Willy Wonka's Splenda Factory!

What would make life sweeter the second time around?

That's what the popular sweetener company, Splenda®, asked SL residents. They created an in-world contest encouraging all SL residents to submit their ideas on what would make second life even 'sweeter'! This week Splenda cut their finalists down to four. SL residents will be casting their votes for their favorite ideas over the next seven days (Jan 17 - 23) at Splenda® Island (143, 204, 29).

Out of the four finalists I can't decide which one to vote for! There are two that I really liked. Passion Pinger because Lyra Muse came up (what I think is) a fantastic idea! The concept is this: "Second Life® isn’t the small town it once was. With so many residents, it can be tricky to meet people with similar interests. So how do we make this aspect of Second Life® sweeter? With the Passion Pinger, of course. The Passion Pinger is a device that lets you enter your interests, with as many key words as you like. Then when someone in your vicinity is into the same things, you get an IM letting you know that there’s a potential new friend nearby."

And Moo Money's concept called "The SPLENDA® Island Community" which is a hodge-podge of social activities - one of which (I thought was creative) is an in-world cooking show and cooking scavenger hunt "where residents follow clues and search for ingredients around the island, then prepare them at a station."

Both ideas sound great - and being a health avie, I'd be really curious to see what an SL cooking show would look like... but I think Lyra's idea is more practical. Resident experience would really be enhanced if her idea was implemented.

I also visited Splenda Island (out of curiosity, though I'm not a Splenda consumer at all) to see what other interesting things I would find... WOW - what an island of fruit flavor! It is true sugar heaven! It would be Willy Wonka's sister's place (if he wasn't the only child). I swam in lemonade pools and slid down milk shake slides (which I got stuck in a few times because the animation didn't work). I ran through cupcake fields and picked blueberry flowers! The cafe was inside a big coffee mug (tipped on its side). If I wasn't so health conscious - I'd leave here 10 pounds heavier (and of course the SL camera adds a few pounds)!

Although for the most part I was responsible, couldn't resist the whipped cream covered strawberries. They just looked SO delicious! I just had to eat one!