The fashion industry was struck with sadness just three short weeks ago when Lee "Alexander" McQueen took his life. It sent shockwaves through both first and second life; and people have rallied together to show tributes and appreciation of his genius. Achariya had guest bloggers on her site to create a look based on their intepretation of his work, and I was one of the people invited, you can see more on how I feel about him here.  Avenue Models have had an association with Rezzable; they've been entrusted with presenting our last two fashion events. And they moved into action with a feature of their own, For The Love of McQueen.

Viewer 2.0 arrives.  And with it, prims that can display live web pages.   Pages that show any video – not just Quicktime.  Flash.  Probably any video that will play on a browser   All of YouTube is now in our hands.  Web links that you can click on.  Web pages you can scroll through.

 Just like your browser.  But wait, there’s more!   On the web, there are millions around you but you are always alone.  In Second Life, you can call in your friends to look at that same page. 

• To watch that video you just made. 
• To look over your new web page design.
• To share an old move, spiced with new comments.
• To talk to an audience from web content that they share now and can access later.

Slaton Linden sent me some sample prims  and instructions on how to make a web prim on my own.  I found the instructions easy to follow and made my own web-prim.  It is at the Hobo Helpers Headquarters at Rockcliffe

I bet you are are also ready for spring by now? I know I am Its been a cold and looong winter with much snow, too much in my little town and as far as I'm concerned winter can be buried and Spring can warm me with it's gently sun rays and mild fresh timbre. Since i lost my faith in the forecaster who predict the weather (No one can be trusted)  I decided to take this in my own hands become a Flower Fairy and fulfill my own wish.

           Sparkle Skye
      Ciara - Fae of Myst

• After visiting the mischivious german carnival a couple of times the Greenies finally decided to enter the parade with a own cart! The motto of 2010: "Jekk läggt!? O.o The target: Turn the Jekken into Greenies! But how to turn crazy imps into submissive aliens? Allure them with roasted egg (Germans love those!) and free avatars!

The virtuell "Rose Monday" parade starts February 15 at 10am SLT in front of the cathedral in Cologne SL with a friendly "Alaaf". Many inworld institutions and groups like Magic Builder, GNC and the GREENIES will participate with their carnival carts. The festival moves at 11am SLT to Coblenz SL where the parade continues with a joyful "Helau"! The market girls welcome the track with their traditional dances at 12pm SLT in Munich SL. Ongoing we celebrate the motto "Greenie läggt" with a incredible aftershow party in Cologne and Munich.

You probably already guess what this post is about...when I first thought about blogging a wedding look it felt very ironic because neither in SL nor in RL I'm actually thinking about marriage ever. But then again isn't SL and also my Blog about trying things and imagining what if..? Voted yes, so this is exactly what I'm doing today if I found the man of my life and we were both sure and love each other dearly then I would want the perfect wedding starting with the perfect dress, hair, accessories, make up, location , party...ok. One by one lol. I love classic combined with extraordinary. Sparkle Skye is THE wedding supplier in SL so IF i would marry I pay her shop a visit first.

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2010 conference.  That’s the official name.  Dates, 12-13 Mar. 2010. 

I reported on it before, when the call for papers was announced:
Virtual World, Real Education in Second Life

Now all the papers are in and the conference planning gets underway in earnest.  The Lindens are giving us 20 sims for the conference-- to be available about now.  So the builders can get busy on the design.  And the Program committee can get busy on reviewing the papers. 

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) conference is a community-based project, with meetings held entirely inworld (in a virtual reality).    It is by nature multilingual.  That means we have to accommodate newcomers with many different languages.  In the next section I describe our efforts in that direction.

You think you have it hard on Valentine's Day? Try being a business alt. I never get to do anything fun. Oh, sure - I get the best clothes on the grid when I get dragged out for blogging, but most of the time I just get stuffed back into inventory and left there to rot. Most alts get to do all the wicked stuff, participate in orgies, and frequent the sims that you wouldn't tell your SL Mom about. How I got the reputation for being a skank I'll never know. As for love? Forget it. Paisley Beebe of Treet TV has had a great idea, and a wonderful offer right now. For a donation to the studio of 3k she will read your message of love out live on air for all 20,000 viewers to see, and it will stay in cyberspace for all eternity. I'm not holding my breath - my owner is more in love with himself than he''ll ever be with me. *Sigh...*

What better way to celebrate a Valentine’s Day preview than to date a adorable Greenie? Forget a romantic evening at the fireplace, a candlelight dinner in a cute restaurant or a moonshine picnic! This Greenie found the ultimate way to get into your heart. Fishing at the sink! It doesn't sound special, does it? But wait, there is more ...

- cute Greenies and Fishies

- slow dance music from DJane Sarlah Maggs

- romantic fireworks

- 7Seas contest with magnificent prizes (Ballerina, Greenie Couple, ...)

Intertessted in? Yes!? Then join us on February 12th, 12-2pm SLT @ Greenies Home.

You can't have any kind of Cybercouture show in SL without one of the most forefront names in the genre, +DV8+. So of course they were right up the top of my list. I asked Vasha Martinek whether she was in, and the answer was a definate YES. And she created the amazing Razor Girl outfit that came with more options than my prim peen. I raved over this, of course - as you can see in Terry's blog it's terrific. Then a couple of days later the other creator in +DV8+ Dysturbed Sin dropped a male outfit on me, Cybermancer. I HAD NO IDEA. And I think I came close to actually humping his leg on the spot.