What a View(er)!

BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT OK, so most of us are aware that Emerald has been taken off the TPV (Third party Viewer) Directory, unless of course you’ve been away from Second Life for a while or hidden under a pixelated rock. I have received so many suggestions about which viewer to use . . [...]

Phoenix Viewer (Updated)

BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Well, it happened. The most popular Second Life viewer, Emerald, is dead as reported on the Emerald Viewer Blog. A lot has been written about this already, so all I will say is that I am really sorry to see it go. I don’t know anyone from Linden Lab personally, or [...]

I’ve Become Imprudent About My TPV

BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Seems like the people behind the wonderful Emerald TPV (Third Party Viewer) have given me enough doubts about their trustworthiness that I have changed my passwords and taken up once again with the Imprudence viewer. For an example of the bad press Emerald is receiving, I link you with [...]

2ndHub Goes Mobile

BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER I’ve been playing around with a new gadget. Mason Kingsford and Taliesin Llanfair of 2ndHub fame have created a personal HUD to use with your avatar to interface their great social networking site with Second Life. Here’s a notecard I got with the beta test version: 2ndhub Mobile is [...]

SL Forever

BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT I use Second Life as a form of escape, to help me wind down and to keep in touch with others. But what if Second Life becomes our first? I’m not talking about the obvious addictive effects of the virtual plain, but real life technological advances that may one day [...]

Version 2 Viewer Quandary Grows

BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER A Lexi Morgan plurk from last week was resolved for the good but points out a sticky problem among users of all the various viewers that are out there for visiting Second Life. While so many people hate Viewer 2.0, there have been improvements and additions in functionality in [...]

Fnordian Plywood Box

BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE This is truly the most impressive item Fnordian Link has ever released. I’m in awe of the design, the realistic shape and texture, and most of all how useful it is. I asked Fnord if I could include the manual for Moonletters techies, and he gave his permission. Congratulations on your [...]

E & D Engineering = Great Textures

BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER If textures make your heart race and creative juices flow, E&D Engineering is your next destination. If you trust Pay, go now, she’ll wait! If you don’t know what I am writing about, think of some of the great sims in SL you’ve visited–places like INSILICO, Omega Point, Svarga [...]

Fnordian Group Tip Jar – 60L Today Only

BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE The Fnordian Group Tip Jar is up for sale for just 60L today. The item normally retails for 400L, but is on sale for 60 Linden Sunday. Features * Copyable, modifiable tip jar. * Automatically pays all logged in avatars a share of the tip (as long as the share is [...]

GreenScreen Photo Studio

BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Some ideas can be so simple, yet make such a significant difference they become brilliant. Sasara Klaar’s GreenScreen is just such an idea. I’ve been using it for some of my fashion shots when trying to get consistency in background. (What I need, of course, is a whole lot [...]

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