The Steamlands are quite abuzz over the events in this, the first ever Fleet Week. Watch the shores of New Babbage for the following events. The week will culminate with the Uniform Ball at Piermont Landing. This correspondent is sure the festivites will be nautical but nice!

New Babbage Presents
Fleet Week
The first ever gathering of Second Life's Steamland Navies!
Shipbuilders Contest * WindJammers Race*Submarine Races * Epic Ironclad Battles * Naval Review * Uniform Ball
New Babbage * November 15-21

THURSDAY 11/19
* Epic Iron Melee, 7PM SLT...featuring the navies of the steamlands, slugging it out on the open ocean.

FRIDAY 11/20
* Fleet Review, 1PM SLT ... wherein the state-based navies of the Steamlands, in their finest regalia, present themselves for Review by the Public.

SATURDAY 11/21
* Windjammer Race, 11AM SLT ... wherein the fastest tall masted and wind-powered ships compete in a heartstopping contest.

* Submarine Races, 2PM SLT ... wherein our finest submariners - and their daring mechanical marvels - will compete in an underwater tournament.



* Uniform Ball at Piermont Landing, 6PM SLT ... wherein uniformed officers and the Public dance the night away at a nautical-themed Ball hosted by Breezy Carver at Piermont Landing in New Babbage.

If you've missed sitting around the campfire at October Country... you'll look forward to its return! Martian Wei is busily arranging the logs and striking a match for the bonfire. The first show will begin at 5pm SLT on Saturday, November 14th. Location to be announced.

Get back in the loop for updates and news:

Website: October Country Radio

Twitter: ocradio

Second Life Group: In "Search", go to "Groups", search 'October Country', join.

Spread the word!

The Primgraph needs some steampunk Christmas imagery. You are the steampunk crazed artist who can do it. Who better than our readers to create a lovely bit of Christmas tinged with good old steampunk imagination?

For a prize of 3000L, create an original bit of Steampunk Christmas for our Primgraph holiday issue.

The final image should be provided as either a Tiff, Jpeg, or PNG file, with a resolution of 200 pixels per inch and measuring anywhere between 512 or 1024 pixels large. It can be colour or black & white (or sepia?). Dive into Photoshop or Gimp or whatever is your weapon of choice! Show us your vision of a Steampunk Christmas and we'll use the top 3 images in the Primgraph with a feature page and 3000L for the wining image and artist.

Think fireplace,
Think tree,
Think corset,
Think tophat,
Think skates,
Think santa,
Think sleds,
Think zeppelins,
Think mechanical wonders,
Think steam.

Here's a lovely example found on the web

Have fun!

Entries must be received at the.primgraph@gmail.com by November 20th. All decisions are final. (Contest also open to Primgraph staff)

What happens when two talk show hosts attempt a 'routine' interview in New Babbage? What could possibly go wrong? Got 25 minutes? Not easily frightened? It's Halloween, but surely that is just a coincidence..... or is it?

Designing Worlds - New Babbage Edition

Prim Perfect is looking for a Graphic Designer to join an amazing team!

This is a rare opportunity to work with one of the most highly regarded and fastest growing media groups within Second Life. Prim Perfect Publications consists of three distinct productions: Prim Perfect magazine (Second Life’s premier home and gardens magazine), Designing Worlds (the Treet TV show for design and designers in virtual worlds), and The Primgraph (Second Life vintage and steampunk magazine).

We wish to hire an energetic, enthusiastic, and proactive individual who can be part of the team responsible for designing and laying out Prim Perfect to create new editions of this stunning magazine, which is scheduled to appear every six weeks.

The successful candidate will have attitude, aptitude, and appetite. A proven ability to meet deadlines is essential.

You will be a creative person with a flair for magazine design. You will have the flexibility to work with different writers and photographers, and the organisation skills to work to a set schedule.

You will work both independently and with the various production and editorial teams, so good communication skills are a must.

Job responsibilities include: laying out the magazine using an high-end DTP package*; assigning photographers to stories; taking the odd photograph yourself when needed; assigning different level of advertising space throughout the magazine and integrating it within the layout.

* we would strongly prefer the successful candidate to use Adobe InDesign.

Knowledge of DTP and Photoshop are essentials, as is experience in RL print and/or online rich content design. A passion for virtual world design would be an advantage.

Applicants should have at least six months experience in Second Life. Applicants should have real life experience of the design process and key issues affecting designers.

Payment will be on a profit share basis.

Applicants should apply in writing to primperfect@gmail.com, giving:
Avatar Name:
Rezz Date:
Employment experience in Second Life:
Any real life experience you believe may be relevant:
Why you believe you are a suitable candidate for this position:
The names and contact details of two SL references:

CLOSING DATE: November 10th. Successful applicants will be asked to complete a design task and to attend an interview.

For more information about Prime Perfect Publications see:
http://www.primperfect.net/

Join Us Today - for a spooky Designing Worlds in New Babbage! (follow the link to read about today's show in tantalizing detail.)

What is Designing Worlds, you may ask? It is a live weekly show covering design and designers in the virtual worlds. The show goes out live every Tuesday at 2pm SLT, and is presented by Saffia Widdershins, the Editor of Prim Perfect Magazine, and Elrik Merlin of Radio Riel. Archives of past shows can be found at Treet TV

The Halloween issue of Prim Perfect is out! I've been sooo anticipating the release of this one, as it's possibly the most fun I've had yet writing for the publication. Hanging out with Ceres Eilde and Cutea Benelli was a hoot - and roaming the strange and dark lands of Arkham, Dunwich and Kingsport was the scariest fun I've had in a long time.

You are really going to enjoy this issue. And! Once you've read it, you're going to want to visit those Lovecraftian lands. What timing! There's a Darke Carnival starting in Arkham on Thursday. I'll see you there -- if I'm still alive.

In the wake of the wholesale theft of sims and content, creators, writers and those who simply wish to support creators with their purchases have banded together to form Step Up! The Step Up! blog has lots of information on the campaign, which will culminate in Step Up! Day on November 5th.

In-world, you can pick up an info pack at the Prim Perfect Main Offices in Oliveto.

A machinima by Toxic Menges:

Issue 8 of The Primgraph is now available! This is the spookiest issue of this publication ever! Join us as we explore the Dark Victorian sims of Winterfell. You'll also find heaps of news about the steampunk sims, a fantabulous ghost story set in New Babbage and written by the city's maceholder, the newest installment of The Quest for the Golden Prim, and so very, very much more!

From PJ Trenton's haunting cover art, all the way through to the contributor's credits, the Primgraph will hold you... spellbound!

If you haven't already heard, the new Prim Perfect Issue #20: Fall In New England is out! I can't improve on Saffia Widdershins blog post about the new issue - truly, her announcement is a work of art in itself, complete with dazzling photos drawn from the pages of this spectacular issue.

So please, follow the hotlink above, let the announcement set the mood, and then treat yourself to a hot spiced apple cider (or Fall drink of your choice!) and relax with our latest Prim Perfect magazine. Your eyes will thank you!

When visiting New Babbage, one should be sure to fall into the Vernian Deep! You'll be glad you drowned. Er, did.

[Huzzahs to Miss Viv Trafalgar for nifty camerawork.]

First it was a concept (which grew out of a milk bottle, believe it or not.) Then it was a web comic, and now - it's a podcast! In the very first Quest for the Golden Prim podcast, Gabrielle Riel talks with Saffia Widdershins and PJ Trenton about the creation of the quest.

The time for secrets...is at an end!

The New Champagne Rooms is turning TWO! Come and join us as we celebrate our second anniversary at Jersey Island this Monday, August 24th from 8-10pm SLT. The sensational Miss Vivienne Dufaux will be spinning dance tunes and your lovely Champagne Ladies will be up on the ball room floor ready to dance the night away with YOU! It's time to party!!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jersey%20Island/222/99/500

Saffia Widdershins, publisher of Prim Perfect and The Primgraph magazines, as well as co-host of the treet.tv show, Designing Worlds, is the guest on this episode of Off the Shelf. This busy woman will answer questions about how her Second Life publishing career began, the challenges she faces, and her future plans.

Off The Shelf with Saffia Widdershins

The Primgraph, sister magazine to Prim Perfect, are proud to announce their sponsorship of The Caledon Rose-Growing Competition!

To celebrate the launch of our summer issue, we are holding the competition in the grounds of The Primgraph Press in Caledon Glengarry.

This competition (we hope the first of an annual event) is being staged in order to find the best roses in the Steamlands and beyond! In other words, it is open to ALL merchants, residents and rose growers everywhere.

Categories*:
Single Roses (no more than 35 prims per rose)
Rosebushes (no more than 15 prims per bush)

How to enter:
To enter, please place your rose in one of the compartments of the flowerbed (if a bush) or in a vase on one of the tables (if a single rose) in the grounds of The Primgraph Press in Caledon G;lengarry. Kindly enter your name into the titler (available in the information box at the Press) and place it behind your entry.

Then register for voting by clicking on one of the two voting boards (located above the front wall of the Press).
PINK BOARD for the SINGLE rose category
BLUE BOARD for the ROSEBUSH category
Entries must be in place before 12 midnight, Tuesday 25th August.

Voting will take place between 1am SLT Wednesday 26th and 1pm SLT Saturday 29th August

Results announced at The Primgraph Summer Garden Party 2:00 – 4:00 pm SLT, Saturday 29 August – in the grounds of the Primgraph Press, Caledon Glengarry: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Glengarry/59/141/24

*A third category will be part of the Primgraph’s web comic, The Quest for the Golden Prim. This category is not open to the public.

Any queries, IM Saffia Widdershins OR Aisling Sinclair OR Ceejay Writer

Last night's show at the New Champagne Rooms drew quite the crowd. Miss Amelie and Miss Ahnya danced to perfection, and were well received by a packed house. Among the guests were a table of naval sorts, relaxing after an Iron Melee event. Hotspur O'Toole recounts his evening with his compadres in his blog, with a post simply titled The New Champagne Rooms. Thank you sir! We're happy to have helped your evening be so enjoyable!

Tis Summertime for many of us, and so it is with delight and seasonal greetings that we present The Seaside Edition of the Primgraph. This is issue #7. My pride in the publication and my gratitude to be lucky enough to be a part of this venture grows with each issue.

In a delightful coincidence, Miss Breezy Carver blogs about new bathing attire for the seaside in By the Sea, Fancy Bathers and Me So, be sure to read her blog, shop for a new suit, and then pay a visit to all the wonderful places you will read about in our Seaside issue of the Primgraph.

When I'm not in darkmer form (that's becoming a more common occurrence lately, and is slightly disturbing but that's another blog for another day) or done up in feathers for Burlesque dancing, I find more often than not, I'm pulling a dress from Viv Trafalgar Outfitters out of the closet for daily wear. Her dresses range from sassy/flirty to elegant.

Serafina Puchkina has now created a blog for those of use who want to keep up with Viv's designs. If you have a blog, please feel free to add it to your blogroll, too!

Hot off the presses! The new Prim Perfect is out! This is issue 19 for August, 2009. We focus on the Hosoi sims, which are absolutely astounding. The articles about Hosoi and other oriental themes are a must-read, without question. There's also some good articles on responsible roleplay, SL6B, and I have to point out Lumiere Noir's article on modular building, since it was of SUCH help in my quest to rise above my noobish building skills.

I'm very proud of this issue, and of the Prim Perfect team. We have the best writers, photographers, designers, and editors! I'm proud to be associated with this publication!