May 2011 – Page 3 – Ciaran Laval

May 19, 2011May 20, 2011

SL Home & Garden Expo Auction Item Lists………Check them out!

All your home, garden, patio, and breedable needs!

This is a silent auction and runs through Sunday May 22, 2011

Arctic Greenhouse – L5000 Gift Card
Woodshed – Macrath Elven Tree House
HomeKraft – Indoor Rock Fountain
Sofia’s – Gothic Style Manor
Sculpties – for Baths, Sinks, and Fountains, Rocks, Trees and Landscaping
Houses For You – Gift Certificate – 1 Free House
Sculpties – for Beds, Including Round and Heart-Shaped Beds
Houses For You – Gift Certificate – 1 Free House
Sculpties – for Furniture Making and Building Structures
Houses For You – Gift Certificate – 1 Free House
Custom Animation – Pips Fetid of Sylva’s Animation Factory
Heart Homes – Mountain Cabin “Summer”
What Next -Norwegian Wood Living Room Auction Certificate
Insight Designs – Pick any three texture packs from Insight Designs
PRIME – Endless Love Bed
::STB:: – Mangrove of Love – Adult
Angel Beach – Turtle Cove House
Cozy Homes – Furnished Limited Edition Cozy Home Gift Certificate
Angel Beach – Tiki Gazebo DELUXE with Day/Night Sounds
Aphrodite – Pure Passion – Royal Bride
Stonewood – Coronado Living Room Set
Stonewood – Coronado Office Set
Stonewood – Coronado Dining Room Set
Stonewood – Coronado Bedroom Set
neXXus Rezzables – Egyptian Pyramid
Stonewood Homes – The Dakota
neXXus Rezzables – Roman Amphitheatre
neXXus Rezzables – Futuristic Glass House
neXXus Rezzables – Greek Amphitheatre
neXXus Holosphere – 512 meters Diameter.. OFF SIM 360 degree Panoramic Environment
C&D – Lady Diamond Easel Vanity Set – Black
C&D – Lady Diamond Easel Vanity Set – White
C&D – Clarity Modern Vanity- in Cream
C&D – Serenity Full Bathroom Set ( In Blossum) For RFL 2011 (limited ed)
Clarity – Modern Vanity- in Mahogany
Clarity – Modern Vanity- in Black
Invitation Station – Summer Magnolia Wedding Set
Maven Homes – Gift Certificate
True North – Water Dome Fountain
Home by JLZ – FP Couch Ensemble
Heron – Mahogany Collection Living Room
Home by JLZ – Urban Gray Skybox
Thistle Homes – The Wingtip Cottage
Sofia’s – Gothic Style Manor
Thistle Homes – The Chatham Cottage
Barefoot Home – GIft Certificate
Thistle Homes – Sweet Pea Cottage
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May 18, 2011May 19, 2011

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT — Antique Artistry

Antique Artisty

Fatima Ur and Incanus Merlin are Co-owners of 17 fabulously Victorian themed residential sims laid out for renting or leasing; and Antique Artistry Antiques, dedicated to Fatima’s buildings and garden items.

They have created a wide range of Victorian era homes and everything you need to live a Victorian style Second Life, including household and garden furniture, everyday items (for example, china place settings, lamps, vases, jewellery, tables, chairs, furniture sets, antique cookers, kitchen items like pots, pans, canned goods – in fact, virtually anything you can think of that would make your Victorian Second Life as real as possible!) Continue reading “SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT — Antique Artistry”

May 18, 2011May 18, 2011

Private Island Fluctuations

A couple of weeks ago, the legendary Tyche “Statto” Shepherd reported that the grid had shrunk by seventy two regions, although more concerning was that the grid had lost seventy four private regions, two Linden owned new regions had saved the day!

This was picked up as a sign that Linden Lab needed to do something, losing seventy two regions isn’t good. However if you follow Tyche’s stats (and they are awesome) then you’ll see that this has been a trend in recent months, with private regions being shed from the grid, but there are also weeks when private regions increase, so it’s not all doom and gloom.

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May 18, 2011May 18, 2011

SL Advertising Beta To End May 31st

SL Advertising Beta has ended, it officially ends on May 31st, but if you go to http://advertise.secondlife.com/ you’ll see the following message:

“Thank you for your interest in the Second Life Advertising Beta program. Based on our evaluation of the SL Advertising Beta during the last six months, we have decided to discontinue the program on May 31, 2011.

Thanks to all of the Merchants who have helped us test this display advertising beta and for all of your helpful feedback. Your participation and insights will help us drive our ongoing efforts to help you promote your products and services to Second Life shoppers. We look forward to partnering with you on future promotional endeavors.”

Part of the problem as far as I’m concerned is that Linden Lab didn’t promote this very well.

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May 18, 2011May 18, 2011

Direct Delivery Edges Closer

I may well be about to embark on a blog frenzy! I have quite a few issues to address! However I may get bored, or want to go fishing in WoW or shoot things in Eve-Online! Where was I? Oh yes direct delivery, the new, and rather worrisome delivery method for the Second Life Marketplace.

Basically how it works now is that you load a boxed object into a magic box inworld, go to the markeptlace website and then link the item so it can be sold. Users then have to accept delivery of the item inworld, this part has always been potentially troublemsome and on the old XStreet people were warned that they shouldn’t be afk when purchasing.

The new system will do away with the latter problem, it’s likely to introduce new problems but they should be able to be ironed out if all works well. Basically it seems, we’re going to have an incoming and outgoing folder for the marketplace, if you have questions Brooke has started a thread on the official forums, here. However it’s well worth reading the direct delivery FAQ! Really, if you’re a merchant, read that.

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