When Saturday morning dawned, Hawk Lightcloud was looking forward to a starting his eighth year in Second Life by buying a full region with two friends. They intended making a beautiful place that would enhance Second Life. He had sold 75% of his Second Life mainland property a few days before and was marking…
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If your Second Life land is stolen, Linden Lab says “be patient”
I contacted Second Life support as soon as they opened this morning, and was told by MichaelS Scout, “If you’re concerned, be patient”. There seemed to be no concern about my land being either stolen or transfered through a Linden Lab error. I was told to file an abuse report, which I had already done….
Beware – possible Second Life land theft
Some of my land on the Second Life mainland may have been stolen this morning. Either that or it’s a major Linden Lab error. I’m writing this now so others can beware until I find out what caused it. What happened is that I marked 2496 square meters of land for sale in the Benten…
Ways to help in Second Life with Japan relief
If you’re looking for a way to make a contribution in Second Life to relief efforts for victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, I’ve written two articles for examiner.com that give six ways you can help. You find five ways listed in yesterday’s article www.examiner.com/second-life-in-national/ways-to-help-japan-second-life-1. You can learn about RADAR SL Magazine’s benefit at www.examiner.com/second-life-in-national/radar-magazines-japan-benefit-second-life. This…
Kitely, finally
After two days of trying, I managed to login to Kitely. It turned out that there was a bug in their software preventing me from getting in. I was impressed with their quickness in finding a workaround. Here’s my new world: In case you haven’t heard, Kitely is way to host an OpenSim world in…
SL Burning Man desert now looks more like the real thing
As much as I love the Burning Man events in Second Life – Burning Life and now Burn 2 – one thing about it has always bothered me: despite dedicated efforts to make the virtual Burning Man as close to the Nevada Burning Man as is feasible, the virtual desert just doesn’t look like the…
Another attempt at hypergrid exploring
Pathfinder Lester (formerly known to Second Life residents as Pathfinder Linden) gave a talk about hypergrid adventuring at yesterday’s VWBPE conference. As reported in my last post, it’s exciting but still the stuff for pioneers, reminding me more of my early days in virtual worlds in 2003 than of current day Second Life. Hypergrid adventuring…
Hypergrid exploring
After reading Pathfinder’s reply to my last post, I couldn’t resist learning more about the Hypergrid Adventurers Club and about hypergrid exploring. After being in Second Life’s closed grid for seven years, the realization that I can teleport between worlds is both exhilarating and liberating. Hoping to learn more, I attended a meeting of the…
Earthquake / tsunami benefit planned in Second Life – how you can help
Radar Magazine in Second Life is planning a month-long benefit event to benefit victims of the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami. The event will be co-sponsored by the Red Cross. They are looking for Second Life designers to donate an item to sell or to create a one-of-a-kind item for a runway show planned for March…
Other virtual worlds to visit besides Second Life
Second Life may be the 8000 pound gorilla in the virtual worlds universe, but it’s not the only one. There are several dozen worlds for you to choose from, though most are still small and even the largest doesn’t yet come close to matching Second Life’s massive user base. Comparing worlds by population size is…