Image Credit: New World Notes

Although it never actually went away, camping appears to have made a huge comeback recently. Just today I was out looking for some pizza when I stumbled across a sim labeled ‘KSA al7ejaz land’ that contained 55 campers. Quite an amazing sight. They all looked rather bored and hungry. Maybe next time I stop by I’ll bring them some pizza.

I sort of wonder if all these new bot and camper occurences could be tied into Hamlet’s mysteries or not.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/al7ejaz%20land/19/62/3964

Still unable to locate a decent pizza joint, I travel onward and find another location that has even more campers. Over 65 at this joint. It’ called Kingdom of Jordan. What is odd about this place is that the campers were sitting on the same exact bench as the last location, and the room was located at about 4000 meters in the sky and there was a mysterious spinning orb with the words Voodoo Sploder written on it, same as in al7ejaz. Quite disturbing to say the least, and these benches do not look comfortable at all. They make my butt hurt just looking at them.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jordan/130/43/4000

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Miami%20Island/58/221/2099

Perhaps the fixed search is causing a re-surgence of bots as of late.

There I was just minding my own business over at Planet Michael when I decided to check in on the Second Life grid. That’s when I spotted them. Over 75 bots hanging out at the Virgin Islands. At first I was a a little shocked because bot swarms that big are usually not around for very long, as to be noticed, however, this particular bot swarm has hung around long enough to make the very top of the charts over at New World Notes. I’m not sure how Hamlet missed this one, especially because I e-mailed him twice about it. Perhaps he’s just going crazy again. However, there they are. At the top of the chart. I wonder how long they will stay there. This is most bizarre indeed.

Image Credit: New World Notes

All you have to do is show up at Club Republik on Saturday, August 6th at 9PM SLT. The BootieSL party starts then and will be going all night long. The SL residents who show up will have their avatars broadcast onto very large projectors strategically placed all throughout the real life Club DNA Lounge and the music with dj performances from the event will be streamed into Club Republic. There are also close to a dozen camera’s placed throughout the DNA Lounge that are webcast for your viewing pleasure. For those of you who are lucky enough to live in or around San Francisco, you’ll be able to attend the real life event at the DNA Lounge. Last year both the real and virtual clubs were packed and Yoz Linden even made a special appearance. This year should be even more amazing. Be sure to get the word out!

Direct TP to the club: http://slurl.com/secondlife/NuRepublik/110/177/25
Club DNA Lounge Live Camera Feeds: http://www.dnalounge.com/webcast/justin.tv.html
(This event is even better if you have a multi-monitor setup – 1 monitor for SL and 1 for the live Club DNA cameras)

Review and highlights of last year’s event:
http://infinitesunset.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/event-bootie-second-life-mashup-my-mind/

In what can only be described as shocking, bizarre, and borderline insane, it would appear that the world’s first Google+ bot has passed a ‘proof of concept’ stage. With this new crazy bot, it looks possible to instantly add over 5,000 friends to your Google+ circles for instant spam. Just what Google+ doesn’t need. Interesting video below.

This just in… Under the wire, it appears that according to sources over at the Alphaville Herald that there may be a new twist on an older Second Life security glitch that is able to be exploited in such a way that it allows rezzing of objects on no-rez or restricted land. Perhaps even a new HUD to make the exploit easier to use or something. This means that possibly, someone could rez a Meero on your land, not feed it, and let it die of starvation. At this point, PETA would be all over your ass. For more on this late breaking news, head on over to the source…

Whether or not the Lost Gardens of Apollo are saved, only time will tell, time that only Bill Paxton can predict…

A small excerpt that Dane has posted in the NWN blog comment section is included below:

“I have taken the liberty to write Linden Labs about this, and have offered Apollo to them – to be an official Linden Labs owned and run sim. That way, it could perhaps stay open. Let us give them time to consider that, and see what happens. Linden Labs have felt the crisis as well, so I completely understand their need to be “in business for the money”, and not do these things without due consideration. While I wait, I am moving my RL home, and backing up my SL one – Apollo.

So here we are – the simulator I once swapped for a high-priced Mainland sim with Anshe Chung, and made to my liking, will end its long life now. It was just closed to the public. So, once again. Thank you all. For everything. Most sincerely yours” -Dane Zander

Next thing I knew I had smacked right into a large light blue multi-compartment box that was just hovering in the sky around 4000 meters. The box appeared to be completely surrounded by a slight coating of transparent aluminum. Needless to say, it was this aluminum alloy that completely destroyed my hang glider causing it to go crashing to the ground. Luckily, I always carry with me a set of small suction cups which I was able to pull out at just the right moment. I grabbed onto the large blue floating box and slid my way in through a small opening where the compartments intertwined.

Once inside I used a small flash grenade to get a glimpse and to my shock and amazement, there they were. Fourteen bots were in one compartment, and 5 in another. They were all lifeless, they spoke not a single word. I was horrified and not only that… I was trapped. I had no way to get back to the ground save jumping and hoping I wouldn’t be crushed when I hit the icy ocean waters below. So I remembered what Ken Uston would do in a situation like this. From his book Mastering PacMan, he taught me the fine art of improvisation. As luck would have it, I had a small brand new package of dental floss with me I had received from the dentist the day before. It was in my back pocket. I used the dental floss to create a makeshift parachute out of the clothing that the bots were wearing. I decided luck was on my side, jumped out of the box and opened my chute at 1500 meters. The makeshift parachute opened and I drifted down to safety.

Time for a Heineken.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amydria/138/33/4096