September 2017
No news to present on the moles this month, with the LDPW tied up
elsewhere on the grid (and beyond). We've been promised more news soon
as there is any to present publicly!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
It
was September 2005 that Linden Lab reported that the Second Life
economy generated US$3,596,674 in economic activity: a sizable amount of
money for what was then still a very young virtual world. by the next
September, Second Life was reported to have a Gross Domestic Product of
US$60,000,000. By the next month, Second Life entered its most prominent
era.
Even today, more than a decade later, Second
Life is still turning a profit, and still bringing in money for virtual
entrepreneurs.
August 2017
EGGS CRACKING UP
Mysterious
eggs that were available at the SL14B kiosk in Hairy Hippo Fun Land
have recently begun to crack... jokes. Residents who have the eggs
rezzed out throughout the city have reported bad jokes emanating from
their eggs.
None of the eggs seem to be ready to hatch, which is not surprising, given the immaturity of the humor.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
In
August of 2009, former Vice Product of Product T Linden (Tom Hale)
presented a tour of the Second Life 2.0 Viewer. The viewer, designed to
be a simpler interface to aid new users to Second Life, was largely
panned.
The 2.0 interface remains at the heart of the
Official Viewer today, though much was reworked after frustrated Second
Life fans abandoned the viewer for third party viewers, and complained
on the Second Life JIRA and elsewhere about features and bugs.
July 2017
Not much to report again this month, with moles deployed elsewhere, and my own maladies getting in the way. Stay tuned!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
July
26, 2007 - Linden Lab announced a ban on in-world gambling. For years
before this, gambling was an accepted part of Second Life, with no less
than Philip Linden himself making some of the earliest slot machines
inworld. Nevertheless, regulations on online gambling forced Linden
lab's hand.
Protests sprung up immediately, most notably at the
Pooley stage, where scores of gaming machines were deployed and angry
casino owners held up signs and banners against the policy change.
The
policy has since evolved, with skill gaming being allowed once again in
selected areas and with carefully-regulated machines.
June 2017
*Editor's Note: Our Ace Reporter and Bay City's own (not the) Mayori,
Marianne McCann, is in the middle of a RL move at the moment, and so
there will be no Molewatch this month. However, in its place, we offer
up this fine (Science!) video from the New York Times, entitled "Moles
On the Move". Enjoy!
Here, but not here
Mole have been very busy lately, working on a
number of projects. Unfortunately, none of those happen to be in Bay
City. Hence, I don't have a lot to report here.
One may hope this will change soon.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
In May of 2009, Second Life was seeing a
monthly concurrency of 62,000 users in average. While not the high water
mark, it was certainly respectable.
One year later, however, that number dropped heavily, with concurrent users averaging at 54,000.
What led to this change?
On
the 21st of May, 2009, a policy was put into place barring the use of
'bots and "camping" to artificially inflate traffic on inworld parcels.
According to Tateru Nino, some 15,000 active 'bot accounts were turned
off in this time, in reaction to policies that made them less viable.
Today, in 2017, we still see 'bots used in some locations to artificially inflate use, but those are fewer and far between.
It's... It's... GREEN!
As
has become tradition in Bay City, the Moles ran a batch of dye through
the pipes in the water filtration plant, turning Daley Bay a lovely
emerald green for St. Patrick's Day. It is widely believed that the dye
is probably at least 65.9% non-toxic!
The dye has dissipated at this point, returning the water to it's usual
dingy brown, er, blue tones.
Our mega thanks to Shaman Linden for making this possible this year.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
Often forgotten in Second Life
history is that the initial "open beta" of Second Life started in April
2003. I say forgotten, as most point to the joining of the first
Resident in March 2002 or the release of Second Life in June 2003 rather
than the equally important open beta period.
With Sansar starting into open beta soon, consider where we might be without those early Second Life beta testers.
Above
is a map of Second Life during the time of the open beta. The grid had
already expanded from its first 16 regions, though not by a whole lot.
This was during a brief period of time when new users would rez in in
the Ritch region, rather than Natoma (the original new user area) or
Ahern (which remained the main welcome area and infohub for much of
Second Life's early years)
You won't find many of the
landmarks mentioned on this map. The Alphitheater is long gone from
Clara, the Atlas Disco (built by Philip Linden himself) and Loop Shack
have been out of DaBoom for more than a decade, and the Superstore left
Zoe ages and ages ago. Likewise, Outlands Tower is lost to history, as
is any trace of the Ritch start area (though you'll find an event
calendar that was likely from that era in the basement of the Governor's
mansion in Clementina).
If you hunt around Pygar Bu's
land in Varney you may find an artifact or two from the days when his
land was the Varney Boardwalk, however. Also, much of the boardwalk was
resurrected by yours truly and used by the Moles for our own Hairy Hippo
Fun Land.
You'll also find parts of the Avatar
Central as seen in Natoma, rebuilt in Aqua, while the Stillman Free
Bazaar exists to this day. Wild West Town, too, lives on, but in Oak
Bluffs instead of Zoe. Much of it was rebuilt by the Moles after the
original structures were lost in content loss accidents in the early
2000s.
One more thing: You'll find, to this day, a
display of each of the Beta Test avatar names in the Plum region. A
tribute to those early virtual world pioneers.
MICHAEL LINDEN LEAVES THE LAB
At
the Bay City Alliance first meeting of February, Sylvan Mole, joined by
Squishy Mole and Shaman Linden, confirmed rumors that Michael Linden
was no longer part of Linden Lab staff. Michael, a staff member for 13+
years, had started as a liaison, then a governance staff member, before
settling into his most well-known job as the head of the Linden
Department of Public Works, aka the Moles.
Sylvan
assured the crowd that the Mole program is continuing even without
Michael, as others in the department presumably take on new or altered
roles with the LDPW to fill the huge gap left by Michael. Work projects
in Bay City will also continue, though (as has become typical) with some
delays due to higher priority works such as PaleoQuest and Horizons.
Michael
will be missed in Bay City. He, along with the former Blue Linden,
shaped this city from its foundations, and he was a quiet but effective
steward of Bay City mole projects for years. His fez will be a hard one
to fill.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
I've
mentioned it before, but March marks the "real" birthday of Second Life,
with the 13th of March, 2002, being the day Second Life's first
resident, Steller Sunshine, walked into the original sixteen regions of
LindenWorld, the precursor of Second Life. You can still find items
created by Sunshine inworld, and these are amongst the oldest items to
be found in Second Life -- and some of the first not made by Linden
staff members.
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A Working Bay
It's February, and while the Moles work diligently
at pursuits l'amour for the grid, Bay City is not without a little minor
work.
Shipping
is active in the Bay, as boats continue to shift in and out of our
industrial park. There's some beautiful boats in dock right now. Check
it out and tour 'em.
Also, the fairgrounds have thawed, just in time for this year's Mole Day celebrations!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
While Bay City's anniversary is in
May, around the time the regions were first opened to the public, it was
on 22 February, 2008 that the public first heard of our city. It was
then, in a blog post, that Blue Linden first announced the city,
building interest leading up to opening and the subsequent auctions.
Nine years later, and we're still going strong!
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A Curious Spit
I'm
simply salivating to know more about a spit of land that is now paved
and shored up in Grub Beach. It looks like a new docking area for ships
and rail.
I hope that we'll soon see more of this, and more around the area Here's to Mole progress in 2017!
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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
In
January of 2007, the Second Life client was open-sourced, and residents
were invited into the Architecture Working Group to aid in the
development of same.
Thanks to this work, which was
started in 2007, we've seen the rise of third party viewers, and further
innovation for the Second Life client both official and otherwise.
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MERRY PRIMSMAS
While not specifically, Moleish, it
is worth noting here the increase in Land Impact that the Lab graced us
with in November, with our city being the recipient of yet more
available land impact thanks to the double-primmed nature of our land.
Nothing like seeing a 1024m parcel support over 700 LI!
NEW HORIZONS
The
Horizons project, a combination experience game/city mainland project
opened above Zindra this month, with a number of innovative features to
support their Residents. In addition to their own double-primmed land,
they have a selection of possible homes they can use on their land
*without it adding to their land impact.* I'll admit a tinge of jealousy
at this, as well as a number of infrastructure additions aimed at
building a "Bay City-like" community in Horizons. The City by the Bay
might want some new geegaws, too!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
While
it actually took place in January or so, December 2014 saw the
announcement of a massive snowball fight between the Lindens and
Residents, an annual tradition that had been mothballed during the
Rodvik Linden (aka Rod Humble) era. Taking place in the mole build
Winter Wonderland regions, the venue was a step up from the hastily
assembled events of the past.
Bay City did well in
2014's battle, but it was December 2015 that we de facto "won" the
event. securing" the castle and fighting off the Lindens. Will we see
the same in 2016?
Spookytime
As in past years, the moles have assisted with our
annual Hallowe'en hay maze. You'll see a gloomy look to the skies in
North Channel and Barcola Sound - and while the moles have dyed the
water green in Daley Bay for St. Paddy's, the green look to the water in
the fairgrounds is decidedly unhealthy looking!
Boat Traffic in Daley Bay
Michael Linden, as part of the Bay City
Port Authority, has handled boat traffic in our bay, including the new
addition of the Fulton Steamer along the Inner Channel dock. Thank you,
Michael, for keeping the bay looking fresh!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
It was November of 2002, A bit more than a
year and change after Linden Lab shifted gears from a Haptics research
company and focused on virtual worlds, that their first major product,
now named "Second Life," opened its first sixteen regions as part of its
beta. Those regions were Clara, Clyde, Da Boom, Federal, Freelon,
Hawthorne, Minna, Natoma, Ritch, Shipley, Stanford, Stillman, Taber,
Varney, Welsh, and Zoe.
It is a common belief that Da
Boom was the first region in Second Life, which isn't exactly true: all
sixteen came up around the same time, and there were "regions" - whose
names are presumably lost to time - dating back to the pre-Second Life
"LindenWorld" era. Still, Da Boom resides at the grid coordinates of 0,0
and is perfectly able to claim that title. It is worth noting, however,
that the first Welcome Area was in Natoma, not Da Boom, meaning that
the former is more likely to have been the first place most avatars
visited.
Also, much like the name of Linden Lab, named
by its Linden Avenue location back in those early years, all of the
first 16 regions were named for streets and alleyways in the South of
Market area of San Francisco. Additional "San Francisco" regions were
added later, as well as ones named after colors, after early investors :
Smith, Kapor, and of course Rosedale for the first CEO of Linden Lab,
Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden).
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MOLES GO UNDERGROUND
Not much to report this month, as the moles continue to work
hard on an upcoming big sekrit project.
Everyone is tight-lipped on it, and aside from a few teaser images on
Patch Linden's feeds page, nothing is known.
One may hope for more next month!
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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
On September 19th, 2010, Second Life shuttered "Avatars
United," a social media website for avatars purchased by former Linden Lab
CEO M Linden.
Originally created by a group of real-life friends for
networking avatars from multiple worlds, Linden Lab purchased it in January of
2010 as a way for Second Life uses to have a Facebook-like experience (without
the difficulty of Facebook closing their accounts). The day the purchase was
announced Avatars United crashed, overwhelmed by new users from Second Life and
leading to its ridicule.
The core functionality of Avatars United was eventually
integrated into the Second Life feeds, providing the backbone for the current
web profiles. Unfortunately, technical issues continue to plague the system,
and useful functional like the web-based group pages of Avatars United were
never continued within the feeds.
Related: Three years later, in September 2013, Linden Lab
announced SLShare with allowed status updates on Facebook from within the
viewer. This was further expanded to include Twitter.
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September 2016
Riding home at Sunset, I noticed a strange billboard I hadn't noticed before, across from the old, abandoned hotel in Falmouth.
Looks
like it was damaged in a recent rainstorm or griefer attack, and I
could not make it all out. Maybe some housing development, or something
else? No idea.
I spotted a couple other similar
billboards near our infohubs, too. One in Moose Beach and another in Hau
Koda outside the airport.
It's not clear what the
moles are hiding and or showing us with these billboards, but I suspect
we'll see something new on the horizon before too much longer!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
It
was the 25th of September, 2003, when Governor Linden decreed that an
amusement park be built in Second Life. While not the first such place
in this world (that honor belongs to the Varney Boardwalk, who's planks
and light fixtures were reused for Bay City's own Hairy Hippo Fun land),
it was an early example of a collaborative project that teams 38 Second
Life residents together to purchase a parcel and create in the regions
of Luna and Coney.
People were limited to just 400
land impact ("prims") per build, but if there's was especially popular,
they'd earn"dwell," or Linden Dollars based on the traffic their parcels
gained.
The Park was named "Linden World," a nod to
the original name for Second Life, and boasted amusement from some of
SL's earliest and best designers. The park was short-lived, though, with
Coney sinking beneath the waves while Luna was chosen to become the
Luna Oaks shopping area that still exists today, east of Bay City in
Nova Albion.
Some of the attractions still exist
inworld, if you know where to look. Some of the games that lived at
LindenWorld can now be found near the Stillman Free Bazaar, while
Sinatra Cartier's Spook House can be seen advertised in Noyo, not far
from Abbott's Airfield and the Lost Forest of Kahruvel.
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August 2016
Down by the Seaside
Upgrades
have been completed on New Port, with several new boat moorings and a
few new seaplane moorings coming to the area. This vastly increases the
capacity at New Port, providing spaces for flyboys and girls as well as
plenty of local boaters.
Additionally, mooring buoys that were lost A couple years back in a physics attack in the area are renewed.
Thanks to Linden Lab for providing the space and upgrades!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
In
August of 2007 Ginko Financial, an inworld banking institution claiming
L$200,000,000 (or roughly US$750,000 at the time) in assets, faced a
bank run. The run was triggered by the 26th July, 2007 ban on inworld
gambling. The run caused Ginko - and unregulated entity with an unknown
owner that claimed a greater than 40% return on investments -- to
declare insolvency.
Within a week, Linden Lab stepped
in, saying "Linden Lab does not intend to recreate or subvert real-world
laws in any way. We caution our residents to be wary of anyone offering
extremely high interest rates at no risk, either in the real world or
in Second Life -- if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
Virtual
banks that deal in L$ are now disallowed in Second Life®, and there are
strict regulations on the purchase of L$, presumably due to state and
federal law.
Oh, and yes, your friendly writer lost about L$17,000 in the process, too.
July 2016
HANG UP AT THE HANGAR
For some time, a Fokker tri-motor has been parked in the hangar at the
Bay City Municipal Airport, awaiting repairs. This is, of course, the
purpose of the hangar, but as repair work on this bird dragged on,
pilots begun to view the Fokker as a blocker. It's presence kept people
from going from the hangar-side rez zone to the taxiway. Many simply
took to the taxiway rez zone, but the ease of hangar rezzing was missed.
Good
news, though, as none other than Michael Linden completed the repairs
and saw the Fokker moved to a space along the taxiway, out of the way of
rezzing and flying, and replacing a much more modern craft. We can rez
the old-fashioned way once more!
SOFT AS A SEA BREEZE
As
reported last month, New Port is now refreshed, with a new round of
boaters taking to their slips and moorings mid-June. The place has an
air of vibrancy that has been lacking for some time, and now seems a
marina befitting our fair city.
The area is still developing, and additional slips and moorings may be coming in the not-too-distant future.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
Beginning on the 29th of June and running
through most of July 2009, a simple support ticket could initiate the
process of relocating ones adult-orientated parcel to the Zindra
continent. The land, originally named "Ursula" when it first came
online, was themed as a sustainable future themed continent containing a
double-primmed area called "Kama City," modeled in the wake of
Linden Lab's Bay City and Nautilus City -- and earlier Nova Albion --
projects.
Of course, the theme became quickly secondary as the
continent became home to Second Life's adult content and the migration
thereof in July of 2009. Today, the theme is largely forgotten.
June 2016
A NEW NEW PORT
Recently,
Bay City Residents and New Port Harbormasters Uccie Poultry-Seale and
Marianne McCann met with a member of Linden Lab's land team. The topic
of the day was the New Port Yacht Club.
New Port has always been
an interesting spot. A number of slips and moorings were created there,
initially to be handled by Linden Lab in a fashion similar to the
lottery parcels at Busy Ben's in the Oak Grove region bordering the
vehicle sandbox, or the Luna Oaks Galleria in the Luna region. As things
developed, the notion to make these slips a place for boats to be sold
become the goal.
Unfortunately, there were many problems with
this system. Most notably that nearly everyone who was awarded a slip
had no interest in selling boats, or really any clear idea of what to do
with their slip. Many built skyboxes or even houses, or simply rezzed
purchased vehicles which they never used.
In 2010, Harbormasters
Alx Zeiler and Marianne McCann approached Bay City's then Community
Liaison, Blondin Linden, about offering these slips to Bay City and
other Residents. The slips filled up quickly, leading to a lengthy
waiting list. While this finally did see the area grow for a while, as
both Bay City residents and others used the area, the inability to clear
out those who let their slips and moorings fall into disuse has again
caused the area to fall somewhat static.
With this most recent
meeting, a plan has been launched to focus the slips and moorings on Bay
City usage, as well as put a process in place to allow for the periodic
refreshing of the slips. Additionally, Linden Lab is going to look into
an increased number of slips, which will mean that potentially more Bay
City Residents will have a place to put their watercraft.
More as this develops, but it's an exciting part of our city's future.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
In
June of 2010, Linden Lab laid off roughly 30% of their staff, with deep
cuts affecting much of the Second Life workforce. This restructuring
particularly hit hard in its offices outside San Francisco, leading to
the end of the Brighton UK and Singapore offices, and significant
reductions in their Seattle, Washington office. It also led to the end
of their Enterprise Second Life product. WIthin days of the layoff
announcement, Linden Lab CEO M Linden was also let go by Linden Lab.
Six
years later, the company is now on it's third CEO since the 2010
layoffs, and its workforce is stable. Second Life remains and Project
Sansar is around the corner.
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May 2016
Poltergeist attack at Falmouth Hotel!
Large
chunks of the Falmouth Hotel were demolished in mid April, leading many
paranormal researchers to assume it was at attack by capricious evil
spirits, possibly poltergeists.
Michael Linden of the
Linden Department of Works apparently sought to calm those fears,
declaring that the whole incident was an accident.
To
paraphrase Mr. Linden. he was working on issues around ownership of some
of his vast landholdings, when something went wrong with the Falmouth
region, causing a massive return of content and requiring the Lab to
"roll back" the area.
By daybreak, the land was back to
it's usual decrepit and overgrown state. We can only hope that it
remains so in the future, and that the spirits are appeased for now.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
On
the 1st of May, 2006, Anshe Chung's Second Life® avatar was featured on
the cover of Business World magazine. The story within declared that
she was the first person to become a first life millionaire from her
Second Life earnings in land sales and other activities.
This
article helped fuel the beginning of Second Life's initial "boom,"
leading ot millions of members of growth from 2006 to 2008 or so.
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April 2016
IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
Once
again, the kind moles at the water filtration plant in Daley Bay
treated the city to green dyed water thanks to their sekrit coloration
formula. The green tones lasted about a week, to correspond to St.
Patrick's Day. Thanks again to the LDPW for adding a bit of the Emerald
Isle to our waterways!
Reaching a dead end
Michael
Linden was recently spotted in Bay City - Sandwich, apparently test
fitting some end of road barriers on the north edge of the region. Could
be be experimenting with proper "end of road" markings along our edges?
Time will tell!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
ON the
24th of April, 2009, Linden Lab took action against traffic and
camping"bot" accounts - avatars that did not have a human operator, but
were semi-autonomous, limited computer AIs .
"Bots" were
routinely used to inflate traffic number on parcels, often being parked
on dance floors or in featureless skyboxes, in order to increase the
apparent traffic of a parcel or business.
You will still find
"bots" today, though mostly as store models, NPCs in role-play regions,
or as the friendly "Archie" bot that welcomes people at The Arcade.
Another, "Hal Titanium" wanders around the grid, looking for people to
talk to.
Yes, you will still also find the TOS-violating versions out there too, but a lot fewer than prior to the ban.
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THE POOL, AND WHAT'S AHEAD
March, 2016
As
reported on last month, the Crystal Blue Pool that straddles the border
between Bay City - Barnstable and Bay City - Dennis is complete, with a
few additional touches here and there courtesy of Garden Mole and
Michael Linden. Beautiful and fun work!
The completion of the pool has led others to ask what is next for the Moles in our fine city.
There
are two currently outstanding project: Portage Bay and Owens Beach.
Both are long-delayed, but not forgotten projects that date from the
merger of the teen grid copy with the existing Main Grid version of Bay
City
Portage Bay is some 75% complete and living in a "sekrit"
location used by the moles for building. It has been long delayed,
largely as mole hours get dedicated to other projects such as the
various holiday builds and other large-scale projects like Paleo Quest.
The Portage Bay overlay is largely to turn the duplicate of New Port
Yacht Club into something new and different, with a "working fishing
dock" look and feel (think "Cannery Row").
Owens Beach is a long
stalled project that I'm not sure will remain as was intended. In this,
the area of the Owens Beach region would become a prim refinery,
processing pure prim from the mine located in the region (this part of
the build is pretty much complete). This would also allow for some
expansion of Kittehwerks in Inner Harbor as well, as the delivery point
for all those mined prims.
There is no ETA on either project, though it is likely that we'll see the Portage Bay build something in 2016.
Beyond
this, there are still other duplicates to be edited, and other changes
over time to Bay City. Also, Michael Linden keeps threatening a ferry
boat. More on that another time!
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
On
the 14th of March, 2008, Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale (aka Philip
Linden) announce he was stepping down from the CEO position to become
chairman of their Board of Directors. Two months later, Mark Kingdon (M
Linden) took the hot seat, followed by the return of Philip Rosedale for
roughly four months beginning in June 2010 -- during a massive layoff
at the Lab -- followed briefly by Bob Komin (BK Linden) taking the
reigns in October of that year -- and Rodvik Humble (Rodvik Linden)
following up in that position starting in January 2011.
The current CEO, Ebbe Altman (Ebbe Linden) took the helm in 2014 and has served in that position since.
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February 2016
CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
The
big news this month is the opening of Bay City's latest tourist
hotspot, the Crystal Blue pool bordering Bay City - Dennis and Bay City -
Barnstable. This lovely enclosed pool takes cues from such great
real-word destinations as the Sutro Baths formerly in first life's San
Francisco, but with twists you'll only find in this Bay City natatorium.
The
name combines the first life name of Ever Dreamscape with a reference
to Bay City Alliance founder BlueGin Yifu. You'll find blue crystals in
the fountain out front too, as well as some butterflies for Ever and
lilypads created by Hyper Mole. The overall fountain honors these three
Bay Citizens in a respectful manner.
The
pool itself is a spacious and wonderful place to beat the summer heat,
while the enclosed nature of it means swimming is available even in
inclement weather. Be sure to check out the display of years of Bay City
posters on the walls, the changing stalls located under the stairs, and
the push-enabled diving boards for quick entry into the water!
A
word of note, though, while you can always click the life preservers
and have a float, if you want to swim like a fish, I'd recommend making
sure your AO has swim animations, or getting a swimming hud of some
nature from the Second Life Marketplace. I've had one for years, and
feel it's practically a must have. To be honest, I *don't* know why it's
not built-into Second Life, given our innate ability to fly.
Go check out the pool today. I think you'll love it!
the
22nd of February, 2008, was when Bay City was first publicly announced
in a blog entry by the former Blue Linden! Hey, that's the 22nd of
February is your editor's rezday (but 2006)! Time for a good tinfoil hat
conspiracy!
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January 2016
POLAR BEAR MOLES, SWIMMING IN WINTER
Moles
are moving slowly here in the winter months, as they get back to the
office post holiday and after the big rush to complete all the annual
holiday goodies.
Not
all of them have been quiet, though, as Garden Mole has used the
relatively calm time to work on the Molexandria project some more on the
Mole's sekrit holes. Expect the unveiling of this project before too
much longer!
NEW PORT NEWS
Well,
not New Port, but it's twin, Portage Bay! Head Mole Michael Linden
reported at a recent Bay City Alliance meeting that the Portage Bay
overlay is currently about 3/4 of the way done. Here's hoping we see
this project come to fruition soon!
On January 21, 2011,
just a bit after 1:00 p.m. SLT, the formerly private Teen Second Life
grid was merged with the Main Grid. While much of the former Teen Grid
remains in it's previous location on the grid, the TSL Bay City
locations were moved to become the West Side of Bay City!
Teen Second Life was designed for users from age 13-16, and had originally opened to the public on February
14, 2005, but never had the popularity of the main grid. Both TSL and
Bay City were championed in part by the former Blue Linden, and "Blue"
remains a common place name in both areas in his honor.
December 2015
