Search scores of Second Life news, blog, and specialty sites here.
Visit the SL Trip Tips Bookstore!
A cool script generator:
http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/
Get started in scripting the easy way: with example scripts that do most basic things. Thanks to Ann Enigma!
Natalia's great tutorial on particle effects! Make your own candlestick and more. Neeto! Thanks, Natalia!
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-158-creating-attachments-with.html
http://secondlife.com/developers/mapapi/
FOR WEB DEVELOPERS
Want to display cool, zoomable, draggable maps to locations in SL on your web site or blog? Linden Labs provides a full, easy-to-use (if you have experience with JavaScript) set of code and routines to do just that!
http://www.lifeforyou.tv/eng/index.html
"The first TV Magazine in Second Life"

Touring around SL is hours of fun, but sooner or later you'll probably want to find some fun events to attend in-world. So how exactly do you go about that?
Well, here are two easy methods:
FOR PROGRAMMERS & DEVELOPERS
So Linden Labs has released the Second Life client software to Open Source. A great move, in my opinion, and one that will accelerate the development of the client to everyone's benefit. The Second Life client truely has the capacity to become the world's first standard "3D-Metaverse Browser", so to speak.
The clue is this: walking up to avatars and asking, "Hey! Hi. How can I get a job?" marks you as a real newbie - a clueless newbie to boot, actually. Which is okay, we were all newbies once, and no one is going to hate you for asking.
http://www.wakatech.com/scripts/
A new area on the Waka Technologies site that has scripts with line-by-line and copy-n-paste versions, great for learning, discussion, and for posting your own handy scripts!