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| I think she's astonished that SL still exists after 8 years, and that some people still care about the Elder Days |
Seconderth (a deep map)
(Part the First: Being a pictorial series covering the first 47 regions of Second Life, those which existed as of the official Opening, June 23, 2003)
~ The Original Sixteen ~
Natoma
Welsh
Da Boom
Freelon
Clara
Varney
Stillman
Clyde
Minna
Ritch
Zoe
Taber
Hawthorne
Shipley
Federal
Stanford
~ The First Expansion ~
Clementina
Lusk
Perry
Tehama
~ Open Beta Begins ~
Jessie
Oak Grove
Rizal, Morris & Ahern
Bonifacio & Dore
Kissling
Boardman
De Haro
Immaculate
~ The Color Sims + 2 ~
Tan
Gray
Plum & Lime
Sage
Aqua
Blue
Rose
Teal
Brown
Green
Mocha
Olive
Slate
Darkwood
Gibson
~ Interlude ~
Perspective
Other posts in this blog touching upon the history of Second Life:
The Pause that Refreshes
SL 8.25 B : The Ten Oldest Objects in Second Life
Interlude: San Francisco Aftershock
Interlude: San Francisco Earthquake
"Welcome to Second Life" - a pictorial review
Death of a Nation
The Persistence of Vision
Happy 6th Birthday, Luskwood!
References and Further Resources:
In-world ~
The SL Historical Museum
The official Second Life Wiki ~
- History of Second Life
- Orientation Island
- Welcome Area
Second Life Wikia ~
- Timeline
- Historical Locations
- San Francisco Sims
- Color Sims
- Release Notes; a compilation of Second Life "viewer" software release notes from v0.1.0 (Closed Beta - March 2003) through v1.19.0 (Feb 2008)
Maps ~
- Bino Arbuckle's website, SLMaps - Maps of Second Life
- Wizard Gynoid's Flickr set, Historic SL Maps
- The Maps of Second Life Pool on Flickr
Snapzilla ~ You can search the entire collection by region name, then sort the results oldest-first to find many images of the Elder Days, and builds which are long gone. Snapzilla was started in 2005, though some of the images uploaded to it may be older.
2nd Look Image Gallery ~ Never popular, from the looks of it -- 1229 images uploaded from March 2004 to July 2008, and none since -- but it has some gems among the dross, and a few that were recorded long before they were uploaded to the site.
Daniel Voyager ~
- the SL History page at his blog
- SL Historical Locations - one of Daniel's many photo sets at Flickr.
Headburro Antfarm ~
- BB's Road Trip
- The Magellan Files
... at his blog, Backpacking Burro.
"The Virtual Whirl" by Tateru Nino at Massively ~
- A brief history of Second Life: 1999 - 2004
- A brief history of Second Life, the middle years (2005 - 2007)
- A brief history of Second Life, 2008-2010 and beyond
JeanRicard Broek ~
- "Predictions, Dreamers and Critics", a detailed and informative timeline of SL History at his blog, Architecture +
Note: This page, like this blog, is perpetually Under Construction, and will receive periodic updates
