Linden Mainland. The LDPW comprises a team of Resident builders, scriptwriters, and other professionals who collaborate to create new content on behalf of Linden Lab and the benefit of all users. Notably, all members of the LDPW have Second Life accounts with the surname “Mole.”

The Moles are responsible for constructing the infrastructure of Second Life, including public roads and railways, coastal waterways and protected lands, and larger-scale projects such as the Linden Homes regions, premium content, and experiences.

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab® and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest group for Residents of Bay City.

For more information, or to participate in the event, please contact Marianne McCann.

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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: Favorite Animals, Rock & Roller, Country

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

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy
 
Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy 

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events
 
Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: TBA, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, DJ Aldi, DJ Poison, TBA, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen
 
Furry Fashion:   Horror, Wings, Pajamas, Weird & Wonderful
 
Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'
 

Monday, January 27, 2025

Winter Burn Aurora

 
Burn2, the Second Life version of the Burning Man festival, has been so popular, there are spinoff events around the year. This past weekend, the Winter Burn took place. Named "Aurora," there were numerous music events and art displays. Gemma Cleanslate was there, and took pictures. 

Read Gemma's story in Events.

EOTB: "Explore the ExtraFPS Viewer"

 
 Philip Linden was recently in a video in the latest blog post by Linden Lab, "the first in a series of recurring video updates that expand upon our Viewer Release Notes."
 
 
 
The update includes voice dot display options, a sharpening filter, tonemapping and exposure controls, and more, "These improvements are not just for the official Second Life viewer but are also included in the latest Firestorm Beta." People were encouraged to download the video and give feedback: feedback.secondlife.com.  For the release notes, Click Here.
 
"Stay tuned for even more insights from Philip in the future as we continue to make changes to and improve Second Life."
 
To see the blog post in full, Click Here
 

Featured News Back on The Dashboard

 
 
 It was a few weeks ago that I wrote about something missing on the Second Life website dashboard page, (https://secondlife.com/my/), the featured news was no longer on it. But a few days ago, it was back. It was labeled "Blog Posts," but still back.

So thankfully the latest from the Lab is a little easier to come across. 

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Cartoon of The Day: Robot Kitty

 
 
 Taken at Club Scorn. One of the props was this robo kitty. So why have one for a pet? I could think of one reason.

By Bixyl Shuftan