Archive for the year 2005

Yellow Journalists Hard at Work on Potboiler

by Pat the Rat Well kids, perhaps you often wonder, as I do, just how Herald editors Walker and Uri are able to support their habits. First, there is Walker, with his taste for pencil thin cuban cigars and first edition copies of subversive Estonian literature. Then there is Uri, burning gallons of diesel fuel [...]

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Ten Minutes Before the Mast: Second Life Sailing Federation lays down the law

by Budka Groshomme In an effort to bring some measure of control to what was rapidly becoming a chaotic arena of competitive sailboat racing, the Second Life Sailing Federation (SLSF) has adopted parts of sailing’s official Right of Way (ROW) rules. The ROW rules dictate that, based on the wind and your heading, you can’t [...]

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AD: Nota Bene, Second Life’s Notary

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Get Thee to the Library!

Second Life resident Wandering Yaffle’s new library in the Furness sim truly deserves a better headline pun than that, but such are the deadline pressures of life at the Herald that it was all we could come up with on short notice. To really do the thing justice, you’ll have to get your virtual asses [...]

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Post Six Grrrl: Haver Cole

The Herald is happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Haver Cole! Haver absolutely loves Primtionary, nudity, and anything created by Starley Therian, happens to be the only Haver in SecondLife, and is seemingly quite attracted to brilliance. My thanks go out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these wonderful [...]

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RAC ‘Em Up — Virtual Lobbyists Push On

by Seldon Metropolitan Second Life’s new Resident Action Committee met for a second time early Monday morning for a conference between RAC members and Robin and Phillip Linden to discuss the concerns mulled over during last Sunday’s inaugural session. Notably absent from the proceedings was RAC founder Lordfly Didgeridoo, as the unusually early meeting time [...]

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Cyber-Prostitutes Discover eBay?

Seems like oh so many centuries ago when the Herald introduced the world to cyberprostitutes and virtual sex slaves, including of course SL’s Sasami Wishbringer — who roleplayed as a biologically 8 year old girl/sex slave for hire. Now the UK newspaper The Guardian is reporting a World of Warcraft Night Elf was selling her(?) [...]

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Kremlinden Lab Rejects User Bill of Rights

In a disappointing ruling by Chairman Rosedale and Kremlinden Lab, a popular user-initiated proposal to institutionalize avatar rights has been rejected without credible justification. The proposal, called for the following rights: freedom of speechfreedom of expression in buildsfreedom of pressfreedom to bear arms in combat areasthe right to know charges against oneselfthe right to self-representation [...]

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GREAT BUILDERS OF SL: PART 2: GURGON GRUMBY, A MAN AND HIS DOG

GURGON AND BETA In this article, the Herald continues its series of interviews with great builders of SL (actually we didn’t know there was a series, but what the hey — I guess there is now!). In the last interview we talked to Yadni Monde, in this interview Monsterrat Snakeankle speaks with his protege Gurgon [...]

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Post Six Grrrls Sasha Dulce and Evening Spectre

The Herald is happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrls, Sasha Dulce and Evening Spectre! In a unique Post Six first, this week, we have a set of twins as our Post Six Grrrls, photographed together! Both Sasha and Evening have tried out the escorting business in SecondLife, but have since moved on. [...]

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