Helping For Free
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE It’s been one of those weeks in Second Life where I’ve seen a load of cool stuff, but my brain is not quite ready to present it to you here on Moonletters. I do want to draw your attention to something I’ve included here. It’s not related to SL, but I [...]
Steampunk Nirvana
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Steampunk fans probably don’t need to be told about JD Mechanical Toy Factory, but just in case you haven’t, here’s me telling you: grab that landmark below and poof now, I’ll wait for you … This amazing store has buildings, aircraft, avatars and costumes, furniture, gadgets and accessories, and LMs [...]
60L Retro Modern
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE It’s that time again. My store Subculture participates in 60L weekend sales, and the special item I’m offering is the 60′s Art Dress, featured in the picture on the right (at least today). Another 60L item you’ll find today are full permission sculpt maps for 1 prim shelves. These are on [...]
SL Bloggers Challenge: Your Favorite Banned Book
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Last year, I got involved in promoting Banned Books Week in Second Life. For instance, the librarians of Second Life held a machinima contest about banned books with some very fine entries, the winning entry earning the creator a 10K Lindens prize! Read more about the upcoming event on the [...]
What’s in a Name?
BY STAFF WRITER FERAL MOSSRIDER The etymology of names is a fascinating and intriguing subject that leads there searcher into ever-wider fields of discovery. Personal names may be historical derivations of trades; such as ‘Smith’ or ‘Hooper’, may be based on locations; ‘Brooklyn’, for example or could even relate to somebody’s personal attributes; perhaps ‘Little’ [...]
Toaster-rific
BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT I wanted something to shoot noobs (I mean use to protect myself with) and I came across a great little toaster gun. This thing is awesome! At only 20L you get to fire a load of toast wherever you want, although you may get the occasional message saying your toast [...]
Mesh Gridwide
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Linden Lab has announced that mesh has gone gridwide. What is mesh? You’ve probably already seen mesh technology at work in modern video games, special effects and 3D animation. The term “mesh” refers to an object that consists of polygonal geometry data. That means it is extremely flexible — and it [...]
Big Sale at Bryce: Not Just for Guys
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Three-color, four-color, and greedy (all colors) hair packs are on sale for L$100, half price for this week only at Bryce Designs Store! Great news for guys, and great news for girls who enjoy a Tomboy look. My biggest issue with Bryce Tully is the lack of anime type colors [...]
Water Sprinkler
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE I found something cool while exploring around; a water sprinkler! It’s only two prims, and the water shooting out looks very realistic. I was so impressed I checked the creator of the object, doP Kidd, and that led me to the inworld store. I was thrilled to see this sprinkler was [...]
Subculture Schoolgirl 60L
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Subculture is having a 60L sale today. The item? “Schoolgirl Purple.” The top and skirt prims are resizable by menu, and the socks, shoes, and tie are included. Prim sleeves are mod. The outfit is normally 150L, but is just 60L today only. Like all Subculture clothing, it’s also transferable. Visit [...]
Fiction & Chaos
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Another store I wouldn’t have discovered if not for the Hair Fair, Fiction & Chaos (F@C) earned a visit to see what else was being offered besides the cute hat/hair combo that was given out. (Thumbnail shows Tirade hair I purchased and have been wearing ever since … save for [...]
Supernoob!
BY STAFF WRITER FERAL MOSSRIDER There’s a vicious rumour going around that I don’t like noobs – nothing could be further from the truth… Why, every time I see a noob, I just want gather up those cute little noobish features in my arms and give them a lovely big squeeze. We were, after all, [...]
Dugi’s Soul Mods 1PM SLT
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE It’s my turn to DJ tonight at Dugi’s Soul Mods. When? 1pm SLT. That’s 9pm if you’re in the UK. What? The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, Spencer Davis Group, Rolling Stones, and whatever else I grab at the moment. What I love about Dugi’s Soul Mods: 1. The [...]
How Do You Know
BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT How do you know I’m not your alt? How do you know I’m not her alt, or his? How do you know the people you’re talking to are not operated by the same person? How do you know the room full of people is only filled by a few? How [...]
“What is Love” Gesture
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Today Ed Starspear and Cisa Batista gave me this gesture that played “What is Love” while shaking their heads to the beat of the music. I asked if they knew what that was inspired by, since neither Ed nor Cisa are American. Well, turned out they knew the song, and laughed [...]
Ninjas of SL Unite!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I’m in a quandary in presenting this article. The huge main mall of this sim should be brimming with stores and instead there are only a handful: Jaffa Alliance, Gateway Too Cosplay, Birth (hair), and F.A.C.E. In May, when I first visited the mall, the teleporter took me to a [...]
First Life a Better Term Than Real Life
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Aside from those who view the rest of us like computer generated characters, most people do not consider Second Life “unreal.” Sure, it’s a world of pixels, and it certainly is different, but these pixels are controlled by the actual minds of people. Second Life is a tool for communicating, an [...]
Bluelolita Dress 60L
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE This weekend’s 60L sale at Subculture is the Bluelolita Dress. Skirt of the dress is resizable by menu, and socks and shoes are included. Visit Inworld: Subculture at Penny Lane More 60L Items (web): Sixty Linden Weekend
Paypabak Confidential
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER It’s been a long time since I’ve shared what goes on in my personal SLife. Not sure if it was policy or just a season, but I’m in a very good space in SL. I would like to tell you about it as well as thank some of my sponsors [...]
Second Life Field Guide
BY STAFF WRITER FERAL MOSSRIDER The extraordinary diversity of lifestyles and approaches that people take to Second Life can occasionally lead to confusion and even embarrassment. Whilst we may feel perfectly at home amongst our usual circle of friends, a visit from a stranger whose interests are not at all within our normal experience can [...]
Who Am I?
BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT A recent BBC article that caught my eye was Virtual People to Get ID checks. The faces and behaviour of online avatars could help identify the people controlling them, scientists believe. Using both characteristics, researchers hope to develop techniques for checking whether the digital characters are who they claim to [...]
Feedback on Firestorm Viewer
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE When I read that older Second Life viewers will eventually seem “broken” with the implementation of mesh, I was inspired to give the Firestorm viewer another chance since it’s mesh-ready. To prepare myself, I watched the video from Jessica Lyons of Phoenix. She gave tips on making Firestorm more like older SL [...]
Where the Action Is
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I’d been to the Action store probably 15 months ago and saw some nice hair and clothing there. On just that lone experience, I decided to take up the Hair Junky Group offer that was part of Action’s Hair Fair gift, paid my L$250 and picked up the stuff given [...]
We Touch Surreally
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE We touch surreally Loving freely Embracing, kissing No love missing
Mod GB Dress 60L
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE 1960′s Mod GB Dress on sale for 60L this weekend only at Subculture. Visit Inworld: Subculture at Penny Lane
The Great Wall of China
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I wrote about the Great Wall for ROLE Magazine(November 2009, Atomic World in Pixels) two years ago and was very happy to see the place is still there, no worse for wear, and still a wonderful simulation of an actual place, although for the sake of economy and the restrictions [...]
All in the Mind
BY GUEST WRITER DR FEARLESS MOONSLIDER Staff writer Feral Mossrider has had to take a short break this week following a quite distressing incident with a temp rezzer and the contents of her entire inventory. All being well, she’ll be back next week. In the meantime, if anyone has a script that will enable clothing [...]
This Second Life
BY STAFF WRITER JELLIE ARROWMINT We talk but no-one listens We speak but no-one hears, They speak and tho we listen, we have not heard Our words have no tone but they can heal wounds or cut like a knife We’ve visited places we haven’t physically been and we touch people we have not met [...]
Making Firestorm More Like Phoenix
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE I have some bad news for those who prefer the original Linden style viewers. With the implementation of “mesh” these older viewers, including the current favourite Phoenix, are going to eventually give out. Jessica Lyons, project manager of the Phoenix Viewer Project, says “As mesh becomes more and more popular, and [...]
Vintage City of Lights
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER With so many sims disappearing from the SL landscape, it’s good to see Paris 1900 still hanging in there. Fours sims (Moulin Rouge, Les Champs Elysees, Eiffel, and Couture) long, there’s much to see and admire about this place. One of the best recreations of a real place, though set [...]
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