Remember Burning Life

… with a beautiful volume of photographs edited by Raven Haalan and with a foreword by Dusty Linden.
There are over nearly one hundred and twenty photographs by some of the best photographers in Second Life in this collection, all celebrating the amazing event that was Burning Life 2009.  You can see their pictures of the [...]

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Burning Life 2009 Wraps Up. Well, sorta.

Burning Life 2009 officially ended with the burning of The Man and The Temple over the course of two days this weekend past (unlike the RL burns, which can only happen once, there were three burns each to accommodate global time zones).

The burning of The Man was truly spectacular, with fire advancing in from an [...]

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See the Designing Worlds’ Burning Life show – on the web!

You can now see our show about the amazing Second Life community event Burning Life – 34 sims of creativity built by residents for an amazing week of art, music, celebration and fire – on the web – available in both standard and hi-def. And you can also download the show from the iTunes store [...]

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Burning Life Report – Lamplighters, Art Builds and University Art Class

The last few days have given me the opportunity to explore the playa at a bit more of a leisurely pace. There is a constant stream of announcements of tours and performers going out on the groups but the one announcement I jumped on was the Lamplighter’s procession. The Lamplighters are an integral part of [...]

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Watch Designing Worlds today – and explore Burning Life!

Today the Designing Worlds show takes a trip to the stunning resident experience that is Burning Life – 34 sims of creativity built by residents for an amazing week of art, music, celebration and fire!
Not to mention the multi-coloured porta-potties!
Our guides around Burning Life will be Dusty Linden, Linden Labs’ liaison for community events; White [...]

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Burning Life Day 2: Airships, Graffiti, Dinosaurs and the Temple

It’s a bit more relaxed on the playa the day after the gates open. The adrenalin has abated from the opening rush. Burners are hanging around and talking more, spending longer on the builds and the pace is more serene.
You also find out who on your friends list are burners. Yellow dots stand out like [...]

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Burning Life: The Gates Open

Group chatter on the various Burning Life groups was increasingly giddy in the run up to noon on October 17th. The countdown to the opening of Burning Life was on everyone’s mind. I myself was feeling the relief of having finally shipped Prim Perfect’s Guide to Burning Life 2009 to Saffia for distribution (with about [...]

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Designing Worlds – from the Main Stage at SL6B – today!

In the second of two programmes brought to you live from the Second Life Sixth Birthday sims (SL6B), we’ll be on the air at approximately 12 noon SLT today, Monday, from the Main Stage of the SL6B build, where we’ll be looking at some more of the stunning builds at this year’s event, where the [...]

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Hoping for a Better World

Join us at 2pm SLT (Tuesday 2nd June) on Designing Worlds, when we are visiting a rather different environment as we explore Better World Island. Curated by Riversong Garden, this island is home to a group of nonprofits who have created a number of stunning – and very different – exhibitions, designed to raise [...]

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May 2009 Treasure Hunt – Urban Mode

This clue begins with an apology from the Spring treasure hunt.  I had completed a clue for Urban Mode, but I forgot to click the ‘Publish’ button.  I’m sorry you didn’t get that clue, and I’m also sorry you had to wait to hear about a treasure from one of the owners of Urban Mode.  [...]

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