In case you hadn’t already heard, big congrats to SW Chris for winning Lifetime Achievement in the Cys this year! Syn and I also got one for ActiveWiki. Pretty k00l. 
You can check the full list of winners and event details over at the ActiveWiki.
Alphaworld has been down for much of this week for ongoing maintenance. Tom (Flagg) noted on the AW Forums that “AW is down for maintenance as we work on repairing the world’s mover system.“
A timetable has not been given on when the world will be restored. However, in the meantime, the Universal Immigration Officer message encourages us all to check out some of the other public building worlds, which isn’t a bad idea. Have you seen Mars, Yellow, or Winter lately? 
I’ve updated the Ultimate Teleport List again, cept this time I’ve transformed it into something bigger. The Ultimate AW User Guide now makes great use of the User Guide tab and has transformed it into something extremely useful for a general audience.
This user guide contains most all topics that the general AW user will be exposed to, and a myriad of teleports also. Still heavily SW City biased, but it’s getting pretty broad. Topics included range from simple to advanced building topics, bots and the sdk, and even various gaming worlds.
http://awportals.com/chronicles/article.php?a=293
A HUD icon for Scarabian User Terminals has been added to the HUD on the bottom-right of the screen for global chat users. In order to access the SUT icon, you must be listed in the #swcity chat channel.
You can do this by saying ^jc #swcity anywhere in Alphaworld.
Thanks a lot for the great add, Mark!
http://forums.activeworlds.com/showthread.php?t=11893
Winter’s building contest will close registration in three days. After July 23, no new applicants can enter. This building competition is sponsored by AWI and v4 rights in public building worlds are rewarded to pretty much anyone who makes a quality build.
So if you’re thinking about jumping in the fray… time’s running out. If you want to participate, you can apply on the AW Forums.