Archive for December, 2006
Big Brother Opening Hypervent Griefed for 4 Hours
Cages, fires, and guns, but “No Security Whatsoever”Anonymous crashes Big Brother house and griefs it for 4 hours. Leaves her photo as souveinir. reported by Urizenus and Herald Jessie Stringer DK Well, the SL Press corps is really good at hyping forthcoming hypervents, but they are not so good at telling us what happend at [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Beginning of the End? Or End of the Beginning?
by Doc Nielsen I haven’t been in world much lately, but what I’ve heard has been pretty grim, doesn’t really encourage anyone to log on. I’ve just dropped in to transfer cash from Ginko and logged out pretty promptly. The last few days I noticed something of an upsurge in complaints in various forums and [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab *Still* Hates Academic Freedom *and* the Free Press
It seems like just yesterday we were complaining about the Linden policies on academic freedom and free press. Not long after, we addressed Lindens about the matter face to face, and I do mean like in Real Life (remember that?). So we were eager to see what changes would be made to the Research Ethics [...]
Full StoryBushmen Explore Second Life
The intrepid explorers of the Something Awful Forms have a new Second Life Safari posted – this time not led by the crew of the Star Ship Prokofy Neva, but rather by a tribe of bushmen. One really must go to the photo essay to get the full impact, but this little machinima summary is [...]
Full StoryHamlet Au’s Shocker Scoop: Bill Gates not a Billionaire!!!
Wow, this post by Hamlet Au nee Linden totally woke me from my dogmatic slumbers. Hamlet doesn’t really say Gates *isn’t* a billionaire, he just shows that the chain of conditionals that has to hold in order for Bill to really truly be billionaire is so long that serious people would never consider him a [...]
Full StoryPaparazzi Release Snaps from Herald 3rd Birthday Debauche.
Machinima mama Moo Money tugs on her blunt and stands guard over the Herald Meth Lab. Just one of the candid shots the Herald paparazzi got at our third birthday bash in October. Yes yes I know it was *months* ago, and in the age of hypervents and instapoof virtual architecture that sort of delay [...]
Full StoryPrince Charming Wants Asshole-free Way to Ditch ‘Emotional Baggage’
by Heartun Breaker, syndicated advice columnist. HEY HEARTUN: I became involved in an in-world relationship, we partnered, and as the weeks passed she became more and more “controlling.” She questioned my time spent with other friends — especially female ones — demanded all of my time, was overly negative with things she didn’t like about [...]
Full StorySecond Life Yacht Races Televised Live
by Denise Levertov, New Media Observer Today, Herald editrix and professional yacht racer Pixeleen Mistral announced sponsorship of a series of Second Life sailboat races this month – the ‘Fairly Unbalanced Cup Kompetition – Offshore Fun and Frolic’[editor: can we change that? the acronym is unfortunate] also known as the ‘Fairly Unbalanced Cup’. To kick [...]
Full StoryNance Brody – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editor’s note: This week, one of the all time best musicians in SL - Nance Brody - made time to be our Post 6 Grrrl. I'm so happy that Nance could be a part of the Herald, and this is a really special treat because Nance was photographed by a real pro - Marilyn Murphy, [...]
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