From: Second Life Blog Updated Release Candidate Viewer: Second Life 1.18.6 RC2 Available Today Quote from the site - Second Life 1.18.6 Viewer Release Candidate (RC2) is now available for download. Please go to the test software page to download and try these pre-production viewers. (Note: This is not an update to the WindLight First Look viewer.)

From: Ambling in Second Life Brush off for Colgate Smile Power Quote from the site - I have now done an extensive and thorough inspection of the Colgate Smile Power site in Second Life - it took about 30 seconds. It is difficult to know how to put this, but I shall start slowly and see how I get on. The first word that springs to mind is “underwhelmed” - but more of this anon. First, let me try and put this site in context.

From: Malaysia Sun Second Life finds new customers Quote from the site - The Second Life virtual computer world, in which users can create characters representing themselves, has had a dramatic shift.

From: Virtual Worlds Forum Blog Second Life has a charitable Christmas appeal Quote from the site - It’s doubtful there’ll be much charity in the air tomorrow, as people rush around the high streets doing their lastminute Christmas shopping. Thankfully, Second Life offers a less frenetic way to honour the traditional spirit of festive giving, with the Second Life Christmas initiative.

From: Rezzable Second Life Market Size? Growth is Slow/Flat LL Leaves Door Open for New Virtual World Competitors Quote from the site - Looking at November Linden data on SL market activity and have some analysis:

Total residents are at 11.5million as of end of Nov. SL Resident growth is down to about 5% month to month…down from the 15% levels back in July, August — even with CSI. So pull CSI out assuming this is about 250,000 in November…and growth is less than 5% monthly.

From: Photoshoot in Second life - Born to be wild Quote from the site - I have taken some snapshots on demand this week.
Sometimes you can find a whole family on the grid, and when they are close, they regularly meet inworld. Now I was asked to take some pictures of the brother, together with his friend online, and his family.

From: Supercharge Push to Expand SL Group Limit Quote from the site - Okay, let’s give a try to up the limit on the number of Second Life groups you can have. Everyone knows how annoying it is. Fellow bloggers. Repost a similar blog posting to this. Just how hard can this be to make the number larger?

From: slog Second Life Statistics: 20-Dec-2007 Quote from the site - The minimum concurrency and new signups are clearly wrong. Guess I really need to do some fixing and changing of how I handle the data, but that is the fun of work in progress. Also it is my Birthday so even more Fun! =)

From: New World Notes Crossing the Chasm: Thoughts on Second Life’s Plateau Phase from Electric Sheep’s COO Quote from the site - This week, top metaverse developer Electric Sheep Company unexpectedly laid off a third of its staff, including NWN contributor Rik Riel. Forseti Svarog, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, has a thoughtful post on their blog, offering observations related to the cutbacks.

From: Second Life Blog New All Search Classified Changes Coming Soon Quote from the site - As previously announced, the new ‘Search All’ feature is currently in beta in two releases; Second Life 1.18.5 and WindLight First Look. We’re planning on making a few changes to how classifieds are displayed in the new Search and wanted to allow enough time for everyone to adjust their listings:

From: Second Life Blog Quicktime Security Update Quote from the site - As I indicated in a prior posting, we became aware of a serious flaw in Apple’s QuickTime software that could cause maliciously crafted movies to either crash your Second Life viewer or, more seriously, to execute arbitrary code contained within the stream. We had warned to take caution when enabling movie playback within the viewer.

From: Second Life Blog The New WindLight Viewer… PONDERING AESTHETICS (76116) Quote from the site - Howdy all. As promised, I’d like to cover the second of three important points with this posting- AESTHETICS (aka textures are too bright, avatars look smelly, etc.) - First let’s get that pesky bugs fixed list out of the way…

From: how to save the world Two Dangerous Lessons from Second Life Quote from the site - I want to confess two things I’ve learned about myself — things I’m not particularly proud of — from my time in Second Life. I suspect I’m not alone in these two sad admissions, and I even wonder if they are precisely what makes Second Life so appealing, and keeps so many addicted to it…

From: Massively Catherine Smith presents Inside Linden Lab Quote from the site - Catherine Linden (Catherine Smith) is doing a new Linden Lab podcast called Inside Linden Lab. The first episode features Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab.

From: Mentor Volunteers Havok 4 Mentor Q & A Session with Andrew Linden Quote from the site - For those of you who were unable to attend today’s Q & A session on Havok 4 with Andrew Linden as our guest speaker we have posted an edited transcript of the event here….

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