"Annual Cleanup Week"

 

 My Firestorm Viewer mentioned a Second Life tradition that may or may not be widely followed still, "Annual Cleanup Week." In fandom.com, it's described as "Sometime during the first week in November, take 10 minutes to an hour cleaning up your inventory. Make sure that you purge that trash and put things in nice lil' folders!"

 

For a newcomer, it shouldn't take long. For some "oldbies," they could take a few minutes here and a few minutes there adding up to over a few hours, and just barely make a dent. Oh well, progress is progress.

 

Bixyl Shuftan  

 

End of A Newser Tradition? No More New Music Videos Every Week

For about ten years, the Second Life Newser has posted a video practically every Saturday. Almost always, it was a music video with song and dance a few minutes long. It wasn't usually much trouble. There were many good music videos out there, we just had to spend a few minutes to look.

 

But over time, good music videos have become harder and harder for us to find. A few such as Furrex that in the past used to come out with one every month or so haven't been able to in a year or longer. So there's fewer music videos being made, and it seems most of the new material is around rap music songs with questionable lyrics. While good rap can be done, it's in the opinion of the editor that it is rare.

So from here on, while you will occasionally see a video we haven't posted before, more and more often, you will see a repeat, or no video at all.

Sorry for the inconvenience. But traditions eventually end, and sadly the sun is setting on this one.

Bixyl Shuftan

Mary and Joseph Near the End of their Journey

Christmas traditions usually have Old World origins. But there is one that started in Mexico and has been spreading elsewhere: Posada. Figures representing Mary and Joseph are hosted in a different home in a town every night, and their journey to another home is marked with a parade and ceremony. This tradition has recently come to Second Life. Klaus Bereznyak recently talked to
Hunny Spiritweaver, the woman whom volunteered to coordinate the handovers of the two figures from place to place.

Read Klaus's story in Events.

Pint and Krams’ Cherokee Wedding

On this Valentines Day, we offer a story of a wedding ceremony in Second Life. Pint Hoyes and Kram2593 Footman decided not to have the usual kind if wedding in modern American society, but a virtual Cherokee wedding ceremony.

Read the details in People.