The Dork’s Totally Incomplete Guide to SL6B: Nucleus June 30, 2009

To continue my quest of finding interesting places at SL6B, I randomly teleported into a far corner of Nucleus and ended up between a bunch of very colourful and slightly psychedelic mushrooms. Taking a further look at the organic trees and structures with wild patterns and bright colours, I immediately recognised it as Soror Nishi’s exhibition, “Flora Virtua Exotica“. This beautiful garden reaches quite far up into the air and you shouldn’t miss the lotus leaves and trees up there!

Flying a bit further, I saw a pretty little pavillion from above and decided to take a closer look. After I had landed in what had to seemed an empty building, I was in for a big surprise.

The Dork’s Totally Incomplete Guide to SL6B: Velocity and Integer June 28, 2009

The most important thing first: Dusty Linden commented on one of my posts that only the entertainment ends on 30th June, but that the gates of SL6B will stay open for another week. YAY!!! More time to explore the fantastic sims! )

Bella had told me yesterday about AM Radio’s exhibition “One Thousand Heroes” and that he had said he was hoping to give away 1000 cars. In his notecard he writes: “Second Life is a world where anyone can become a super hero! To start you on your super story I can provide you with a super hero’s transportation! The 1936 Superdyne.” When I visited, 941 people already got one, so I am sure he will reach his aim!

At Velocity I also found one of my absolute favourites this year: The Lightglow Plantscape by Green and Wild. The building itself is already very pretty, with futuristic flowers and a pulsating roof. But its inside totally blew me away.

The Dork’s Totally Incomplete Guide to SL6B: Virtuocity June 28, 2009

My optimistic plans to cover most of SL6B’s sims were shattered today when I read that it finishes on the 30th of June, in just two days. I thought that it was two weeks instead of one week and in my opinion huge events like this or Burning Life deserve a longer running time than just a week. To explore just a couple of sims in detail, including taking pics, easily takes one evening of SL time for me and it hurts me to just jump to a few selected landmarks and having to ignore the rest because of the time pressure. Unfortunately, this is what I probably will have to do for my next posts.

I continued my SL6B exploring today at Virtuocity, which has a number of impressive and futuristic big buildings. Pictured above are the “Immerse into the future” build by Nadir Taov (right) and the Alchemy booth by Annabelle Fanshaw (left).

“Travel Book of a Bunny” in SL Uncover magazine June 28, 2009

The topic of the latest SL Uncover Magazine is “Odyssey” and everyone who loves exploring different worlds, stories and photography should have a look at it. I am very happy that I got the chance to contribute to it by putting together the “Travel Book of a Bunny”. The Bunny Planet has been destroyed and Bunny is setting out in its spaceship to find a new home. On its travels it encounters ancient civilisations, dangerous creatures and new environments. But will its search be successful? Read it all here (page 89 – 103).

Uncover Magazine Issue Odyssey is out!

It has always been in the deep nature of men to go further than their usual and natural territory. It is this very innate desire to explore, see, learn more, that has pushed sailors at sea; and a similar passion that sat men on the first planes and space shuttles. Our most ancient history, our most secular religions are full of journeys to the unknown.Today is our turn. Since Uncover Magazine set its office in a flying ship, we have wanted to use this opportunity to follow the trails of the great explorers, set our own coordinates, make our own route…Today we start our own Odyssey…

Uncover is an adventure. Our adventure as writers and photographers. Your adventure as readers.

Online available: http://issuu.com/uncover/docs/odyssey_en

Cover:
Ariel Brearly

The Dork’s Totally Incomplete Guide to SL6B: Aeon June 27, 2009

“Be tiny and bounce with us” – who can resist such an offer? Certainly not me and so today Fi’s teleport brought me to Aeon and to the Boingy Drums by “Alien Isles”, where I found a happy crowd bouncing on the drums.