A new pastime has burst forth onto the Second Life scene. Made by one of Linden Lab's own, Nicole Linden, Linden Collector Cards can be found around the gridverse at various dispensers. You can try hunting on your own using the Waterhead TeleHub as a starting point, but if you really want to be spoiled and go on a frenzied rampage to build up your treasury, feel free to dig deeper into this forum thread.

Last night, myself and good friends Catherine Omega, MrsJakal Suavage, and Cid Jacobs went cardhunting. I came across other collectors on the way, and they seemed quite uninterested in chatting with us, becoming like zombies as they raided the kiosks and flew off. Maybe this is a new way to brainwash the Residents into becoming part of a grander conspiracy? Hee hee.

Also happenin' last night was the big Second Life party, both at the "real-world" Varnish fine art gallery and its virtual counterpart. The view into SL was being shown on a big projector on the wall of Varnish. It?happened on the Preview grid in an alternate virtual reality Da Boom (which makes me wonder why it wasn't spelled "De Boom"), and using the new QuickTime streaming features of 1.6, the Steamboy trailer played "a few" times. A new meme was born and I was inspired to start a thread discussing such matters. For those who need this for reference, here is the transcript of the trailer as kindly provided to me by a source who wishes to remain anonymous:

In?a time of fantasy?and wonders,
In a world of man and machines,
A young inventor receives a mysterious gift that holds the power to change the world… forever.
Now, a merciless enemy will do anything to stop this daring hero…
and steal the source of ultimate power.
Now, prepare to go full steam ahead –
from the director of Akira: STEAMBOY.