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

Burning Life 2009 Countdown Clock!

There are now just under 3 days to GO until the gates open up at Burning Life 2009 (7th year celebration) starts. Burning Life in Second Life starts on Saturday 17th October 2009 at 12pm SLT/PDT. I’ve set up a new netvibes tab just for Burning Life 2009 content in Second Life, please check it out and let me know what you think.

BL09 Countdown Clock < Stay updated with latest news, pictures, dates, new videos and more!

Burning Life is a festival of community, art and fire in the virtual world of Second Life. It was first held in 2003 when the Second Life grid was still in it’s infancy, and it’s inspired by the real life Art, Fire and Community festival known globally as Burning Man. Both Burning Man and Second Life began in San Francisco, California. But they have a lot more in common than their birthplace

Map of Burning Life 2009 regions in Second Life

Things you should do!

• Search for the “Burning Life” regions via using the MAP button inworld and EXPLORE on the 17th October 2009.
  
• Check out: Burning Life 09 Interactive Map
• Join the official Burning Life 09 groups in Second Life. Search > Groups.
• Visit the BL09 official website > http://burninglife.secondlife.com/
• VISIT: What is Burning Life ?
  
• Check what’s on by visiting the BL09 Events Calendar
• Spread the word to your friends about BL09

This is my first year attending BL09. I’m looking forward to it very much.

If you see me about, feel free to give me a shout! :)

Things you should know about Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Here are some key points below about my SL Feeds, created by using Netvibes. In upcoming months you can expect to see more new SL tabs, links, improvements and much more. Feel free to contact me with suggestions and new SL links to add to the SL Feeds online portal. Tell me what you think and check out my DV tab for contact info.

• SL Feeds was created in March 2009 and came out of beta on 20th July 2009
• SL Feeds is a large compliation of Second Life community RSS/Atom and SL widgets
• You can subscribe to over 1, 000 SL RSS feeds and lot’s more
• SL Feeds has organized SL tabs making it easier to find what your looking for
• SL Feeds makes it easier to add your favourite and most popular Second Life feeds then add it to your RSS reader within minutes
• SL Feeds displays the latest Second Life news, LL blog updates,  SL fashion feeds, resident blogs, new SL videos, education news, latest SL snaps and much more
• SL Feeds updates in real-time (24/7)
• Whenever you need to know, check out SL Feeds!
• Spread the word about my SL Feeds to your friends and others

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

500 blog posts later

I first started blogging back in late December 2007 when I was on the Teen Grid. Since then I have transferred to the main grid of Second Life in December 2008 and carried on blogging about SL stuff.  I really do enjoy keeping everyone informed on what’s going on in the Second Life community. I’m glad to reach the 500 blog posts milestone and I guess the next big one would be reaching the 1, 000 blog posts milestone.

The feedback has been great so far with more than 200 comments, blog traffic is good with more than 30, 000 views, I’m now on most popular SL sites, and my blog has been featured in many posts over the years. If you are a reqular reader to my blog, thanks for visiting and please tell your friends about my DV blog to add to their Second Life blogs & sites.

I’m always open to suggestions, featuring products, news and links to post on my blog. Check out my Add Me page for more info about contacting me. I hope you have enjoyed my blog posts  over the years. More great stuff coming very soon!

Sending Postcards in Second Life

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Sending Postcards in Second Life is great fun and you have the chance of sharing your adventures with your friends in Second Life or even in Real Life. Sending postcards just takes a few moments and then you will be done. Before you start sending postcards, make sure you join Second Life sharing sites, which supports SL postcards. Flickr, Snapzilla, Koinup, Mixoom and blogHUD are popular SL photo sharing sites you might to check out.

This is how you do it…

• Click Snapshot button at the bottom of your SL window (viewer)
• Select Send Va email
• Email Snapshot window appears
• Type in the Recipient’s Email, Your Email, Your Name, Subject and Message
• When you are happy with your snapshot, click on Send
• You will see a Sending… blue message for a few seconds
• You have successfully sent your SL postcard
• Yay!

Snapshot

• Send Via email = free
• Save to Inventory = 10L$ for uploads
• Save to your hard drive = free
• View pictures in your Inventory = Photo Album and Textures folder
• Don’t forget you can send pictures with the user interface on too
  
• Check out Snapshot resources wiki page
  
• Happy Sharing :)
  

As the old adage goes, “practice makes perfect”, and what’s important is you’re enjoying yourself as you “capture the moments”

- Torley Linden

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

Linden Bear locations in Second Life

Top 5 Locations to find Linden Bears in Second Life. Don’t forget you can always IM Lindens for their Linden Bears or why not visit LL Office Hours and ask for them for it there. Residents have also been creating Bears over the years. I have created my own Bear and you can IM me if you would like a copy of it. Before I transferred to the MG (December 2008) there were a couple of Linden Bears around Meiji West region in TSL. Again there was no Linden Bear museums on the Teen Grid and there were about 5-10 Lindens that actually did any Office Hours during 2007-2008.  With that said, Let’s exchange bears! :D

Linden Bear Museum
free to visit
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bowness/216/53/27

Linden Bears On Parade
130+  Linden Bears on display and growing so drop by and see how creative and imaginative our Lindens are.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Parameshvara/228/45/45

Linden Bear Island
Check out the amazing Linden Bears around the isle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honie%20Isle/20/54/23

Resident Bears
Check this out
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ambleside/213/92/39

SL Volunteer Island - Access only to SL Mentors!
Tons of Linden Bears located on stand
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL%20Volunteer%20Island/26/77/29

Many Lindens of the past and present have their own personal and unique teddy bear to share with Residents who ask them for it. Most of these Linden Bears are modifications of the Linden Bear made by Nicole Linden, which can be seen on the right. This article lists an incomplete list of these Linden Bears.

Linden Bear links

• Check out the Linden Bears Wiki page
• History of Linden Bears
• Who are Lindens? – Second Life Video Tutorial
• My Linden Bears Flickr Set

Happy Linden Bear Hunting and adventures! :D

DV’s Inspector Gadget Bear – VERSION 2 released

This past week I’ve been editing my SL Inspector Gadget Bear because it was time to upgrade from version 1 to version 2. I’m not great at bears, and I don’t really have time to create stuff as such, but wanted to create a bear anyway to share with my friends inworld. I used to love watching the cartoon version of Inspector Gadget and I love the movie too. I know it would be a hit to create a bear in Second Life, so here it is.

If you would like a copy of my Bear then feel free to IM me.

1, 000+ SL Flickr friends

Yay. I couldn’t believe it when I checked my SL Flickr contacts list yesterday (21st August 2009) and saw I had over one thousand contacts (fans). Thanks very much for following my SL Flickr stream and being my friend too. To show how much I care I have created a big collage of all my SL friends on Flickr, CLICK HERE to see it.

When you have time feel free to write a testimonial review about my SL Flickr stream. I would love that!