Meta Makeover in the Garden – and in the studio!

This week, Meta Makeover is tackling a garden! MissLily Nightfire has a lovely new home (designed by Fatima Ur) in the new mountainous sim of Bord du Lac, created by Zasa Rossini. But although she had furnished her home to her satisfaction, the garden needed a make over. And who better to tackle it than [...]

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Freebie treasure hunts – enough, already?

Treasure hunts can be great fun.  We run one every month in Prim Perfect magazine, and we publicise it on our blog – with Qwis Greenwood writing her store reviews of all the places that contain clues. Clues.  Not freebies.  In the Prim Perfect treasure hunt, you travel the grid to look around the stores, [...]

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Spring Treasure Hunt – Clue 2: Beck’s Card Shop

Today we travel to the sunny, park-like sim of FairChang Balboa where we can explore Beck’s Card Shop.   Within the bright store, Miles Beck offers cards for many occasions.  These cards come with four levels of customization from an off-the-shelf card through one fully customized with text and picture chosen by you.  More detailed information [...]

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Clean up XStreet SL

When Linden Lab acquired XStreet SL, I went to the inworld press conference and asked what I felt to be two key questions: 1) Is it intended that XStreet SL will sell to other grids as well as Second Life? and 2) Will it now be possible to file an abuse report or a DMCA [...]

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Spring Treasure Hunt – Clue 1: Antique Artistry

For the spring 2009 Treasure Hunt, we will be exploring several places with gardens, flowers, or wonderful outdoor areas.  Antique Artistry on Fatimas Art is a perfect place to start.  The grounds are green and blooming with delicate pastel flowers, a welcome change from cold, gray landscapes.  Owner Fatima Ur has several sims dedicated to [...]

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These you have loved … with Meta Makeover!

Today, Tuesday 24th March, we are back in our beautiful studio on Northpoint with a slightly unusual edition, as we are going to be looking over our past shows and sharing with you some of our favourite clips. Some are beautiful, some are informative – and some are funny. A few manage to be all [...]

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Meet our new Advertising and Client Managers

You may remember that a month or so ago we announced with sadness the resignation of our long-time Advertising and Client Relations Manager, Diva Regina, who had gone off to a real life job contract.  Since then, we have been looking for some one to replace – and have been fortunate to find not one [...]

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Spring Treasure Hunt – Introduction

A new issue of Prim Perfect magazine has been published, and that means it is time for a new Treasure Hunt competition as well!  We celebrate Spring as we explore stores all over the grid, searching for the TWELVE featured items found here and on page 63 of the magazine. I will be posting treasure [...]

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Quiet Innovations in Second Life: the DWP and the NHS

At a time when an increasing number of media stories seem to be denigrating Second Life (and a time when there’s precious little left of an external media presence to counter such stories), we should reflect that a lot of the work that is going on her is quiet and private – and with good [...]

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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Dublin with Meta Makeover!

Today is a very special day – St Patrick’s Day, when people all over the world celebrate Ireland and the Irish – and Meta Makleover is no exception! Our show is coming from Dublin, where Saffia will be talking to Ham Rambler, the owner of Dublin, and Emmie Fairymeadow, the organiser, all about Dublin and [...]

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