Reblogged from Daniel Voyager's Blog: A few days ago Oskar Linden replied to second life down again? unscheduled maintenance? thread on the SL Forums. Oskar talks about the recovery process of the recent hardware failure at one of the data centers Linden Lab operates.  Thanks to Oskar Linden for letting the SL community know about this failure. Check out the [...]

Reblogged from Mens Where?: I stumbled across several sims that provide fans of A Game of Thrones to role play with others in cities of Westeros and beyond. And if you’re going to play the part, you need to look the part. Here are two outfits from PeKaS that fit the bill. To play a Dothraki warrior, I [...]

Reblogged from an chailín álainn: But for the rest of us, well, it’s a different story. It’s amazing, even in a Second Life, there can be an amazing trend to conformity, I say, buck tradition, be you! The wonderful thing about SL fashion is relatively cheaply you can experiment with so many different styles, mix [...]

Shayariel Teardrop got some inspiration from this fine old song out of the classics, and a few friends on the street, and put together a beautiful little piece for a sale at My Attic.  Take a look at the thumbnail, then rush over to her blog!

Ruriko Bracken, a Japanese Second Life Resident and a lovely model and photographer, takes a break now and then from the virtual world for some Real Life.  She’s currently back in, and most welcome in both her roles. In this feature, found on her own Japanese-language blog, Ruriko Style, Ruri-chan does a pair of excellent [...]

Girl Wonder Speaks…about Second Life®: The Most Interesting Avatar in the World. Strangely, she isn’t drinking Dos Equis…. Thanks to Hamlet Au

Iris Ophelia, writing for New World Notes, has done an excellent piece on why eyes are so important to the well-groomed avatar’s look in Second Life.  From her story: A good set of eyes are equally as important as a good skin, but because eyes are so small (and because we stare at the back [...]

Reblogged from A Passion for Virtual Fashion: The nerves are sending shimmering signals All through my fingers The veins support Blood that gushes impulsively towards Is the triumph of a heart that gives all That gives all The triumph of a heart that gives all That gives all ~ “Triumph of a Heart” by Bjork [...]

Hamlet Au comes through again at New World Notes with the perfect excuse for any situation:  you took an arrow in the knee, and you’re stuck there.  (Ouch, but grin)  It’s a mesh arrow attachment that makes it look like you took one for John Wayne at Fort Apache.  Have a look, and get the [...]

Reblogged from A Passion for Virtual Fashion: Born Anna Sandowsky in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1917, Arlene Sands was one of the swing era’s “unsung” female vocalists. Known for her throaty voice and broad range, Arlene was admired from coast to coast for her work with the Harvey Hall band. As Hitler marched into [...]