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SLCE STAND OPENS

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We're happy to announce that our stand at the Second Life Community Exhibition is now complete and open to the public. We're pleased and proud to have been asked by the Lindens to be part of this important initiative. The SLCE is intended to help new arrivals in SL find "their people" in our virtual world and introduce them to in-world communities they can join. Older residents are also welcome and may well find new friends and activities. At least one of the stands was for a community your Editor didn't know and the exhibition will be expanding and changing in the months and years to come.

We hope you'll stop by and take a look at the BBB's charming and secluded garden. If you have friends who haven't yet bought into the fun of virtual bureaucracy they can get themselves a special starter passport to try out our system to see if they like it. It holds a limited number of stamps but they'll all transfer to a full passport when they're ready to commit. There's a very cute "My first stamp" for them to collect but there's nothing stopping existing passport holders from collecting it too! 

Our thanks to Teresa Firelight for designing the stand and leading our team of builders.

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COMING SOON - EASY PASSPORT CONTENT CHANGER

Easy Passport Content Changer is a self-service tool made by popular request for our Version 3 passports to allow easy modification of your name, address, sex, species and photo.

The process is simple and quick. Here is a step-by-step walk-through of what you need to do. 

  • Collect a passport changer (PPC) HUD from a dispenser at the BBB HQ or BBB embassy. This is to ensure only you can change your passport.
  • Wear the PPC-HUD - this will show you all your passports registered for your avatar uuid (some people have multiple passports). Screenshot 2024-02-23 at 13.26.39
  • Select the passport you want to change from the  drop-down list, and click. Screenshot 2024-02-23 at 13.30.31
  • Change whatever fields you want modified, then click "Save Changes" Screenshot 2024-02-23 at 13.32.49
  • Retrieve a "redelivery" blank passport template from a dispenser at the BBB HQ or the relevant embassy for the passport type you want to change. Go to a sandbox, rez the blank template to ground. Then click on the front page, wait a moment for the passport to be filled in and take it back to your inventory. You can now delete your old one.

All the stamps you've collected will be retrieved from our database and reappear on your pages. In some cases, you might need to flip pages to trigger this. 

Watch our Events & Announcements section for news of when the PPC HUD-dispensers are in place. Coming very Soon®!

Article, illustrations and tool by Robert Rhodan


EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you have one of our stamp terminals and you're having an event or would like to make an announcement, just let us know and we'll be happy to feature it here. Please drop a notecard on the Editor, Dave (Lord.Junibalya) in-world or use the Email the Editor link in the sidebar to send us your information, posters and/or photos.

New article in Parade of Homes Review

Over at our sister publication Teresa Firelight has written a new article on landscaping one of the new Mediterranean Linden Homes.

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Read all about it here.

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New location for old stamp at Titiana Consulate

The Honorary Consulate of Titania permanent stamp terminal has been relocated to the library on the ground floor.  This is not a new stamp, just a new location. 

Henry Hutchence, Hon. Consul

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AmandaT Tamatzui interviewed in real life about her art in RL and SL

Readers will be familiar with BBB stamp designer and RL/SL artist AmandaT Tamatzui (Amanda Tomasoa in RL). Recently she was interviewed by Sarah Ritchie on Artpreneur Spotlight, which is an inspirational video interview series that digs into key aspects of an artist’s art practice. In the course of the interview, Amanda talks (among other things) about her art adventures in Second Life®.

The full interview is behind a Patreon paywall, but Sarah has kindly given Amanda permission to feature it here in The Gazette

SL machinima-maker Rizzo has made a promo video for Amanda's SL gallery, mentioned in the interview. Watch our New Locations section for news of a passport stamp there!

You can visit the in-world gallery here

NEW LOCATIONS

All three new stamps this week are for events. "Let's Play" is a ten day Relay for Life fundraising event at the Bellisseria Fairgrounds with lots of games for people to enjoy as well as events, parties and great performances by some of Second Life's best! The stamp won't be in place until the event opening, but this is the last opportunity to announce it. 

Freedom Rock is another of the many SL American Cancer Society events hosted by Camping for a Cure. There are tons of events, raffles, live music, and more for you to enjoy. 

On 24th Feb at noon SLT is the opening party of a "mesmerising exhibition exploring our personal relationships with artificial intelligence." You can dance to the music of DJ Anjoux Herbit as you explore captivating photos, amazing digital art and thought-provoking installations created by generative AI.

Bellisseria Playground Let's Play at Bellisseria BE

Event: 29 Feb to 10 Mar 2024

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Freedom Rock for AMC PE

Event: 1 -17 March 2024

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AI & I Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art CDS

Event: 24 Feb 2024

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