Posted in Memorial, Sim, Uncategorized on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Devoted readers of our magazine and blog know that Celestial Requiem is going to be our Sim of the Month in the next issue of Prim Perfect. In keeping with that, your intrepid reporter has been keeping up on developments, changes and updates to the sim devoted to New York City.
Aside from recent geographical changes [...]
Posted in Memorial, Party, Sim on November 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the beautiful things about Second Life is the diversity. While you can walk down a simulation of New York City, you can visit other places in the world, other times and other places. What’s more, these creations are not solely the product of North Americans or even English speakers. Second [...]
Posted in Memorial, Non-profit, Sim on November 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day, when throughout the Commonwealth, people remember those who have died in the wars of the last century (and war in general). The way this is traditionally marked is by wearing a red poppy - and you can get these in Second Life at the wonderful memorial that has been created [...]
Posted in Memorial, Non-profit, Sim on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are many moving builds in Second Life, such as the memorial to the World Trade Centre on Celestial Requiem. Some of them, such as Camp Darfur and the Streets of Baghdad, can be found on Better World Island (which was our Sim of the Month in Issue 4).
Today I visited another such build, [...]
Posted in Memorial, Sim on September 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Today is 9-11.
The words and thoughts have haunted me all day, at work. Even a thousand miles from New York, I keenly felt this day with everything I did at work. It was cathartic to come to the memorial this evening, and see the memorial again, now officially live.
I have mentioned the ghostly [...]
Posted in Memorial, Sim on September 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Tomorrow begins a busy day of events at the memorial. Times are SLT.
10am: Opening Ceremonies
Live Music: MoShang Zhao
10:30am : CS Kappler Speech
Melody Regent Speech
Press Conference
12am Live Music
1pm DJ & meet the owners, builders and staff
2pm Motor Loon WTC Easy Rider [...]
Posted in Memorial, Sim on September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On September 11th, 2007, a very special memorial will be officially opened in Second Life. As you might guess from the date, this memorial is in memory of the horrible attack and destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City 6 years ago.
CS Kappler has kindly provided a couple of shots to show you [...]
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