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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Facebook's "Bitstrips" No More- SL Newser Reports

Tuesday, May 03, 2016 bitstrips, Bixyl Shuftan, facebook, second life, SL Newser, social media, teaser No comments

Users of Facebook may be familiar with "Bitstrips," cartoons that some users posted on their pages, and would appear on their friends' public feed like other posts. Unfortunately, it seems the Bitstrip fun is over. Someone who was a regular user posted this on her page on April 25.

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SL Newser: News and Commentary: A Potentially "Taxing" Problem for Second Life Content Creators Outside the US- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Thursday, August 07, 2014 Bixyl Shuftan, content creators, media, second life, SL Newser, taxing, teaser No comments

Psyke Phaeton, the maker of a security orb, was threatened with being thrown out of Second Life by Linden Lab. Not because his products are causing problems, but because he refused to provide tax documentation to Linden Lab.

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SL Newser Celebrates 4 Years in Second Life- Interview with Bixyl Shiftan- Lanai Jarrico Reporting…

Thursday, June 19, 2014 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, media, news, second life, SL Newser, spotlight feature 1 comment

SL Newser is a community news source that covers various topics, events, tech news, features and comics focusing on activities that occur in the virtual world Second life.

Owned and operated by Bixyl Shuftan, it is one of the popular media sources that keep SL residents in the know. 4 years is a great milestone and The SL Enquirer family tips their virtual pens to a fellow media source. Congrats to SL Newser!

SLE sat down with Bixyl to look back on the past 4 years.

SL Newser: What Happened to 7Seas' Meissa Thorne?

Tuesday, May 06, 2014 Bixyl Shuftan, second life, SL Newser, teaser No comments

With the arrival of Ebbe Linden, there's been much hope that finally things will change for the better in Second Life.

But on occasion, one still hear tales of Linden Lab's heavy-handedness.

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SL Newser News: 2013: The Year in Review Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Monday, January 06, 2014 2013, 2014, Bixyl Shuftan, culture, second life, SL Newser, tidbits No comments

2013 is gone, and as we head on to a new year in Second Life, it's time to look back to the old year's triumphs, tragedies, and trip falls.

SL Newser: Commentary: Should Bad News Not be Told?- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting..

Thursday, September 05, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, commentary, news, second life, SL Newser, teaser No comments

This summer, we got contacted by a reader concerning some articles we were reading. It wasn't about accuracy, but rather the content. We had published some articles about residents being less than pleasant to others, and she expressed worry that we were making the Grid less attractive to those who hadn't yet tried Second Life, and would be steered away from giving it a try.

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SL Newser: SOPA Proposal to Declare Unauthorized Streaming a Felony is Back

Friday, August 09, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, copyright, piracy, RADIO, second life, SL Newser, SOPA Act, streaming, teaser No comments

Some bad news for Second Life radio. About two years since originally being shot down with SOPA, a proposal to make a felony the streaming of copyrighted works without the expressed permission of those holding the copyright is back.

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SL Newser News Tidbits

Friday, July 12, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, Burn2, Club Insanity, news, second life, SL Newser, teaser, tidbits, Ub Yifu No comments

Tidbits

BURN2 invites you to a Town Hall on July 13, 2013, at 9 a.m. SLT and again at 6 p.m. SLT on the virtual playa

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Ub Yifu – RFL Designer Builder-While at the Relay for Life track, DrFran Babcock ran into one of the more interesting builders, Ub Yifu. Going about in his one of a kind avatar, Ub had been busy at work on one of the Relay's designer sims. He talked to DrFran about how he came to Second Life, his work as a 3-D artist, and his build at the Relay.

Club Vitual Insanity- "Because We're All Mad Here." That's the motto of a club I was recently shown around, Club Virtual Insanity. Sitting on a sky platform high over the Twilight Shadows sim, the club offers parties six out of seven days a week, with a variety of music genres played. Read More

SL Newser: Linden Lab to Allow Several Third-Party Exchange Services to Reopen, Podex Still Closed.

Sunday, May 19, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, linden exchange, lindens, second life, service, SL Newser, teaser No comments

May 17- In a partial reversal of it's earlier ban, Linden Lab announced earlier today that they will be allowing Third-Party Linden exchange services after all. But so far, only five of the many exchangers have met their approval. Plus, the services now operate under tighter and more limiting terms and conditions.

SL Newser: Most Third-Party Linden Exchange Services Close, Only Podex and AnsheX Remain-Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 AnsheX, Bixyl Shuftan, Linden Lab, Podex Exchange, read terms of service, SL Newser, teaser, third party exchanger, TOS No comments

In the aftermath of Linden Labs changing it's Terms of Service concerning Third Party exchangers of Linden dollars, just about all have closed their doors. A number gave statements saying they were wary of the Lab's wrath, such as the DX Exchange, "the TOS gives us a 30 day period … However, we so realize that with blocking our avatars Linden Lab can disable our business within seconds. We also realize that we put our clients at risk to lose their Lindens in case we annoy Linden Lab." CrossWorlds stated that they would complete orders that had already been placed. But most were no longer making new transactions.

SL Newser: Events This Week April 23 to April 29- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, Events, second life, SL Newser, teaser No comments

It's a week full of events in Second Life. The Relay For Life holds it's Fantasy Faire this week. Also, Bay City is having it's Fashion Week. RacerX Gullwing holds a Cross-Country race across a few dozen sims. And there are the regularly scheduled DJ and live music events, discussions, book and poetry readings, races, and church services.

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SL Newser: Perri Prinz’s Green Meadows Club

Friday, April 05, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, Events, fantasy, Grease Coakes, Green Meadows, Perri Prinz, RECoyote Mindes, science fiction, second life, SL Newser, teaser, venue, Xanadu No comments

One club that's been around for a few years that was built as a tribute to classic rock is Green Meadows, formerly known as Xanadu.

Run by Perri Prinz and RECoyote Mindes, the club has events a few times every week. But as good as the music is, Perri being an expert of the music of the time period, the club is well designed to the point of being a work of art, in addition to a nearby building having a gallery of science-fiction/fantasy art. Recently, Grease Coakes went to Perri and Rec to ask about the club.

SL Newser: Events from March12- March 16th- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, Events, media, news, second life, SL Newser, St. Patrick's Day, teaser No comments

This mid-March means lots of events here on the Grid. There's the Fashion For Life south of the American Cancer Society sim, there's celebrations in the London sims, and of course it's St Patrick's Day, with celebrations in several places. And of course there's our regularly scheduled DJ and live music events, book & poetry readings, talk shows, church services, and races.

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SL Newser News: The 2013 Relay For Life of Second Life season is ready to launch. -Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Monday, March 04, 2013 Amercian Cancer Society Island, American Cancer Society, Bixyl Shuftan, cancer, cancer awareness, event, fundraiser, relay for life, RFL, RFL in SL, second life, SL Newser No comments

On Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 10 am SLT, the Relay For Life Kickoff Celebration will be held on 4 special “kickoff” regions bordering the American Cancer Society Island.

More than 107 teams have pre-registered to participate in this year’s Relay For Life fundraising season in Second Life, but there is plenty of room for more. Anyone who has registered, or is interested in registering a team is encouraged to attend the Kickoff Celebration to learn more about this year’s Relay For Life season. If you are interested in learning more, contact Gem Sunkiller inworld, or you can join the Relay For Life Volunteers Group, or you can visit http://www.RelayForLife.org/secondlife.

image retrieved from Relay for Life Second Life (c) website

SL Newser News: Scenes from One Billion Rising- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Friday, February 15, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, event, images, One Billion Rising in Second Life, second life, SL Newser, teaser, violence awareness, women's rights No comments

On Thursday Feb 14th, the "One Billion Rising" took place in Second Life. A demonstration for womens rights across the world, the event took place in four sims, OBR Rise, OBR Strike, OBR Dance, and OBR Walk. The Second Life event was part of a larger global event with demonstrations across the planet. At this exhibit sponsored by Madpea, there were numerous images of avatars with protest signs, such as "In Guatemala, there are two women murdered each day. Stop the violence!!"

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See More pictures from this event by Lanai Jarrico

SL Newser News: (Dis)Ability in Second Life Research- DrFran Babcock Reporting...

Friday, February 01, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, disabilities, discussion, DrFran Babcock, event, second life, SL Newser, study No comments

This week on Virtual Ability Island, Ambrosia108 Azalee discusses her ongoing research study about Second Life and its disabled residents. Her second discussion is tomorrow at 8AM SL time. For her first, DrFran Babcock was there in the audience, and wrote about the event.

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SL Newser: News and Commentary: Real-Life News Article on Avatar Clothing Isn't News- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Bixyl Shuftan, clothing, fashion, media, real life, second life, SL Newser, teaser No comments

This is news? At least that's what I was thinking when I first heard of the study, featured in an ABC article (and other sources). Canadian researchers "stalked through" Second Life observing over four hundred avatars "for several weeks." Their conclusion: females wear less clothing.

"Well DUH! Thank you Captain Obvious."

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SL Newser: 2012: The Year in Review- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2013, Bixyl Shuftan, media, review, second life, SL Newser No comments

For Second Life, 2012 had it's triumphs, stumbles, and events that could be considered something of both. From the SL9B, to Premium perks, to Linden Lab policy changes, to "Pathfinding" and "Patterns," there were a number of impacts big and small, for better and for worse.

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SL Newser: Events This Week in Second Life from Nov 27 to Dec 3

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, entertainment, Events, London, second life, SL Newser, teaser, Winter wonderland, Winterzone No comments

Image retrived from SL Newser

Thanksgiving is gone, and this week November changes to December, and Fall events began to change to Winter ones with the Winterzone and Winter Wonderland events in the London areas.

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SL Newser: Judge Issues Summary Judgement in Amaretto vs Ozimals Suit- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Saturday, November 17, 2012 Amaretto Breedables, Bixyl Shuftan, breedables, Bunnies, culture, horses, lawsuit, Ozimal, second life, SL Newser No comments

One wouldn't expect a bunny and a horse to be enemies. But it was almost two years ago in which the companies that make them in Second Life ended up in a fight that reached real life court. For well over a year, nothing was heard about the case between Ozimals and Amaretto. Finally earlier this month, the judge over the case made a summary judgement. What did he rule, and who's claiming victory in "Bunneh vs Horsie?"

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