Tenth Blogoversary

Bock in SecondLife was first started on August 25, 2009, so today is the blogs tenth anniversary. Here's a link to the first post ever (it's in Swedish).

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers.

During the nine years, the blog has accumulated
992,670 pageviews (since June 1, 2010),
4,281 posts and
129 followers

Please, all rise and join me in singing to the blog.

For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog
For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny
Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny
For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog
For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny!
Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!

Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooooraaaaaaaay!

I Will Float With The Tinies!

Yesterday I read my friend Ricco Saenz heartbreaking post Second Sighting: For hover height, Tinies gathered in a protest that was far from being tiny about the present struggles of the tiny community in SecondLife.

Detail from a picture a by Ricco Saenz

Today I have decided that I will sympathy-float with my tiny friends for one (1) month in support of their struggle. The only exceptions will be when I am taking part in a major motion picture production or modeling for one of the master photographers.

I am changing my hover height and making stilts as soon as I get into SecondLife.

SP Meeting 10/06/18 - Minutes Posted

The minutes from the Second Pride Board meeting on October 6th, 2018, have now been posted on the Second Pride website.

Here's a link directly to the minutes (url).

After the eventful meeting, the Second Pride Board now has the following members.

Chairman
Rez Vale-Starfall™ (DJReZ Cyberstar)

Secretary
Mikey Vale (MikeAdam)

Treasurer
Bock McMillan

Events/Marketing Director
Nicky Windstorm (DunceMidwest)

Community Relations/Marketing Director
i0n (AlPrunty)

Security Director
Tootsie Nootan

Building Director
Starter Evenstarr (starter232)

Technology Director
Lee McKay

Ninth Blogoversary

Bock in SecondLife was first started on August 25, 2009, so yesterday was the blogs ninth anniversary. Here's a link to the first post ever (it's in Swedish).

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers.

During the nine years, the blog has accumulated
956,096 page views (since June 1, 2010),
4,151 posts and
121 followers

Please, all rise and join me in singing to the blog.

For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog
For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny
Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny
For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog
For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny!
Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!

Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooooraaaaaaaay!

Eighth Blogoversary

Bock in SecondLife was first started on August 25, 2009, so today we celebrate the blogs eighth anniversary.

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers.

During the eight years, the blog has accumulated
907,949 page views (since June 1, 2010),
4,044 posts,
7,378 comments and
119 followers

Please, all rise and join me in singing to the blog.

For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog

For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny

Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny

For it's a jolly good blog, for it's a jolly good blog

For it's a jolly good blog (pause for 4 beats), which nobody can deny!

Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!

Hooray! 

Hooray! 

Hooooraaaaaaaay!

900,000 Pageviews

Bock in SecondLife will, if all goes as expected, today pass 900,000 pageviews since June 1, 2010. This is the 4,015th post.

The blog has been in existence since August 25, 2009, although I didn't start blogging regularly until January 12, 2010. The pageview-counter was installed June 1, 2010.

I would especially like to thank all my regular readers for following me through the years, especially the lazy times when not much blogging occurred. Thank you also to my incidental readers, please keep come back again.

Seventh Blogoversary

Today I celebrate the seventh anniversary of Bock in SecondLife. (The blog was first started on August 25, 2009.)

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers. During the past seven years the blog has accumulated
786,614 pageviews (since June 1, 2010),
3,787 posts,
7,100 comments and
115 followers

Now please, all rise and join me in singing to the blog.

Happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary, Bock in SecondLife,
happy blogoversary to you!

May you have many more,
may you have many more,
may you have many moooooooooooorrreeeee,
happy blogoversary to you!

Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!
Hooray! Hooray! Hooraaaaaaaay!

A Match Made In the SL-Heavens

Oh my, have I got news for you all! It is so exciting I can hardly contain myself, filled with jubilation and excitement as I am.

At the editorial meeting today I met with The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm etc, etc, at his mansion (a.k.a. "Gossip Central" due to the always well informed laird's highly dependable sources).

The laird had a particular bit of thrilling information to impart today, "directly from the two involved horses mouths" as he chose to phrase it.

Please sit down and breathe deeply three times before reading any further. This blog cannot be held accountable for any damages you may incur while reading this post!

OK, here goes!

His lairdship informed us that my Philip (a.k.a. Philip Linden in SecondLife or Philip Rosedale in first life) and my Ebbe (a.k.a. Ebbe Linden in SecondLife and Ebbe Altberg in first life) are romantically involved. So what we all thought was merely a bromance between our wonderful dreamer/creator and the best damned C.E.O. of Linden Labs we've ever had has evolved into a deep love between the two.

The guys have decided to move in together with both of their first life families as well. For that purpose a large mansion (sixteen bedrooms with ensuite baths) has been bought outside San Francisco for them and their families.

It is reported that both the wives and the families on either side get along famously with each other and are all for this somewhat unusual arrangement.

This is a marvelous - albeit unforeseen - development for SecondLife and all it's residents. Let us rejoice with the happy couple and their families!

Ziggy, Oh Ziggy!

The enfant terrible of SecondLife, one of my favorite Canadians and my friend Ziggy Starsmith (a.k.a. Rex Short again) has decided to shut down his blog (lately in cooperation with his - now - former partner Dalton Cole) and to start a new photoblog instead. (Update: Ziggy tells me he and Dalton have rekindled and are staying together.)

I for one - and I'm sure many more - will miss Ziggy's wordblog, where he has shared his investigations of SL villains (Kharfest), his adventures and his life with us.

Read Ziggy's action-packed last blog post here: Ziggy and Dalton In Second Life: The End Of An Era...This Blog Is Now Closed.

You will find Ziggy's new photoblog here. Tempus Fugit.

Sixth Blogoversary

Today we celebrate the sixth anniversary of Bock in SecondLife, which was first started on August 25, 2009.

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blog's existence with a few numbers.

During the past six years the blog has accumulated

• 704,902 pageviews (since June 1, 2010), 
• 3,517 posts, 
• 6,969 comments and 
• 125 followers (of whom 7 prefer to remain hidden).

Now all please rise and join me in singing to the blog.

Happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary, Bock in SecondLife,
happy blogoversary to you!

May you have many more,
may you have many more,
may you have many moooooooooooorrreeeee,
happy blogoversary to you!


Three cheers to Bock in SecondLife, Hip, hip!

Hooray! Hooray! Hooraaaaaaaay!

700,000 Pageviews

Today Bock in SecondLife unexpectedly passed 700,000 pageviews since June 1, 2010. This is the 3,504th post.

The blog has been in existence since August 25, 2009, although I didn't start blogging regularly until January 12, 2010.

I would especially like to thank all my regular readers for following me through thick and thin, good times and bad. Thank you also to my incidental readers, please keep coming back.

Riding On Poultry at Southern Charm

My wonderful husband Tomais has a huge memory bank, contrary to me. I am certain that an objective assessment would show that he has something like 4 GB of memory at his disposal, while I have a mere 15 kB.

It is therefore not at all surprising that he called an old post to my attention the other day, which I had forgotten all about. The post was this one, Bock in SecondLife: The Laird's Challenge for Vehicle Builders.

Tomais reason for reminding me was that he had acquired some rideable poultry and he asked me if I thought they would fit the description. I was sorry to say, that as the poultry he showed me were more like enormous farm animals than mechanical vehicles I could not consider them worthy of the reward.

Nonetheless, Tomais, my brother JJ and I had some fun riding the cocks over to my brother Dej's place to try and give him a scare. As it turned out - and as the creator warns about in a note card - the rezzing of multiple cocks on the same sim creates a fierce lag, so textures didn't come in sufficiently fast for Dej to be scared.

The only one of us who could get things to rez enough to take decent pictures was JJ, so I must thank him for the mementos. 

Belated Fifth Blogoversary

I have always been terrible with dates, anniversaries and birthdays! Today I discovered that I had missed the fifth anniversary of Bock in SecondLife, which was first started on August 25th, 2009. 

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blogs existence with a few numbers. During the past five years the blog has accumulated 589,270 pageviews, 2,923 posts, 6,505 comments and 113 followers (of whom 6 prefer to remain hidden).

Now all please rise and join me in singing belated congratulations to "Bock in SecondLife"

Happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you Bock in SecondLife,
happy blogoversary to you!

May you have many more,
may you have many more,
may you have many moooooooooooorrreeeee,
may you have many more!

Three cheers to "Bock in SecondLife"!

Hip, hip!
Hooray! Hooray! Hooraaaaaaaay!

Petr on Pride

The Chair of Second Pride, Petr Hastings-Vanbeeck shares his final thoughts on the past year as an elected member of the board.

Petr also, sadly, discloses that he does not intend to run for re-election in the coming elections.



Read Petr's post Confessions of a Digital Daddy Bear; PRIDE.

Blogiro Ergo Sum

"Man At Work" Photography by Tomais Ashdene

While my Tomais and I were out scouting "things and stuff" for an upcoming super-classified project that I am involving myself in my lover spotted a great set of complete office furniture.

This lead to me buying the office-set and at Tomais wonderful suggestion set it up as a place for me to work on the top floor of the beautiful barn at Southern Charm. We will of course have to install double-glazing before winter comes, but right now it is a wonderfully quiet with a perfectly temperate climate.

The new workplace turned out beautifully and I was extremely pleased. My hubby deserved a huge reward for his great idea, and I made sure to give him one (much to my own enjoyment also - of course).

For the Latin in the post title I refer you to this article Scriptorium;"What’s Latin for ‘blog’? (revised)". I am hoping I understood it correctly, otherwise please feel free to assist me.

Celebrating Four Years of Blogging

"Bock in SecondLife" celebrates it's fourth blogoversary today!

Little did I know when I started my online presence back in 2009 that I would still be at it this long afterwards. After publishing the first post I actually didn't post again until 4,5 months later, but ever since then I have been posting regularly - even if it was somewhat half heartedly at the beginning. It took the passing of my beloved Ars and my need to relieve my anguish to get me committed to blogging and by-and-by it became a habit that I miss when I am not able to do it.

Before moving on to the singing, cheering and toasting with champagne in crystal glasses lets summarize the blogs existence with a few numbers.

2,237 posts
5,618 comments
396,007 pageviews
97 followers (of whom 3 prefer to be hidden)

Now all please rise and join me in singing to "Bock in SecondLife"

Happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you,
happy blogoversary to you Bock in SecondLife,
happy blogoversary to you!

May you have many more,

may you have many more,

may you have many moooooooooooorrreeeee,

may you have many more!

Three cheers to "Bock in SecondLife"! Hip, hip!
Hooray! Hooray! Hooraaaaaaaay!

2,000 Posts

This is the 2,000th post of Bock in SecondLife since it's start on August 25, 2009. Since the start there have also been 5,048 comments, 362,239 pageviews and I have acquired 94 followers (3 non-public).

In honor of this accomplishment I would like to thank my loyal readers for staying with me for such a long time, through thick and thin and through sorrows and joys. I could never have made it this long without y'all!