Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld

The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting.

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Many of us will probably recognise these words as the opening lines of William Wordsworth’s Daffodils, written in 1804 and…

Updates from the week through to Sunday, September 20, 2026 This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week.

We are approaching the month of Halloween, when spooks and creatures of the the night (without referencing Kiss there) roam, and once again the world of Shadowfell has emerged from the deeper darkness to tempt visitors with four regions of mystery, monste…

Sitting on the west coast of Satori is Cedar Trails, a Full region presenting an Oregon coast themed region-wide park.

The following notes were taken from my chat log and audio recording of the Content Creation User Group (CCUG) meeting of Thursday, September 24, 2026.

So, a brief Exploring Second Life this time around – but hopefully a quirky and fun one, featuring a rather unusual and a little small destination.

SL Trailbrazer Atlas is a Group / resource founded and operated by Lara Toge (Ghostly Dismantled) specifically for those who enjoy horse riding in Second Life.

In July I wrote about two neighbouring locations designed and held by Sorcha Tyles – The Boathouse Café and Outpost Bay.

The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, September 23, 2026 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting.

This is going to be a slightly café and coffeehouse piece this time around.

Updates from the week through to Sunday, September 20, 2026 This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week.

It’s been a while since I last visited Alpha Auer’s Alphatribe Island (more fool me), but after seeing the Destination Guide recently and seeing the island’s latest entry, there was no way I was going to miss it!

September 2026 marks two anniversaries, uniquely – if unusually – linked in the manner in which they both sought to “explore” space and went on to influence at least a generation.

Currently open at IMAGOLand & Galleries is an interesting exhibition by the gallery’s owner, Mareea Farrasco.

Autumn has come to Lam Erin’s Cherishville for 2026, and with it a complete change of setting.

The following notes were taken from: My chat log of the Open-Source User Group (OSUG) meeting held on Friday, September 18, 2026.

Friday, September 18, 2026, saw the official opening of a new road link bringing together Bay City in the north-west of Sansara to the rest of the continent in the form of the trans-Sansara Causeway and tunnel.

I am a fully paid-up member of the Elicio Ember Appreciation Society, and I have been for well over a decade.

In June 2024, Gian (GiaArt Clip – of Monkey Island and Buddha Garden fame (you can read about all his work in these pages) – invited me to visit Infinite Darkness, an utterly atmospheric build right in image, metaphor and reference.

The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting.

STAY is the title of an immersive exhibition by Selen Minotaur, currently open at the Kondor Art Centre, curated and operated by Hermes Kondor.

Updates from the week through to Sunday, September 13, 2026 This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week.

Not too long ago, I wrote about the tendency for SL explorer-writers to perhaps focus on writing about those regions which are new to SL or which demonstrate seasonal or other changes in their look and overall design, perhaps at the expense of those which…

How long does it take a planet to form – millions of years?

The following notes were taken from: My chat log and audio recording of the Content Creation User Group (CCUG) meeting of Thursday, September 10, 2026.

As many know, I like in-world building and kitbashing and I’ve been known to bore people to tears blithering on about various versions of my main island home over the years.

Owl Dragonash alerted me to the fact that the Corsica South Coasters celebrates its fourth anniversary in September 2026, and that news prompted me to hop over and renew my own acquaintanceship with the work of this community and take another wander throu…

I’m not sure exactly why Dido Haas selected the title Interim for the title of her exhibition at The Annex of her Nitroglobus Roof Gallery, which opened on Monday, September 7, 2026.

The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting.

Since 2022, I’ve run an occasional series on the coffeehouses and cafés of Second Life.

Updates from the week through to Sunday, September 6, 2026 This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week.

JaiRus Bly is a Second Life photographer-artist who recently invited me to pop along to the opening of his latest exhibition, hosted at the Centre for the Arts in SL.

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the closest to Earth – the average separation between the two being around 77 million kilometres (although obviously, this varies widely depending on which side of the Sun they are on relative

I think I’m on record as saying – quite possibly repeatedly (!)

The following notes were taken from: My chat log of the Open-Source User Group (OSUG) meeting held on Friday, September 4, 2026.

Occupying roughly one-third of a Full private region is MoonWillow, a completely delightful realm designed by Mille Bliss to present a place of enchantment and mystery, packed with opportunities for exploration and photography.

Following the recent announcements about Zindra and Gaeta 1 – particularly the update on the decision to keep Gaeta open, on Tuesday, September 2, 2026, Linden Lab provided an update on Zindra and the new land developments there.

The following notes cover the key points from the Web User Group (WUG) meeting, held on Wednesday September 2, 2026.

Sitting within a Full private region, Yamato is a place I first visited in July 2026 and then returned to both in August and at the start of September 2026 whilst debating writing about it.

The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting.

As we wave bye-bye to August 2026, so thought for many in the northern hemisphere turn to the ending of summer and the onset of autumn, with many public locations within Second Life also changing to match the seasonal change.

August 30th, 2026 saw the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – potentially the most important space-based observatory yet launched from Earth, and the telescope which is genuinely the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in terms of…

When exploring and writing about Second Life, it can be somewhat easy to focus on those places which are new or which are periodically re-imagined with new designs or in reflection of the changes in the seasons.

Catch-22: the paradoxical situation a person cannot escape due to contradictory rules or limitations.

The following notes were taken from: My chat log and audio recording of the Content Creation User Group (CCUG) meeting of Thursday, August 27, 2026.

Hiraeth Beach occupies around a half of a Full region held by Philippe Bruraf – VOID (bruraf), the other half being taken up with his club THE BLOCK, of which more anon.