^ That’s the name of my second contribution to Stepcase Lifehack, wherein I share 4 Firefox add-ons — all compatible with version 3 — which I’m severely fond of. And yes, there’s a DEFINITE VERTICAL TABS BIAS. You shouldn’t go ... [Link]

The Lab today dampened speculation that Second Life is about to be ported to the XBox, that Mitch will open source the whole thing like a 3D Mozilla, or what held the most promise for the entire community - that ... [Link]

Capping off SL5B, Linden Lab board member Mitch Kapor will deliver a keynote address about Second Life as a disruptive technology platform. In addition to SL as a creative, social space, he will discuss the emergence of SL for broader uses ... [Link]

We will be deploying server version 1.23 to Second Life in a rolling restart next week, following the schedule: Tue, 07/08, 7:30PM : a pilot roll to ~300 regions Wed, 07/09, 5:00-9:00AM : a rolling restart of half the grid Thu, ... [Link]

As part of our festivities, I was just on a panel alongside Kate Linden (moderator), Jeremy Linden, and Dimitrio Lewis discussing with our appreciated audience. What about? One of my fave focuses in Second Life… Community Enlightenment — sharing ... [Link]

Clarrice created this delicate and painterly image in Hosoi Ichiba, a Japanese-themed shopping locale based on Virgin Island (direct SLURL teleport at this link), and having just bought a geisha avatar outfit, went searching for a place to suit her... [Link]

UIUC GSLIS and Alliance Library System are pleased to offer summer courses for librarians and educators on virtual worlds. Courses include: Using Immersive Environments in the Classroom for School Media Specialists Second Life 101 Technical Skills for Virtual World Librarians ... [Link]

Charlanna just noticed a great SL event from the esteemed Dorkbot community, and added it to her Lanna's List calendar: the programmer formerly known as Ventrella Linden (real life background here) is appearing July 6 at 1:00 pm in the... [Link]

Today we are releasing a new Release Candidate, 1.20 RC12. If you have already been using the Release Candidate (RC11), you will be required to update to RC12 with the latest bug fixes. But, the Release Candidate is always an optional ... [Link]

In the spirit of Second Life, M Linden was on hand to answer questions in text chat on Teen Second Life! Our Teen Residents’ enthusiasm is irrepressible. Upon our gathering at the TSL BIRTHDAY region, we were swamped in ... [Link]

The interface design contest set out to solicit the creativity and expertise of the folks who know Second Life the best - its users. The quality of the submissions has been wonderful, inspiring, and has provided so many ideas for ... [Link]

OK, these aren't mine, they belong to dinee Ghia... or even more precisely, they're synthetic toes embedded in the new pair of heels she just bought. Like hands, default avatar feet in Second Life have long been an immersion breaker--... [Link]

Something for everyone today! M will make his appearance on the Teen Grid at 11am. Author Tom Boellstorff will be discussing his new book on SL5B Linked at 12pm SLT and there will be a Community Enlightenment roundtable at 3pm SLT, ... [Link]

Cigna recently launched a virtual healthcare community pilot program in Second Life (SL) that the company hopes will “help foster real and sustainable behavior change that improvies health.” The Second Life ‘island,’~ or virtual space, developed with branding agency Method, ... [Link]

Charlanna Beresford’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events… At 2 PM on Wednesday, July 9th, there will be a tour of TowerVisions, the adaptive re-use of Bethanienturm, a church in Berlin that was heavily damaged during World War 2. Vision... [Link]

One (of many) kewl things in Second Life is print media can be enlarged so it’s bigger than an SUV. Witness my wife and I, standing atop a copy of the July 2008 issue of The BEST of SL, ... [Link]

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IMVU recently opened itself up to the general public after registering 20 million users to its 3D virtual platform. Worlds in Motion had a chance to interview founder Cary Rosenzweig about the public launch, and he throws around some pretty ... [Link]

Some Resis have asked whether I’d be doing an event during Second Life’s 5th Birthday (SL5B). Yes, indeed I am! Alongside Kate and Jeremy Linden (of our Documentation Team) and some of our Residents, we’re hosting a Community Enlightenment ... [Link]