Second Life turns 17 as a shelter for its residents

You have probably read all the guides out there to SL17B, Second Life’s 17th anniversary event, which opened yesterday, June 19 – so let’s go for a different approach here. I dare say this year’s celebration, more than other recent ones, reflects a tendency, which I will lazily call here “the idealistic familiarization of SL” […]

There’s still time to check the exhibitions at SL16B (and enjoy some pictures)

One of the most interesting aspects of the Second Life birthday celebrations has been the community exhibitions, and checking the ones prepared for SL16B may become a fun time for visitors at the event. It’s particularly important, I’d say, because it reminds us of how the use of SL can be a creative one. After […]

New trailer homes at SL16B: a turning point in Second Life?

The trailer-style living units in the Linden Home preview area at SL16B (running from June 20 until July 8) indicate that we may be on the verge of an important change in the way we conceive housing in Second Life. Of course, one cannot guarantee that the transformation will actually take place, and in any […]

Linden Lab celebrates 16 years of its most successful product

As this post appears on Second Sighting, the celebrations of Second Life’s 16th anniversary (ok, let’s call it birthday, since it’s known as SL16B, anyway) will be officially starting – yeah! From today, June 20, until July 8, the party in the SL16B sims will rock the grid in an event that’s already a milestone: […]

On the 50th celebration of the Stonewall Riots, Pride takes a major step forward in SL

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the biggest LGBTQ+ pride celebration in Second Life, which is about to start, is announcing some important and exciting changes aimed at reinforcing the gay community bonds in SL. Second Pride will run from June 14th to June 23rd (and you can check their full schedule on […]

SL celebrates: 15 years and counting

Second Life is arriving to an impressive milestone in this fast-changing world: on June 23, it will be 15 years since it was officially released by Linden Lab. The world – and the tech environment, as well as the internet cartography – has changed significantly since then, but, with a series of transformations, the platform […]

SL reaches its 13th anniversary: it’s time to celebrate

It’s time to commemorate another anniversary of Second Life and its impressive 13 years of full existence – which is a remarkable milestone in this ever-changing tech world. The party at SL13B Community Celebration starts today, June 19, at noon (SL Time) and goes up to June 26. The official anniversary day is the 23rd, […]

Party ends, but anniversary sims will be on for another week

The Community Celebration of Second Life’s 12th anniversary, also called SL12B, officially ended yesterday, June 28, with a day of contagious parties and fireworks, lots of fireworks. Again, greeting for the whole week was amazing: I could meet some great people, hopefully I could contribute helping visitors find their way, some newbies appeared and asked […]

Celebrating dreams at SL’s 12th Anniversary

The train of Second Life’s 12nd Anniversary, also known as SL12B, has arrived. The party opens today, June 21st 2015, at noon SL Time, and goes on until next Sunday, June 28th. As I’ve been doing in almost every edition since the celebration became community driven, I will be working there as a greeter. This […]

SL’s 10th anniversary is coming and its community is celebrating

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” George Bernard Shaw The main part of the community celebration of Second Life’s 10th anniversary – also known as SL10B Community Celebration – is coming to an end this weekend. The […]

Celebrating SL’s 10th anniversary

So, Second Life arrives to its 10th anniversary. In these 10 years, SL may not have changed the world, but it certainly left its mark – and in the big picture, we can say that it homes a dedicated and a more or less cohesive community, that it allows its residents to interact in very […]

A colossal experience

Tall and imposing, the Colossus of Rhodes, in Ancient Greece, was short-lived: the statue stood at Rhodes’ harbor (or at a site nearby, depending on the sources that you consult) for 56 years. In Second Life, the Colossus of Rhodes‘ existence will be even shorter, at least as a building for the “Fashion For Life” […]

Happy anniversary to the SL community

I have not been posting so often, and it is because I am really involved with some things both in Second Life and the atomic world. In SL, I have been helping in Second Pride (just a bit, but it meant I had to dedicate some time to it) and I also volunteered as a […]