Mainland Matters: Prim Mining at ANWR

Mainland Matters: Prim Mining at ANWR: On the great day of Primsmas (which is to say, yesterday, when the Lab announced a 1.5x increase in Mainland land impact/prim allowance), I...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: I Bought $L But I Never Got Them

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: I Bought $L But I Never Got Them: We helper types are seeing this question appear more and more on the Second Life forums.  So in today's post, I'll talk about the mo...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Calling Out Two Intellectual Property Thieves

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Calling Out Two Intellectual Property Thieves: I haven't ever done this before, but today I'm going to publicly clobber someone.  Two someones. While searching the Marketplace f...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Liz (LizbethSmith)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Liz (LizbethSmith): I had the chance to get an interview with Liz. Let see what makes her like sailing and Hotlaps :) We love it that you are hotlapping with ...

Aine's Opensim Blog: Avatar Complexity Oddities

Aine's Opensim Blog: Avatar Complexity Oddities: Linden Labs has rolled out their new "Avatar Complexity" in their most recent viewer code, and most third party viewers have eithe...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Wow (wowsonice)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Wow (wowsonice): Wow has hosted some Hotlaps, Spicylaps and a participant in both as well. Got a chance to interview her :) We love that you are hotlapping...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Phil fr (PhilOona)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Phil fr (PhilOona): Phil is new to sailing and Hotlaps so interviewed him to find out what he think sailing in Second Life :) We love that you are hotlapping ...

Mainland Matters: Gerstle Point

Mainland Matters: Gerstle Point: It isn't often that you stumble across an entire Mainland sim that is constructed and landscaped as a cohesive whole, but while I was e...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Xena (XenaLake)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Xena (XenaLake): Xena is a Race Director at TrYC and she does come in to do some Hotlaps with us as well. Needed to know more on her so here is how it went ...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Nala Kristina

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Nala Kristina: Nala is a fellow blogger and a determined Hotlapper so needed to get an interview with her. :) We love you are hotlapping with us! Gin...

Mainland Matters: The Interview - Patch Linden

Mainland Matters: The Interview - Patch Linden: Hot off his Yearbook Challenge adventures with Ms. Strawberry Singh, please welcome Patch Linden , here to talk about five of his favo...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - August (Augwest101 Werefox...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - August (Augwest101 Werefox...: I seen August sailing since I remember sailing myself. Wanted to interview him to find out more on his sailing skills :) We love that you ...

The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election

The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election: Not a day passes that I don’t get a call from the media asking me to compare Bernie Sanders’s and Hillary Clinton’s tax plans, or bank plans, or health-care plans.
I don’t mind. I’ve been teaching...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Quick! Get Rid of QuickTime!

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Quick! Get Rid of QuickTime!: Hello, faithful readers! Today's post is short, but it deals with a serious issue. Second Life has always recommended installing App...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: LL Offers Lower Tier!

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: LL Offers Lower Tier!: For years, people have complained about the high cost of land in Second Life.  And it is expensive, at least compared to most other things ...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Mike - Isilme Dae (justMik...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Mike - Isilme Dae (justMik...: This week I had the pleasure to interview Mike who has sailed in over 250 Hotlaps just recently. Congratulations :) We love that you are h...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Free Hugs!

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Free Hugs!: Hi everyone! One of the gadgets that I wear ALL the time is my hugger.  A hugger is a HUD that lets you offer to hug, kiss, or do other co...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Arnie Soup

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Arnie Soup: For this weeks Hotlapper of The Week, I was very happy to have a chance to get hold of Arnie for an interview. We love that you are hotla...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: TANSTAAFL

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: TANSTAAFL: The title for today's entry isn't some obscure Russian word, or the name of an exotic ethnic food.  It's an acronym coined by Ro...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: A Very Belated Tour of Men's Fashion

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: A Very Belated Tour of Men's Fashion: Way, way back in April of 2015 I wrote a piece in which I ruminated on the lack of men's fashion in Second Life , and some possible reas...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Olivia (Liv Tiratzo)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Olivia (Liv Tiratzo): ( En français ici) This week, I had the pleasure to have for my weekly interview Olivia. She has done the interview in French with me tran...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Good News, Bad News - Changes to $L Payouts

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Good News, Bad News - Changes to $L Payouts: Yesterday, Linden Lab announced changes to their system of buying and selling Linden Dollars ($L). On the good news side, one of the thing...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Nozomi (nozomimi Karu)

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlapper of The Week - Nozomi (nozomimi Karu): This week for our Hotlapper of The Week, I interviewed Nozomi with some help from SachBee translating for me and Nozomi :). Thank you very m...

The Storm Within: A Heartfelt Appeal

The Storm Within: A Heartfelt Appeal:  So, I filed another appeal and the Lindens kept to their word and not answered at all and my ticket status is showed as closed which means ...

The SL Enquirer: Cracking Down on Sketchy Age Play Establishments a...

The SL Enquirer: Cracking Down on Sketchy Age Play Establishments a...: Pedophilia is among the diseases classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) between the disorders of sexual preference. Ped...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Terrain Without Pain

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Terrain Without Pain: In Second Life, there is land.  Virtual land, and it is only one-sided...there's no volume to it, so although you can raise or lower the...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Ay-yi-yi! WiFi!

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: Ay-yi-yi! WiFi!: Why is your Second Life running so slow?  One problem could be the way you're connecting up to the internet.  So today, let's get a ...

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: PITAs!

Across The Grid With Lindal Kidd!: PITAs!: No, not a sort of ethnic bread.  Today I'm talking about Pains In The Ass...PITAs.  You know, those many things that annoy or vex you. ...

The SL Enquirer: The music stops, and yet it echoes on in sweet ref...

The SL Enquirer: The music stops, and yet it echoes on in sweet ref...: It is with great sorrow that I inform you of the passing of Ictus Belford aka Steve Bedingfield.  He passed away on the 14 th January a...

Bryn Oh: Ontario Arts Council grant award

Bryn Oh: Ontario Arts Council grant award:      I am pleased and excited to announce that I have just been informed that I am one of the 17 who received a new grant from the Canadian ...

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlaps

Ginger Henderson's Sailing in Second Life: Hotlaps: The creator of the Shields is at it again. Yes. Burt Artis has given us many of his excellent creations for us boat enthusiast and as if tha...