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!

Guide to Burning Life 2009

The 7th Burning Life in Second Life was officially opened at around 12pm SLT on Saturday 17th October 2009, with hundreds of residents attending the opening hours of BL09. I’m a BL Stage Manager and BL Greeter which I’m happy about.I managed to find a great BL09 outfit and you can view pics of that on my flickr stream. A few days before opening I had access to attend a sneak preview of the upcoming SL Burning Man burning event for 2009.

Burning Life 2009 is bigger than ever before it seems and this time I have the chance of attending Burning Life because in previous years I was still on the TG. This is brand new experience for me in Second Life, so far so good. I’ll be sharing SLURLs and updates though Plurk, Twitter and Facebook. Check there for BL09 updates.

My first throughts about BL09

• Impressive art work
  
• Great venues to enjoy the music
• Amazed by the amount of regions there are to explore
  
• Cool festival feeling
• So many happy and helpful residents at BL09

Feedback from others about BL09

Fun things going on all the time
Very laggy and no fun
Always something going on at BL, it’s a must take part in event

This is my BL09 Guide

Stay Informed

• BL09 Event Calendar
• BL09 – Plurk
• BL09 – Twitter
• BL09 Feeds
• BL09 Videos
• BL09 Facebook Group

BL09 Pictures

Check out my BL09 flickr set for my latest adventures and more!

• My Burning Life set

Send and share your Burning Life 2009 snapshots here!

• Official Burning Life flickr group
• Burning Life in Second Life
• Prim Perfect Burning Life 2009 >>> Submit photos for the Prim Perfect souvenir book
• Snapzilla – Burning Life 2009
• Koinup

Need a BL09 guide ?

• Check out Prim Perfect Guide to Burning Life 2009 – I found this really interesting and I recommend you check this out for yourself.
• Burning Life 09 Interactive Map - Lost? Check out this map for locations to visit during the BL09 experience
• What is Burning Life ? – Recommended for new residents experiencing BL09 for the first time
• Burning Life Opens – Information central
• Prim Perfect Blogging thoughout BL09 – Daily updates
• Koinup Blogging – Daily updates

If you have any BL09 guides, blogs, groups etc then feel free to post them in the comments section below. What were your first thoughts of Burning Life 2009 when it opened on 17th October 2009?. I hope that this guide will be handy, enjoy. Over and out! Have a great Burning Life experience.

https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/events/blog/2009/10/17/burning-life-opens

SL Highlights of September 2009 in Second Life

My blog metrics So far…

• Total views: 30,543
• Total posts: 504
• Total comments: 215
  

This month’s stats for (September 2009)

• Total blog views this month = 2, 220 (last month = 2, 287)
  
• Average hits per day = 75-85
• 11 new comments

Top posts this month on my blog

• 230 views = Cool places in Second Life Guide 2009
• 128 views = Linden Bear locations in Second Life
• 62 views = 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th

Other Stats

• Passed the 500 blog posts milestone on September 23rd 2009
• 5, 000 views milestone on my Plurk page + (500 plurk friends milestone) on 28th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on SL RezEd on 16th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on Plurk on 1st September 2009

SL September Highlights & Popular Stories

• SL Login outrage lasted for about 1 hour on 1st September 2009
• Garth FairChang passed away in early September 2009
• 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th anniversary on 11th September 2009
• New Citizens Inc Blog comes back online around mid September 2009
• Second Life Content Creators Sue Second Life Creator Linden Lab on 15th September 2009
• Prad Prathivi creates The Periodic Table of SL Abbreviations and Emoticons on 15th September 2009
• Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009 in SL was on 19th September 2009
• SL Designer Showcase Network hit 10,000 subscribers on 19th September 2009
• Live Panel Discussion on Virtual Goods with Philip Linden, T Linden, Robert Bloomfield on 23rd September 2009
• Linden Lab releases statistics about Second Life on 22nd September 2009
  
• Orange Island in SL announces they will be closing down 29th September 2009
• Linden Lab to step up Second Life marketing with Amsterdam office on 28th September 2009

Upcoming in October 2009

• Burning Life 2009 from October 17th – 25th
• Halloween 2009
• My 3rd rezz day in Second Life on 31st October 2009
• And there’s more…

If I’ve missed something, please comment. It’s been a very busy and interesting month for September 2009 in SL. :D

Orange Island in SL closing down

SL Breaking News

• Orange Island entered Second Life in October 2007
• Orange Island was a very successful “experimental” SL project.
• Orange Island is sheduled to close down on Tuesday 29th September at 11am SLT/PDT.

Official Statement from the Orange Team, CLICK HERE

9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th anniversary

Summary

• RIP to all who died. 9/11/01. We will never forget
• Eighth anniversary of September 11th attacks
• 2,750 died on 9/11
• Videos on 9/11
• 9/11 latest news
• 9/11 tweets
  

9/11 Events

Type “9/11″ in the EVENTS tab (also can be found in the ALL tab) in SEARCH in-world for a list of events happening today to mark the 8th anniversary.  There will be sheduled tv events happening today in RL and documentaries of 9/11 today too.

World Trade Center Memorial places in Second Life

WTC – 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Songnisan/39/240/72
To honor in SL the Brave men and women who died.

911 – September 11th Memorial / WTC – World Trade Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/dAlliez%20Land%20Headquarters/101/144/26
Please join us at the September 11th Memorial. Search Keywords: 911, 9/11, September 11th, Memorial, WTC, World Trade Center

WTC Memorial
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20York%20NYC/77/175/124
New York Manhattan Washington Square Park,Greenwich Village,Brooklyn,World Trade Center,WTC, observation deck, statue of liberty,fifth avenue,shopping,shops,rent,42nd street,apartment,Big Apple,NYC, New Yorker

NYC sim
http://slurl.com/secondlife/NYC/211/39/36
NYC,NY,Chess,Washington Square Park,Greenwich Village,WTC,World Trade Center,Twin Towers,Office Rentals,hip clothes,decor,lamps, musical instruments, sexy clothes, tattoo, Apartments Rentals, gifts, museum,art,baseball hats

RIP 9/11!

St. Torley’s Day 2009

Torley Linden to Be Celebrated on His “Saint Day” in Second Life

 

The First Church of Rosedale announced today that “St. Torley’s Day” will take place on Sunday, September 13, with a party to take place at noon, followed by a special service at 2 PM. The party, hosted in Penning by Four Kittens of the Apocalypse, will feature live music by popular Second Life artist Kaklick Martin.

Rhianna (79, 37, 25)

Check this out

Full press release here

SL6B Closing Keynotes Stats

UPDATE

• SL6B Statistics Update 2 - newest update > July 2nd 2009
•  MY SL6B SET - latest captures of the SL6B regions

 

SL6B Stats update 1

SL6B stats announced by Philip Linden today during the Closing Keynotes speech at the birthday mainstage just after 11:10am SLT.

• Over 17, 712+ vistors have visited the SL6B regions since the gates opened on 23rd of June 2009.
• Since opening there have been over 23, 662+ hours spent by residents exploring the SL6B regions.
• Over 800 SL6B events have been created so far.
• Residents from 140 different countries have visited SL6B.
• There were 20 regions this years birthday celebrations for SL6B.
• SL6B Teen birthday sim from the Teen Grid will be moved over to the Main Grid attrached to the SL6B birthday regions shortly.
• SL6B gates are still opened for another week.
• 16 sims back in SL beta  (t-shaped island)

 

• FIND OUT MORE: SL6B wiki home page
• WATCH AGAIN: SL6B: Phillip Rosedale’s Closing Keynotes
• SEND YOUR SL6B PICS: Second Life 6th Birthday Flickr stream
• SL6B VIDEOS: Latest newest SL6B videos from YouTube
• WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SL6B ? Add a comment below
• PREVIOUS SL BIRTHDAYS: Historical Links

Happy 6th Birthday, Second Life!

• Today marks Second Life 6th birthday, since  launched on June 23, 2003
• Congratulations to Linden Lab and SL6B volunteers
• The birthday theme for this year is “The Future of Virtual Worlds”
• 20-Regions to party and check out!
• Philip Linden will open up the 6th birthday celebrations at 10am SLT today at the main stage (SL6B Uplink). Closing speech will be on the 29th of June by Philip at 11 am SLT on the main stage.
• SL6B Exhibitor Directory
• SL6B Event Shedule
• Blog post about SL6B on the Official Second Life Blog

Six— a number flanked by 5 and 7.
Six— a breed of superhumans in a Philip K. Dick novel.
Six— a boundary shot in cricket.

Six— a fine excuse for a party.

SL6B Coming Soon

There are new details on the Second Life Official Second Life Blog about this year’s 6th birthday with celebrations starting on June 23rd 2009. There will be 20 regions for this years 6th Second Life Birthday celebrations with a whole brand new layout for this year. This years theme is based on visions for the future which will focus mainly on “The Future of Virtual Worlds”. I personally LOVE this theme of futuristic ideas and buildings for the celebrations, yay!. :)

MORE INFORMATION

• When Second Life Turns Six…
• SL6B Application
• Second Life 6th Birthday Wiki
• Previous Second Life Birthdays
• SL6B Regions – Flickr

Important Dates for SL6B

May 6th – Applications open

May 20th – Applications closed

May 21st – Applications review begins

June 1st – Accepted Exhibitors notified

June 2nd – Building may begin

June 21st – Tech Rehearsal, complete builds

June 23rd – Gates open!

June 29th – Official closing ceremony

July 6th – Gates close

 

COUNTDOWN LEFT UNTIL SL6B