An Art Hive is a community art studio that welcomes everyone as an artist. From an art pop-up in a local library to a community studio or gallery, at its heart, an Art Hive is about inclusion, respect and learning. It's a welcoming place to talk, make art and build communities. Responding in creative ways to things that matter.

Come and contribute to our Virtual Hive and find out more about the history of the project here: https://arthives.org

Rakis Heron

Your contact person for grid (no drama)
and hometown sim advisor.
Owner of grid. 8 domains, 6 servers, 5 works,
hardware, software, business internet and
all bills every month. $ 300 / month.
PayPal donations are always welcome.

STRESS-TEST
Adding more and more animeshies to my ZZ was a killer in the days before I made my lowlag scripts.
Wit the latest added, the deer, I wanted to see how good/bad it would be with some 100 ! animals added again;
There's now 100 deer, 40 cranes in v-flight, a dozen dolfins, 100 flamingo-flock, a few dozen butterflies.....some 40 single roamers....a total of some 300 animeshies, and here's the statistics:,, to proove it to work perfectly smooth!
Back in the days, with classic opensim scripts, the eps count would be more like 6000 instead of 140.
All animals are available in the shop; btw, the stand with ubODE animeshies means, those are explicitly designed for the smooth moving of objects. It doesnt mean they wouldnt work in bullet, but not with the same smoothness.
Vice versa, the Bulletsim animeshies work fine in ubODE, but obviously not that smooth:)

BLA BLA BLA MAGAZINE — WINTER HOLIDAY EDITION!
DON’T LEAVE IT TOO LATE — GET YOUR ARTICLES IN EARLY!

Do you have a winter wonderland, a festive region, a special event, an interesting story, or a hidden gem you want people across OpenSim to discover this winter season?

Now is the time to get the word out! Give explorers plenty of time to discover your location, visit your regions, join your happenings, and enjoy everything you have prepared for the Winter Holidays.

WHAT CAN YOU SUBMIT?
Articles about your regions and winter destinations
Upcoming events and festive happenings
Interesting stories and points of interest
Winter attractions, activities, and places worth exploring

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
11th November 2026 — Final deadline for articles, happenings, stories, and points of interest.
1st December 2026 — The Winter Holiday Edition of Bla Bla Bla Magazine goes out!

Don't miss this opportunity to put your location on the map and let the OpenSim community know what you have to offer this winter.

CONTACT: SOFEE SUPERMARINE
Founder & Owner of Bla Bla Bla Magazine

Get your submissions in early, spread the word, and let’s make this Winter Holiday season one to remember across OpenSim!

Bla Bla Bla Magazine — Bringing the OpenSim community together, one story at a time!

SVPortal v2.0 Beta 1 is now available.

This release brings the new setup registry to replace most of the configuration in config.php (some items have to stay there - like database connection details: you cant get the database connection details from the database until you know how to connect to the database!)

Existing users will need to upgrade their grid settings, and a script is provided to do this - but please read the note on the download at https://www.glenysbieler.com/svportal/.

Please visit https://www.glenysbieler.com/svportal/ for more information, and download.

NOTE: SVPortal is a totally separate standalone application running in PHP. It is not a plugin to WordPress or any other CMS it is a full application by itself.

Jimmy Olsen's incredible EEP system is now in Wolf Territories Grid back end, you can set it on your land to tie up to an RL place including the weather. (needs WolfStorm or WolfBrowser)

https://wolf-grid.com

🎧 DEEP GROOVE SESSIONS 🎧
with DJ Chanel Hurricane

Deep beats, smooth grooves and good vibes!
Join us for a musical journey through deep, soulful sounds and unforgettable rhythms.

📅Saturday, October 3th
🕐 1–3 PM Grid Time
🔊 Listen live: grid.arkhamgrid.org:8002:Arkham Grid Community
http://aegura.harriman4.com:8036/djhurricane.mp3
🌀 Feel the rhythm.
📍 Arkham Grid Community Deep grooves. Heavy
bass. Pure underground vibes.

We got rid of region borders. Once the rolling restart completes you will never hit a region border on Wolf Territories Grid, you wil happily sail between regions, if you come to the extremes of the grid you will "wrap around" just like a globe. In fact our new WolfViewer / WolfStorm map view release coming out today will start off with a globe as we are no longer constrained by region borders. (still works on other grids and other viewer users can still experience no region borders but it won't be as smooth as with WolfViewer), plus we are releasing automatic upgrades, proper linux packages (deb etc) for all linux.

https://youtu.be/4ubsU9N3qDc

https://cozycomfortsgrids.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/sunset-...

🌅 SUNSET PARTNERS – SPEED DATING OPENING EVENT

Looking for someone special? Join Sunset Partners Dating Agency for a relaxed and playful Speed Dating Opening Event designed to help people meet, talk, flirt and connect.

No pressure, no formal dress code — come as you are (bits covered). 😉

💕 The Event

11:00 – 11:15 SLT | WELCOME
A short introduction to Sunset Partners Dating Agency and how the dating boards work.

11:15 – 11:30 SLT | DATING WALL
Tell us a little about yourself and what kind of partner you are looking for.

11:30 – 12:30 SLT | SPEED DATING
Sit down and spend 10 minutes talking with each potential partner . A simple way to discover who you might click with.

11:30 – 13:00 SLT | DANCING ON THE ROOF
After — and alongside — the dating activities, enjoy some music with Aphra playing a selection of nice tunes in the background.

❤️ Meet • Talk • Flirt • Connect

Registration is open now until 10 AM Sunday.

Good conversations can lead to something special… ✨

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🌅 SUNSET PARTNERS – SPEED-DATING-ERÖFFNUNGSEVENT

Bist du auf der Suche nach jemand Besonderem? Komm zur Partnervermittlung „Sunset Partners“ und erlebe ein entspanntes, spielerisches Speed-Dating-Event, bei dem man sich kennenlernen, unterhalten, flirten und Kontakte knüpfen kann.

Kein Druck, kein formeller Dresscode – komm einfach so, wie du bist (aber bitte bekleidet). 😉

💕 Das Event

11:00 – 11:15 Uhr SLT | BEGRÜSSUNG
Eine kurze Einführung in die Partnervermittlung „Sunset Partners“ und die Funktionsweise der Dating-Boards.

11:15 – 11:30 Uhr SLT | DATING-WAND
Erzähl uns ein wenig über dich und darüber, welche Art von Partner du suchst.

11:30 – 12:30 Uhr SLT | SPEED-DATING
Nimm Platz und unterhalte dich jeweils 10 Minuten lang mit potenziellen Partnern. Eine einfache Möglichkeit herauszufinden, mit wem die Chemie stimmt.

11:30 – 13:00 Uhr SLT | TANZEN AUF DEM DACH
Genieße nach (und während) der Dating-Aktivitäten die Musik: Aphra spielt eine Auswahl schöner Songs im Hintergrund.

❤️ Kennenlernen • Unterhalten • Flirten • Kontakte knüpfen

Die Anmeldung ist ab sofort bis Sonntag um 10:00 Uhr geöffnet.

Gute Gespräche können zu etwas Besonderem führen… ✨