SL used for terrorist planning?
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Found here: Accourding to news.com.au it is very well possible… so watch out for Osama browsing through the grid! 
Archive for July, 2007
Vote for your favorite Sim and win 3000 L$!
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007As many have their favorite Sim, why not presenting it an win 3000 L$ en passant? Just give the staff of SLinside the respective:
… and they’ll reward the best tip with 3000 linden dollars!
Not bad huh?
Oh… here’s the link (sign-up required).
Gambling to be banned from Second Life?
Friday, July 27th, 2007
I just came across a mumbling in the blogosphere that Linden Lab is about to ban any sort of gambling where real or virtual Second Life curreny is involved. Too bad, now I will have to buy Linden to pay for my virtual lifestyle…
Power outage withstood…
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Second Life, moreover its creator Linden Lab, has been struck by power outages in the SF Bay. Now everything is fine and back up running.
It’s time that someone builds his own powerplant WITHIN Second Life…
Beantown goes virtual…. maybe at least
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Tea party, here we come! Boston is considering joining SL and thus rebuilding the historical buildings… including Ye Olde Oyster House (just kidding on the last one )
Build the best stadium ever!
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007From July 9, football (soccer that is) fans can make suggestions for building the ideal football-stadium in SL. Check out www.tipp3.at/tipp3arena for further information! The construction site will comprise four entire islands.
Some Inworld Statistics for June
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Some facts and figures about our favorite metaverse:
Accounts & Activity
Accounts (as of July 11): 7,965,038
Logins within the last 7 days: 459,785
Logins within the last 30 days: 1,051,288
Profit made through Second Life (US $ - not Linden!)
0,01 US $ - 100 US $: 37400 inhabitants
100 US $ - 500 US $: 3725 inhabitants
500 US $ - 1000 US $: 645 inhabitants
1000 US $ - 5000 US $: 695 inhabitants
5000 US $ and above: 132 inhabitants
In total around 42,000 folks made some profit with inworld activities (not included SLX, SLB, agency fees, etc.)… not bad ey?
Corsica soon part of the network.
Saturday, July 7th, 2007A new mainland continent is on its way. In April Linden Lab began selling land on the main continent called Nautilus. After selling 740 and more regions, Linden Lab soon will bring Corsica to the Second Life world.
The Corse will be located north to the Nautilus land mass. Fans of continental locations will love the luxury of a larger quantity of beaches, bay and water ways.
Just like the real stuff. Take a look here:
Or take a look in Google Maps.
New Voice First Look Viewer comes to town.
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The Voice First Look viewer – new version and optional – is ready for downloading. Major changes have been made based on customer’s feedback. Voice user interface and the Communicate window have been redesigned.
The Voice First Look Viewer enables residents help Linden Lab to test the new voice feature against the live grid.
Download PC-Version here.
Download OS X-Version here.
(Sorry Linux fans. No client installer available.)
Does this tool enhance marketing capabilities in Second Life? What do you think?
Source: Second Life, community, July 5th 2007
German social-democrats now in Second Life
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007And there goes the neighborhood (just kidding!!!). The office itself is very sparse: an empty room in SL’s very own Berlin City with - obviously - red walls. I wonder why there is there is no architectural arms race in virtual Berlin as well. Any ideas?