New Years Eve Party

 

You are invited to a night of Celebration in  London City, for the New Years Eve Party on Saturday.

DJ's Bailey and Torric, will take you through New Years Eve and into the New Year from 12pm SL Time (8pm UK).

Torric will be playing all the trashy songs you've ever heard at every New Years Eve party you ever went to as you were growing up, during the "Cheese and Wine" section.  You can collectively vote songs off, by pressing the thumb down button (or thumb up to save).

Madame Bailey will be here to save your sanity at 2pm SL (10pm UK), with proper party sounds taking us well into 2023 ans Big Ben Bongs at midnight UK time (4pm SL).

Hope you can join us!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/London%20City/127/110/23

Christmas Dinner in London City

Dinner is served from 6am SLT / 2pm UK

If you are online, hurry on over to London City right now. The tables are all set up for Christmas Dinner.

Bring a glass of cheer, something to eat, a cigar and glass of port and have a wonderful party with your online friends.

Happy Christmas!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/77/221/23

It's Christmas!

Have a Happy Christmas!

Our sincere thanks to everyone who supports London City and for  making it what it is.  It would be impossible without you!

To our friends, the large, extraordinary, dedicated, loyal and skilled team, we offer our deepest gratitude for all that you do;  for smiling in the face of adversity, for offering encouragement and insight and for some of the most innovative ideas on the grid.  

We are so proud of this spectacular crew, the envy of the virtual world. Thank you for making it a pleasure to logon to London!

To the merchants and sponsors, our thanks for your business and your faith in this estate to sell your product and for investing your time and money in London City.

And to the visitors and members that form the London City community,  thank you for making London City the single most popular destination in all of Second Life; always busy, with something always happening. You are at the heart of everything that goes on here.

Substation, Madame Lala's and Worlds End Pub are open through the holidays, but please keep an eye on Group Notices as some times and schedules may vary.

Some of our team are having family time on 24th, 25th and 26th of December, but should you need assistance during these few days, please use the Support option on this blog and we'll respond in a timely fashion to your enquiry.

Have a great time wherever you are and whatever you are doing.   Drop by London City throughout the holidays, the city never sleeps.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Support During Christmas

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.

Whatever you're doing this holiday season, have a great time.  We hope you enjoy yourselves and get a chance to visit to London City during the festivities. 

Keep an eye out for the pop-up parties happening throughout the estate and in our bars and clubs.

Like you, our support team with be eating, drinking, sleeping, watching television and logging in to SL.  

We have no set hours for Support during the holidays, so if you find yourself needing help, please use the Support portal above and we will be sure to answer you in a timely manner.

 Christmas Day Dinner in London City

If you find yourself online on Christmas day, bring your dinner over to the hub area in London City where the dinner tables are set up and have a glass of wine and a meal with all your online friends


Party throughout Christmas

Look for group notices in London City Events and London City Entertainment. Our clubs are open throughout the holidays, but may slightly adjust their regular hours.  


New Years Eve

Join us for a Cheese & Wine selection of party songs from the ages from 12pm SLT (8pm UK) with yours truly, then Bailey bringing us up to date and seeing us into the New Year from 2pm SLT (10pm UK)


Have a happy and safe Christmas, from all of us at London City.

Andy Williams Christmas Show - Christmas Eve

No Christmas can be complete without the Andy Williams Christmas show.

On Saturday, Christmas Eve, at 11am SL Time (7pm UK) join us in London City as Christmas time officially arrives and we herald the start of the holidays with the wonderful Andy, crooning carols for us.

Win 250L for the Best in Christmas and join in the party spirit.

The festivities are here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/London%20City/135/108/24

Get on with your work!

So this is Christmas, well almost.  Thursday should be the last working day we have to endure..

If you thought ahead (in the UK) and booked 29th and 30th December as holiday, then well done you!  With the weekend and bank holidays around Christmas, you get 11 days off for the price of 2, you crafty thing!

To help speed your day along, please follow the traditional Christmas timetable:

09.30 Starting time
09.55 Arrive for work
10.00 Have a coffee break
10.30 Coffee break time
11.00 Get ready for lunch
11.30 Go to lunch
12.30 Lunch time
13.30 Afternoon shift begins
14.00 Arrive back from lunch
14.30 Go home
15.00 Going home time

See you all in London City later for a tipple, a natter and then a boogie.

Enjoy your day!

Let there be light ..

It is the shortest day, the Winter Solstice... but it is going to get brighter from tomorrow.

We can all enjoy some more daylight time starting this week, thanks to Civil Twilight.

Civil twilight is a scientific term, defined as “the period after sunset or before sunrise ending or beginning when the sun is about 6 degrees below the horizon and during which on clear days there is enough light for ordinary outdoor occupations.”

And from 23rd December, it starts getting lighter at night, by just a minute at first, and by up to 2 minutes a day in January. 

This may not sound much, but by the end of January sunset will be 5.23pm, a full 43 minutes more, and at 6.13pm in February.

Christmas begins..

Some pictures from the legendary Demis Roussos on Ice concert, last night in London City.

Demis Roussos The Christmas Show

You know it's Christmas when Demis takes to the stage!

The last Saturday before Christmas Eve!

The Greek God of Party is here this weekend!

Continuing with our Festive weekend concerts...

On a specially reinforced Ice Stage, Demis Roussos will be performing his magical plate smashing Greek Christmas Show in Regent's Park this coming Saturday.

Come and enjoy an evening with Demis Roussos at 12pm SL this Saturday.


http://slurl.com/secondlife/London%20City/135/108/24

Genesis Viewer Release #2

There is a new Genesis Viewer Release.

Version 1.2.594

This release is primarily to address the Chromium updates that bring the viewer in parity with Second Life Viewer's media abilities for shared streamed content, in particular, the rise in the popularity of HiVid TV.

HiVid TV media is now supported. 

We added a cache system for Contact Sets to make them respond faster.

The Active Speaker list can now be paused, reactivated and refreshed.

The GenxProfileFloater is a new experimental profile floater that you can opt in and out of by enabling it in Debug.  When fully implemented it will become an option in Preferences, but already, you can upload a profile picture without incurring any upload fees.

Added some hover text help for some ambiguous settings in Preferences.

Added an additional 7 skins for the User Interface. You now have a choice of 11. Check out 'Second Love' if you like extra colourful, or  'Snow White', if you want a Wintery theme.

Developers and Support team can now be identified by "Genesis Viewer Team" appearing in their profile.

The Script editor now uses a mono space font.

A group invitation is offered (once) to the account logging in on the first session of a new install.

Download (or read the release notes) from https://genesisviewer.org

Glen Campbell Country Christmas on Saturday

Glen Campbell's Country Christmas.
Saturday 12pm SL (8pm UK)

Glen will be singing his most famous songs and some carols to get you in the mood for the big day.

Campbell's career spans over 50 years.  Not only is he a famous soup, he is perhaps one of the best known Country singers of all time, with hits, Gentle On My Mind, Galveston, Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get to Phoenix and Rhinestone Cowboy.

FREE Profile picture uploads in Genesis Viewer's Alternative Profile floater

You can now upload your profile pictures for free on Genesis Viewer 1.23 build 583

https://genesisviewer.org

Santa's Grotty returns!

 

Would you sit on this man's lap?

The adorable, slightly randy, alcoholic gentleman who has played Santa for us for many years, has been released from the Betty Ford clinic and returned once again, a bit worse for wear, to spread Christmas cheer to visitors of London City.

Our very own Chris Kringle has been hard at it and is ready to slip you a big surprise if you sit on his lap and tell him about all the naughty and nice things you have done this year.   Santa will invite you to have a rummage in his sack and pull out something big, spectacular and impressive!

You can't really miss his grotto as its peppered with gin bottles and discarded mince pies

Visit Santa's Grotty here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/83/189/23

Free Exclusive Christmas Outfits, at Freebie Megastore

The lovely people at 'No Shot', have brightened up our Christmas again with these festive freebies.

'No Shot' clothing has created some free 'his' and 'hers' Christmas outfits, exclusive to London City's Freebie Megastore.  These outfits are for a multitude of mesh bodies, including BoM and classic, with alpha layers.

Freebie Megastore:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/108/212/24

No Shot Mainstore:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City%20South/142/172/24

Other Free 'No Shot', Christmas outfits are also available in the store.

Cliff comes to town, Saturday

Merry Cliffmas!  We present Cliff Richard in Concert this Saturday.

If you are a Cliff hanger then you will be thrilled that the British answer to Elvis (minus the pelvis) is appearing on stage singing all of his hits.

Cliff who has enjoyed over 200 years at the top will perform his famous songs (and many more) including, Living Doll, Wired for Sound, The Young Ones, Some People, Carrie, Bachelor Boy(!), Tutti Frutti, Devil Woman -- to name but a few!

Party starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) with Cliff and his 30 inch waist on stage at 1pm SL (9pm UK)
Teleport: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/122/109/24

 
Stuck for gift ideas this year?  How about a Cliff Richard 2023 Calendar?  Very reasonably priced at around £5.99, or from 99p for a 2022 one, available in any charity shop.

London City Christmas begins

With Christmas Shows every week and events every day.  We hope you will come spend some holiday time with us in London City.

Christmas Party in London City

If you wish it could be Christmas every day, then come and party in London City. Through December, there are daily seasonal parties in all the venues and a concert show on Saturdays! Collect free Christmas clothing and accessories. Enjoy a virtual Christmas dinner on the big day itself and dance on through to the biggest bash of all, on New Year's Eve. For a full list of holiday activities in London City, check mainlandlondon.blogspot.com

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World Aids Day

Activists the world over put a spotlight on the AIDS virus on this day.

AIDS has killed 35 million people since the start of the pandemic. Every year, 2 million people acquire the virus, and the U.N. estimates that more than 1 million people die from the virus annually.

A lot has happened since the first World AIDS Day in 1988. Countries in which the topic was once taboo now offer testing and treatment. Mothers with HIV can have healthy babies and live to raise them. Drugs can keep the virus from spreading. More than 18 million people are on lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs that keep HIV in check. And now, scientists are talking about vaccines and a cure.

A large-scale trial of a potential vaccine is underway in South Africa. The study will involve more than 5,400 sexually active men and women ages 18 to 35 in a number of areas around South Africa, a country where more than 1,000 people a day are infected with HIV. The trial will last for four years.

(source: VOA)