WTF: Actually Helpful Tutorial
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER What the Fug is not above the fold on my iGoogle page but it is there and a good source of fun at the expense of avatars who really don’t seem to get it. It’s been a while since I checked the blog so forgive me if you’ve already [...]
Win 1000L at Dear Prudence Rock Club
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Dear Prudence Rock Club is having a raffle for 1000 lindens. Looks like it will be an ongoing thing too. No cost to enter. *****DP ROCK CLUB RAFFLE ******* Free to enter Conditions: – Avatar has to be at least 30 days old – Avatar has to be in DP VIP [...]
Are You Looking At Me?
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE VIDEO TUTORIAL BY TORLEY LINDEN Today a friend of mine jokingly asked if I was spying on him. I was about 80 meters away, and he said he could see that I had my camera fixed on him. Well yes, I was looking. I was about to IM him, and so [...]
Prims For Dummies
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE If you’re new to Second Life, or if you’ve been around a while but never owned or rented property, you may not be as familiar with prims as you could be. What are prims? How do they affect you? Do prims really equal money? I remember a guy who had a [...]
PixelDolls Forever!
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER One of the very first freebies I wore that made me think I no longer looked like a n00b was created by Nephilaine Protaganist of PixelDolls. Take a look at the pictures here and compare the reddish gold-colored Mandarin shirt with the new Armored shirt sported in the other [...]
Busy Feature in SL Doesn’t Cut It
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Note to newbies: This commentary refers to the “busy” option you have available to you on the top drop down menu under “World” when you’re logged into Second Life. To use busy and block the main chat, click on “World” then choose “Set Busy.” I’ve been in Second Life since early [...]
Know Where People Get Their Clothes
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Have you ever seen clothes or shoes you thought were cool, but you didn’t want to ask the person wearing it where they got it from? Well, guess what. There’s a way to know without having to ask! That’s right, you can usually learn where your fashionista rival shops without having [...]
Free Chimera, AO, Skins, Shapes
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE I’ve been in Second Life since 2007, so I’m not one to usually be thrilled by freebie places. Most of the stuff I already have, or in the case of clothing I wouldn’t be caught dead in it. However, this freebie place Madame1111 Quintessa took me to had some things I [...]
Man Vs Second Life
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE My friend Evelyn Hitchcock and I were indulging in some nightly youtube fun in the Moonletters Theatre, and Eve played this video. It’s called Man Vs Second Life. I guess it’s already old now having been posted in 2008–but I had not seen it. I was expecting this to be the [...]
How To Not Be Logged Out For Inactivity
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE If you have to leave your computer, but do not want your avatar logged out of Second Life for inactivity, this is how you do it. Forget about wearing little gadgets such as “anti-idle” because they are not necessary. 1. Bring up your ADVANCED menu at the top of the screen [...]
Freebie Dungeon
BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT Whether you’re new to Second Life or not, Freebie Dungeon is guaranteed to have something you need, from clothes and textures to sounds and transportation; this dungeon is more like a gold mine. Click away at the boxes on the floor, but be careful with some of the wall displays–not [...]
How To Manage Your Inventory
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE VIDEO TUTORIAL BY TORLEY LINDEN When I was 12 years old I tried to keep my locker neat. At the beginning of the school year we’d get books with shiny covers, and white paper and folders. I liked the look of this newness, and tried to keep things fresh. I did [...]
Five Ways To Be Boring In Second Life
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Recently I wrote an article called 5 Tips For Making Friends in Second Life. A few people told me they enjoyed it, so thought I’d do another, but this time advice on how to be boring. Yes, you heard me right. Unlike the article on how to make friends, this one [...]
5 Tips For Making Friends in Second Life
Contributed by Shauna Skye I met a lady the other day who tried Second Life a few months back. She said she only lasted a couple of days when she first logged in because she couldn’t find anyone warm and friendly. Wherever she went people hardly noticed her. If she attended an event she might [...]
Moonletters Directory Help Wanted
Contributed by Shauna Skye Moonletters Directory Needs Help! This is an easy, and possibly even fun job. What the job is: Finding places in SL to include in the Moonletters.com directory. What it involves: teleporting to places in SL that fall into the category I assign you. You write down the following: 1. The Name [...]
Register to Make Comments
Contributed by Shauna Skye Just a note: you need to be registered here to make comments on posts now. We receive more spam than you can imagine, but having people register cuts down on it slightly. One benefit to registering is that once you comment here and have it approved the first time, the next [...]
Cumon Store Gets Thumb Down
Contributed by Paypabak Writer Well, this is about as embarrassing as it gets, but I refuse to let this go, one of the few times where I think the principle is worth fighting for. I went to the Cumon store, which sells products of an adult nature. I was very hesitant about buying this particular [...]
slFIX Magazine Needs Public Relations For Kiosk Distribution
Contributed by Shauna Skye Hi gang. Ok here’s the deal. I would like to distribute slFIX Magazine around Second Life, but I do not have time to do the leg work and meet with people myself, write this blog, edit the inworld magazine, and take care of slFIX HQ. If anyone would like to do [...]
How To Make Profile Picks More Interesting
Contributed by Shauna Skye Our Second Life profiles give us a picks tab so we can tell others about places we like in Second Life. Previously, I suggested the Lindens add a friends tab to our profiles because so many people use this picks section not to tell about locations in Second Life, but to [...]
A Note To Writers
Contributed by Shauna Skye Lately I’ve been getting emails from people asking if they can write for slFIX. I am happy to see people interested, but please, read the submission guidelines instead of asking if you can. I don’t know whether I want to publish your work unless you send it to me for consideration. [...]
How To Stream Audio Into Second Life
Contributed by Shauna Skye This video was posted on youtube in July of 2007, but it is still useful. I’m including it here as reference for aspiring Second Life DJs, or for those who need a memory refresher like I did recently. Thanks to my friend Magdalena Bing for sending me this link.
How To Mute Someone In Second Life
Contributed by Shauna Vella Have you ever been muted in Second Life? Have you ever muted a griefer? How about a “friend”? The mute button is a handy way to spare yourself from annoying objects, irritating people, griefers and ex-partners who piss you off. How To Mute Someone 1. Right click the person or object. [...]
Get 250 Lindens From elab
Contributed by Shauna Skye eLab City Panel pays Second Life residents to participate in academic research studies related to virtual worlds. I signed up for it, and have received my 250 lindens. I have not been contacted for a study yet though. For more information get their notecard. Visit Inworld: eLab City Panel
Getting into the Hunt
Contributed by Paypabak Writer It’s become a Second Life craze: hunting for freebies on grid-wide circuits through dozens of stores. Whether it’s a small hunt like those done by Prim Perfect, a goofy hunt by Headbangers featuring gifts hidden in n00bs, or a grid-wide hunt like the recent Vain Hunt, the concept is brilliant. Each [...]
I’m the Taxman!
Contributed by Paypabak Writer With my second rez day coming in a few weeks, I should know just about everything there is about Second Life, right? Wrong! I was curious about my commissions from work for MechanizedLIFE and my new boss told me to check my Transactions History. Yes, there’s a way to find out [...]
For Your Information … Needs …
Contributed by Paypabak Writer [Note: All of the links within Pay's article lead to locations within Second Life.--Shauna] I just spent some time standing around at a booth explaining products to people passing by in a tech fare. Maybe you’ve done something similar or attended something like this in your first life, but I was [...]
Free Raffle at Dear Prudence
Contributed by Shauna Skye Dear Prudence now has a Free Raffler. To enter to win, all you do is come to the arcade and touch it. You do not have to pay to enter the raffle. You do not have to join a group or get on a mailing list. You do not have to [...]
How To Use Bubble Chat
Contributed by Shauna Skye Yamarontoast Dagger aka “Toastie” aka “The Toastmeister” asked me if I was using bubble chat. Well, no, I wasn’t. Apparently this was an option I hadn’t noticed. Bubble chat’s pretty cool. Text you type appears above your head. It made me feel a bit like a comic book character. (Click the [...]
How to Fly Where Flying is Not Allowed
Contributed by Shauna Skye Ever go to a sim where flying is disabled? Did you know you can fly anyway? I would not recommend doing this if there are rules posted saying you shouldn’t. That would be rude, especially in a roleplaying environment. If there are no posted rules, however, you can probably get away [...]
How to Stop Your Hands From Typing
Contributed by Shauna Skye Are you tired of your hands typing in the air? Sick of that typing sound? Maybe you type and delete a lot like I do (it’s the editor in me) so it seems your hands are always moving even if no text comes out. Maybe you want to have lots of [...]
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