Should We Build Or Should We Buy?
The Makings Of A Good Avatar Start Here
There are limitless ways we can make our avatars unique in Second Life® (SL™); clothes, shoes, hair, skins, makeup, accessories, AOs (in other words, the way our avatars stand and walk), the information we display in our profiles and even the in-world places we hang out.
Jennifer Warden is the owner and COO of MWC Fashion House. MWC stands for models with curves. Brought to SL™ by a news article about a woman who left her RL husband due to SL, she became intrigued and decided to stay and learn more. What she gained was a renewed appreciation for her own self image, confidence, and appreciation of the value of networking.
Model Agencies In SL™
Shopping seems to be the life blood of SL. It seems that no matter where you go, no matter what you do, you see retail clothing stores. This is where the entire fashion industry is graded on its performance. If you do well, there are sales, if you don’t… well, there’s always next season.
Dating With A Twist
Are you tired of the bar scene and nude beaches? Is your SL Job simply not introducing you to the right kind of people? Are you looking for SL marriage? Are you a discreet Dom looking for a significant other Sub? Or are you looking for Mister/Miss RL Right? Then SL Dating Services may be the alternative you’ve been looking for, and you are not alone.
SL™’s Only True 3d Environment
Being new to SL I go from world to world, explore, meet people, walk around – and am continually amazed. Amazed by it all, but mostly by the “walking around” part. Here I am in the largest user defined, most sophisticated virtual world ever created, and “home” to millions around the world, and I’m walking around. I use doors, walk up stairs (fall off stairs!), jump off rocks down to the ground, and when I’m tired, I lay down.
Why is it that whenever I wonder around the world, all the fun places are deserted and the clubs and strip joints are full of people? Oh, did I say fun? Fun seems to be synonymous with sex nowadays. One person says to the other "wanna have fun" and its automatically understood as an invitation for intercourse. This is an issue I've been wondering about for some time now, and something that needs to be addressed.
The Money Tree Experience in SL™
It can be frustrating to be a new citizen of Second Life® — in addition to learning how to fly, how to actually remove the freebie clothes from their boxes instead of wearing the boxes themselves, and how not to constantly bump into your fellow SL citizens simply trying to master the default walk and directional pointers, a healthy dose of Real Life creeps into the SL existence: finding a place to live and finding a way to pay for it.
Linden Lab's Land Expo, held this week, did not hold much interest for me until a friend invited me to “take a look”. Upon arrival, I found myself inside a small, empty castle. After escaping (and there was no moat thankfully) I wandered the displays. Some were whimsical, a few were deeply moving, and others seemed to have no point other than increasing occupancy. Here are a few that caught my eye, my interest, and my fancy.
Product Review: Seconds of Life® Visitor Manager
Written by PaisleyRaven FoxclawThe art of doing business in Second Life is a tricky one. There will be many times when you are not available when patrons wander by your establishment. Luckily, Second Life offers options to fill the gap. You can use bots, of course, but Linden has recently put new rules in place concerning bots. Bots as greeters or assistants in your store are still allowed. Another option for tending customers in your absence is a greeter.
Greeters are nifty little gadgets that can be as simple as saying hello to visitors to giving gifts and notifying owners and officers of a visitor’s presence.
Product Review: Second Skies Teleport System
Written by PaisleyRaven FoxclawWhile putting the finishing touches on a club and mall my group, CleoRaven is opening soon, I spent about four hours trying different teleporters. We have the Mall on the ground and two skyboxes. One is the Club, the other is an open air live venue. The skyboxes are above 300 meters, and I wanted visitors to be able to easily travel between all three places without having to dig out landmarks.
