Location: Cathedral (120,154,32)

After spending two days roaming the Isle of Wyrm and meeting some of the most helpful and coolest people in SL, I don't even know where to begin telling you about all the great fun that is here.

Plan on seeing plenty of dragons here. In addition to the many dragon residents in many varieties and sizes, the Cathedral on the Isle of Wyrm holds a long line of Dragon Eggs as well as a "Dragon Hologram Emitter" that will let you view any model of Dragon. Which is handy, if you happen to be choosing to purchase one of these OUTSTANDING Dragon avatars. You just don't get a sense of scale of these creatures from the pictures here - the adult dragons are HUGE.

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.

Caledon (189,189,76)
Caledon II (81,178,67)
Caledon Carntaigh (190,126,67)

New Citizen's Plaza, Kuula (54,175,29)

New Citizen's Plaza - just now one of several places New Citizens, Inc. has built newbie-friendly places for helping folks get 'a level up' - does have freebie items shopping as well. Plan on some crowds and lag.

Yadni's Junkyard, Leda (210,28,54)

Yadni's Junkyard is the classic starting place to load up on the gadgets, weapons, clothes, houses, HUD's, hair, skins, tools, animations, textures, and much more. Plan on spending a few hours there; just combing the shelves takes time: there are so many boxes of so much stuff!

The GNUbie Store, Indigo (201,62,38)

http://secondlife.com/events/

The same events listings you can get while in-world you can now get on Linden Lab's Second Life official web site. You can even select event types (categories) to get past all the yard sales. :)

The MystiTool HUD is one of the most useful things I've found in Second Life so far - it has become a staple for me. I use it all the time.