Community News

"The Bellissarian Bureau of Bureaucracy was founded as a quirky idea to build community on the then-new Linden Homes continent. From the beginning other SL'ers asked if they could have passports too, but we just didn't have the staff. Now however we are delighted to announce a solution!" Read more on the blog.

"We have an interesting selection of new places to explore this week. Moorcroft features above and needs nothing added here. Suffice it to say it's a good place to bring out your trusty steed from inventory for a pleasant hack." Read more on the blog.

"The BBB Postal Service has set up a special office for Valentine's Day. Teresa Firelight and Boo Rojyo have created a range of 11 different Valentine cards. You can get them for free from the special office to send via BBB’s Postal service to your friends, lovers and would-be valentines." Read more on the blog.

"Stawberry Linden interviewed CEO of Linden Lab Brad Oberwager and Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale on her talk show Lab Gab.  For those who don't want to watch the hour long questions and answers, I have condensed it down into a short highlights report.  I hope you enjoy listening to the areas of interest I have picked out." Click to watch the video on YouTube.

"Our Second Birthday Party at the Bellisseria Fairgrounds – BBB2B – came to an end on Monday. We hope Oscar the BBB Snowy Owl found a safe home somewhere." Read more on the blog.

"There will be a special pre-recorded edition of Lab Gab with Philip Rosedale (Philip Linden) Second Life founder / current Strategic Advisor and Brad Oberwager (Oberwolf Linden) Linden Lab Executive Chairman starting at 9am PT on Monday 31st January 2022." Read more on the blog.

"BBB2B continues until 31st January: come join in the celebrations!" Read more on the blog.

"Whilst coming a week late to the party, but Protocol, the on-line tech publication, presented a brief but punchy interview with Philip Rosedale on his return to Linden Lab, a piece that makes for worthwhile reading. " Read more on the blog.

"The Second Birthday Of The Bellisserian Bureau Of Bureaucracy Celebrated At The Belli Fairgrounds!" Read more on the blog.

"We are back from our break to wish all our readers a very happy New Year. We have big plans for 2022 and look forward to involving as many of you as possible." Read more on the blog.

"It's time to return to SL Art, ... from now on, this will not be a weekly publication but a quarterly one. The next edition will be in April." Read more on the blog.

"We wouldn't usually publish on a public holiday. Instead, we'd give our journalists and photographers a break and let them spend time with their loved ones. This year, however, we decided to celebrate the Gazette's very first holiday season with a special edition. We hope you enjoy it! All of us at the BBB would like to wish you and your families the happiest of holidays and the most fortunate of New Years." Read more on the blog.

"Her Excellency Bijoux Barr, art aficionado and SL style icon, has been appointed as Bellisseria's Honorary Ambassador to the great mainland continent of Satori (a.k.a. the Japanese continent)." Read more on the blog.

"One of the things that my recent discussion around the issues with segmented, rigged mesh bodies and the issues they cause for viewers threw into stark perspective was that the current complexity metrics are not in the least bit helpful. In particular the mainstay of the current toolset "ARC"." Read more on the blog.

"On Wednesday, December 15th, Linden Lab issued the Cache +360º viewer as the de facto official viewer release, marking the last viewer promotion for 2021." Read more on the blog.

"The latest addition to Bellisseria's Corps Diplomatique – new ambassador for Nautilus, His Excellency Freddie Harrington – will receive the keys to his new embassy on December 22nd at 12 noon SLT." Read more on the blog.

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"Her Excellency The Ghost (theghostofghost) welcomed Abnor Mole and other distinguished guests to the new embassy in Heterocera at 12 noon SLT last Thursday for its official opening. Abnor presented her with the keys to the building after a speech in which he observed that transport infrastructure had been an important part of the design of Heterocera – on the understanding that connections build community." Read more on the blog.

"In total we had 2,337 of which only 5 respondents didn’t wear a mesh head at all. Not unexpectedly the vast majority of respondents were female avatars." Read more on the blog.

"Just like the start of that movie, those three words can make your day. And now, you can actually send and receive mail almost anywhere in SL." Read more on the blog.

"A few months ago I posted a couple of blogs calling upon the mesh body makers to give us more options of low render overhead bodies. Demonstrating (in extreme terms) the true cost of those individual "alpha-cut" segments on your body, and your poorly optimised rigged hair. By way of illustration here is a couple of screenshots." Read more on the blog.

"Yesterday at 12 noon SLT, His Excellency Jack Vincent, Honorary Ambassador, welcomed Abnor Mole and other distinguished guests to the Grand Opening of Bellisseria's new permanent embassy to the mainland continent of Corsica. Abnor gave a gracious speech before handing over the key to the embassy and the Hon. Ambassador spoke eloquently in response." Read more on the blog.

"The BBB is proud to announce our latest new and exciting service for you - The Post Office! This is a brand new innovation - the only one of its kind in SL, allowing you to both send and receive mail by Object or Notecard. Right now, we cover all of Bellisseria. We will be expanding to cover the whole grid very soon." Read more on the blog.

"We are about to recruit Bellisserian Honorary Ambassadors to the Mainland continents of Sansara, Satori, Nautilus, Gaeta, Corsica, Heterocera, and Jeogeot. We will be opening embassies on each continent Soon®. The first will be on Corsica." Read more on the blog.

"The Lindens are inviting all of Second Life®  to celebrate with a fun Pumpkin Hunt, taking place in Bellisseria from October 18th to November 1st." Read more on the blog.