Come to The Primgraph’s Summer Garden Party!

Here is your invitation to the Primgraph Summer Garden Party!
It will take place from 2 – 4pm on Saturday 29th August, at The Primgraph Press, Caledon Glengarry, and music will be supplied by the velvet-toned Mr Elrik Merlin.
In addition to music and dancing, there will be a chance to meet members of the cast of [...]

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The Caledon Rose-Growing Competition: your chance to vote!

As you may have seen, The Primgraph is sponsoring The Caledon Rose-Growing Competition. To celebrate the launch of our summer issue, we are holding the competition in the grounds of The Primgraph Press in Caledon Glengarry.
This competition (we hope the first of an annual event) is being staged in order to find the best roses [...]

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Designing Worlds hunts for a Dream Home!

Join us today—Tuesday 25 August—for the viewing party for our show at 2pm SLT at our Designing Worlds studios on Northpoint.
Iris Seale is the editor of the popular fashion magazine, Second Style. A few weeks ago, she was looking for a new prefab home – and Saffia suggested that Designing Worlds could help her [...]

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Last chance to enter the Caledon Rose-Growing Competition

Today, Tuesday 25th August, is the last chance to enter the Caledon Rose-Growing contest, sponsored by our sister magazine, The Primgraph.
Full details of how to enter are available here.
The results of the competition will be announced on Saturday 29th August at The Primgraph Summer Garden Party – 2-4pm SLT.
Remember – rose-growers across the grid are [...]

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Going to Church? In a car?

One interesting development in Virtual Worlds, particularly in the Vintage and Steampunk sims, is the growth of churches and church services.
The ones that I have become aware of are either ecumenical of vaguely Anglican in tone of procedure, sometimes following the Book of Common Prayer or similar, but sometimes with a decidedly Second Life twist [...]

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The Caledon Rose-Growing Competition

The Primgraph, sister magazine to Prim Prim Perfect, are proud to announce their sponsorship of The Caledon Rose-Growing Competition!
To celebrate the launch of our summer issue, we are holding the competition in the grounds of The Primgraph Press in Caledon Glengarry.
This competition (we hope the first of an annual event) is being staged in order [...]

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See Designing Worlds talking about IP – on the web!

The most recent episode of the show is now available on the Designing Worlds website at the Treet TV archives – and can also be downloaded free of charge from iTunes.
This was the show where we continued our discussion of one of the most important issues to have come up in Virtual Worlds – the [...]

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Issue 7 of The Primgraph now available!

Issue 7 of The Primgraph is now available – and this time we are celebrating the summer by taking a trip to the sea-side!
And there has been no shortage of exciting events in the vintage and steampunk sims recently … We bring you news of the late Upheaval in New Babbage (the full tale of [...]

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Designing Worlds: Mapping our way out of Danger?

Join us today for the Designing Worlds show at 2pmSLT at our Designing Worlds studios on Northpoint as we continue our discussion of one of the most important issues to have come up in Virtual Worlds – the question of intellectual property, and the challenges to it.
Today we’re looking at the Linden Content Management Roadmap [...]

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Second Life Economy nearly doubles in 12 months

Second Life’s Economy Nearly Doubles
Via NPR’s money blog.
The economy in Second Life has grown by 94 percent over the past 12 months, with activity that equates to $144 million in the second quarter.
A contrasting view, via a link on the money blog story, suggests that despite this, Second Life is experiencing a recession.

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