The lights are on, and the music is about to take you on a journey! Give it up for the incredible Tuna Oddfellow with his psychedelic DJ show on Sun., March 9th at 12:00PM Grid Time at the OpenSim Worlds Fair.

hop://grid.wolfterritories.org:8002/OpenSim Worlds Fair/1016/1023/1004

Happily announcing the soft grand opening of my maze grid. Main website is https://mazeofthemind.com Currently about 100 regions of people that survived the osgrid apocolypse. Adults only. We are proudly part of the free world sharing network. For more information on that talk to Prince Amor.

One of Opensimulator's Longest continually running Dance Parties! 12 years and counting!! LIVE DJ and Dancing!! Music from the 60's to current day!
Tonight at 8pm Pacific!

Tonight we celebrate Windrunner Constantine's Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Windrunner!!

HG: lfgrid.com:8002:speakeasy

My New Store - Amara Lace Designs Complete Avatars and Outfits. These are 4 of my current Avatars. Working on more as well as outfits! All avatars are shaped from scratch and made with love. Come on down to see them. hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV Street Party/106/180/26

2 PM to 4 PM grid time - Today 8th March Saturday. Special Music by DJ Maldrul at the ABYSS Club, Pangea-Grid
Come and join us for 2 hours of Fun, Dancing and Entertainment.
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/The Abyss/565/140/25

12-2 GRID: LOVELY IN EXILE:
DJ ROSA ALEKSEEV AT DOCKLANDS2
SHAKE IT UP! ROCK N BLUES WITH ROSA

Rosa back on grid tonight
Rock and blues will be alright
Docklands 2 the place to be
Make it a date with you n me
In the warehouse happy feet
Dance all night to Rosa’s beat

IM Bobbi Fox Pin Deluca or Zen Reiko for Uber

dark-heaven.eu:8002:Club DOCKLANDS2

2 PM to 4 PM grid time - Today 8th March Saturday. Special Music by DJ Maldrul at the ABYSS Club, Pangea-Grid
Come and join us for 2 hours of Fun, Dancing and Entertainment.
https://opensimworld.com/hop/93343

Today is International Women’s Day – a special day to celebrate all the amazing, strong, and creative women in our lives and in this beautiful virtual community.❤️
Essensual McMahon
Owner Operator of Trianon World

The HG Safari tour season ended last Wednesday, we will be back in April with more madness. In the meantime, please enjoy the following posts
Game of Thrones roleplay done beautifully on WTG
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/go-westeros.html
visit the 130+ booths at the HIE Expo - get your freebies and info about many grids you may not have heard of before!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/expo-sure.html
Opensim World's Fair - fun at the Load Test
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/fair-test.html
A guided tour around Tosha Tyran's extraordinary build Timbuktu
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/toshas-timbuktu.html
Lavia Lavine takes us back to Oklahoma in the 1850's to learn more about roleplay
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/going-stag.html
This year's excellent Cornflakes Week party on Neverworld - lest we forget
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/cornflakes-2025-nw-s...
The amazing Dismayland - one of Opensim's true gems!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/dismayland-undismaye...
Learning how Virtual Learning Village helps people to strengthen their brain power
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/safari-boosts-its-br...
The Safari season ends with a party on Wyldwood Bayou
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-bayou-bye-bye.html
Another big success for AMV's annual International Diversity concert
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/getting-internationa...
and finally, highlighting Loru Destiny's Film Festival https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/destiny-at-movies.ht...

Happily announcing the soft grand opening of my maze grid. Main website is https://mazeofthemind.com Currently about 100 regions of people that survived the osgrid apocolypse. Adults only. We are proudly part of the free world sharing network. For more information on that talk to Prince Amor.

Escape to a breathtaking realm where cherry blossoms dance in the wind, bridges span majestic cliffs, and serenity flows like the river below. Find your Zen in this tranquil paradise. three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Zensational

Happily announcing the soft grand opening of my maze grid. Main website is https://mazeofthemind.com Currently about 100 regions of people that survived the osgrid apocolypse. Adults only. We are proudly part of the free world sharing network. For more information on that talk to Prince Amor.

With over 500 free parcels for Neverworld residents, we are a builders paradise for content creators who wish to own generous parcels to develop their virtual lives. Our parcels are not "free housing" but free homesteads with sizes of 10,000 kilometers and up. Check out our destination guide or our website for information to start your free land journey in Neverworld. https://neverworldgrid.com/.../free-land/public-use-parcel...
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A little sneak preview of something I'm working on on a region not yet ready to showcase. Focail na mban means women's words in Irish.

Women’s Words is in the works to put Irish women writers into the spotlight; a spotlight that has too long been occupied by Irish men. The goal of focail na mban is to explore contemporary women's writing in Ireland through a diverse intersectional lens. The shop will feature different writers in rotation and offer a deep dive into their lives and work.

Happy International Women's Day!

The Original BBC London.

Home to Sherlock and The Doctor as well. Come get a taste of all that BBC London has to offer, be sure to check out 221B, right across from a lovely English Park. Work in Progress, as are many of our regions, always evolving and always being added to and improved!

Even the Ravens of the Tower can't seem to stay away from here .. and somewhere up there is the Master's pride and joy, the Valiant .. up in the skies over London, as it should be. See if you can find it ..

Rentals available soon. Work In Progress!

From Oswald's purple themed club to the dark, moody reaches of the silent City, Gotham is everywhere you want to be when the yearning for magnificent madness strikes you. The dangerous streets beckon to anyone wanting to do some slice of deadly life playing, and there's plenty of beauty to be found in Gordon Park.

Eternal evening, Gotham IS the City of Night.

Rentals available soon. Work In Progress!

Sakura and Sakura City are a wonderland of Oriental beauty of various cultures and styles, lovely natural areas as well as brilliantly adorned structures and temples. A large and still lake completes the perfect sense of tranquility, as do the images of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.

Come share in the mystical magic of Sakura, Land of the Cherry Blossom.

Rentals available soon. Work In Progress!

It’s a night of jazz, a night of rhythm, a night to remember, Fri., March 7th at 6:00 PM grid time. And taking center stage is none other than DJ Rosa Alekseev, ready to give you a performance like no other! Come as you are or dress in costume!

Four Winds & Coopersville: hop://grid.wolfterritories.org:8002/OpenSim Worlds Fair/1006/187/23

#OSWF #opensim

* Finally ! King Max and lady Mina got married ! The wedding was celebrated beside the big redkeep castle, many were present, and the party that followed was very nice. Congratulations to the couple !
* Lady Ember arrived on the continent and found refuge in one of the Crossroad Inn room.
* Rowk decorated the iron-island to his image. A thing we can say, he love beers.

The Funsize Dinkies Official Tour Bus Has Arrived!

The Funsize Dinkies World Resort just got even more fun! Thanks to Alina Trafalgar of Alina Custom Garage, we now have our very own Funsize Dinkies Official Tour Bus!

Hop aboard and take a ride through our magical Dinkie paradise, where adventure, friendship, and fun await at every stop. Whether you're a longtime resident or a curious visitor, this tour bus is your ticket to exploring the best of Funsize Dinkies World Resort!

Stay tuned for special guided tours, events, and fun-filled road trips coming soon!
Where will the bus take you next? Come find out!

Honored to be featured in the Winter 2025 edition of Virtual Education Journal along with @CherryManga and others. There are several great articles, including an interview with Lone Wolf and Xenon Darrow of Wolf Territories Grid, and one on the Opensim Worlds Fair which goes through March 31st.

You can read the Journal here: https://virtualeducationjournal.com/previous-issues/

You can get info on the Fair here: https://www.opensimworldsfair.com/

The first issue of 2025 is out, the Winter Issue of Virtual Education Journal! The Journal (VEJ) was mainly a Second Life Publication, but the new Editors decided to expand into many different virtual platforms including OpenSim. Which is great for us. Check it out here. FYI, the summer edition is going to be all about OpenSim, so if you want to write an article go to the back page of the journal, all of the submission info is there. https://virtualeducationjournal.com/

Remove objects from your inventory that have the same name, keeping the object with the last date.
Delete Duplicates in opensim database

DELETE ii1
FROM
inventoryitems ii1
INNER JOIN (
SELECT
inventoryName,
MAX(creationDate) AS max_creation_date
FROM
inventoryitems
GROUP BY
inventoryName
) ii2 ON ii1.inventoryName = ii2.inventoryName AND ii1.creationDate < ii2.max_creation_date;

Please backup your inventory first!!! Just in case you are not happy with the results. It really will do what it says. However, there is a case where a person has merged their inventory multiple times and duplicates have the same creation date. In that case the script would leave those duplicates. Be sure to write down the size of your inventory when you start, and note the size after you run the script.

Dear Friends of the Virtual Carnival,

What an incredible time we have had! Once again, we were able to celebrate an unbelievably beautiful carnival in the Pangea Grid together. It was a festival of colors, imagination, and pure joy. One of the undisputed highlights was our Rose Monday parade, where creativity and community spirit came together in a truly impressive way.

A huge thank you goes to all those who, with tireless dedication and boundless imagination, built the incredibly creative floats, airplanes, UFOs, and many other wonderful constructions. You transformed the Pangea Grid into a true carnival spectacle and brought joy to countless people!

We are especially delighted that so many external grids joined us again this year, making our carnival an even more diverse and exhilarating event. A heartfelt thank you to Soul Grid, Monroose Grid, Nabila Grid, CCI Bikerworld, SoA.Bad and SINAS.S, HG Safari, and Loru.Destiny from the Grid artdestiny! Your participation has once again enriched and brought life to this Rose Monday parade.

I would also like to extend a special thank you to Abraxas and Lilie Oller, Bink Draconia, Finja and Jason Flux, Tutz, Lampithaler and Reyno Parx, Lilly Topas, Kitty Sarrasine,, and all the many dedicated participants who made this carnival what it was: an unforgettable experience!

As we cherish the memories of this wonderful carnival in our hearts, we already look ahead: Next year, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cologne Virtual Carnival! A very special jubilee that we will mark with even more brilliance, even more magic, and even more enthusiasm. The anticipation is already immense!

With a short video insight, I bid you farewell and say from the bottom of my heart Thank you! For your enthusiasm, your creativity, and your love for the carnival. Without you, this festival would not be the same!

Three cheers from the heart: Kölle Alaaf! Pangea Alaaf! Virtual Carnival Alaaf!

With carnival greetings and full of excitement for next year,

Yours, Marlon Wayne

https://youtu.be/-vs4npr7qK0?si=DwrpQReSMX8GJvKR

Liebe Freunde des virtuellen Karnevals,

was für eine grandiose Zeit liegt hinter uns! Auch in diesem Jahr durften wir gemeinsam einen unglaublich schönen Karneval im Pangea Grid erleben. Es war ein Fest der Farben, der Fantasie und der puren Lebensfreude. Einer der unbestrittenen Höhepunkte war unser Rosenmontagsumzug, bei dem sich Kreativität und Gemeinschaftssinn auf beeindruckende Weise vereinten.

Ein riesiges Dankeschön gebührt all jenen, die mit unermüdlichem Einsatz und grenzenloser Vorstellungskraft die unfassbar kreativen Wagen, Flugzeuge, UFOs und viele andere wunderbare Konstruktionen gebaut haben. Ihr habt das Pangea Grid in ein wahres Narrenschiff verwandelt und damit unzähligen Menschen Freude bereitet!

Besonders freuen wir uns, dass auch in diesem Jahr wieder zahlreiche auswärtige Grids teilgenommen haben, was unseren Karneval zu einem noch vielfältigeren und mitreißenderen Ereignis gemacht hat. Ein herzliches Dankeschön an das Soul Grid, das Monroose Grid, das Nabila Grid, CCI Bikerworld, SoA.Bad und SINAS.S, die HG Safari sowie Loru.Destiny aus dem Grid Artdestiny! Eure Teilnahme hat diesen Rosenmontagszug wieder einmal bereichert und mit Leben gefüllt.

Ebenso möchte ich mich ganz besonders bei Abraxas und Lilie Oller, Bink Draconia, Finja und Jason Flux, Tutz Zabelin, Lampithaler und Reyno Parx, Lilly Topas, Kitty Sarrasine und all den vielen engagierten Teilnehmern bedanken, die diesen Karneval zu dem gemacht haben, was er war: ein unvergessliches Erlebnis!

Und während wir diesen wundervollen Karneval nun in unseren Herzen bewahren, richten wir den Blick bereits nach vorne: Nächstes Jahr feiern wir das 20-jährige Bestehen des Kölner virtuellen Karnevals! Ein ganz besonderes Jubiläum, das wir mit noch mehr Glanz, noch mehr Magie und noch mehr Begeisterung begehen werden. Die Vorfreude darauf ist jetzt schon riesig!

Mit einem kleinen Video-Einblick verabschiede ich mich und sage von Herzen Danke! Für eure Begeisterung, eure Kreativität, eure Liebe zum Karneval. Ohne euch wäre dieses Fest nicht dasselbe!

Dreimol vun Hätze: Kölle Alaaf! Pangea Alaaf! Virtueller Karneval Alaaf!

Mit karnevalistischen Grüßen und voller Vorfreude auf das nächste Jahr, euer Marlon Wayne

https://youtu.be/-vs4npr7qK0?si=hFxO1s7r6o0ixVFJ