Using multiple Second Life viewers

• Locate your Second Life icon
• Right click and pick Properties
• Find the Target line
• Add –multiple at the end of the address

Example: “C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe" --set InstallLanguage en --multiple“

Example

 

 

 

 

 

Important Information (November 2009)

• Works with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, MAC OS and Linux
• This works with the standard Second Life viewer, Emerald, Imprudence, Snowglobe and many others
• Linden Lab do not officially support running muliple viewers (proceed at your own risk)
• Make sure you have enough RAM and a good enough graphics card to run two viewers or more
• More INFO click here

Second Life 2010 Predictions

Here are my predictions for Second Life 2010 below in a list. At the end of next year I will review how many of the below predictions actually happened or not. 2009 is almost over and 2010 is now about 7 weeks away.

• Second Life Viewer 2.0  (December 2009 release possible)
• SL will become more social (facebook, twitter, web etc)
  
• Teen Integration (Merge of grids)
  
• Second Life grows in popularity around the world
• OpenSim grows and more 3rd party viewers
  
• Second Life Enterprise will let customers extend their businesses to virtual world environments
• Cheaper homesteads and new additional fees for services
• More news press from RL sources and SL sources
  
• Official SL Shadows in viewer
  
• Mesh Exporting
• New creation tools
• More Linden Lab HQ’s around the world
  
• Windows 7 compatibility support for SL
• Relay for Life 2010 will hopefully raise more than $500, 000
  
• Second Life online residents to reach the 100, 000 milestone mark (new record)
• Total SL registered accounts will exceed 18 or 19 million
• And theres more…

• Have I missed anything else out ?
• What are your top SL 2010 predictions ?
• Please comment and I’ll add it up!

Previous Predictions by others

• 2009 Virtual World Meta-Predictions
• The Traditional Predictions List for 2009
• Ten virtual worlds predictions for 2009
  
• Second Life Predictions for 2008!
• Prokofy Neva’s Predictions for 2008
• Second Life Predictions for 2007

New Snowglobe 1.2 Release Candidate

Snowglobe 1.2 Release Candidate is now ready for download. The release was yesterday with many new features and bug fixes. DOWNLOAD NOW

Below is a list of features new to Snowglobe 1.2, added since Snowglobe 1.1

• New features
  • SNOW-215^[c] OGP login support
  • SNOW-93^[c] Automatic translation
  • SNOW-222^[c] LLMedia Plugin API
  • SNOW-226^[c] (VWR-2199^[c]) Create new inventory tab “Worn Items”

• Bug fixes:
  • SNOW-48^[c] Large textures sometimes appear fuzzy and not fully loaded
  • SNOW-203^[c] Uncached textures (old from inventory or new just given by others) are marked as missing (do not load in preview)

SNOW-112^[c] http map textures are corrupted

 

I think Snowglobe rocks!

My SL Monthly Twitter Stats

I use Twitter a lot these days to stay updated on all things Second Life and real life. Today I created a SL graph showing monthly usage on Twitter for Second Life using TweetStats. You should check out TweetStats and graph your SL monthly tweets.When you first visit TweetStats you will need to enter your twitter account name and then press Graph my Tweets!. Wait a few moments and then enjoy viewing your monthly stats. :D

My Twitter Stats so far

• Highest SL tweets was August 2009 with a total of 456 tweets.
• Lowest SL tweets was February 2009 with 1 update.
• I normally tweet between 4pm to 8pm UK time.
• Wednesdays are most busy during the week.
• Average of 7.1 tweets per day.
• Joined Twitter back in December 2007.

Inventory Online Friends and Worn Items found quicker

Try this out when finding stuff in your SL Inventory.

 

Worn Items

• Click on Inventory button
• Type in WORN in the Inventory search box
• Shows what your currently wearing on your avatar (objects, tools, clothing)

Online Friends

• Click on Inventory button
• Type in ONLINE in the Inventory search box
• Shows your friend contacts

 

Remember you can search for anything in the Inventory search box. Use keywords for a better Inventory search. More INFO about the Inventory SL Basics

 

 

Second Life on Windows 7

Currently there is no official SL support for Windows 7 and there is no official windows 7 compatible SL viewer yet. I have heard many SL residents that have been using Windows 7 with no problems at all. However on the other side of the scale there are residents that are having problems with using Second Life on Windows 7 including video card problems, driver problems and so forth.

Some SL residents have experiencing issues and still are having technical issues with the computer CPU usage reaching 100% when using Second Life on Windows 7.  The official SL requirements page is outdated and using SLsystest says “Sorry, your operating system does not meet this minimum requirement”. Linden Lab needs to fix this!

Already there are many Windows 7 issues reported on the Second Life JIRA and there many questions being asked about SL on Windows 7 which can be found on Second Life Answers.  Just make sure you have good enough specs and make sure you have updated drivers before running SL on Windows 7. If you have problems then submit a JIRA report etc…Second Life is used on all popular operating systems today such as: Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista and now Windows 7), Mac and Linux.

I’m sure in the coming months or next year at some point there will be SL support for Windows 7 and a Windows 7 SL compatible viewer (just like XP, Vista). Just hang in there!

• Are you running Second Life on Windows 7 ?
• Have you had any issues?
  

My 3rd Rez Day in Second Life

Today (31/10/09) marks my 3rd year Rez Day in Second Life. 3 years have passed by and I have loved every moment of it. In days that’s 1095 days old in SL since I first registered for (TSL) = SL back on 31st October 2006. I transferred to the Main Grid last December and since then it’s been awesome.  I love this time of year because it’s Halloween and it’s lot’s of fun  in SL. I still ask myself the question why I registered on Halloween, hahahaha. Perhaps you could tell me? *giggles*

Thanks to my friends, fans and everybody else for following my adventures over the years. I love you all! :D

3rd year SL anniversary celebrations start now!

Previous Rez Days

1st Rez Day in 2007 – LINK + LINK

2nd Rez Day in 2008

2009

I love Second Life!

It’s been an amazing journey so far

Let the adventures continue!

Happy Halloween 2009

SL October Highlights 2009

Key Highlights during October 2009 from around the Second Life community. It’s been a very busy month!. My Blog and other stats will be published next month. For my September 2009 highlights check out this. :D

• iHeartSL.com blog has moved to different hosting – 4th October 2009
• Linden Lab rounds up and ejects a bunch of copyright infringers – 5th October 2009
• Mentor Lounge group in SL turns 1 year old – 9th October 2009
• Philip Linden leaves the Lab, retains Chairman position – 15th October 2009
• Burning Life 2009 Opens – 17th October 2009
• SL has passed the 17 million signups milestone – 19th October 2009
• Knowledge Base (KB) has been moved to the Second Life Wiki – 19th October 2009
• Third Party Viewer Policy - 20th October 2009
• SL Viewer Adds Avatar Breast Physics, Attracting Controversy, 50K Downloads – 21st October 2009
• Windows 7 launches – 22nd October 2009
• Halloween Fun starts - 26th October 2009
• SL Logins were temporarily disabled for a few hours – 29th October 2009
• Teen Grid Merger with Second Life Low on the Radar – 30th October 2009
• Halloween 2009 – 31st October 2009
• My 3rd Rez Day in Second Life – 31st October 2009

What have you enjoyed or least enjoyed during October 2009 ?

What are you looking forward during November 2009

The Corn Fields, Halloween in Second Life 2009

Happy Halloween 2009!

Corn Fields are OPEN PUBLIC!

• Second Life 2009 Halloween season has arrived.
• I’ll be celebrating my 3rd rez day on 31st Oct 2009.
• Guide to Halloween in Second Life 2009
  

Halloween Tips

• Click on SEARCH > SHOWCASE for Halloween landmarks in Second Life
• Search for “Halloween” in the Places tab or All tab
• SEARCH > EVENTS TAB for Halloween events!
• Halloween Spotlight 2009
• Send your pics to the Halloween in Second Life Flickr Group

 

This year, for the very first time, Linden Lab will open The Corn Field to the Residents of Second Life for a very limited time

(Oct. 28-Nov. 2). Another Linden Haunting spot is The Channel Island Asylum.

Linden Hauntings and More
We’d like to invite you to join special Linden Lab guests for hauntings during the week leading up to Halloween. During the times below, join Residents, Lindens and miscellaneous spooks as we all celebrate Halloween, Second Life Style!

Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7am – Noon PDT
Thursday, Oct. 29 at Noon – 5pm PDT
Friday, Oct. 30 at 5pm -11pm PDT

Bonus! And those of you that love collecting Linden Bears: This year’s Halloween Linden Bear will be located at both Haunting sites, along with a few other tricks and treats.

 

Landmarks (SLURLS)

The Corn Field

http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Corn%20Field/128/128/2

The Corn Field2

http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Corn%20Field2/128/128/2

The Corn Field3

http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Corn%20Field3/128/128/2

The Corn Field4

http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Corn%20Field4/128/128/2

 

SL Halloween Spotlight 2009

In total, almost 200 Residents submitted items of which 86 were included in this year’s Halloween Spotlight.

 

Enjoy!

Burning Life 2009 Stats

Second Life Burning Life 2009 stats released via Burning Life group in-world. Resident posted. I think Dusty Linden or another Linden may post 2009 BL09 follow up soon.

For me BL09 was a great experience to be part of and there are many happy moments through the experience. I was a stage manager and greeter during the time at Burning Life 2009. I took over 200 snaps of BL09 and can be viewed on my Flickr under SL Events collection

I can’t wait until next year Burning Life 2010.

 

BL09 Stats

There were 469 hours used on 3 stages and over 300 performers for a usage factor of 90.4% up and running.

 

BL08 Stats

I managed to find these stats for Burning Life 2008 posted by Dusty Linden on the Official Second Life Blog.

Attendance
During the week, Burning Life was visited by over 25,000 of you, for about 42,000 hours, with an average of 36 minutes per visit.

To put that into context, almost 2% of all Second Life Residents came to Burning Life during the week. On a daily basis, an average of 4200 visitors came, with a high of 5213 on the 29th, the first Sunday of the event.

US Residents led the way with 59% with UK second with 9%. Germany and the Netherlands represented 7% and 4% respectively.