First there was the case of “The Missing Avatar” and now it’s a “Missing Blog”.

Chino Yalin, a Second Life Blogger who blogs about Free Lindens in Second Life, posted in his blog that his avatar mysteriously vanish. Searchng for his name using Second Life’s people search resulted to nothing. Oh my! I’m guessing that this could be another one of Second Life’s many bugs. A while back, I encountered a bug that trapped one of my avatars in an endless loop of logging out and I’m happy to report that he is now FREE.

It was posted a few hours ago at Second Life’s official blog that 1,100 regions went offline because of some grid failure thingy. It is possible that Chino’s avatar went missing together with the 1,100 regions that went down. LOL! Well, the regions are now back up but Chino’s avatar is still missing which means a different bug caused Chino’s avatar to disappear.

But wait, that’s not all that’s missing. I went to check Chino’s blog just now to check on the progress of the Missing Avatar case (I’ve read that Detective Taylor of CSI:New York is on the case, LOL!) to find the blog gone. What greeted me was a Wordpress Error page. Wow! When something goes bad, everything goes bad with it.

Anyway, I do hope that Chino recovers his avatar because that’s a very rich avatar. Losing it will be a waste of thousands of Linden Dollars. LOL! Joking aside, I hope he recovers it.

For his blog, my guess is that his web host is experiencing some technical problems with their servers or maybe it’s time for Chino to get a dedicated server to be able to serve his thousands of readers everyday. A shared hosting plan won’t be able to handle the enormous load a high traffic site brings.

Avatar Found: It seems that Linden Labs Police Department is holding Chino’s avatar for questioning and has set bail for 25$ (real US dollars). LOL! Linden Labs should really clear that 25$ issue with Chino’s account. Best of luck with the case!

From October 13 to October 22, 2007, 26 people joined First Opinions Panel using my referral link. For that, I received a total of 2,600L$ from First Opinions Panel. Thank you very much! Just be honest and truthful in answering First Opinions Panel’s surveys and you’ll be earning Linden Dollars from them for a long, long time.

Most of the Linden Dollars I’m earning helps keep my little place, 3 Stars and a Sun, in Second Life up by covering most, if not all, of my land’s weekly rental fee.

Don’t forget that there are other research groups you can join to earn more Linden Dollars like:

• Reperes-Second Life and,
• Market Truths Limited

You can also join Earn2Life and Slam-X for more earning opportunities or just browse the pages of Kabalyero.com to learn other ways of earning Linden Dollars.

While we are in the subject of earning thousands of Linden Dollars (L$), I’m calling all bloggers to take a crack at this awesome offer. 10,000L$ worth of prizes will be given away to a lucky blogger. That’s real money folks worth almost $38 (USD) in real life. For some that’s nothing but for many that’s a lot.

To join, just head on over at Earn Free Lindens or click on this link to read the full blog entry. Make sure you follow the instructions to the dot.

Last month’s winner was this site, http://blog.myspace.com/onbewust

Oh, I forgot to mention that this month’s contest is sponsored by Shai Delacroix of Casa Del Shai. Goodluck!

During my first weeks in Second Life I met some Filipino SL residents. Most of them were newbies like me but there were some that were not so newbie anymore. Where are they now specially the newbies? I have them on my friends list but I never see them online anymore. I know there are many Filipinos in SL but I’m more interested to those who are just starting and feeling their way around because it’s really hard to get established in SL without any support from anyone. I should know! I started at zero and yet I haven’t gotten very far but what keeps me going is that I enjoy whatever I am doing in SL. [...continue reading Where are they now?]

You can get tons of FREE items at 3 Stars and a Sun but that’s not all you can also earn some much needed Linden $.

Free Linden ATMS

We have one HippiePay ATM and one MyLinden ATM at 3 Stars and a Sun. These Free Linden ATMs pay you for completing online surverys. It will only require you to spend a few minutes but the reward is much better than camping for hours.

Earn2Life

If you don’t want to do online surveys then you might want to try Earn2Life. Instead of completing surveys with Earn2Life you complete offers. If you are at 3 Stars and a Sun then just touch the banner to get a landmark to Earn2Life’s HQ. Read the instructions carefully, sign-up, complete offers and get paid.

First Opinion Panel

A more detailed information about First Opinion Panel can be acquired at 3 Stars and a Sun. Just touch the ad board and you’ll be presented with various info about First Opinion Panel. Read them carefully before you sign-up.

Money Ball

The Money Ball doesn’t pay that much but at least you’ll get a few linden $ while you grab those free items. Anyway, keep on visiting 3 Stars and a Sun because the place is always changing.