This is the tenth in a series of largely demographic interviews that are conducted with established residents, to find out more about them and their involvement with Second Life, and to contrast the differences between their views and experiences and those of the newer residents. The questions may be tailored slightly for each interview; responses may be edited for purposes of clarity.

Neo's a Second Life kid (a child avatar) who's been around forever and likes to build and script "and have fun and annoy stiffnecked adults. That's what's great about being a kid, I get to be a bit more free about saying what i wanna say and stuff to adults, where another adult couldn't say it."

Jase Byrne, of the previously mentioned Second Pride 2007 and AIDS Memorial Quilt Bonfire events wants to invite everyone to the Light Up the Dark Project, a series of support events dedicated to promoting the AIDS Memorial Quilt in SL. Rather than summarize, here are the details from the press release:

June 8th, Friday, 3-6pm: SLT SECOND PRIDE 2007
The first event is being held at the AIDS Quilt Memorial mockup on Gwynedd Island by Second Pride 2007, the organizing group of the Second Pride 2007 Festival. Group Contact: Kris Mounier, Operations Director, Second Pride 2007

June 9th, Saturday, 3-6pm: SLT DREAMS sponsored build at Dreams sim
Dreams group is a support and educational group for those with autism or Asperger's syndrome. Shockproof is a resource group for people who survived strokes. Dreams is one of the oldest citizen-run teaching groups in Second Life. Contact: The Sojourner/Dorie Bernstein

June 10th, Sunday, 3-6pm: SLT GAY ELVEN CLAN sponsored build at ElvenMoor sim
The Gay Elven Clan group is the newest sub-clan in the vast Elven Circle and was the first to volunteer to host. Group Contact: KiVanyl Adria

June 12th, Tuesday, 5pm-8pm: SLT EDIFICE REX sponsored build at Natoma
Edifice Rex is Second Life's oldest build oriented group, with the first comprehensive self-guided build tour in the Ivory Tower of Primitives. Group contact: Lumiere Noir/Jase Byrne

If anyone wishes to sponsor a build event contact Jase Byrne in-game or visit Light Up the Dark Headquarters on Montmartre.

(Thanks, Jase!)

The Ivory Tower of Primitives is a build worth seeing, even if you don't plan to take advantage of all the wonderful building tutorials and other resources in the building.

Lumiere Noir deserves high praise for having maintained the tower through all the updates and changes to Sl and the building tools. Many people owe their start in building to the place.

There is also a very useful sandbox which is generally clearer than the other public sandboxes, and enables you to build in peace.