In the Town of Haven, in the land of Sterling Grove, "The Great Exhiition of 1851 is being recreated "SL Style". Kiosks tell of the history of the 1851 Great Exhibition of the works of the Industry of all Nations and then explain that an SL-er by the name of Mako Magellan is in the process of recreating the Crystal Palace that held the exhibition and will be filling it thematically with creations by Second Life Designers to showcase the Best of Second Life. I have been observing the progress and the structure and collections are quite impressive.
Visit Sterling Grove (73, 140, 22)
Posted by Happi Jansma

TheSLAgency launches an innovative job recruitment program for a government client in Second Life. Job hunters will interact with a unique career recruitment experience in Second Life as potential firefighters, medical technicians and others can virtually hone their skills before interviewing for Public Service jobs. Have you ever wanted to fight a fire, though you weren’t so sure how you’d do with the 70 pounds of protective gear, oxygen mask and fire axe? Is your dream to help cure disease, but perhaps you’re not so comfortable with beakers and lab coats? Via a new innovate program from interactive ad firm TheSLAgency, Second Life users can now practice a handful of public service jobs – including role-playing as a firefighter, civil engineer, medical technician, and more – all virtually, before donning the heavy suit or hard hat. The interactive career experience, built to showcase the range of jobs available in Canada’s provincial Ontario Public Service, allows users to fight virtual fires, to analyze traffic patterns using live video feeds from throughout Ontario, and to virtually test water samples for pathogens and other nasty things. The goal? To create a better awareness for the breadth of jobs in one of Canada’s most exciting provinces.
Posted by Jaciilyn Thatcher

Princeton University in Second Life announces “Diversity”on the Princeton Groups sim Scope Cleaver- Architect Poid Mahovlich – Terraform Artist The “Diversity” building on Princeton Groups island is intended as a social gathering place for Princeton University student groups and organizations. The commission stipulated a warm and friendly location where students could meet, chat, and organize events in Second Life. The resulting sim is a thoughtful contrast of Second Life resources with real world concerns. The stark, evocative landscape provides a foil for the elegance of the architectural composition. The central building’s rainbow colors exemplify the lively, multicultural community for whom it was built. The present generation of Princeton students will someday grapple with the environmental issues suggested in the desert terrain of the sim. “Diversity” is architect Scope Cleaver’s fifth building on the Princeton University in Second Life islands. Like his other full-sim composition at Princeton in SL–Alexander Beach–it shows an expansive use of scale that unexpectedly creates intimate social spaces. Uncharacteristic of Scope are the warm, organic building textures, which underscore the building’s function as a community center. The organic theme is carried into the building’s massing, originally suggested to the architect by a photograph of a nautilus shell. Poid Mahovlich, SL terraformer, designed and executed a landscape that would provide interest and focus to the building. More than that, the landscape itself is a series of destinations inviting exploration. A variety of walks and suggestive vignettes reveal artistic discoveries, environmental statements, and sweeping vistas from which to appreciate the greater composition of landscape and architecture. Architecture and landscape merge in a delightful collaboration between Scope and Poid under the “Diversity” building. Don’t leave without discovering it! ---------------------- location SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Princeton%20Groups/130/47/22 ---------------------- Artist statements: Scope Cleaver says: "Science is about describing things, describing reality . . . describing what there is. Design is about what should be. It’s trying to bend the world, bend the environment, to your vision." Poid Mahovlich says: "I build creatively using smoke and mirrors. I am a geek dreamer; driven by ethereal fuel some days, nerdtech and biscuits on others. I have a passion for terraforming, sculpting pixel earth is an evolutionary process of discovery where you enter a very different head space. I am a Real Life professional conceptual Artist: a self-proclaimed Wizard who has a severe allergy to Hawaiian shirts."
Posted by Poid Mahovlich

I saw a iReport yesterday about this issue and fount my own expeirence today in Second Life, over 10 bots all created on the 16th April in a parcel that deals with mature content. Surely this is not legal? The use of bots must be prohibited by the terms and conditions of second life usage. Its funny how there al n00b avators also
Visit Binneed (162, 88, 188 )
Posted by Krazykizza Carling

How many graduation ceremonies have you seen that have dancing wolves, baby chickens and farm animals in attendance? And, btw, the wolves and chickens also talk. This Friday, 4-18 and Sat, 4-19 Linden is hosting parties throughout the day for graduating new mentors, complete with music, a bartender, tons of food and free goodies. Of course the main activity is dancing and random shouting, typical SL behavior. All in all it is a great party and speaking as a new mentor I feel very appreciated. Pardon me now, a wolf is asking me to dance! Reporting from SL Volunteer Island – Lea56 Hyun
Visit SL Volunteer Island S (254, 249, 37)
Posted by Lea56 Hyun

Another iReport! This is the Apple store immitation of the Apple store on 5th Avenue, NY. I really like this place because it sells SL objects suct as the CyPhone (A inworld texting and RL texting device like the iPhone) And Macs that can stream audio and video content!
Visit MediaCity UK (116, 215, 30)
Posted by Krazykizza Carling

his is the virtual Paestum amphiteater built for the debut of the musical "Odissea"
Submitter Comments Friday May 9th, Italia Vera and his creator Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia will present in Second Life the musical"Odissey",a work by Marco e Massimo Grieco;it's the first musical whose debut will happen before inworld and then in Real Life: in the summer 2008 this work will be performed in the ancient theater in Paestum. Ulysses story is a cornerstone for the development of western man:the musical transposition of the homeric hero's adventures,aware both of his weakness and of his intellectual power, will carry away the watchers into a travel through time and memory. A short version of RL musical will be performed inSL: Italia Vera 's buiders are setting up a virtual copy of Paestum amphiteatre, laying above four lands,one of which is entirely dedicated to actors, that will be able to gather hundreds of spectators . In order to bring the musical inworld it's been necessary to find some advanced tecnichal solutions concerning both the avatars creation with animations and costumes and the set design: this project is currently involving several people, whose technical and artistic skills have been tried out in a really challenging way. The aim of this performance inworld is to take advantage of SL potential in order to promoting both the RL work and to raise funds for a benefit association A.M.R.E.F.African Medical Research Foundation http://www.amref.it/index.cfm
Posted by Simona Dawes

JohnLe Fukai Kirkby (Linden Island) Business owners of SL protesting against Linden Labs for the recent service failures. They wear the group tag: "Screwed by LL Inc". Say group has 188 members in less than a week.
Visit Kirkby (144, 222, 45)
Posted by JohnLe Fukai

A new exhibition, The Art of Eric Joyner: “Robots and Donuts” opened yesterday (April 15, 2008) at the Museum of Robots, on Kubrick. According to its mission statement, the Museum of Robots “is dedicated to the appreciation of robots. Its mission is to promote understanding of the place of robots in popular culture, art and science.” The museum has a permanent collection, of interest to both aficionados and those like me who are new to the subject, plus temporary galleries, which is where The Art of Eric Joyner: “Robots and Donuts” is being shown. Eric Joyner is an American artist based in San Francisco. He also collects robots, mid 20th century Japanese tin robots, and some American toys, such as Rock’Em Sock’Em robots, which some of us may remember from childhood (“Knock his block off!”). Earlier in his career Joyner worked in the commercial art field, in illustration and animation, but around 2000 decided to become a gallery artist and paint what he liked: robots. In addition, though, he added donuts into many of his works, because, he said, he wanted something to “not make sense and (to) create a new world”. This subject matter fits right in with the mission of the Museum of Robots, Joyner’s works combining as they do the influences of popular culture and art history. The works themselves are beautiful and richly painted, some with layers of thick and luscious paint, particularly appropriate to the gorgeous and gooey donuts, but also to the background landscapes and the shiny robots. Three of Joyner’s works are on view in an RL exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon, April 12, 2008 to Oct.19, 2008, so catch that if you can, but make sure to come to The Art of Eric Joyner: “Robots and Donuts” in Second Life. The Museum of Robots is on Kubrick 98, 161, 27.
Posted by Hibiscus Hastings