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[Resolved] Server 1.34.2 will be deployed 12/31/09

Date Posted: December 31, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[Resolved 1.30am PST] This is now Resolved. Rolling restarts have completed.

[Update 4:40pm PST - Server 1.34.2 was ready earlier than expected and thus we have begun deploying it now. We will update this blog post with any further developments.

Server 1.34.2 will be deployed tonight in order to fix a severe sim-crashing bug. The roll will be commencing as soon as possible, which is expected to be around 18:00 PST. Status updates

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JIRA maintenance scheduled

Date Posted: December 30, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[30 Dec 7:27pm PST] We will be performing maintenance on JIRA starting at 12am PST. The outtage will be very brief. Please refer back to this post for any updates.

Interesting Shots ~ Dec. 29

Date Posted: December 30, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Ok it took me a little longer to resume than I planned, but those are the holidays for you. As always, there are way too many great images to chose from each day. Here are a few I really liked for different reasons.

Natascha Rives ~ by Masterful Escape

This is such a dramatic image that, along with the title, tells a story.

Sapphire Weatherwax ~ Gingerbread House

A great winter shot, and I love the style of the gingerbread house.

Transparent Banshee

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[RESOLVED] Emergency maintenance scheduled

Date Posted: December 29, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[UPDATED/RESOLVED 30th December 6.40am PST] The maintenance is now finished and all residents should be able to login as normal. If you can not login, please contact support.

[UPDATED 30th December 6.00am PST] Maintenance is starting now. We will update when it is finished.

[29th December 4:45pm PST] We will be performing emergency maintenance on December 30th between 6 - 6:30am PST. We are performing this maintenance in response to login issues that occured on Dec 29th. This will effect a small portion of residents. Those particular residents will not be able to log in or will be logged off if they are inworld during the maintenance. Please refer back to this blog for further updates.

[RESOLVED] Login Issues for some residents

Date Posted: December 29, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[UPDATED/RESOLVED] 4:21pm PST] Logins are back to normal.

[UPDATED 3:35pm PST] The majority of logins have returned to normal. Residents may find difficulty with logging in; however, it should be successful after a few attempts. We are continuing to work on and monitor the issue. We will update this blog with any new developments.

[UPDATED 3:04pm PST] We have resolved the initial issue; however, logins for all accounts may be slow or fail currently. We expect this to last approximately 15 - 20 minutes. Please continue to watch this blog for further updates.

[UPDATED 2:36pm PST] We are in the midst of resolving this issue, which will have resulted in those affected being logged out of Second Life. We anticipate about an hour

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Posting on HI5…

Date Posted: December 28, 2009
Author: Southie
Syndicated from: High Five
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

Want to post your own stuff to HI5? Send me your email address in world and I will add you as a writer.

NEW French Country Living & Country Kitchen!

Date Posted: December 28, 2009
Author: Amaliscious
Syndicated from: ღLa'Licious Designsღ
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

Hello all! This week's release is the cozy French Country Living room collection. Yellow and blue fabrics compliment light wood.

Also I have given the Tintable kitchen a complete makeover!

[RESOLVED] Phone support unavailable

Date Posted: December 25, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[8:50pm Pacific] [RESOLVED] Phone support issues have been resolved.

[7:50pm Pacific] Phone support is available again, however there are still intermittent connectivity issues at this time. If your call will not connect or if it connects with poor quality, please retry again after a short time. We will post here when more information is available.

[6:10pm Pacific] We’re currently experiencing some connectivity issues with our phone support system. Billing and password reset phone support is unavailable at this time. The Concierge phone support line is still available. We are working on this issue and will post here when we have more information.

Merry Christmas!

Date Posted: December 25, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

I am a little late getting this out today, but it is still Christmas for an hour and a half here. Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it. Thank you for sending in so many great holiday themed images to Snapzilla over the past few weeks (including the beautiful image above from pallina60 Loon).

tips & tricks | turn on Anti-Aliasing inSL

Date Posted: December 25, 2009
Author: Ana Lutetia
Syndicated from: Ana Lutetia inSL
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

[original size for better view -- left pic with jagged edges] While scrolling down Gogo’s blog, I came across this entry that someone suggested Gogo heavily post-processed her photos. The person also says that white hair inSL always has pixelated edges… which is not true at all. Just look at Winter’s blog! I don’t see pixelized or jagged edges. About post-processing snapshots, I can only speak about my own which aren’t post-processed besides been lighten up. For this post, the images weren’t processed at all aside from being cropped and set side by side. What happens when you see pixelized with jagged edges screenshots is that some ...

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Secondlife a Ghost Town?

Date Posted: December 24, 2009
Author: Southie
Syndicated from: High Five
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

So I've noticed lately how less and less people seem to be logging into SL...

Is it becoming a ghost town? Or Is it just me? Your thoughts on this are appreciated!

Christmas Eve…still time to decorate!

Date Posted: December 24, 2009
Author: galacharron
Syndicated from: Art Dummy!
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

Purchase these and more on Xstreet or travel to our Christmas Market in world!

Happy Holidays – from Bax Coen Designs

Date Posted: December 24, 2009
Author: SerinaJane Loon
Syndicated from: Bax Coen - Fine ladies Boots - Accessories
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

“LOVE is the only thing in the world that does not fade when being spread around and wasted” In hope that you enjoy our Gift, we Wish you Happy Holidays – Merry Christmas and a peaceful start in the New year.

Sincerely Your Bax Coen Designs Team

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De Mode * KIM and STELLA Shapes

Date Posted: December 23, 2009
Author: Diva Sohl
Syndicated from: De Mode Shapes
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

New releases at De Mode, 2 new female shapes! They are KIM and STELLA

KIM

and STELLA

All the shapes at De Mode are:
MODIFY – COPY – NO TRANSFER

Styling Card included

Demo available.

You can purchase them in world at World of Beauty and also on XStreet SL

KIM on XStreet SL HERE.

STELLA on XStreet SL HERE.

All my shapes listed on XStreet SL HERE.

Enjoy them and Merry Christmas everyone <3

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My Thoughts

Date Posted: December 23, 2009
Author: GoSpeed Racer
Syndicated from: GoSpeed Racer a Virtual World Avatar
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

My Thoughts, originally uploaded by ** GoSpeed Racer **.

Definitely not going to be a nice Christmas for a whole host of reasons. But my concerns and troubles pale in comparison to others in worse situations. My prayers go out to my SL partner who is fighting for her health and has few resources to fall back on. I wished I could do more but the distance and effort is more than I can bear at this time. Literally all I can do is pray as she lacks the will to even use her computer to keep me up to date.

Keep her in your thoughts this Christmas season.

GoSpeed

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[RESOLVED]Login, Transaction, Information issues

Date Posted: December 23, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[7:08pm PST] All inworld issues have been resolved.

[POSTED 4:57pm PST] We are currently experiencing some issues which may prevent residents from logging in to Second Life. This issue is also affecting updates of in-world information, including online status, transactions and other related functions. Please refrain from making any transactions or handling no-copy objects until this blog has been resolved.

[RESOLVED] Phone support

Date Posted: December 23, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[5:30 AM PST] Phone support has been restored!

[4:30 AM Pacific] We have temporarily lost phone support via our service provider. We have taken steps to contact them and hope to have phone support back up as soon as possible. We will keep you posted and let you know as soon as phone support has been restored.

Album of the Week ~ Winter

Date Posted: December 23, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Sapphire Weatherwax has put together a beautiful album of winter themed images from a variety of locations, perfect for the holidays.

NEW – BAX Leather Belt @BAX Accessories

Date Posted: December 22, 2009
Author: SerinaJane Loon
Syndicated from: Bax Coen - Fine ladies Boots - Accessories
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

Are you last minute Christmas shopping?
Or just waiting for a perfect Accessory for your BAX Prestige Leather Boots?
*-NEW-* at BAX Accessories The BAX Leather Belt!!

Wrap yourself in luxury this holiday season.

The NEW Leather Belts from Bax Coen Designs are here. Beautifully crafted by Accessories Designer Julia Merosi, they are the “must-have” perfectly matched accessories for your Bax Prestige Leather boots.

Whats Hot about them:
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* Highly Realistic Leather Texture
*Metal Gold/Silver
*Metal Glow
* Color changeable Main Fabric – choose between color shades of:
Brown Leather- Chocolate, Cognac, Mocha and Camel
Red Leather- Burgundy, Maroon, Fire, Grape
White Leather- White, Off White, Pink
Black

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[RESOLVED] Login issues, plus Transactions, etc.

Date Posted: December 22, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[RESOLVED 2:07pm PST] All related issues have been resolved. If you have issues logging in, please try again in a few minutes. All other functions should have returned to normal functionality at this time.

[UPDATED 12:56pm PST] This issue is affecting updates of in-world information, including the in-world balance display. Please refrain from making any transactions or handling no-copy objects until this blog has been resolved.

[POSTED 12:38pm PST] We are currently experiencing some login issues which may prevent residents from logging in to Second Life. We are working to resolve this as quickly as possible and will update this blog post as information becomes available.

Sugar and stars

Date Posted: December 22, 2009
Author: galacharron
Syndicated from: Art Dummy!
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

A stylized tree covered in twinkling color changing lights and topped with a glowy particle star. Touch on/off glow. Touch on/off particles. Easy to resize to fit into your home or business.

mod ok.

Purchase on Xstreet.

We also have a copyable version of this tree without a star available at our market!

Twinkle Tree -evergreen-

Date Posted: December 22, 2009
Author: galacharron
Syndicated from: Art Dummy!
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

A stylized evergreen tree covered in twinkling color changing lights! A glowy star adds just the perfect touch. Easy to resize to fit into your home or business.

mod ok

Purchase on Xstreet or come visit our market in world!

Modifications to Metavirtual

Date Posted: December 21, 2009
Author: Kesseret Steeplechase
Syndicated from: KessKreations
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

I’ve pretty much completed all major modifications to Metavirtual that I had on my list. Here’s a rundown of the changes:

1. New theme. I reduced the size and amount of images on Metavirtual to reduce bandwidth.

2. Custom favicon. I did this while trying to work out excerpting.

3. Excerpting. Posts are cut at 100 words and then there’s a “read more at the source” link which opens in a new window. This one has been on my list for a while I just haven’t had the time to devote to it.

4. Advertising server: Changed from Ad rotate to openx (again). While I was very happy with adrotate #5 forced me to move to javascript based advertising. My

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Server Maintenance

Date Posted: December 21, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[POSTED 9:26am PST] Over the next two days, starting today, we are conducting maintenance on our servers which will affect some regions. There will be occasional 5 minute restarts while this maintenance occurs.

[RESOLVED] Second Life Blog Unavailable

Date Posted: December 21, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[RESOLVED 9:19am PST] The Second Life Blogs service has completed and the blogs are now available.

[8:43 AM PST] The Second Life Blogs are temporarily down for unscheduled service. Please continue to check back here for updates.

Inventory Loss! What do I do?

Date Posted: December 20, 2009
Author: Fricker Fraker
Syndicated from: Man On The Grid
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

If you ever logged into Second Life and noticed that either your inventory count is lower or that you're missing some items that you recently purchased? This may only be a perceived loss of your inventory and nothing is really missing at all. The Item Count in the Inventory window is not always precise. The displayed number represents the number of items that have been successfully read into your viewer from your cache and this can be affected by your internet connection, especially if you use a wireless or satellite connection. Any unstable Internet connection such as wireless or satellite connections can lead ...

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Metal*Star

Date Posted: December 20, 2009
Author: galacharron
Syndicated from: Art Dummy!
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

Sculpted star with a texture change menu (textures are baked). Perfect for placement on a table or floor (star with stand) or place it on a wall or treetop!

Set includes
1 star with stand (4 prims)
1 star without stand (1 prim)

Touch star to choose texture (blue, green, cream, or red)

Mod ok.
55L

Available on Xstreet

And for those last minute decorating needs visit our Christmas Market in world!

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Field Trip – Sound of Silence

Date Posted: December 20, 2009
Author: Southie
Syndicated from: High Five
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

Today I decided to take a field trip, this blog is long overdue and I am now finally doing it. What a procrastinator I have become! ...

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Create a Fantasy Forest

Date Posted: December 19, 2009
Author: galacharron
Syndicated from: Art Dummy!
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business

Purchase on Xstreet or come visit our market in world!

Tutorial: How to Hide Inconvenient Prims

Date Posted: December 19, 2009
Author: Luna Jubilee
Syndicated from: Blog Boot Camp
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Cajsa Lilliehook’s tutorial on how to hide prims to help improve inworld snapshots. Also, this is great for blogging if you don’t have access to photo editing software. Cajsa’s Tutorial Thank you Cajsa for sharing! If anyone else has links to share, feel free to find me inworld or on plurk.

New Feature ~ Plurk This Image

Date Posted: December 18, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Another new way to share Snapzilla images has been added. You can now easily send an image to Plurk, with a shortened bit.ly link and an image that can be viewed directly in Plurk (with thumbnail). You can customize the message before sending. Along with Plurk, you can directly share on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and Posterous, giving you a variety of options to share your images with friends.

[RESOLVED] XMLRPC Issues

Date Posted: December 18, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[RESOLVED 2:41pm PST] The issues have all been resolved. XStreet SL purchases are re-enabled and all in-world functions should have returned to normal as well.

[UPDATED 12:14pm PST] We are continuing to work on this issue. In the meantime, XStreet SL purchases have been disabled as to avoid any undue complications. We will update this blog when we have more information.

[POSTED 11:26am PST] There are currently some issues with XMLRPC functions. This may result in payments to XStreet terminals not fully processing or possible delayed/failed deliveries, some script issues, and some vendor/server issues… as examples. We are working to resolve this as soon as possible and will update this blog post as details became available.

[RESOLVED] Intermittent Region Issues

Date Posted: December 18, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[RESOLVED 3:32pm PST] While the issue of region delays has been resolved, there may be some regions that are getting up to speed a bit longer than others. We ask that you please be patient as they will be available shortly.

[UPDATED 12:27pm PST] Some progress has been made; however, work continues on this issue and will be resolved as soon as possible. We will update this blog when more details are available.

[POSTED 9:41am PST] This morning, various regions are suffering a delay in returning from a crash or restart. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, in the meantime we are manually addressing regions which are having this issue. Please watch this blog post for further

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New Feature ~ Tweet This Image

Date Posted: December 17, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

You can now easily send a quick tweet via Twitter with a shortened bit.ly link to a Snapzilla image. Click on Tweet this Image on the image's detail page. A new window will open to Twitter.com with the message and link filled in (you must be signed into Twitter for this to work). You can easily change the message before sending.

[RESLOVED] Support portal down

Date Posted: December 17, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[02:23 AM Pacific] [RESOLVED] The support portal is now back online again, you will be able to use live chat and tickets as normal.

[11:58 PM Pacific] We have temporarily lost our online support portal. We hope to have support back up as soon as possible. We will keep you posted and let you know as soon as support has been restored.

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